Apple Final Cut Express HD: Getting Started - Manual (Page 128)

128 Chapter 9 Creating Titles and Credits
6 Perform an Overwrite edit by dragging the title clip from the Viewer to the Overwrite
section of the Edit Overlay in the Canvas.
Your new title appears in track V3 over your video.
7 Save your project.
Using Lower-Thirds
When you’re watching the news and the reporter’s name is displayed at the bottom of
the screen, that’s an example of lower-thirds. Lower-thirds provide information about a
person or location displayed on the screen. The text is presented at the bottom-third of
the screen so as not to cover up the person’s face or draw undue attention from the
location on display.
The title track appears in track V3.
An example of
lower-thirds