97. Create a Title Overlay for Your Video BEFORE YOU BEGIN 95 About Titles 96 Use and Customize a Title Template SEE ALSO 93 Show Your Video Through a Shape or Text One of the most used title types is a title overlay. You see this often in newscasts, sportscasts, movie intros, and almost every television show imaginable. In this task you will create two very common title overlays: the frame and the lower third. KEY TERM Title overlay The use of a title, containing transparent areas, to overlay a clip so the clip shows through the title. The title can contain text, shapes, or graphics in any combination. 97. Create a Title Overlay for Your Video
1. | Click the Titles Button From the main taskbar at the top of your screen, click the Titles button to open the Title Template dialog box. | 2. | Choose a Frame Template and Click OK For this example, I used the title type Launchpad_frame, located in the General, Launchpad selections. Click this frame to select it and look at the frame title in the preview window on the right side of the dialog box. You can choose any other category of titles and look for title types that end in _frame to achieve similar results. When you've selected a frame you like, open it in the Titles workspace by clicking the OK button. | 3. | Click More and Choose Show Video After clicking the OK button, the Titles workspace opens with your template in the Titler panel. Make sure that the CTI is over a video or a still clip on the Timeline. Click the More button at the top-right corner of the Titler panel. From the More menu, ensure that the Show Video option is selected. TIP By moving the CTI over different clips, you can see what will look best behind your new title. | 4. | Edit Text You should see the frame overlaying the current video clip on the Timeline. To make changes to the title text, click the text area and type to make your changes. When you're satisfied with the text, your frame title is ready and is placed in the Media panel, ready to be used in your movie. Drag the title to the Timeline and place it on a track above the clip you want to overlay. Position the title by moving it up and down the Timeline and watching the Monitor, making sure that you place the title in just the right spot. To save your title for use in another project see 102 Save Your Title. | 5. | Select a Lower 3rd Title Template and Click OK Creating a title frame was just as easy as you'd expect it to be in Premiere Elements. A similar kind of title that lets a video clip show is the lower-third titlethe title graphic appears in the lower third of the video screen with the video clip playing behind the title. Now let's create a lower-third title. Without doing anything to your current workspace, click the Titles button in the top-right corner of the screen to launch the Title Template dialog box. For this example, I chose the Launchpad_lwer3rd type and clicked OK. You can choose any other category of titles and look for title types that end in _lwer3rd to achieve similar results. When you're satisfied with the title you've selected, click the OK button. | 6. | Click More and Choose Show Video Click the OK button to open the new title template in the Titler panel. Again, make sure that you have a video or still clip on the Timeline and that the CTI is positioned over that clip. Click the More button in the Titler panel and make sure that the Show Video option is selected. | 7. | Edit Text Make any changes to the text; the title is automatically added to the Media panel, ready to be added to your movie. Drag the title to the Timeline and place it on a track above the clip you want to overlay. Position the title by moving it up and down the Timeline and watching the Monitor, making sure that you place the title in just the right spot. To save the title for use in another project, see 102 Save Your Title. |
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