User manual ADOBE PREMIER 6.5 - USER GUIDE SUPPLEMENT

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Part Number: 90040473 (08/02) iii Contents Introduction Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Installing Adobe Premiere Getting started .....................................1 .............................2 ................................................1 .............................................3 ..........................................4 ......................................6 Using the printed documentation Using online Help Using tool tips ................................................3 Using Web resources Customer support Other learning resources .............................................7 Chapter 1 Using the Adobe Title Designer Opening a new or saved title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Setting up a new title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Creating new titles with text and graphics Working with the pen tool Using object styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Working with fills, sheens, and textures Saving and loading styles Creating rolls and crawls Using tabs Adding a title to a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Chapter 2 Using the New Features in Premiere 6.5 Using Real-Time Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Using the Adobe MPEG Encoder (Windows only) Using the QuickTime File Exporter (Mac OS only) Using new effects from Adobe After Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 . . . . . . . . . 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Using the new DV Device Control Options dialog box 1 Introduction elcome to Adobe® Premiere® 6.5--software that brings the world of digital video editing to the Windows® and Macintosh desktop. Adobe Premiere provides extensive support for video capture cards, hardware systems, and many input/output formats. Moreover, Adobe Premiere provides a consistent work environment with other Adobe applications including Adobe Photoshop®, Adobe Illustrator®, Adobe InDesign®, Adobe GoLive®, Adobe LiveMotionTM, and Adobe After Effects®. W Registration Adobe is confident you will find that its software greatly increases your productivity. So that Adobe can continue to provide you with the highest quality software, offer technical support, and inform you about new Adobe Premiere software developments, please register your application. When you first start Adobe Premiere, you're prompted to register online. You can choose to submit the form directly or fax a printed copy. You can also register by filling out and returning the registration card included with your software package. Installing Adobe Premiere You must install Premiere from the Adobe Premiere CD onto your hard drive; you cannot run the program from the CD. Follow the on-screen installation instructions. For more detailed information, see the HowToInstall file on the CD. Getting started Adobe provides a variety of options for you to learn Adobe Premiere, including printed guides, online Help, and tool tips. Using the Adobe Online feature, you can easily access a host of continually updated Web resources for learning Adobe Premiere, from tips and tutorials to tech support information. Getting up to speed depends on your experience with previous versions of Adobe Premiere. 2 Introduction If you are new to Premiere: · See the Overview chapter in the Adobe Premiere 6.0 User Guide to get an introduction to the software. · Use the tool tips feature to help identify tools, buttons, and palette controls as you work in Premiere. See "Using tool tips" on page 3. · Go to the Adobe.com Web site and work through some of the Premiere tutorials for hands-on lessons. See "Using Web resources" on page 4. If you are an experienced Premiere user: · Check out the new Adobe Title Designer to see how you can expand your creativity with titles. See "Opening a new or saved title" on page 10. · See "Using Real-Time Preview" on page 49 to learn about Premiere's powerful new software-based Real-Time Preview option. · Explore the exciting new effects included with Premiere 6.5. See "Using new effects from Adobe After Effects" on page 54. · If you're a Windows user, learn how to create top of the line MPEG output for DVD, Super DVD, or Video CD. See "Using the Adobe MPEG Encoder (Windows only)" on page 50. · If you're a Macintosh user, learn how to export your projects to a variety of popular formats using the QuickTime File Exporter. See "Using the QuickTime File Exporter (Mac OS only)" on page 53. Using the printed documentation In addition to the printed documents included with the application, you will find many PDF documents on the Premiere CD; Adobe Acrobat® Reader® software, included on the Premiere CD, lets you view PDF files. Two printed documents are included with Premiere 6.5: Adobe Premiere 6.5 User Guide supplement Contains essential information on using Premiere's new commands and features. Complete information on all topics is available in online Help. ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5 3 User Guide Adobe Premiere Quick Reference Card Contains basic information about the Adobe Premiere tools and palettes, and shortcuts for using them. Shortcuts are also included in the online Help. Using online Help Adobe Premiere includes complete documentation in an HTML-based help system. The help system includes all of the information in the Adobe Premiere 6.5 User Guide Supplement, the Adobe Premiere 6.0 User Guide, plus information on additional features, keyboard shortcuts, and full-color illustrations. Online Help provides three ways of locating information. The Contents and Index tabs let you find general information, and the Search tab lets you look up specific words or phrases. For more detailed information about using online Help, click the Help button next to the Content, Index, and Search tabs. To properly view online Help topics, you need Netscape Communicator 4.0 (or later) or Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0 (or later). You must also have JavaScript active. To start online Help: Do one of the following: · Choose Help > Premiere Help. · Press F1 (Windows). Using tool tips The tool tips feature lets you display the name of tools, or buttons and controls in palettes. To identify a tool or control: Position the pointer over a tool or control and pause. A tool tip appears showing the name and keyboard shortcut (if any) for the item. If tool tips don't appear, the preference for displaying them may be turned off. 4 Introduction To display tool tips: 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows and Mac OS 9) or Adobe Premiere 6.5 > Preferences > General (Mac OS X). 2 Select Show Tool Tips, and click OK. Note: Tool tips are not available in most dialog boxes. Using Web resources If you have an Internet connection, you can use the Adobe Online feature to access additional resources for learning Premiere located on the Adobe.com Web site. From the Adobe.com home page, select Digital Video Products. Then choose Premiere and look in the Product Info, Support, and Training & Events sections. These resources are continually updated and include the following: Tutorials and Techniques Provide step-by-step instructions on using Premiere or help on performing advanced techniques. These tutorials can help you go beyond the reference information contained in the user guide and show you how to use Premiere with other applications. Technical guides Provide access to procedures for performing tasks in Premiere and to detailed reference information on a variety of topics. This information provides help on everything from common processes to the complex tasks necessary to prepare movies for the Web. Troubleshooting Provides access to solutions to problems you may encounter using Premiere. You should check out troubleshooting information available through Adobe Online and the Adobe Web site before you call customer support. To access the Adobe home page for your region: 1 Open the Adobe U.S. home page at www.adobe.com. 2 From the Adobe Worldwide menu, choose your geographical region. Adobe's home page is customized for 20 different geographical regions. ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5 5 User Guide About Adobe Online Adobe Online provides access to the latest tutorials, quicktips, and other Web content for Premiere and other Adobe products. Using Adobe Online, you can also access the Web page containing current links to the latest Premiere technical support solutions. Using Adobe Online Adobe Online is constantly changing, so you should refresh before you use it. Refreshing through Adobe Online updates bookmarks and buttons so you can quickly access the most current content available. You can use preferences to automatically refresh Adobe Online. When you set up an Internet connection to Adobe Online, Adobe can either notify you whenever new information is available through the Updates feature or automatically download that information to your hard disk. If you choose not to use the automatic download feature, you can still view and download new files whenever they are available using the Updates command in the Help menu. To use Adobe Online: 1 In Premiere, choose Help > Adobe Online. Note: You must have an Internet connection to access Adobe Online. Adobe Online will launch your browser using your default Internet configuration. 2 If prompted, do any of the following: · Click Updates to access updated files. · Click Preferences to set up your operating system to enable automatic updates. Note: You can set Adobe Online preferences by choosing Edit > Preferences > Online Settings (Windows and Mac OS 9) or Adobe Premiere 6.5 > Preferences > Online Settings (Mac OS X). · Click Go Online to access the Adobe Web site. · Click Cancel (Windows and Mac OS 9) or Close (Mac OS X) to return to Premiere. Accessing Adobe Online through the Help menu The Help menu includes options to view and download information from the Adobe Web site. 6 Introduction To view updated articles or documents: Click Help and choose the topic you want to view. To view and download information from the Adobe Web site using the Help menu: 1 In Premiere, choose Edit >Preferences > Online Settings (Windows and Mac OS 9) or Adobe Premiere 6.5 > Preferences > Adobe Online (Mac OS X). Choose an item from the Check for Updates pop-up menu to determine how often Premiere launches an automatic update. 2 Choose Help > Updates. 3 Select a View Option: · Select New Updates to view only the files that are new since the last time you viewed downloadable files or were notified of them. · Select All Updates to view all the files on Adobe's Web site that are currently available. 4 To see a description of a file, click on a filename and view its description in the Item Description section. 5 To see the location where a file will be installed if downloaded, select a file and view its location in the Download Location section. To change the location, click Choose. 6 To download a file, click the check box next to the file name, and then click Download. 7 To close the Adobe Product Updates dialog box, click Close. Other learning resources Other Adobe learning resources are available but are not included with your application. Adobe Press Offers a library of books that provide in-depth training in Adobe software, including the acclaimed Classroom in a Book series developed by experts at Adobe. For information on purchasing Adobe Press titles, visit the Adobe Web site at www.adobe.com, or contact your local book distributor. The Adobe Certification program Offers users, instructors, and training centers the opportunity to demonstrate their product proficiency and promote their software skills as Adobe Certified Experts or Adobe Certified Training Providers. Certification is available worldwide. Visit the Partnering with Adobe Web site at http://partners.adobe.com to learn how you can become certified. ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5 7 User Guide Customer support When you register your product, you may be entitled to technical support. Terms may vary depending on the country of residence. For more information, refer to the technical support card provided with the Premiere documentation. Customer support on Adobe Online Adobe Online provides access to the Premiere Knowledgebase, where you can find answers to technical questions. Additional customer support resources Adobe Systems provides several forms of automated technical support: · See the ReadMe and ReadMe First! files installed with the program for information that became available after this guide went to press. · Explore the extensive customer support information on Adobe's World Wide Web site (www.adobe.com). To access the Adobe Web site from Premiere, choose Help > Adobe Online or click the icon at the top of the toolbox. See "Using Web resources" on page 4. 9 Chapter 1: Using the Adobe Title Designer In Premiere 6.5, you have the ability to design complex titles with the Adobe Title Designer. With the Adobe Title Designer, you can add a variety of attributes to titles, use various templates to design titles, freely manipulate shapes in a title, and create custom styles that you can save and use with other title documents. K L A B C D E F G H I J MN Adobe Title Designer window A. Selection tool (left); Rotation tool (right) B. Horizontal type tool (left); Vertical type tool (right) C. Horizontal paragraph text tool (left); Vertical paragraph text tool (right) D. Path text tools E. Pen tool (left); Add anchor point tool (right) F. Delete anchor point tool (left); Convert anchor point tool (right) G. Rectangle tool (left); Round rectangle tool (right) H. Round-corner rectangle tool (left); Clipped-corner rectangle tool (right) I. Wedge tool (left); arc tool (right) J. Ellipse tool (left); Line tool (right) K. Sync to Timeline button L. Output to Monitor button M. New Style button N. Delete Style button 10 CHAPTER 1 Using the Adobe Title Designer Opening a new or saved title Even though you can create a title while working in a project, a title is an independent file, separate from your project. Like any other clip, it doesn't become part of your video program until you add it to the Timeline. You can work with more than one open Adobe Title Designer window at a time, and use a title in more than one project. New titles saved from the Adobe Title Designer appear in the active bin in the Project window. To start and save a new title: 1 Choose File > New > Title. The Adobe Title Designer opens. 2 Choose File > Save As. 3 Specify a location and filename, and then click Save. To open a previously saved title: 1 Choose File > Open. 2 Select a title and click Open. Note: You can only open titles created in Premiere 6.5 in the Adobe Title Designer. When you open titles created in Premiere 6.0 and earlier, the Premiere 6.0 Title window opens. You may either continue to work in the 6.0 Title window, or you can copy and paste the title text into the Adobe Title Designer. To edit a title in an open project: Double-click the title in the Project window or the Timeline. Setting up a new title Once you open the Adobe Title Designer window, you can either create a title from scratch or load one of the included templates. The Adobe Title Designer drawing area is the same size as the frame size specified in the Project Settings dialog box. ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5 11 User Guide Adjusting values by using hot text controls The Adobe Title Designer uses special hot text controls for adjusting values as you create object styles and perform transformations. Hot text controls are underlined, interactive values that make it easy to adjust values without entering text in pop-up dialog boxes. A selected hot text value To use the hot text controls: Do one of the following: · Place the cursor over an underlined value. When the cursor becomes a finger with arrows on either side, drag right or up to increase the value, or drag left or down to decrease it. Press Shift as you drag to increase or decrease the value in increments of 10. · Click the underlined value to select it, and then enter a new value. 12 CHAPTER 1 Using the Adobe Title Designer Using templates The Adobe Title Designer includes over 200 templates that provide you with title area configurations to help you build a title. For instance, some templates include art that may be pertinent to your project's subject matter. Other templates have special designs, such as letterboxed or pillarboxed drawing areas. If you change a template, you can save it as a new title file or import it as a template for use in other projects. You can use any saved title as a template. Templates are transferable between users and across platforms. If you share templates, make sure that each system includes all the fonts, textures, logos, and images used in the template. For information on textures, see "Loading textures" on page 36. To load a template: In the Adobe Title Designer window, do one of the following: · Click the Templates button. · Choose Title > Templates. 1 Select a template. Click the triangle next to a category name to expand it. 2 If the drawing area contains text that you want to use in the template, select Preserve Title Text. Note: When you select Preserve Title Text and load a template, all graphic objects in the drawing area are deleted. 3 Click OK. To create a template from an open title: 1 Choose Title > Templates and select the folder where you want to save the template. 2 Choose Save [Current Title Name] as Template from the Templates menu. To import a saved title file as a template: 1 Choose Title > Templates and then choose Import File As Template from the Templates menu. 2 Select a file and click Open. You can only import Premiere 6.5 title (.prtl) files as templates. ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5 13 User Guide To set a default template: 1 Choose Title > Templates and select a template. 2 Choose Set Template as Default from the Templates menu. The default template loads each time you open the Adobe Title Designer. To restore the default template: 1 Choose Title > Templates and select a template. 2 Choose Restore Default Template from the Templates menu and click Close. To rename a template: 1 Choose Title > Templates and select a template. 2 Choose Rename Template from the Templates menu. 3 Type a name in the Name text box, and click OK. To delete a template: 1 Choose Title > Templates and select a template. 2 Choose Delete Template from the Templates menu, and then click OK. Note: If you delete a template using this procedure, it is removed from the hard disk. Showing video behind the title If you are creating a title for a specific piece of footage, it may be useful to view a frame of that footage in the drawing area as you create the title. Displaying footage is helpful if you want to precisely position a title or compare title and footage colors. Use Adobe Title Designer's timecode controls to target and display a specific frame from the Timeline. Use the Sync to Timeline button to display the frame at the edit line in the Timeline and update the timecode to reflect the frame's location on the Timeline. If you add new footage to the Timeline at the targeted time, the Adobe Title Designer displays the new footage. To show a frame of video behind the title: In the Adobe Title Designer window, select Show Video. 14 CHAPTER 1 Using the Adobe Title Designer To designate the frame shown in the window: Do one of the following: · Drag the Show Video value until the display frame is visible in the drawing area. The Show Video value uses the same format as the timecode of the project. For example, if you are working in a PAL project, the Show Video value represents PAL timecode. Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag to enable a real-time scrub of the Timeline. · Click the Show Video value and enter the time (along the Timeline) where the display frame is located. Note: The edit line does not change location when you perform either of the above procedures. To display the frame located at the edit line: In the Adobe Title Designer, click Sync to Timeline . Understanding safe title and safe action margins The safe title and action margins in the Adobe Title Designer drawing area designate the title's visible safe zones. You can set display options for these zones in the Titler preferences dialog box. Safe zones are useful when editing for broadcast and videotape. Most consumer television sets use a process called overscan, which cuts off a portion of the outer edges of the picture, allowing the center of the picture to be enlarged. The amount of overscan is not consistent across televisions, so to ensure that everything fits within the area that most televisions display, keep text within the title safe margins, and all other important elements within the action safe margins. For best results, preview your video on a television monitor connected to your computer. Note: If you are creating content for the Web or for CD, the safe title and safe action zones do not apply to your project because the entire image displays in these mediums. ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5 15 User Guide A B Safe title and safe action margins A. Safe title B. Safe action To turn safe title and safe action margins on or off: Do one of the following: · Choose Edit > Preferences > Titler (Windows and Mac OS 9) or Adobe Premiere 6.5 > Preferences > Titler (Mac OS X), and select Show Safe Title Margins or Show Safe Action Margins to turn them on; deselect an option to turn it off. Click OK. · Choose Title > View > Safe Title Margin or Title > View > Safe Action Margin to turn them on or off. The margin is on if a check mark appears beside its name. Creating new titles with text and graphics Use the Adobe Title Designer to create text and graphic titles with a variety of attributes. You can use any vector font resident on your system, including Type 1, OpenType, and TrueType fonts. Use the drawing tools to create any shape--simple and complex. 16 CHAPTER 1 Using the Adobe Title Designer The Adobe Title Designer recognizes each text or graphic element you create as an object. You can apply various styles to these objects to enhance the look of your titles. For more information on applying styles, see "Using object styles" on page 30. Using text tools for typing text The Adobe Title Designer includes several tools for creating text. Use the text tools to create text that is oriented horizontally, vertically, or along a path. You can choose to create text that is confined only by the drawing area boundaries, or create a text box with specific boundaries. You can also specify whether horizontal and vertical text wraps automatically. To type horizontal or vertical text confined only by the drawing area boundaries: 1 In the Adobe Title Designer window, do one of the following: · To type horizontal text, click the horizontal type tool · To type vertical text, click the vertical type tool . . 2 In the drawing area, click where you want to begin, and then type the text. Note: By default, text wraps when it reaches the title safe margin. To prevent this, choose Title > Word Wrap to turn Word Wrap off. When Word Wrap is off, press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) to type a new line. 3 When you are finished typing, select the selection tool and click outside the text box area. To type horizontal or vertical text in a text box: 1 In the Adobe Title Designer window, do one of the following: · To type horizontal text, click the horizontal paragraph text tool · To type vertical text, click the vertical paragraph text tool 2 In the drawing area, drag to create a text box. 3 Type the text. The text wraps when it reaches the boundaries of the text box. Resizing the text box in this mode resizes only the visible area; the text remains the same size. 4 When you are finished typing, select the selection tool and click outside of the text box area. . . ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5 17 User Guide To type text along a path: 1 In the Adobe Title Designer window, click a path text tool , . Using a path text tool is similar to drawing with a pen tool. For information on using the pen tools, see "Working with the pen tool" on page 20. 2 In the drawing area, click where you want the text to begin. 3 Click or drag to create a second point. When you type the text, it appears along the top or right edge of the path. 4 Continue clicking until you create the path shape you want. 5 Type the text. If necessary, adjust the path by dragging the anchor points. Resizing the text box in this mode resizes only the visible area; the text remains the same size. 6 When you are finished, select the selection tool and click outside of the text box area. Selecting and moving text Controls in the Adobe Title Designer make it easy to select and move your text. To select a text box: Using the selection tool, click a text box. To select a single character or group of contiguous characters in a text box: 1 Using the selection tool, double-click the text box containing the text you want to select. 2 Place the cursor where you want to begin the selection and drag to select the characters. To move the text box: Using the selection tool, position the cursor over the text box and drag. Scaling and rotating text and changing the text orientation You can increase or decrease the size of text or a path. You can also change the direction of the text by rotating the text or the path, or by changing the text's orientation. 18 CHAPTER 1 Using the Adobe Title Designer To scale or rotate a path: 1 Select the text on the path. 2 Do one of the following: · To scale the path (not the characters), place the cursor over any of the text box corner or side points, and when the cursor becomes a scale icon points, and when the cursor becomes a rotate icon To change text orientation: , drag the point. · To rotate the path and the characters, place the cursor just outside of one of the corner , drag the corner point. 1 Select the text box. 2 Choose Title > Orientation and select either Horizontal or Vertical. To scale or rotate the text box: 1 Select the text box. 2 Do one of the following: · To scale the text box, place the cursor over any of the corner or side points, and when the cursor becomes a scale icon , drag the point. Note: If you created the text using a text tool, this procedure scales the characters and the text box. If you created the text using a paragraph text tool, this procedure scales only the text box. · To rotate the text box and the characters, either place the cursor just outside one of the corner points, and when the cursor becomes a rotate icon select the rotation tool , and drag a corner point. , drag the corner point, or Changing font attributes The Adobe Title Designer includes a font browser, which displays all of the installed fonts in their typeface. The Adobe Title Designer applies the font you select in the font browser to the selected text object. The font browser lets you quickly preview different fonts in the open title. With the font browser, you can apply a different typeface to every character in a text object. ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5 19 User Guide To change the font: 1 Select the text you want to change. 2 Do one of the following: · Choose Title > Font and choose a font from the menu. · Choose Title > Font > Browse, select a font, and then click OK. · Choose a font from the Object Style Properties section. For information on working in this section, see "Setting object styles for text" on page 30. To change the characters that appear in the Font Browser window: 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Titler (Windows and Mac OS 9) or Adobe Premiere 6.5 > Preferences > Titler (Mac OS X). 2 In the Font Browser text box, type up to six characters that you want to appear in the Font Browser preview window, and then click OK. To change the font size: Select the text and do one of the following: · Choose Title > Size and choose a font size. · Change the Font Size value in the Object Style section. To change the text justification: 1 Select a text box. 2 Choose Title > Type Alignment and choose Left, Center, or Right. You can also set tabs in the text. For more information, see "Using tabs" on page 46. Creating objects with the drawing tools In addition to creating text objects, you can also use the drawing tools in the Adobe Title Designer to create a variety of shapes such as rectangles, polygons, and ellipses. 20 CHAPTER 1 Using the Adobe Title Designer To create a shape using the drawing tools: 1 Select a drawing tool. 2 Do any of the following: · Hold down Shift and drag to constrain the shape's aspect ratio. · Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and drag to draw from the center of the shape. · Hold down Shift + Alt (Windows or Option (Mac OS) as you drag to constrain the aspect ratio and draw from the center. · Drag diagonally across the corner points to flip the shape diagonally as you draw. · Drag across, up, or down to flip the shape horizontally or vertically as you draw. Note: To flip the shape after you've drawn it, use the selection tool to drag a corner point in the direction you want it to flip. To change the shape of a geometric object or a logo: Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the shape and choose a shape option from the Geometry Type menu. Note: When changing shapes, the original control points may be lost. To reveal the control points before or after changing the shape, double-click the object with the selection tool. Working with the pen tool The Adobe Title Designer includes standard pen tools that resemble those used in graphic design applications such as Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Use the pen tools to create an object of any shape, including straight lines at any angle or smooth flowing curves. Drawing straight segments with the pen tool You draw straight lines by clicking the pen tool in the drawing area. This creates control points, called anchor points, that are connected by straight segments. ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5 21 User Guide To draw straight segments with the pen tool: 1 Select the pen tool. 2 Position the tip of the pen point where you want the straight segment to begin, and click to define the first anchor point (do not drag). The anchor point remains selected (solid) until you add the next point. Note: The first segment you draw will not be visible until you click a second anchor point. Also, if lines appear that are extended from the points, you've accidentally dragged the pen tool; choose Edit > Undo and click again. 3 Click again where you want the segment to end. (Shift-click to constrain the segment's angle to multiples of 45 degrees.) This creates another anchor point. 4 Continue clicking the pen tool to create additional straight segments.The last anchor point you add appears as a large square, indicating that it is selected. Existing anchor points become deselected as you add more anchor points. 5 Complete the path by doing one of the following: · To close a path, position the pen pointer over the initial anchor point. A circle appears underneath the cursor when you are directly over the initial anchor point. Click to close the path. · To leave the path open, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) anywhere away from all objects, or select a different tool in the toolbox. Drawing curved segments with the pen tool Draw curved segments by dragging the anchor points with the pen tool. Before you draw and modify curved segments with the pen tool, it's important to understand two elements that are associated with anchor points on curves. When you use the selection tool to select an anchor point connecting curved segments, the segments display direction lines which end in direction points. The angle and length of the direction lines determine the shape and size of the curved segments. Moving the direction lines reshapes the curves. A smooth point 22 CHAPTER 1 Using the Adobe Title Designer always has two direction lines that move together as a single, straight unit. When you drag the direction point of either direction line on a smooth point, both direction lines move simultaneously, maintaining a continuous curve at that anchor point. In comparison, a corner point can have two, one, or no direction lines, depending on whether it joins two, one, or no curved segments, respectively. Drawing with the pen tool Corner point direction lines maintain the corner by working independently of one another. When you drag a direction point on a corner point's direction line, the other direction line, if present, does not move. Direction lines are always tangent to (perpendicular to the radius of) the curve at the anchor points. The angle of each direction line determines the slope of the curve, and the length of each direction line determines the height, or depth, of the curve. The pen tools provide the most precise control over straight lines and curves. Using them, you can easily adjust the shape of the connecting paths. You can also quickly add points to or delete points from a segment, or change an anchor point from one type to another. Once you draw lines or curves, you can either leave the connecting segments open, meaning that the final segment does not return to the original starting point, or you can close the connecting segments by clicking the initial control point. To draw curves with the pen tool: 1 Select the pen tool. 2 Position the cursor where you want the curve to begin. Hold down the mouse button. ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5 23 User Guide 3 Drag to create direction lines that determine the slope of the curve segment you're creating. In general, extend the direction line about one third of the distance to the next anchor point you plan to draw. Shift-drag to constrain the direction line to multiples of 45 degrees. 4 Release the mouse button. Note: The first segment will not be visible until you draw the second anchor point. 5 Position the pen tool where you want the curve segment to end, and then do one of the following: · To create a "C"-shaped curve, drag in a direction opposite to the direction that you dragged to create the previous anchor point. A B C Drawing the second point in a curve A. Starting to drag second smooth point B. Dragging away from previous direction line, creating a "C" curve C. Result after releasing mouse button · To create an "S"-shaped curve, drag in the same direction that you dragged to create the previous anchor point. A B C Drawing an S curve A. Starting to drag new smooth point B. Dragging in same direction as previous direction line, creating an "S" curve C. Result after releasing mouse button 24 CHAPTER 1 Using the Adobe Title Designer 6 Continue dragging the pen tool from different locations to create additional points. 7 Complete the path by doing one of the following: · To close the path, position the pen tool over the first anchor point. Click or drag to close the path. · To leave the path open, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) anywhere away from all objects. To create a curve within a straight segment: 1 Select the selection tool. 2 Select the segment you want to modify. · Position the cursor over the point in the straight segment where you want to create a curve and drag. Adjusting points and curves The Adobe Title Designer includes tools for modifying existing paths. You can make adjustments to a path at any existing point in the path, or you can add and delete points to refine your adjustments. To add an anchor point to a path: 1 Select the path. 2 Select the add anchor point tool 3 Do one of the following: · To add an anchor point without creating or manually adjusting a curve, position the . cursor over the spot on the path where you want to add an anchor point and click. · To add an anchor point and simultaneously move the new point, position the cursor over the spot on the path where you want to add an anchor point and drag. To delete an anchor point: 1 Select the path containing the anchor point. 2 Select the delete anchor point tool . 3 Place the cursor over the point you want to delete and click. ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5 25 User Guide To adjust a control point: 1 Select the path containing the control point. 2 Select the pen tool . 3 Position the cursor over the point, and when the cursor becomes an arrow with a square next to it , drag the control point to adjust it. Converting anchor points from one type to another While drawing, you may find it necessary to change the type of anchor point you have created for a segment. Use the convert anchor point tool to do this. To convert between smooth points and corner points: 1 Select the path you want to modify. 2 Select the convert anchor point tool you want to convert. 3 Do one of the following: · To convert a corner point to a smooth point, drag a direction point out of the and position the cursor over the anchor point corner point. · To convert a smooth point to a corner point without direction lines, click the smooth point. · To convert a corner point without direction lines to a corner point with independent direction lines, first drag a direction point out of a corner point (making it a smooth point with direction lines). Release the mouse button, and then drag either direction point. · To convert a smooth point to a corner point with independent direction lines, drag either direction point. 26 CHAPTER 1 Using the Adobe Title Designer Using bitmap logos The Adobe Title Designer offers several methods for placing bitmap logos created in other graphics applications (including vector-based drawing applications) into a title. Once you place a logo in a title, you can apply object styles to it. You can also use a logo as a texture. See "Using object styles" on page 30 and "Loading textures" on page 36 for more information. To place a logo in a title: 1 Choose Title > Logo > Insert Logo. The Adobe Title Designer imports the logo at the size it was created. 2 Drag the logo to position it where you want. If necessary, adjust the size, opacity, rotation, and scale of the logo. For information adjusting these properties, see "Transforming objects" on page 28." To place a logo into a text box: 1 Using a text tool, click where you want to insert the logo. 2 Choose Title > Logo > Insert Logo into Text. To return a logo to its original size or aspect ratio: Select the logo and choose either Title > Logo > Restore Logo Size or Title > Logo > Restore Logo Aspect Ratio. Arranging objects When you create objects that overlap each other, you can control their stacking order. Use the Adobe Title Designer's arranging function to designate the order of your overlapping objects. To arrange an object: 1 Select the object you want to move. 2 Choose Title > Arrange and then choose one of the following: · Bring to Front to bring the selected object to the top of the stacking order. · Bring Forward to switch the selected object's stacking order with the object directly in front of it. ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5 27 User Guide · Send to Back to move the selected object to the bottom of the stacking order. · Send Backward to switch the selected object's stacking order with the object directly behind it. Aligning and distributing objects. Use the Align and Distribute commands to line up or evenly space selected objects in the Adobe Title Designer. You can align or distribute objects along the vertical or horizontal axes. When you choose horizontal alignment, the selected objects align along the edge of the objects's horizontal axis closest to the edge you choose. When you choose vertical alignment, the selected objects align along the edge of the object's vertical axis closest to the edge you choose. When you align and distribute selected objects, keep the following in mind: · An alignment option aligns selected objects to the object that most closely represents the new alignment. For example, for right-alignment, all selected objects align to the selected object that is farthest to the right. · A distribution option evenly spaces selected objects between the two most extreme objects. For example, for a vertical distribution option, the selected objects are distributed between the highest and lowest selected objects. · When you distribute objects of different sizes, the spaces between objects may not be uniform. For example, distributing objects by their centers creates equal space between the centers--but different-sized objects extend by different amounts into the space between objects. To align or distribute objects: 1 Select the objects you want to align or distribute. Note: To align, you must select two or more objects; to distribute, you must select three or more objects. 2 Do one of the following: · To align the selected objects, choose Title > Align Objects and choose the type of alignment you want. · To distribute the selected objects, choose Title > Distribute Objects and choose the type of distribution you want. 28 CHAPTER 1 Using the Adobe Title Designer Transforming objects Once you have created an object, you have full flexibility in adjusting its overall shape, size, position, and opacity. To adjust various global properties of the objects, either drag their control points in the drawing area, use the controls in the Transform section of the Adobe Title Designer, or choose a command from the Title menu. To adjust an object's opacity: 1 Select an object or group of objects. 2 Do one of the following: · In the Transform section, adjust the Opacity value. · Choose Title > Transform > Opacity, type a new Opacity value, and click OK. To adjust the position of a single object or multiple objects: 1 Select an object, or Shift-click to select multiple objects. 2 Do one of the following: · In the drawing area, drag any of the selected objects to a new position. · In the Transform section, adjust the X Position value to reposition the object or objects along the specified x-axis, or adjust the Y Position value to reposition the object or objects along the specified y-axis. · Choose Title > Transform > Position and type new X and Y Position values; then click OK. ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5 29 User Guide To scale one or more objects: 1 Select an object or Shift-click to select multiple objects. 2 Do one of the following: · To scale the width, either drag any object's left or right side points in the drawing area, or adjust the Width value in the Transform section. · To scale the height, either drag any of the object's top or bottom side points in the drawing area, or adjust the Height value in the Transform section. · To constrain the object proportions, hold down Shift as you drag the corner and side points. · To scale and constrain the aspect ratio, hold down Shift as you drag any object's corner points. · To scale from the center, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag any object's corner points. · To set scale values and specify if scale is uniform or not, choose Title > Transform > Scale, specify the values you want, and click OK. To change the rotation angle of a single object or multiple objects: 1 Select the object, or Shift-click to select multiple objects. 2 Do one of the following: · In the drawing area, place the cursor just outside any object's corner control points. When the cursor becomes the rotation icon , drag in the direction you want to adjust angle. Hold down Shift as you drag to constrain the rotation to 45-degree increments. · In the Transform section, adjust the Rotation value. · Select the rotation tool and drag any object in the direction you want. · Choose Title > Transform > Rotation, and type a new Rotation value; then click OK. 30 CHAPTER 1 Using the Adobe Title Designer Using object styles With the Adobe Title Designer, you can apply a custom style to each object or group of objects you create. Styles can consist of any variation of any properties you add to your objects. These properties include strokes, fills, sheens, textures, shadows, as well as font types. Using styles helps you maintain consistency across multiple titles in a project. You can save your favorite styles and apply them to other objects. Object style properties Setting object styles for text The Object Styles Properties section of the Adobe Title Designer provides several controls for setting and adjusting the styles you apply to titles. To change an object style for a text object: 1 Select the text object you want to modify. 2 In Object Style section of the Adobe Title Designer, click the arrow next to Properties and set values for any of the following options: ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5 31 User Guide Font Specifies the font applied to the selected text object. To view a font in its typeface, use the Font Browser. For more information on using the Font Browser, see "Using text tools for typing text" on page 16. Font Size Specifies the font's size, in scan lines. Aspect Specifies the horizontal scale of the selected font. This value is a percentage of the font's natural aspect ratio. Values less than 100% narrow the text. Values above 100% widen the text. Leading Specifies the amount of space between lines of type. For Roman type, leading is measured from the baseline of one line of type to the baseline of the next line. For vertical text, leading is measured from the center of one line of type to the center of the next line.In the Adobe Title Designer, the baseline is the line underneath the text. You can apply more than one leading amount within the same paragraph; however, the largest leading value in a line of type determines the leading value for that line. Note: To turn the text baselines on or off, choose Title > View > Text Baselines. A check beside the Text Baseline menu item indicates that the option is on. Text baselines appear only when you select the text object. Kerning Specifies the amount of space you add or subtract between specific character pairs. The value indicates the percentage of character width between the character pairs. Place the cursor at the point where you want to adjust kerning. Tracking Specifies the amount of space between a range of letters. The value indicates the percentage of character width between the specified range of characters. The direction of the text tracking is based on the justification of the text. For example, center justified text tracks from the center. Adjusting the tracking is useful when your contiguous text has thick strokes that cause the characters to blend into each other, making them hard to read. Adjust the tracking for all the text in a text box by selecting the text box and changing the Tracking value. You can also adjust the tracking between specific contiguous characters by selecting only those characters and changing the Tracking value. Baseline Shift Specifies the distance of the characters from the baseline. Raise or lower the selected type to create superscripts or subscripts. Changing the Baseline Shift value affects all characters. Adjust the baseline shift for all the text in a text box by selecting the text box and changing the value. Adjust the baseline shift between specific contiguous characters by selecting only those characters and changing the value. Slant Specifies the slant of an object, in degrees. 32 CHAPTER 1 Using the Adobe Title Designer All Caps When selected, specifies that all selected objects display in uppercase. Small Caps Size Specifies the size of the small caps as a percentage of regular height. Adjusting this value changes the size of all characters in the text object with the exception of the leading character. A Small Caps value of 100% sets the text to all capitals. Underline When selected, specifies that the selected text is underlined. This option is not available for text on a path. Distort Distorts text. Click the triangle to reveal the options. Adjust the X value to distort the text along the x axis. Adjust the Y value to distort along the y axis. Text altered by adjusting the Distort value. Setting object styles for graphics When you select a graphic object in the Adobe Title Designer, you have several special options for applying styles to graphics. To change an object style for a graphic: 1 Select the graphic object you want to modify. 2 In the Object Styles section of the Adobe Title Designer, click the arrow next to Properties and set any of the following options: ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5 33 User Guide Graphic Type Specifies the shape of the graphic. The menu initially shows the selected graphic type as the chosen type. Choose another type from the menu to change the selected object. Depending upon the option you choose, one or more of the following values appears. Adjust the appropriate values according to the descriptions below: Distort Distorts shape objects. Click the triangle to reveal the options. Adjust the X value to distort the image along the x axis. Adjust the Y value to distort along the y axis. Fillet Size Specifies the percentage of distance from a corner to a side midpoint. Logo Bitmap Displays the logo. Click the swatch to open a logo bitmap. Line Width Specifies the width of the shape's outline, in scan lines. Cap Type Specifies the type of cap placed at the end of the paths. Choose one of the following options from the menu: · Butt: Caps paths with square ends. · Round: Caps paths with semicircular ends. · Square: Caps paths with square ends that extend half the line width beyond the end of the line. This option makes the weight of the line extend equally in all directions around the line. Join Type Specifies how the ends of adjoining paths are joined. Choose one of the following options from the menu: · Miter: Joins path segments using pointed corners. See the below Miter Limit option description for information on adjusting the miter. · Round: Joins path segments using rounded corners. · Bevel: Joins path segments using squared corners. Miter Limit Specifies when the join type switches from mitered (pointed) to bevel (square). The default miter limit is 4, which means that when the length of the point reaches four times the stroke weight, the join type switches from miter to bevel. A miter limit of 1 results in a bevel join. 34 CHAPTER 1 Using the Adobe Title Designer Working with fills, sheens, and textures You can fill any object you create with colors and textures, as well as adjust the fill opacity, sheen, and type. Changing fills The Adobe Title Designer includes many options for designing a variety of fills for your objects. To change a fill for an object: 1 Select the object you want to fill. 2 In the Object Style section, click the arrow next to Fill, and set any of the following options: Solid Creates a fill of uniform color. Set the following options for this fill type: · Color specifies the fill color. Click the eyedropper tool to pick a color from the screen, or click the color swatch to use the color picker. · Opacity specifies the level of transparency of the fill. Linear Gradient and Radial Gradient Creates a linear, two-color gradient fill. Choose Radial Gradient to create a circular, two-color gradient fill. Set the following options for both of these fill types: · Color specifies the beginning and ending gradient colors, which are displayed, respec- tively, in the left and right boxes, or color stops. Double-click (Windows) or click (Mac OS) a color stop to choose a color. Drag the color stops to adjust the transition smoothness between the colors. · Color Stop Color specifies the color of the selected color stop. Click the triangle above the color stop you want to define and click the eyedropper tool to select any color within the application. You can also click the color swatch to choose a color. · Color Stop Opacity specifies the opacity of the selected color stop. Click the triangle