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Choosing Colors

To choose a color for title text,

click the Color button in the

Titles pane. Click on the color

palette to choose your hue. To

match a color that appears in a

clip, click the magnifying glass

icon, position the pointer over

the color you want to pick up,

and then click.

To create a title over a colored

background, create a color clip as

described on page 274, then add

the title to the color clip.

Photoshop Titles

You can use Adobe Photoshop

or Photoshop Elements to make

gorgeous, full-screen titles. You

can add photos, create color gra

dients, shadow effects, and more.

To create a title in Photoshop,

specify an image size appropri

ate to your project’s video for

mat. For DV-format projects, use

720 by 528; for DV Widescreen,

use 869 by 480. For iSight and

MPEG-4 formats, use 640 by

480. For 720p HD, use 1280 by

720, and for 1080i HD, use

1920 by 1080.

Next, create your title, and

avoid putting any text in the

outer ten percent of the screen.

(It might get cut off when the

title appears on a TV set.)

And to avoid ﬂicker, make the

thickness of any horizontal

lines an even number of pixels

(for example, 2, 4, 6).

To add the title to your movie,

simply drag the Photoshop ﬁle’s

icon into the Clips pane or

directly to the timeline. Photoshop

gurus: You don’t have to ﬂatten

a layered ﬁle ﬁrst. iMovie HD

accepts layered PSD ﬁles. You

can even apply the Ken Burns

effect to the title if you like.

You can combine Photoshop

and iMovie HD’s built-in titling to

create titles with text superim

posed over a moving textured

background. Make the back

ground graphic much larger than

your movie’s frame size so you

have room to pan. Import the

background graphic and apply a

slow pan. Superimpose a title

over the resulting clip.

You could also extract a page

from an iPhoto book using the

technique on page 193 and use

it as a title background.

Tips for Titling

When you click a title style, iMovie HD

displays a preview in the monitor

(not shown here).

With some title styles, you can specify

text position and scrolling direction.

Normally, iMovie HD superimposes the

title text over a clip. For a simple black

background instead, check Over Black.

To edit an existing title, select it in the

timeline, make your changes, and

apply the changes by clicking the

Update button.

Type or paste the title’s text here. In

title styles that provide multiple text

boxes, you can jump from one box to

the next by pressing the Tab key.

Use this slider to adjust the title’s

duration. For some title styles, this

slider adjusts scrolling speed.

To add the title, drag its name to the

timeline viewer or clip viewer, or

click the Add button.

What’s a movie without titles? Incomplete.

Almost any movie can beneﬁt from text

of some kind: opening and closing credits,

the superimposed names of people and

places, or simply the words “The End”

at, well, the end.

iMovie HD’s Titles pane is your ticket

to text. You have roughly 50 title styles

from which to choose, with customizing

opportunities aplenty.

Many of iMovie HD’s title styles are

animated, and it isn’t difﬁcult to transcend

the bounds of good taste. Use restraint

and lean toward classic title styles, such as

Centered and Scrolling. When you want

something a bit ﬂashier, consider the

Animated Gradient style within the Clip

to Characters category.

Regardless of the style you choose,

you’ll get the best results with sturdy

fonts that remain legible despite the lim

ited resolution of television. For example,

at small text sizes, Arial Black often

works better than Times, which has orna

mental serifs that can break up when

viewed on a TV set.

You’ll also get the best-looking titles

if you choose colors conservatively. Avoid

highly saturated hues, especially bright

red, which can “bloom” when viewed

on a standard-deﬁnition TV set. High-

deﬁnition formats are less prone to these

problems, but since your video may

still end up being viewed on standard-

deﬁnition TVs, a conservative approach

is smart.

Roll the credits.

Creating Titles

To Create a Title

Creating a title involves choosing the title style, specifying

title settings, and then dragging the completed title to the

timeline.

Step 1. Click the Editing button and then the Titles button

to display the Titles pane.

Step 2. Choose the title style you want by clicking its

name. Some title styles are grouped together in a category;

to view them, click the triangle next to the category name.

Step 3. Specify the title settings.

See the opposite page for an overview of title settings.

Step 4. Add the title by dragging it to the timeline.

Notes: To add a title to the middle of a clip, position the

playhead where you want the title to appear, then click the

Add button. To superimpose title text over a speciﬁc clip,

drag the title to the immediate left of that clip.

Changing a Title

Need to change an existing title? In the timeline, select the

title. Next, display the Titles pane and make your changes.

Finally, click the Update button in the Titles pane. You can

also Control-click on a title and choose Edit Title Settings

from the shortcut menu.

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