Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1255)

Usage information Result Generator
For more information, see
“Creating Titles.”
Generates text for titles, credits,
and so on. Text (From the Generator
pop-up menu, choose Text, then
choose the type of text you want
from the submenu.)
• Crawl
• Lower 3rd
• Outline Text
• Scrolling Text
• Text
• Typewriter
FxPlug Generators
When you install Motion, additional FxPlug generators are available in Final Cut Pro. For
details on generators included with Motion, see the Motion User Manual, available in
Motion Help.
Creating and Adding Generators to Sequences
All the Final Cut Pro generators can be accessed either from the Effects tab of the Browser
or from the various submenus of the Generator pop-up menu in the Viewer. This pop-up
menu is available when the Video or Audio tab is displayed in the Viewer. When you
choose a generator, it appears in the Video tab of the Viewer.
Note: With the exception of the Bars and Tone generators, generators always adopt the
frame size of the sequences they're edited into.
To create a generator and add it to a sequence
1 Do one of the following:
• Click the Video or Audio tab in the Viewer, then choose a generator from the Generator
pop-up menu.
Some generators
have submenus with
additional choices.
• In the Effects tab of the Browser, double-click a video generator.
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