Any way to soften the edges on a background in a "Basic Slate" title?

I'm using Spherico Basic Slate to create my Lower Thirds. The film is in another language so I have to subtitle too- so it's getting to be a lot of text on the screen. I am using a black background with white letters (opacity at 50%) I hate the edges on the background though, and I'm trying to soften them. I tried Soft Edges but that didn't work- it spread the edge all the way across the frame. I just want to soften up the end of the background a bit so it's easier on the eye. Thanks for any advice.

The film is in another language so I have to subtitle too- so it's getting to be a lot of text on the screen. I am using a black background with white letters (opacity at 50%) I hate the edges on the background though, and I'm trying to soften them. I tried Soft Edges but that didn't work- it spread the edge all the way across the frame. I just want to soften up the end of the background a bit so it's easier on the eye.< </div>
There are many subtitle plugs for FCP; we use Digital Heaven's subtitler.
Your desire for expedited workflows "stuff like this" is not commercially viable or someone might have created a plugin especially for the purpose. Maybe they have. Where have you looked? Hundreds of plugs for FCP are on the market or you can write one of your own. The development tools for FXPlug and FXScript are easily researched and located and downloaded if you are inclined to write code or use nodes.
However, creating lower thirds is a standard video editing chore. You can create lots of presets for various sizes, transparencies, and colors of backgrounds (anecdotal drivel: we used to call them "pills" because of their shape) save them and just pull them from a bin.
bogiesan

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