User`s guide

Chapter 8 Working with Text
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To create a new track with text as its media type:
•Select Track > New Text Page.
Editing Text from the Text Window
Once you create a Text track, you can edit the text at any time.
To edit text from the Text window, do one of the following:
• Double-click the Text track in the timeline.
• Click the Media icon and choose Text.
The Text window opens, displaying your text. You can now make changes.
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As long as the Text window remains open, you can undo and redo as you can anywhere in
Avid FX. However, if you close and then reopen the Text window, you cannot undo or redo
any actions performed before the Text window closed.
Button Description
Add Text Track
(timeline)
Creates a 3D Plane track with Text as the media type.
This is the best choice to create effects with lots of text,
such as credit rolls or crawls, since this choice renders
quickly
.
Add Vector Text Track
(timeline)
Creates a 3D Line Art track with Text as the media
type. This is the best choice to create effects that scale,
since vector text remains razor sharp at any size
.
Add 3D Text Track
(timeline)
Creates a 3D Extrusion track with Text as the media
type. When animating 3D text, you may want to create
the text as 2D, using the Add Text Track button. Then
change the shape to 3D Extrusion once you finish
animating. This method speeds previews.
Text (Composite
window)
Lets you type directly in the Composite window
without opening the Text window—see “Creating a
Text Template” on page 412.