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Saving Titles in the Media Pool
for Future Use
If you’ve created a title in a style that you want to later reuse, for example, a particularly
formatted lower third that will be the basis for every lower-third in your program, you can drag
any title from the Timeline to the Media Pool, and it will be saved as a separate clip. Title clips
in the Media Pool are shown with a thumbnail showing a preview of the text they contain.
If you’ve keyframed any animated text or video adjustments, those keyframes are also saved
with this clip.
A text generator saved as a clip in the Media Pool
Once saved in the Media Pool, text generators can be opened in the Source Viewer and edited
just like any other clip.
Using Generators
Generators, with the exception of Solid Color, lack editable parameters other than the
Composite, Transform, Cropping, and Dynamic Zoom parameters that are standard for every
clip. Additionally, generators have a Display Name field in the Inspector that lets you give a
particular clip a custom name that appears in the Timeline.
The following generators are available:
10 Step: A grayscale ramp segmented into 10 steps from black to white.
100mV Steps: A grayscale ramp segmented into segments of exactly 100mV each.
EBU Color Bar: A 1.77:1 aspect ratio set of color bars for PAL-using countries.
Four Color Gradient: A gradient that blends four different colors at each corner of the
frame. You can adjust the Center X and Center Y parameters to move the center at
which all four colors blend together, and you can change the four colors that appear at
each corner using corresponding color parameters.
Grey Scale: A simple grayscale ramp from black to white.
SMPTE Color Bar: An updated 1.77:1 aspect ratio set of color bars for
NTSC-usingcountries.
Solid Color: A simple fullscreen color generator. A Color parameter lets you choose
what color this generator outputs.
Window: A simple white-on-black shape generator, defaulting to a white rectangle
against a black background.
YCbCr Ramp: A gradient designed to test the Y’CbCr signal.
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