Do one of the following:
Last updated on
Jan 12, 2022
Select a title for editing
Before you can edit a title, you must select it in the Monitor panel.
In the Quick view timeline, select the title clip or the clip on which the title is superimposed. In the Monitor panel, select the clip to select it, and then double-click the text to edit.
In the Advanced view timeline, you may need to use the scroll bars along the right side to view a title on the Video track to which the title has been applied.
The title-editing tools appear and the tool changes to the Type tool. The Project Assets panel changes to display text options, where you can specify options for the text in your title.
Do one of the following in the Monitor panel:
To move the insertion point, select between characters or use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys.
To select a single character or group of contiguous characters, drag from the blinking insertion-point cursor to highlight the characters.
To format an entire text or graphic object, select the object to select it and then modify its attributes.
Wrap text automatically
If necessary, double-click the title in the Advanced view timeline to open it in the Monitor panel.
Do one of the following:
Select Text > Word Wrap.
Right-click/ctrl-click in the Monitor panel and select Word Wrap.
Select the Monitor panel and type your title.
The words are automatically wrapped and a new line of text starts when the cursor reaches the safe-title margin.
Set font, style, and size
Some object properties, such as fill color and shadow, are common to all objects you create. Other properties are unique to text objects. You can find text controls, such as font, font style, and type alignment, in the Adjust panel. You can also find text controls in the pop-up menu when you right-click/ctrl-click a box in the Monitor panel.
A. Font options B. Font style options
Note
You can quickly apply a favorite set of attributes (color, shadow, and so on) to any object by using the Styles section of the Adjust panel.
Specify a font
If necessary, double-click the title in the Advanced view timeline to open it in the Monitor panel.
In the Monitor panel, select the text and do one of the following:
In the Text tab of the Adjust panel, choose a font from the Font menu.
Specify a font style
Many fonts include built-in variations, such as bold, italic, and narrow fonts. The specific variations depend on the font.
If necessary, double-click the title in the Advanced view timeline to open it in the Monitor panel.
In the Monitor panel, select the text.
In the Text tab of the Adjust panel, do any of the following:
Choose a style from the Font Style menu.
Select one or more of the font style icons: Bold, Italic, Underline.
Note
If the typeface doesn’t include bold or italic versions, their font style icons appear dimmed. You can underline any font.
Change the font size
If necessary, double-click the title in the Advanced view timeline to open it in the Monitor panel.
In the Monitor panel, select the text and do one of the following:
In the Text tab of the Adjust panel, change the Size value.
Right-click/ctrl-click the title on the Monitor panel and select Size from the context menu.
Set alignment and orientation
Change paragraph text alignment
If necessary, double-click the title in the Advanced view timeline to open it in the Monitor panel.
In the Monitor panel, select a paragraph text object.
In the Text tab of the Adjust panel, do one of the following:
To align text with the left side of the box, select Left Align Text.
To center the text in the box, select Center Text.
To align text on the right side of the box, select Right Align Text.
Change text orientation
If necessary, double-click the title in the Advanced view timeline to open it in the Monitor panel.
In the Monitor panel, select a text object.
Select either Horizontal Type Tool or Vertical Type Tool in the Adjust panel.
Reflow paragraph text
In the Monitor panel, select a paragraph text object.
Drag any handle of the text’s bounding box to resize
the box.
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