Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1285)

498 Part II Project Interchange
Text Generators Available in Final Cut Pro
The table below describes each Text generator and includes tips about settings for
each generator.
Text generator Result Tips for making settings
Crawl Generates a single line of text that
moves horizontally across the screen.
You type the text you want to animate
in a text entry field. Carriage returns
are ignored and all text appears on a
single line, like a ticker tape display. Â You can adjust the overall spacing of
the text with the Spacing slider, and
the location of the text as it crawls
across the screen with the Location
slider. The Direction pop-up menu
allows you to set the direction in
which the text moves.
 By keyframing the spacing and
location parameters, you can
animate the width of your text as
well as its horizontal position over
time. If no location keyframes are
set, then the In and Out points of
the generator clip determine the
duration of the movement from one
edge of the screen to the other. The
longer the clip, the slower the
movement of the crawl.
Lower 3rd Generates text in the lower third of the
screen. This generator is often used to
identify a person or location. Â This generator provides two
independent text lines placed in the
lower third of the screen. It does not
allow carriage returns.
 The tracking, size, and opacity
settings can be keyframed to create
interesting effects.
 Select the Auto Kerning checkbox to
kern your text automatically so that
the spacing between the individual
letters of your text is correct.
Outline Text Generates static text with an outline.
This generator allows carriage returns. Â Text graphic and line graphic clip
controls allow you to fill the text or
the outline with the image of a clip
you apply, rather than a solid color.
 You can also modify the size,
softness, color, and opacity of the
background independently of the
text. You can use the back graphic
clip control to apply the image from
any clip to the background.