Adobe Premiere Elements 8 - Manual (Page 238)

233 USING ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR
Creating titles
Last updated 8/12/2010
Adding color and shadows to titles
Apply color to title objects
Using the Color Properties dialog box, you can specify the color of each object or group of objects you create in the
Monitor panel. The Color Properties dialog box includes controls for setting the color and type of an object’s stroke,
fill, and shadow. The Gradient menu includes options for how a fill or stroke color is applied. Depending on the
gradient type you select, additional color stops may appear so that you can pick different colors for the different parts
of the gradient.
The Color Properties dialog box
A. Color picker B. Color spectrum C. Gradient stop controls
You can save a combination of color properties as a style. Styles appear as icons in the Properties view, so you can easily
click them to apply them to objects. Using styles helps you maintain consistency across multiple titles in a project.
More Help topics
“ About styles ” on page 227
“ Select a title for editing ” on page 223
“ Create shaped objects for titles ” on page 228
Set the fill
You can use the Color Properties dialog box to set an object’s fill. An object’s fill property defines the area within the
contours of the object: the space inside a graphic object or within the outline of each character of a text object.
Note: The Fill box in the Color Properties dialog box is enabled only if you‘ve applied a preset style from Text Styles in the
Tasks panel to the object. These styles contain fills and strokes, which you can edit.
1 If necessary, double-click the title in the Timeline to open it in the Monitor panel.
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