iMovie

Adding and Modifying Titles 

You can add title text to any clip in your movie using one of the many title styles available in iMovie. You can place titles directly over a video clip, over a solid-color background, or over an Apple-designed graphic background or animated background clip. Some title styles are unique to themes, meaning that you have to apply the particular theme to your movie to use the style.

Add titles to your movie

1.     With your movie open in the timeline, select Titles in the Content Library section of the sidebar.

Available title styles appear in the browser. If you’ve set a theme for your movie, titles related to the theme appear at the top of the browser.

2.     Browse the titles to find the one you want to use, or use the search field to search for the name of a particular title.

Many titles are animated, which means they move on the screen in an interesting way. Skim the title thumbnails in the browser to see how they move.

3.     Do one of the following:

o   In the timeline, position the playhead where you want to add the title, and then double-click the title in the browser.

The title is added to your movie at the position of the playhead.

o   Drag the title to the timeline, above the clip where you want the title to appear. 

If snapping is turned on (click the View menu and make sure Snapping has a checkmark next to it), the edges of the title align with clip and transition edges. As you drag, a vertical yellow line appears when either end of a title is aligned with either end of a clip.

o   Drag the title to the timeline, over the clip where you want it to appear.

If you position the title in the first or last third of the clip, the title’s duration is automatically adjusted to appear in that third of the clip. If you position the title in the center of the clip, the title’s duration is adjusted to appear over the entire clip.

4.     Select the title in the timeline, or move the playhead over the title.

5.     In the viewer, select the placeholder text by double-clicking it, and type the text you want to appear.

Some title styles in the Sports theme appear in the viewer with pop-up menus, which you use to choose the team and player you want to appear in that title. For more information, see Specify team information for the Sports theme.

6.     To change the title’s appearance (its font, color, size, style, or alignment), use the font controls above the viewer.

Note: You can’t change the font in certain theme-styled titles and some animated titles.

7.     When you’re finished, click the Apply button above the viewer.

Delete a title

1.     In the timeline, select a title bar.

A yellow border appears around it.

2.     Choose Edit > Delete (or press the Delete key).

Modify titles

You can edit the text, font, size, color, and alignment for a title. You can also preview other title styles and change the title to a style you like better.

Note: You can’t change the styles of some animated titles and theme titles.

Change title text

1.     In the timeline, double-click the title you want to change.

The playhead moves to the point where you clicked, and the title appears in the viewer. The first editable text field in the title is highlighted for editing.

2.     Type the new text.

If there are more text fields, press the Tab key to highlight them, and type new text.

3.     When you’re finished, click the Apply button in the title controls.

Format a title

1.     In the timeline, double-click the title you want to change.

The playhead moves to the point where you clicked, and the title appears in the viewer. The first editable text field in the title is highlighted for editing.

2.     Do any of the following:

o   Change the font: Click the Font pop-up menu and choose a font.

To choose from additional fonts using the OS X Fonts window, choose Show Fonts (the last option) from the Font pop-up menu.

o   Change the size of the text: Click the Size pop-up menu, to the right of the Font pop-up menu, and choose a font size.

o   Change the alignment of the text: Click one of the text alignment buttons.

o   Make the text bold, italic, or outlined: Click the button (labeled B, I, or O) for the style you want

o   Change the color of the text: Click the color well, and select a color from the Colors window.

Note: Some title styles have elements that can’t be changed; in these cases some title settings may be disabled.

3.     When you’re satisfied with the changes, click the Apply button in the title controls.

Change the style of a title

1.     In the timeline, position the playhead on the title you want to change.

The title appears in the viewer.

2.     In the Content Library section of the sidebar, select Titles.

3.     In the browser, double-click the new title you want to use.

The new title replaces the old one, retaining the duration of the original title.

Adjust the duration of a title

You can change how long a title appears onscreen. You set the duration of each title individually.

In the timeline, do one of the following:

·       Move your pointer to either edge of a title bar, and drag to lengthen or shorten the duration of the title.

Move a title

·       In the timeline, drag a title bar to wherever you want it to appear in your movie.

Note: If snapping is turned on (click the View menu and make sure Snapping has a checkmark next to it), the edges of the title align with clip and transition edges. As you drag, a vertical yellow line appears when either end of a title is aligned with either end of a video clip.

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