FCPX: Scrolling Credits Text Color

Can anyone tell me how to change the color of text in the scrolling credits option from white to another color? I don't see an option to do this. I see an option to change ALL the text in the credits to one color, but not line by line. I only want to color the main title categories in the credits.

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I'm creating a slideshow movie and using the scrolling credits. However, I am finding it difficult, if not impossible, to make the credit title and the details different colors. If I make a color change, it changes everything. What am I doing wrong? e.g.
MUSIC (orange text)
Name of musician (white text)

With the whole text block selected in the Text tab click on Show opposite Face.
You can then select words in the Text tab or in the viewer and change the face color.

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Trouble with scrolling credits

I am creating a long list of scrolling credits (actually, staff members of a school and their accomplishments and so on at the end of a video). OK, so the FCPX scrolling credits has a title that's centered, and the text below it that's left justified and in two columns. My problem is I can't select the title and center it in the inspector without all of the other columns below it centering. I could do it before... but as I was adding something to the title, everything reverted to left justified and all the centered text went away. And now it's either one or the other but I can't have one line centered and one justified. Seems so easy but for the life of me I can't get it to work.
Any help out there? I am so frustrated by this... I tried doing another one just to see if I had just screwed up the original so badly that it wouldn't do it but the same thing happened. It's a lot of text and I don't want to retype it by hand again, it's just a lot of stuff.

make your textfield multiline either in the properties panel
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amee mk wrote:
i also have a problem with scrolling credits !! they are shaking very badly and i can't find solution for it it doesn't look pro at all ! i'm working on HD 1080 p footage and my project need to be done very soon if anyone have a secret knowledge how to fix it - please let me know !
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I am trying to do a credits scroll with different text color and size How do I best do this. I understand how to do it with text/scroll but that doesn't allow me to do different text colors and size. How do I do it with Boris Crawl?
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Hi -
Mark an In and Out where you want the roll to roll.
Load Boris Crawl in to the viewer and edit to the timeline.
Double click on the clip in the timeline.
On the control tab for Boris Crawl you can set it to roll your text:
!http://www.spotsbeforeyoureyes.com/Boris%20Crawl%20Set%20Roll.jpg!
Then click on the box above that where it says click for options and create your roll:
!http://www.spotsbeforeyoureyes.com/Boris%20Type%20Example.jpg!
Once you have typed and formatted your text, click apply and you should be able to see the roll.
The speed of your roll is basically determined by the length of the clip on the timeline, the Controls tab for the clip gives you lots of subtle and not so subtle adjustments - like a soft wipe at the top and bottom of the crawl, etc.
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The software is not doing what it should be doing. We have all had this type of problem. It is nearly always somehow in the way the software is being used. Look at your added Chromakey and color key. You must be doing something that the FCE does not like. Open a new project and new sequence and try the exact same thing. (I use titles from LiveType and from the effects tab and have no problems)

How do I make scrolling credits title stop moving and leave text on screen?

Hi, I have used the scrolling credits title template to end my first FCP X video ( I'm a newbie using the trial version). I want to slow down the speed of the scrolling and then have it end with the text remaining static so that veiwers can read the credits. At the moment it goes too fast and ends before you have a chance to read the names etc. I want to leave the text stationary for a few seconds so that the contact details can be seen.
How do I do this. I have not bought Motion just yet as I am still using the Trial version. Does anyone know of a good clear online tutorial that demonstartes this?
Thanks

Create a compound clip from the credits clip. Select the clip. Position the playhead where you want it to be stationary, Shift-H to hold.
Russ

Smooth Scrolling Credits for FCP !#$#

To start, I am creating scrolling credits from scratch in Motion 2 to import into my NTSC-DV FCP5 session.
I had accomplished beautiful scrolling credits in Motion to FCP about 6 months ago and cannot for the life of me produce good looking scrolling credits again! I have gone through this forum and there are about 100 different ideas out there...export using the animation codec with "render fields" selected, simply import the Motion session into FCP and render it, use large fonts, use the "scroll up" behavior, use keyframing... I have even tried After Effects which was WAY easier than Motion but produced similar fluttering effects.
Any way I try to do it, the scrolling text always comes out in FCP after rendering (and viewing on an external monitor) with the all too common jagged scroll...like the letters are fluttering in between fields as they scroll up..
My latest atempt in Motion to create this scrolling text consists of this:
1) Open an NTSCDV session in Motion
2) Using the text tool I write in my credits in the "Inspector" under the "text" tab
3) I then appply the "scroll up" behavior to the text from the "Add Behavior/Text Animation" dropdown menu at the top of the screen.
4) The record light below the canvas is on, I goto the newly added "Scroll Up" behavior in the "Inspector" under the "Behaviors" tab and there is a keyframe already added at the beginning of the "Scroll Up" layer in the timeline. I move the "Position Offset" slider down so the beginning (top) of the text is right below the bottom of the screen.
5) I then move to the end of the "Scroll Up" layer in the timeline (which is 30 seconds long BTW), add another keyframe in the "Scroll Up" layer and slide the "Position Offset" slider so that my text has just disappeared at the top of my screen.
6) I drag the cursor through the 30 second roll in the timeline verifying that it scrolls up the way I want.
7) I ensure the project properties are set correctly before I save. This includes making sure the field order is set to "Lower" in the "General" tab, and in the "Render Settings" tab making sure the output antialiasing method is set to "Best" and that "Use dithering" IS checked. In the Motion Blur setting the samples are set to "8" and the shutter angle is set to 360.
8) I then save the project, import the project file into my FCP NTSCDV session, drag it to the timeline, render it, and playback to an external monitor.
Possible Problems:
1) I am thinking that maybe the text is scrolling up too slow and it is impossible to get clean text without the jagged/fluttering effect. As when I shorten the scroll to 20 seconds there is less of a fluttering effect (but it is impossible to read the text as it is scrolling up so fast)
2) There is some "Project Property" setting in Motion that I have messed up.
3) I should not be using the scroll up feature with keyframing but perhaps just keyframing the actual text itself to move up? (although I have tried this with worse results)
I have wasted hours trying different routes, reading the manual, searching this forum, to no avail. Who has the magic recipe I am looking for? Please help.
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Bryan,
I attempted to adjust the white level, the field order, but don't think ever got to messing around with FCP's processing settings...I am actually encoding the film right now as I was under the gun and actually found the "scroll" plugin in FCP to work just as good if not better than Motion without any tweaking so had to roll wth that. I will attempt to tweak the Motion file again though as I cannot bear sub-par credits. Will also email you the Motion file if you don't mind.

Text Colors in Boris 3D

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Newb - smooth scrolling credits in AE ?

I am doing an intro title sequence for someone.
It consists of about three separate scrolling credits. The scroll from bottom to top.
I have done the text in Photoshop and imported it into AE.
My problem is the text appears jerky as it scrolls up.
Is there anyway to get AE to give me the smoothest scroll possible ?

If you are using the expression that I posted above all you do is set the speed to a whole number. DO NOT USE fractions.
The stutter your talking about can be caused by a bunch of factors. There's something called a seven second rule and a bunch of other info available HERE. Read both articles in this FAQ.
To change the expression to scroll horizontally just flip the values to the other parts of the array.
Expression for horizontal movement instead of vertical:
t = time;
fr = t/thisComp.frameDuration;
y = value [1];
s = 4; //Speed in pixels per frame must be a whole number
x = value[0] - (fr * s);
[x, y]
This expression gives you a little more freedom because you can position the layer anywhere you like in the comp and it will start crawling right to left.
To change the direction simply change the minus sign in the x method to a plus. To change this expression to a roll swithch the methods for x and y so Y is modified by time.
Let me explain the expression. the value[0] and value[1] declarations simply call up the original values of X and Y. The math is simple. We take time and divide it by duration of a single frame to give us a frame count in whole numbers. Then we subtract the frame number multiplied by the number of pixels we want to move from the original position. It's easy as pie.
I hope this helps.
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Making scrolling credits....Need to copy kids names of a pdf.....

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Ok, I have a "end of year" dance concert to be cut.
I have the program on a PDF, but I simply want to copy the names of the students off that and place into FCE to work on scrolling credits.
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In FCP:
Effects-> Video Generators-> Text-> Scrolling Text.
Try it out.

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