Applying Effects to Text Object

Color Settings

You can set the color of text and shapes. You can also apply a gradation effect.

Note

  • You cannot change the color for images.

1) Select the text or shape in which to change the color.

2) Click the [Fill color] tree on the properties bar.

3) Click the color palette.

4) Specify a color.

Note

  • When [Texture File] is checked, the color change is not applied to the text or shape.

Gradation Settings

1) Select a text or shape in which to apply gradation.

2) Click the [Fill color] tree on the properties bar.

3) Enter the number of colors used for the gradation in [Color].

4) Click the color palette.

5) Specify a color.

6) Repeat steps 4) and 5) for the number of specified colors.

7) Adjust the color gradation by entering a value in [Direction] or by dragging the arrow figure.

Transparency Settings

You can adjust the transparency of a text object in order to see the background behind it.

1) Select the text object of which to adjust transparency.

2) Click the [Fill color] tree on the properties bar.

3) Move the [Transparency] slider to adjust transparency.

Pasting Texture

You can paste a texture file onto a text object.

1) Select a text object in which to paste texture.

2) Click the [Fill color] tree on the properties bar.

3) Check [Texture File], and click [...].

4) Select the image file to be pasted, and click [Open].

Edge (Border) Settings

You can set the color of or paste a texture to text and object borders.

1) Select a text object on which to apply an edge (border).

2) Click the [Edge] tree on the properties bar, and check it.

3) Click the color palette.

4) Specify a color.

5) Enter a value in [Hard width] to specify a width for the edge (border).

6) Enter a value in [Soft width] to specify the blur for the edge (border).

Shadow Settings

You can apply shadow to text objects.

1) Select a text object on which to apply shadow.

2) Click the [Shadow] tree on the properties bar, and check it.

3) Click the color palette.

4) Specify a color.

5) Enter a value in [Hard width] to specify a width for the shadow.

6) Enter a value in [Soft width] to specify the blur for the shadow.

7) Move the [Horizontal] and [Vertical] sliders to adjust the position of the shadow.

8) Move the [Transparency] slider to adjust the shadow transparency.

Emboss Settings

An emboss effect can be applied to text objects.

Note

  • You cannot apply an emboss effect to images.

1) Select a text or shape where emboss is applied.

2) Click the [Emboss] tree on the properties bar, and check it.

3) Click [Inside] or [Outside].

4) Enter values for [Angle] and [Edge Height] to specify the degree of emboss.

5) Set the light source position.

Blur Settings

You can apply a blur effect to text object borders.

1) Select a text object on which to apply blur.

2) Click the [Blur] tree on the properties bar, and check it.

3) Move the sliders to adjust the blur.

Roll/Crawl Settings

You can set an action that moves a text object horizontally/vertically.

Clicking the background will display the background properties.

1) When the background properties bar is displayed, select an action from the [Title type] list.

[Title type]

Select an action for the text. Roll moves vertically and crawl moves horizontally.

[Number of pages]

Displays the number of pages that the text object moves across, where 1 page represents the range of the display area. A vertical scroll bar appears for 2 or more pages. A white dotted line is shown at page breaks, though it is not shown in the actual video.

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