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</div><div class="twikiRevInfo"><span class="twikiGrayText"><span class="twikiToolbarElem">Cinelerra.VideoTitle</span><span class="twikiToolbarElem">r1.4 - 22 Dec 2004 - 14:46 - <a class="twikiLink" href="../Main/GusGus">GusGus</a></span><span class="twikiToolbarElem"><a href="#TopicEnd">topic&nbsp;end</a></span></span></div></div>
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<h3><a name="VideoTitle"> </a> <a class="twikiLink" href="VideoTitle">VideoTitle</a> </h3>
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While it is possible to add text to movies by importing still images from The <span class="twikiNewLink" style="background : #FFFFCE;"><font color="#0000FF">Gimp</font><a href="http://www.ftconsult.com/twiki/bin/edit/Cinelerra/Gimp?topicparent=Cinelerra.VideoTitle"><sup>?</sup></a></span> and <a class="twikiLink" href="Compositing">compositing</a> them, the <a class="twikiLink" href="VideoTitle">VideoTitle</a> allows you to add text from within Cinelerra.
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The titler has standard options for font, size, and style. The best font is a generic, normal font like Arial in a large size.
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The titler also has options you'll only find in moving pictures. The Justify operation justifies the text relative to the entire frame. Once justified, the X and Y offset is applied. This allows text to be justified while at the same time letting you push it within the title safe region.
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The motion type scrolls the text in any of the four directions. When using this, the text may dissappear. Move the <a class="twikiLink" href="InsertionPoint">InsertionPoint</a> along the <a class="twikiLink" href="Timeline">timeline</a> until the text is far enough along the animation to reappear. The text scrolls on and scrolls off.
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Setting loop causes the text to scroll completely off and repeat. Without loop the text scrolls off and never reappears.
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The speed of the animation is determined by speed. Set it higher to speed up the animation. The value is the number of pixels per second that the text scrolls. 
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Drop shadow draws a black copy of the text to the bottom right of the original text. Useful when drawing text over changing video to keep the border always visible.
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In addition to the scrolling, Fade in/Fade out are a second type of animation. If the fade seconds are 0, no fading is done.
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Color picks the color to draw the text in. Usually white is the only practical color.
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Stamp timecode replaces the text with the current position on the timeline in seconds and frames. 
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<h4><a name="Adding_Fonts_to_the_VideoTitle"> </a> Adding Fonts to the <a class="twikiLink" href="VideoTitle">VideoTitle</a> </h4>
The X Window system originally didn't have a suitable font renderer for video. It also is restricted to the current bit depth. It doesn't have a convenient way to know which fonts work with the suitable font renderer in the desired bit depth. The easiest way we've found to support fonts in the titler is to have a directory for them at /usr/lib/cinelerra/fonts.
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The titler supports mainly TTF, true type fonts. It supports others but TTF are the most reliable. To add true type fonts, copy the .TTF files to the /usr/lib/cinelerra/fonts directory. In that directory run ttmkfdir &gt; fonts.dir (or mkttfdir .) and restart Cinelerra. The new fonts should appear. 
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<h4><a name="The_Tiltle_safe_region"> </a> The Tiltle-safe region </h4>
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If the video is displayed on a consumer TV, the outer border is going to be cropped by 5% on each side. Moreover, text which is too close to the edge looks sloppy. Make sure when added titles to have the title-safe titlesafe.png tool active in the compositor window. The text shouldn't cross the inner rectangle. 
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-- <a class="twikiLink" href="../Main/AlexFerrer">AlexFerrer</a> - 19 Dec 2003
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