Editing titles background and texts

Question

I'm trying to change the background color/picture of a title in iMovie as well as the text. If I have a long sentence I want to put on the page for the title but can't figure out a way to make the text bigger. In some of the effects (like scrolling with a pause for example) it gives you two lines. If your line is really long then it automatically makes your text small and can't be read on a small screen. I can't figure out how to make the text larger (and yes I have used the size slider thingy) except putting it on two different lines, but I need to add more lines so that the text can be even larger for a longer title.
Make any sense? How do I add more lines when it only gives you two to begin with?
Thanks,
bcAddy

Answer 1

You can change the background color of a title by creating a color clip and then overlaying the title on the clip. Here's how you do it: In the time line, separate two clips to make a space. Then switch to the movie clips line, and you will see the space you created displayed as if it were a black clip. Control click on the black clip, and select Convert Empty Space to Clip from the drop down menu. That will create a Color Clip. Control click on the color clip, and select Show Info from the resulting drop down menu. A Clip Info box will come up, and from there you can change the color and duration of the clip. Change the color by clicking on the little black color box, which then will display a color wheel where you can chose the color that you want the clip to be. Then go to the titles pane, create your title, deselect the "over black" box, drag the title in front of your newly created color clip, and it will overlay the color clip. If you dragged the title in front of a photo or video clip, it would overlay that clip to give you a picture background as long as the "over black" box is deselected.
As for the text, I just use the "scrolling block" title. You can type as many words as you want, and they will be readable size. Makes life simple.