Sharing text titles between FCP projects

Hi,
I am working on a series of 6 interviews which may total slightly over 1 hour altogether.
I was thinking it would be easier to manage them as 6 FCP (4.5) project files and then when I burn them to DVD, I could perhaps export 6 QT movies to iDVD (is this possible?).
But my first question is, that I have some complex title (text) screens already done for the first movie project. Is there an easy way to share these between the first project and the other 5?
Or maybe its just best to keep it all as 1 big project? That would certainly make cutting and pasting the titles a little easier.
kind regards,
'mark

Yes, it is quite easy. To create a new sequence, go to File_New->Sequence or just hit [ Command n ]. You can name each sequence any way you like for your own organizational purposes.
I often edit long format programs this way, with each segment in its own sequence. When I'm finished editing, I copy and paste the individual sequences into a final (master) sequence to print to tape or export for DVD-Video.
-DH

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