Scrolling Text - lower third

I need some suggestions on creating lower third text that scrolls across the screen.
I have FCX ( including Livetype ) and of course iMovie.
Everything there scrolls up and down. ( I think...lol...at least I can't find the answer )
I have searched for applications that would duplicate what I did on my title maker direct
to video and have been unable to find any answers.
Going back to square on and recording direct to film and then capturing and editing is of course possible but that would a long route for what seems to be doable on my computer.
Any suggestions??

Try this. At the lower right of the viewer window there's an "A" in what looks like a film frame. Click than, the choose "text" -> crawl. Then click the "control" tab at the top of the viewer window to enter your text. Use the other controls to specify, the size, spacing, crawl direction, and location of your text.
Ross Hunter
Orange, VA

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I need some suggestions on creating lower third text that scrolls across the screen.
I have FCX ( including Livetype ) and of course iMovie.
Everything there scrolls up and down. ( I think...lol...at least I can't find the answer )
I have searched for applications that would duplicate what I did on my title maker direct
to video and have been unable to find any answers.
Going back to square on and recording direct to film and then capturing and editing is of course possible but that would a long route for what seems to be doable on my computer.
Any suggestions??

What you are talking about is called a 'crawl' you can do this in FCP, It's under text>Title Crawl. you can just create it in the viewer and BAM, there you go.

Lower Third Question

I am using FCP 6.0.5 and have a two parter...
1. I made a typical text lower third to use as a "logo" in the bottom of the screen for the entire length of the video. Is there any way to get this text to be even lower than the preassigned level. I already left the top line blank, and used only the bottom line - but it still is a little too far up in the screen.
2. Once I know how to do the alignment - i was wondering if it is possible to import a graphic as a log to be used in a similar fashion as stated above - throughout the entire video. Is there a way to do this?
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is the lower third considered a text generator)?
Yes it is. But you'll get much better results using the Boris Title 3D text generator or Photoshop.
how do you move it around - is it a special function, or do I just grab it?
This is covered very well in the manual and help files.
if the image is on a track above the video - doesn't it kill the video below it for the durationit plays - or does FCP know that a graphic is supposed to be like a lower third?
Like I suggested above, make sure your logo has a transparent background. Import it into FCP and place it on a track above the video. Use the Scale and Center controls to resize and position it. This too is covered in the manual.
-DH

How can I apply text position attributes (e.g. lower third) to more than one title at a time?

How can I apply text position attributes (e.g. lower third) to more than one title at a time?

jhb3243
What version of Premiere Elements are you using and on what computer operating system is it running?
In the case of this theoretical lower third to be applied to more than one title at a time
a. Is there text in the lower third besides a graphic of some kind?
b. Are all the titles to which this lower third is to be applied all together on the Timeline or scattered?
If no text in lower third and titles all together, then, with text titles on Video 1 and lower third on Video 2, drag out the lower third to cover the length of the text titles on Video 1.
I do not find "lower third" title files to be in the same category as certain effects where the Copy and "Paste Attributes" or "Paste Effects and Adjustments" lend themselves so well.
Let us see what others have to say about all this. I will continue to experiment with what you seek and how you would prefer to get there. I am not optimistic but I will try.
Thanks.
ATR

How do I write a text below the Lower Third line, in Adobe Premiere Elements 12?

How do I write a text below the Lower Third line, in Adobe Premiere Elements 12?

Ruth Schreiber
To what Premiere Elements 12 title template (lower 3rd type) are you referring?
It is not clear what you want to do.
a. Are you able to double click the template to open it in the program's Titler?
b. Can you select the present text with the Selection Tool to move it to custom locations?
c. Can you edit the existing text in the template?
The following uses the Aquarium lower 3rd template...where do you want to write text in the template?
We will be looking forward to your follow up.
Thanks.
ATR

Problem with lower third template & modifying the text...

I'm doing a top 10 type video, & I downloaded this lower third template & I had never used AE before; I figured out how to duplicate it multiple times through the video where appropriate... but when I modify the text on one template it does the same thing to all of them. How do I make them all separate?

Ok, think about what you have done to change the text for moment. You drilled down to a pre-comp or nested comp that contains a text layer. This makes perfect sense. Unfortunately that text pre-comp is also nested in a pre-comp. This means you need to find each of these pre-comps in your project panel and duplicate them there, open the duplicates and then change the text in the duplicates, then replace the original nested comps in the main comp.
I have another observation on your workflow. You've put a bunch of shots and transitions in a single comp which, in effect, tells me that you are using AE as a NLE (editing app). What I would have done is to put every one of your shots that you want to add titles to in a separate comp to simplify each comp. I'd then edit them in a NLE....
The other way I would do this project is to make a comp that is just the needed titles, one comp for each tltle overlay, render the titles with alpha channels, then bring the titles and the original footage into a NLE to edit and add titles.
Building extremely complex compositions with multiple shots in a single comp is usually not a very good idea, even for folks like me that have been doing AE for 20 years. AE is perfect at making shots, lousy at editing sequences so always, and I mean always, try to figure out how you can simplify your project to it's basic elements and build a comp on that. I've had 5 second animations with over a hundred layers, but I've never put 10 or 20 video clips in AE in a single comp and tried to create a sequence.

How can I add text to a Lower Third mov

I have downloaded a few lower thirds from a website and they download as .mov files.
I am trying to add text to them and lay them over some product spotlight videos for my work.
I was thinking that they were going to be in template form but they are not.
What is the best way to add text to these .mov lower third files?
I just have to create my own animation for the text to follow along the lower third?

> I just have to create my own animation for the text to follow along the lower third?
Yes, that seems to be the case.

When I select a title or lower thirds and try to enter text by double clicking on it I cannot enter any text at all. Also the text area box does not show up at all where you can enter text also.

When I select a title or lower thirds and try to enter text by double clicking on it I cannot enter any text at all. Also the text area box does not show up at all where you can enter text also.

It's a bit hit and miss, Walter. Sometimes the box to enter text shows up straight away in the inspector under "text". Other times, although you click "text" in the inspector, there's nowhere to actually write anything.... then what you have to do is move the trackbar over the Title Box until you see the text boxes in the main Viewer. In the Viewer, double click a text box.... you can enter text there, but it's a bit flaky, but when you've clicked in it, you'll find that under "Text" in the inspector, the box for inputting text has magically appeared!
I'm not sure if anyone else has this trouble, but it is a bit of a pain!

Lower Thirds: Saving Settings

I have created a simple lower third using the text generator tool in the viewer. I would like to be able to have a "template" that I can use to make all my other lower thirds look exactly the same. I am betting you can't do this in the text generator. Since I don't want to have to set my font, drop shadow, etc., over and over again for every single ID, what is the simplest way to do this? I'm guessing "paste attributes" won't get me there.
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Giraut.

Years ago I created a special FCP project to store title styles (scrolls, lower thirds, etc) that I've made that I thought I may like to use again sometime. Whenever I create a new style that I really like, I copy and paste it into that project.
Whenever I need to use one again, I open my "titles" project file, then copy the style that I want and paste it in the current project.
-DH

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I'm getting this: "File Error: Unknown File" when trying to render a Lower third made in the Motion tab. I'm using FCP 6.0.6 and haven't had any issues with this before. It seems to work fine if there is just text, but as soon as I apply any effect, like a drop shadow, I get that error message.
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Scrolling text is jumpy/pulsing when compressed

I'm making end credits using the scroll up text animation behavior in Motion 2.1.2. Whenever I compress it for DVD Studio Pro and insert it the text looks terrible. It is pulsing in and out and is hardly readable. I found a few other people who have had this problem, but no solutions that have helped.
I have done credits using the scrolling text in Final Cut without much problem, but for this project I need motion in order to use text of different sizes.
Here are my specs:
Project Properties - NTSC DV; 720x480; Pixel Aspect Ratio: NTSC D1/DV - 0.90; Field Order: Lower First (Even); Frame Rate: 29.97; Background color is black (0%)
Render Settings - Motion Blur Samples: 8; Shutter Angle: 360; Output Antialiasing Method: Best
I used Export using Compressor: DVD Best Quality 90 minutes 4:3; I tried using the Color+Alpha and just Color in the Output options. Premultiply alpha and Use field render are both checked. Use motion blur is not checked.
Most of the text is Geneva Regular 14 pt font. I have tried completely white as well as setting the RGB sliders all at 235 with no difference. I also tried using a black outline with no difference. The scroll up behavior has a rate of 52.
Please help! It took me forever to put these credits together and I don't want to start from scratch with another program. Making the text bigger helps a little bit but I would really like to keep it the same size for timing and format sake. However, I can't keep it like this because it looks terrible both on an Apple Cinema display and on a tv after burned to DVD.
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My first guess would be the font itself. Geneva is a pretty thin font and it's not likely to look good interlaced and on a TV. Can you try a thicker font?
I'd also turn off Field Rendering. It looked much worse with it on than off. Keep Frame Blending though.
Andy

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Hi everyone,
In the days of overscanned CRT television broadcasts, the classic Title Safe restrictions and the use of larger, thicker fonts made a lot of sense. These practices are described in numerous references and forum posts.
Nowadays, much video content will never be broadcast, CRTs are disappearing, and it's easy to post HD video on places like YouTube and Vimeo. As a result, we often see lower thirds and other text really close to the edge of the frame, as well as widespread use of thin (not bold) fonts. Even major broadcast networks are going in this direction.
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Message was edited by: Lorna from Hawaii

Lorna from Hawaii wrote:
... there is an option to click SPORTS EDITOR. ... I tried to put a picture in one of those boxes, but the experiment failed.
just drag'n drop from Finder any (... 'any' : shouldn't be a 16MBit monster-sized pic, just a small one, look at the aspect ratio) jpeg into it.
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When I use the lower third, and have the crop wide open on the left and right, I see a sliver of video on the outside of the Lower Third bar. Is there a way to adjust this? Do I need to use a matte and text rather than Lower Third?
Thank you.
DG

I thought I'd provide a little follow up. As I was trying to figure out why my STP export wasn't working right, I stumbled into a setting under sequence that led to this problem. My sequence setting was accidently set to NTSC DV 3:2. When I switched to NTSC 4:3, the screen tightened up ever so slightly, and the gap on the edges of the bar disappeared. Also, the resolution of the type and graphics within the Lower Third when from jagged to perfect!
DG

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