| This movie is built within a single composition, which you'll create now: 1. | Create a new comp named Master Comp, using the Medium, 320x240 preset, with Frame Rate 30 and Duration 10;00 seconds. | 2. | Select the Title-Action Safe button at the bottom of the Comp window. | 3. | Click the Horizontal Type tool in the Tools palette, and set the following properties in the Character and Paragraph palettes: Fill Color: white Stroke Color: None Font Family: Myriad Font style: Roman Font size: 40 pixels Tracking: 50 Centered text | Your text will be big enough to be read easily, but these settings leave enough room around the title so that a background and other animated elements can also be viewed. | 4. | Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T (Windows) or Opt+Command+T (Mac OS) to create a new text layer in the center of the Comp window. Then, type the title LA HI-RISE. | 5. | Select the layer in the Timeline, and press the up arrow key several times to nudge the layer upward to make room for a second line of text underneath. |
We used all caps so that the tall letters keep the high-rise theme of the title and project. The title
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