Roxio DVDit Pro HD, User Manual

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Chapter 5 Creating and editing movie titles
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screen and full screen title safe area guides. If you are concerned about how your subtitles
will display on televisions set to 4:3 Pan and Scan, you might want to keep your subtitles
within the inner title safe area guide. See
“Safe Area guides” on page 104 for more
information.
Changing subtitle text properties
To change a subtitle’s text properties and color:
1. In the subtitle list, select the subtitle. The text appears in the preview area.
2. Use the Text controls to set the typeface, size, alignment, outline thickness, and other
properties. San-serif fonts such as Arial are usually easier to read on-screen than serif
fonts such as Times.
3. To change the text color, select one of the color sets in the Color and Opacity section.
Each color set provides different colors for the text body, outline, and background.
See “Editing subtitle color sets” on page 80 for more information.
Deleting subtitle strings
To delete a subtitle string:
1. In the subtitle list, select the subtitle.
2. Click Remove.
See also “Deleting subtitles” on page 81 .
Editing subtitle color sets
Subtitles are constructed from three elements:
• Text body (fill)
• Text outline (stroke)
• Text background
Each element can have a different color and opacity, letting you create subtitles that stand
out against any video.
DVDit Pro HD provides three color sets for subtitles. A color set specifies a color and
opacity level for each of the three text elements. Every subtitle is assigned to one of the three
color sets either by default or by selecting a set in the Edit Subtitles window. Any change
you make to a color set affects every subtitle in the project that is assigned to that set.
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