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Oliver Darden August 29th, 2011 09:07 PM

End Credit Formatting
 
Anyone know how to do credits like this in FCP?
http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/s...ow/credits.jpg

I can do the small video box on the left hand side no problem, but I can't seem to get the formatting on the text correct.

Justin Molush August 29th, 2011 09:21 PM

Re: End Credit Formatting
 
Build it in photoshop and scroll the jpeg/png?

Oliver Darden August 30th, 2011 05:11 PM

Re: End Credit Formatting
 
Hey Justin, thanks for the reply. Is scrolling a jpeg what people do? I thought it might be done in after effects etc

Justin Molush August 30th, 2011 05:31 PM

Re: End Credit Formatting
 
The few credits I've done, Ive usually built the credits in photoshop when running FCP and just imported the final version in PNG to allow transparency. Then you can always mask/clip it, and feather it depending on where you want your credits to start.

When I edit on a box with premiere I would just round trip it to AE to allow an easy edit if anything changes before I output.

Les Wilson August 30th, 2011 07:12 PM

Re: End Credit Formatting
 
Just do it in Motion and drop it in the FCP timeline. This technique lets you format the scredits in Text Edit or your favorite RTF editor:
Tutorials, Tips, and Troubleshooting for Apple Motion - Blog - Quick Tip: RTF Import and ScrollingText

Oliver Darden September 1st, 2011 12:42 PM

Re: End Credit Formatting
 
Thanks Les I will check that out. I think going to try the PhotoShop / After Effects route and see how it goes.

Tim Dashwood September 2nd, 2011 02:17 AM

Re: End Credit Formatting
 
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This is extremely easy to do within FCP using the Scrolling Text generator.

Just put a "*" between the credit and the name to create the gutter gap. You can adjust the gap width with the controls in Scrolling Text.

Oliver Darden September 2nd, 2011 12:54 PM

Re: End Credit Formatting
 
Whoa, thanks Tim! I had no idea about using "*" for the gutter gap.

Mark Ahrens September 27th, 2011 06:24 AM

Re: End Credit Formatting
 
Yeah, thanks . . . never knew that!


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