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Stylish titles
Create title sequences that fit the mood of the video you're making—whether it's comical or serious. The Title Designer in Adobe® Premiere® 6.5 gives you the flexibility to create professional-looking titles. Once you've designed a title you like, save the settings in a style that you can quickly apply to other titles.
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1. Create title text.
Choose File > New > Title to open the Adobe Title Designer. Select the text tool, click in the design window, and then type the text for your title. Alternatively, you can copy text from another application and paste it into the design window; the text's formatting is overridden by the attributes in the Adobe Title Designer.
   
 
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2. Specify the text properties.
Specify a font, font size, kerning, and other text attributes for the title in the Properties section of the dialog box. If you know which font you want to use, choose it from the Font pop-up menu in the Properties section of the dialog box. To see font samples, choose Title > Font > Browse; as you select a font, Premiere applies it to your title text. To change a value in the Object Style section, move the pointer over it until you see a double-arrow, and then drag to the left to decrease the value, or to the right to increase the value. Or, double-click a value and then type a new value in the text box.
   
 
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3. Customize the text's fill, stroke, and shadow.
To add a fill to the text, select Fill and expand the Fill section; choose a fill type, such as a linear gradient, from the Fill Type pop-up menu. You can also add a sheen or a texture to the fill. To outline the text, add inner or outer strokes. To add a drop shadow, select Shadow and expand the Shadow section; then specify the color, opacity, angle, and other attributes of the shadow. To see the titles as they appear with the video currently on the timeline, select Show Video at the top of the Title Designer dialog box. To see how the titles appear with darker or lighter sections of the video, move the pointer over the time setting next to the Show Video option until it becomes a double-arrow, and then move it to the right to advance the video.
   
 
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4. Adjust the position of the title on the screen.
Modify the values in the Transform section to change the opacity, position, size, and rotation of the text. If you want the titles to move across the screen, choose Crawl or Roll from the Title Type pop-up menu in the upper-left corner of the Adobe Title Designer window, and then extend the text box vertically or horizontally. A scroll bar appears when the text extends outside the screen. Choose Title > Roll/Crawl Options to specify how the titles move. You can also reposition the title manually by selecting the pointer tool and then dragging the text box across the window. To manually resize the title, hold the pointer over the text box handles until it becomes a double-arrow, and then drag the corner in or out. If you created the text using the standard text tool, the font size automatically changes as you resize the text box; if you created the text using the text box tool, the font size does not change. To rotate the title, hold the pointer over the text box handles until it becomes a curved arrow, and then rotate the text box.
   
 
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5. Preview the title with the video.
Choose File > Save As, and name the title. Premiere adds it to your Project window as a separate clip. Add the title clip to a superimposition track in the timeline (Video 2 or higher). Then, render-scrub by pressing Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag the time ruler over the frames you want to view. To make changes to the title clip, open it in the Adobe Title Designer: Double-click the movie icon in the Project window or the title clip in the timeline.
   
 
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6. Save the title settings in a style.
In the Adobe Title Designer, choose New Style fromthe Styles pop-up menu (click the triangle in the upper-right corner of the Styles section to see the pop-up menu). Name the style. A sample of the style appears in the Styles section. The style is saved in the current style library. When you save a title style, the style is available every time you use Premiere, no matter what video you work with. Styles provide consistency among different title sequences in a movie, or movies in a series. Additionally, a style can provide a starting point when you want to customize the appearance of a title. Several pre-defined title styles are included with Premiere 6.5.
   
 
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7. Apply the style to new titles.
Choose File > New > Title, and create new title text in the Adobe Title Designer. Select the title text, and then click the sample of the style you created. Premiere applies the style to the text in the Adobe Title Designer. You can save title styles to a style library, which you can share with other Premiere users. To save a style library, choose Save Style Library from the Styles pop-up menu, and then name it and select a location for the file. To load a style library, choose Load Style Library from the Styles pop-up menu, and then navigate to the style library you want to use.
   
 
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