Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 1265)

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Other Options for Creating and Adding Titles
If a title you have in mind is something you can’t create with the available text generators,
you can use other methods to create titles and incorporate them into your sequence:
 Using Photoshop files or still images for titles: If a title you really want is best created in
another application such as Photoshop, you can create it there and add it to your
sequence as a still image. An easy way to bring an image file into your sequence is to
simply drag it from your desktop to a project tab or bin in the Browser. See Chapter 18,
“
Working with Freeze Frames and Still Images ,” on page 365 for a number of useful
things to consider when importing still images and photographs into your movie.
 Using LiveType titles: You can create many different kinds of titles in LiveType and
import them directly into Final Cut Pro. For more information, see “ Using LiveType to
Create Titles for Your Project ,” next.
 Using titles created in Motion: Motion supports animated LiveFonts and allows you to
create complex text animations. For more information, see the Motion documentation.
Using LiveType to Create Titles for Your Project
When you want to create more dynamic and unique titles than the built-in text
generators provide, you can use LiveType. LiveType provides dozens of fonts and
hundreds of objects and textures you can incorporate into your Final Cut Pro project.
You can also create your own animated fonts using the LiveType FontMaker utility,
building characters using virtually any graphical object—3D animations, images
created in Photoshop, or QuickTime movies.
Because you can import LiveType project files directly into Final Cut Pro, there is no
need to render a QuickTime movie of your LiveType title each time you want to use it
in Final Cut Pro.
Importing a LiveType Project into Final Cut Pro
To add a title you created in LiveType, you import the LiveType project in exactly the
same way you would import most media items. A LiveType project file within
Final Cut Pro is simply referred to as a LiveType clip or a LiveType movie.
To import a LiveType project into Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
m Choose File > Import (or press Command-I) and navigate to the LiveType project you
want to import into Final Cut Pro.
m From the Finder, drag a LiveType project file into the Final Cut Pro Browser.
The LiveType project file appears as a clip in the Final Cut Pro Browser.
Note: If necessary, you can later reconnect the LiveType project file on disk just as you
would any other Final Cut Pro clip.