Apple Final Cut Express 4 - Manual (Page 878)

878 Part IX Effects and Color Correction
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 Express 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 Express, there is no
need to render a QuickTime movie of your LiveType title each time you want to use it
in Final Cut Express.
Importing a LiveType Project into Final Cut Express
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 Express is simply referred to as a LiveType clip or a LiveType movie.
To import a LiveType project into Final Cut Express, do one of the following:
m Choose File > Import > Files (or press Command-I) and navigate to the LiveType project
you want to import into Final Cut Express.
m From the Finder, drag a LiveType project file into the Final Cut Express Browser.
The LiveType project file appears as a clip in the Final Cut Express Browser.
Note: If necessary, you can later reconnect the LiveType project file on disk just as you
would any other Final Cut Express clip.