Apple LiveType 2 - Manual (Page 43)

Chapter 3 Adding a Background 43
Importing a Background Movie or Still Image
You can import images or movies from other sources and use them as backgrounds for
your titling project. For any given project, you might choose to use the following:
 A single frame or movie clip as a temporary background, to accurately position and
time the action of your titles
 A movie to embed as part of your titles
 A static image or graphic
LiveType can import background elements in a variety of formats:
 AVI
 BMP
 DV
 GIF
 JPEG
 MPEG-2 and MPEG-4
 Photoshop
 PICS
 PICT
 PLS
About the Background Bar
The background color is different from background elements in your project.
Background elements are represented in the Timeline and can be manipulated in
various ways. A project can have many background elements, or none. The only
definitive way to distinguish a background element, be it a LiveType object or texture,
a movie, or an image, is that it falls below the background bar in the Timeline.
You can drag the background bar up or down to any position between tracks in the
Timeline. Any element below the background bar is subject to the Render
Background checkbox in the Project Properties dialog.
Background bar Background texture