Adding backdrops for titles - best method???

Hi,
I was wondering how other people do this. What I want to do is add some custom backdrops for titles and such. Is it best to just layer up a bunch of stuff in FCE, like different colors and shapes on different tracks or to create a file in an image editor and then import the image? If I do use an image editor, like PhotoShop or Canvas, what is the best file format to use? What file formats support transaparent areas which are in the image (e.g., if the image is just a circle, I want just the circle in the movie, not a white box with a circle inside it).
Thanks,
Mace

Often the easiest and most effective titles are simply superimposed over an appropriate piece of video. Titles over a static background are becoming quite rare....... which I suppose does not answer your question but could save you time !
Regarding your mention of circles, Piero has made a Frame Filter which can produce instant circular, oval and rectangular frames which can be customised. Download it here:-
http://web.mac.com/piero.fiorani/PieroFFCEEffect/Frames.html
FCE can also produce frames of a different kind automatically.
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    java.lang.NullPointerException     at oracle.jbo.server.DefaultTxnHandlerImpl.handleRollback(DefaultTxnHandlerImpl.java:125)     at oracle.jbo.server.DBTransactionImpl.doRollback(DBTransactionImpl.java:3417)     at oracle.jbo.server.DBTransactionImpl.rollback(DBTransactionImpl.java:1650)     at oracle.jbo.common.ampool.ApplicationPoolImpl.resetApplicationModule(ApplicationPoolImpl.java:885)     at oracle.jbo.common.ampool.ApplicationPoolImpl.removeSessionCookie(ApplicationPoolImpl.java:546)     at oracle.jbo.common.ampool.SessionCookieImpl.timeout(SessionCookieImpl.java:365)     at oracle.jbo.http.HttpSessionCookieImpl.timeout(HttpSessionCookieImpl.java:80)     at oracle.jbo.http.HttpContainer.fireTimeout(HttpContainer.java:516)     at oracle.jbo.http.HttpContainer.timeout(HttpContainer.java:241)     at oracle.jbo.http.HttpContainer.valueUnbound(HttpContainer.java:308)
    Thanks!
    Andy

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