Setting Title Position

Some effects, such as Bounce In To Center, feature a control for specifying the direction in which the text animates. Others, such as Centered Title, let you place text on the screen.

To set title direction:

1.	Click the title you wish to use.
2.	Click an arrow on the directional controller next to the title fields (Figure 12.14). Figure 12.14. The directional controller on some title effects determines which way the words move onto the screen.

To set vertical title position:

1.	Click the title you wish to use.
2.	Click within the Monitor's preview to set the position from top to bottom of the text (Figure 12.15). (This feature applies to a few titles only, such as Typewriter.) Figure 12.15. A few titles let you set vertical position by clicking within the preview window. A crosshair icon with a yellow dot indicates that a title supports this capability.

Tips

• Clicking the preview using the Starburst title sets the origin of the starburst lines.

• The Music Video title gives you the option of running text along the left or right side of the screen. But it's also a text block title, so you can type line breaks (using Return or Enter). If you put the two features together, you can position text in the upper-left or upper-right corners of the screen (Figure 12.16).

  Figure 12.16. Music Video gives you a little more control over text positioning because it's a block title.

  

• All sorts of controls can appear in the Titles pane, as you'll discover if you install third-party plug-ins. The Bounce Across title adds a control for setting the amount of "waviness" applied to the text.