to open the quick titler, right click in the gallery and select quick titler from the menu.
1. in the top left area of the screen is a drop-down menu entitled layout.
from the drop-down box, select the sort of title you would like to make, be it a rolling, crawling or still title.
2. enter text. you can do this by typing text in the enter text field. or load a txt file by clicking the load button and browsing to its storage location. if you wish you can save your text out as a txt file by clicking the save button.
when creating text for a roll or crawl, put a blank page before and after if you wish it to roll and crawl on and off the screen, instead of appearing suddenly when its in point is reached on the timeline.
3. scrub through your title using the sliders to the right and bottom of the view window. this will only be necessary if you are making a rolling or crawling title. when you type text or scrub your title, it will appear on the external video monitor as well as on the timeline side of the trim window.
4. apply a font to your title using the font drop down menu.
5. apply a style to your title using the style]] button. the default is normal. you have options of bold, italic, underline and strikeout.
6. adjust the size of your font by moving the sliders in the size window. if you wish to keep the font's shape the same, just make it bigger or smaller overall, check keep aspect. this disables the horz (horizontal) slider, and when you move the vert (vertical) slider, both the height and width of the font change.
the size of still titles is 720x486 (ntsc) or 720x576 (pal). rolls must be 720x a minimum of 972 (this is 2x486) in ntsc or 1152 in pal.
the minimum size of crawls is 880 wide by 265 tall.
7. use the alignment controls to adjust the position of your title.
the drop-down menu at the top of this section of the screen alters the justification of your text, just like a word processor would.
use the horiz and vert (horizontal and vertical) sliders to adjust the position of your title with respect to the top and sides of the screen.
8. choose the surface you wish to apply to your title. from the drop down menu, choose from color, texture or blend.
if you choose color or blend, you must choose the color to apply to the title text. do this by clicking the color button. a color picker opens.
when you have chosen your color, click ok. the window closes and in the swatch field below the color button, the color you have chosen appears. this is also applied to your title on your video monitor if you have feedback turned on.
if you choose texture or blend, you must choose the file to apply to your title text. choose any image file to use as the texture map for your title text. the file type can be any of the normally supported graphic types (bmp, gif, jpg, dib, pcd, pct, pcx, tif, wpg or tga).
if you choose blend, move the slider to give priority to the color or the texture image you have chosen.
9. in the text box, use the sliders to adjust the softness and transparency of the text.
if you increase the transparency number (0 makes the title text completely opaque, 100 is completely transparent, where the title cannot be seen at all) the background image will show through.
if you increase the softness, the text gets a bit of a beveled appearance as it blurs outward, and then it turns into a furry mass.
10. if you wish to give your title a shadow, adjust the offset sliders. there is no shadow visible when the offset sliders are both set to 0. unlike some of the dynamically generated real-time effects (such as picture-inpicture) the shadow can be placed anywhere with relation to the main title - including above it.
apply a color to the shadow by clicking the color button in the shadow section of the quick title generator screen.
use the shadow transparency and softness sliders to apply these effects to the shadow. these effects are in addition to the transparency and shadow already applied to the main title, which are reproduced in the shadow.
11. to save your title, click the save button. the first time you save your title, a window will open to allow you to choose a name and destination for your title. if you have already saved the title in this editing session since opening dpt titler, or if this is a title you previously created and wish to edit, the previously saved title will be overwritten without warning.
if you do not wish to overwrite a previously saved version of your title, click save as, and a window will allow you to choose a new title and destination.
12 to play back your title, press the play button. the background that appears behind` it is either the video frame under the playhead or a solid color. this is set in preferences (see next page).
you can't play back your title until you've saved it.
if you place a check mark next to the feedback button, your video display will be updated automatically as you make changes to your title. otherwise, click the feedback button to refresh the title image.
when you exit the quick titler, your title is added to the gallery. if your title is a still, the image will appear as a thumbnail. if it is a roll or a crawl, the thumbnail will indicate what type of moving text file it is.
quick titler preferences
click on the preferences button to open a settings screen.
the standard displayed is what your system is currently set up to output -720x486 (ntsc) or 720x576 (pal). this is set automatically, and you can only change it if you have a dual-standard system and change the standard using the dps hardware manager. see your dpsreality manual for details.
to adjust the speed your titles are played back at when you press the play button in the quick titler window, choose a playback speed from the dropdown menu. speeds available are slow, medium and fast.
choose a background to view your titles over by selecting from the background drop-down menu. if you choose timeline cursor, then whatever is displayed on the timeline under the playhead will be the background for your title. if the playhead is over a black area of the timeline, the background will be black. if the playhead is over a spot on the timeline that has video and graphics, this will be displayed.
if you choose color, click on the color swatch beside the menu to open a color picker window.
keep in mind, whether you choose a solid color or the video from your timeline, it will be displayed as a still even if you preview moving titles.