First, format all the text as a group, then make individual adjustments With all text selected in the Inspector, format the text as you like. BE SURE to type Cmd+S frequently to preserve your work. Note when you do, the text and columns align properly in the Viewer.īIG, BIG NOTE: Motion does NOT automatically save anything, unlike FCP X. (I’ve found this works more reliably than pasting text into the Viewer.) Select the Title layer in the Layers panel in Motion, then paste the text into the Text field in the Inspector. Select all the text ( Cmd+A) in the word processor. Don’t worry about formatting the text, you’ll do that in Motion as well.Leave any centered text flush left, you’ll center these in Motion.Create a left tab marking the start of the right column, again, position is not important.Create a right tab marking the end of the left column, the precise position is not important.Make sure margins for ALL text are Flush Left (this is critical).Here in Text Edit, I’ve created a credits list. But this behavior is not the problem here, formatting the text is.Īs long as you change the text in the Viewer, or Inspector > Text > Format, the alignment remains. But, what happens if, as is usually the case, you have a long Word or Pages document with all your credits. NOTE: You could, to give yourself more control, delete this behavior and replace it with keyframes or a Motion Path. Right-click, or Control-click the Scrolling title in the Titles Browser and choose Open a copy in Motion.Īfter a few seconds, Motion starts and a copy of the animated title appears.Īs you can see, this title is simply a large text block with a Scroll Text behavior applied to it. Still, if you want to make your credits more interesting, here’s what you need to know. The problem is that, even though Motion has a ruler and tab stops, they don’t behave the way you expect. We have more formatting options if we use Motion. Where things go off the rails is if we want to change the distance between the two columns or add columns or just about any other modifications. Longer clips scroll more slowly.Īll this is straight-forward. The speed of the scroll is determined by the duration of the text clip. We can then format the text using the Format options lower in the Text Inspector. Notice that as long as we don’t delete the tab between the first and second columns, the left column will align right, while the right column will align left. We can open the Inspector, click the Text tab and add our own titles. When you edit it to the timeline as a connected clip, then hover over it, a mostly-ugly formatted scrolling credits list appears. Perhaps you’ve seen the Scrolling credits option in Final Cut. This article was suggested by a reader now I know why. However, if your credits are more complex, or exist in a word processing document, life gets much harder. But it is.įinal Cut Pro X provides a simple scrolling credits effect in the Titles browser. OK, let me say upfront that this should not be so hard.
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