Title Graphics: Slates, Lower Thirds, Popups, and Credits

Vlog It! comes with several types of title templates for displaying text:

Titles, Lower Thirds, and Text Slates come in thematic groups that are organized in folders within the Styles Library. These are the same styles that you have to choose from when you create a show with the New Show Wizard.

Templates with Transparency

All Lower Third, Popup, and Credit templates have transparency, which is represented by the checkerboard pattern in the icon and "T" in the upper right corner of the action tray's media source bin. Some video effects are not compatible with text templates (or any media inputs) that have transparency. To learn more, please consult Text Effects.

A Little More about Lower Thirds

You will typically want to position a Lower Third right below the tray for the graphic source that it's associated with. Run through the show in the Rehearse mode to check the timing. To learn the finer points of positioning trays for the desired timing, please see Moving Action Trays.

Most Over-the-Shoulder effects include a built-in caption below the inset that's closely akin to a Lower Third.

Editing the Text in a Title

  1. Double-click the title's icon in its action tray to select it. This will display the title in preview window and open the Actions Tab for that template (unless it was already selected and you had opened a different tab, in which case you'll have to click the Actions Tab).
  2. Click the Edit button at the bottom of the Actions Tab. This brings up a text field. If the template has multiple independent fields, you start in the topmost of them.
  3. Type the desired content in the text field. The preview window will display your changes in real time.
  4. If the template has another field that you want to edit, click the right arrow button to advance to that field.
  5. Repeat steps 3-4 until you've edited the text in all of the the template's text fields.
  6. Click the Done button to accept your changes.

Want Control Over Fonts & Such? Covetous of More Styles? Then you might want consider moving up to Visual Communicator, the bigger brother of Vlog It!   The built-in title editor provides advanced control over the color, size, and type face of text in title graphics. VC's Styles Library is far more extensive. And with the Theme Pack add-on, you can introduce animation into your lower-thirds as well as beefing up your library of themes further still.