Using the Titles & Text plug-in

Type your text in the text box.

Use the controls above the text box to set the typeface, font size, bold or italic properties, and justification.

Select individual characters to configure their foreground and background color.

TIP Right-click the text box to display a shortcut menu with Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, and Select All commands.

Right-click the text box to display the shortcut menu.

Choose Right-to-left to use right-to-left writing.

Use the text color controls in the toolbar to choose a foreground color.

Select individual characters before choosing a color to apply it only to those characters.

The color palette includes a Custom color option.

You can use the color picker, type color values (or names), or use the eyedropper to sample a color from your screen.

Drag the slider to adjust the size of your text.

A setting of 1 applies no scaling; drag to the right to enlarge the text, or drag left to shrink the text.

When your text event is selected in the timeline, you can drag the corners of the text box in the Video Preview window to scale it:

Click the arrow to show or hide the text location controls.

Perform any of the following actions to position the text within your project's video frame:

• Drag the point in the position box:

• Type coordinates in the position box. The coordinates 0.00, 0.00 represent the lower-left corner of the frame. The coordinates 0.50, 0.50 represent the center. The coordinates 1.00, 1.00 represent the upper-right corner.

• When your text event is selected in the timeline, you can drag the text box in the Video Preview window to position it:

  

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to set the anchor point of the text box. Text scales relative to the anchor point, which does not move. The anchor point is identified by an empty square in the Video Preview window.

Click the arrow to show or hide the advanced controls for background color, tracking, and line spacing.

Use the background color controls in the toolbar to choose a background color.

Select individual characters before choosing a color to apply it only to those characters.

The color palette includes a Custom color option.

You can use the color picker, type color values (or names), or use the eyedropper to sample a color from your screen.

Drag the slider to adjust the amount of spacing between text characters.

Click the arrow to show or hide the controls for outlining text.

Drag the slider to specify the width of the outline.

Click the arrow to show or hide the controls for adding a shadow behind your text.

Select the checkbox to display a shadow behind your text.

Click the arrow to show or hide the shadow color controls.

You can use the color picker, type color values (or names), or use the eyedropper to sample a color from your screen.

Drag the slider to offset the shadow from the horizontal center of your text.

Drag the slider to offset the shadow from the vertical center of your text.