Creating a Title to Set the Scene

This is the final clip for this project: the scene-setting title that will appear at the end of the movie, just before the movie fades out. We're setting our caper in Rome, Italy, circa 1966, so we need to create a title to communicate this. We also need to create a "freeze frame" for the last image of our video by taking one last snapshot and adding it to the end of the clip. The "freeze frame" image will also be used as the back drop for our end title.

Add a '60s-style Scene-Setting Title

Press the End key on your keyboard to send the CTI to end of the Timeline.

Click the Add Text button on the Monitor panel.

Change the font to Chick.

Change the font size to 72.

Click the Center Text button to change the alignment to center-aligned.

Type rome, italy to replace the Add Text text (you may need drag your mouse across the Add Text text first to select it). Press the ENTER key on your keyboard and type 1966.

Click the Vertical Center button.

Click the Horizontal Center button.

Click the Color Properties button.

On the Color Properties dialog box, enter the following value for the color:

• R: 250

• G: 100

• B: 230

Create a drop shadow by clicking the Drop Shadow check box and then setting the following:

• Angle: 130

• Distance: 10

• Softness: 10

Click OK.

Add a Final Freeze Frame and a Transition for the Closing Title

Move the CTI to 00;00;35;10.

On the Monitor panel, click the Freeze Frame button.

On the Freeze Frame dialog box, click Insert in Movie.

Move the Title 05 clip from the Video 1 track to the Video 2 track, directly above the retrotitle_FF_3.bmp clip, as shown in the illustration.

Click the Effects and Transitions button on the Media panel to switch to the Effects and Transitions view, if necessary.

In the Effects and Transitions panel, type swirl in the text box.

Drag the Swirl video transition and drop it onto the front (head) of the Title 05 clip on the Video 2 track on the Timeline.

In the Properties panel for the Title 05 clip, click the triangle next to Opacity and then click the Fade Out button.