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Adding titles, text, and credits
Most video projects include titles and credits. There are several ways to add text to your project: you can use the included plug-ins
for static text and scrolling credits, or you can use an external image-editing program to create images with text on them.
Adding titles and text with the Titles & Text plug-in
1. From the View menu, choose Media Generators to display the Media Generators window.
2. In the left pane, select the Titles & Text plug-in. The available presets are displayed in the right pane.
3. Drag a preset to a position on the timeline to create a generated media event.
4. Use the Titles & Text plug-in controls to edit the appearance of your text. For more information about the Titles & Text plug-in, see
the Vegas Pro online help.
Adding titles and text with the ProType Titler
With the ProType Titler, you can create static text, animated text effects with splined paths, per-character animation, and advanced
curves. Add shadows, glows, blurs, and gradients for unique text treatments.
1. From the View menu, choose Media Generators to display the Media Generators window.
2. In the left pane, select the ProType Titler plug-in. The available presets are displayed in the right pane.
3. Drag a preset to a position on the timeline to create a generated media event.
4. Use the ProType Titler plug-in controls to edit the appearance of your text.
You can use animation in the ProType Titler to create scrolling and crawling credits.
For more information about the ProType Titler plug-in, see the Vegas Pro online help.
Inserting text with the Text plug-in
1. From the View menu, choose Media Generators to display the Media Generators window.
2. In the left pane, select the Text plug-in. The available presets are displayed in the right pane.
3. Drag a preset to a position on the timeline to create a generated media event.
4. Use the Text plug-in controls to edit the appearance of your text. For more information about the Text plug-in, see the Vegas Pro
online help.
Creating a title from a graphic
Title images can be created in almost any editing program. The following general procedure explains how to create titles with a
transparent background.
Tip: If you want text to appear as an overlay, add it to a track above the video you want to overlay and use a transparent
background. For more information about compositing video tracks, see Compositing on page 308.
Tip: If you want text to appear as an overlay, add it to a track above the video you want to overlay and use a transparent
background. For more information about compositing video tracks, see Compositing on page 308.
Tip: If you want text to appear as an overlay, add it to a track above the video you want to overlay and use a transparent
background. For more information about compositing video tracks, see Compositing on page 308.
Tip: You can use track motion to animate titles created from still images. For more information, see Adding track motion on page
341.