How to copy and paste Text in iMovie?

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How to copy and paste Text in iMovie?

Applying text to clips in iMovie is a breeze, also customizing fonts & colour. However, when you finally have your text finalized, the logical thing is to reuse that design throughout the movie. As a previous Pinnacle Studio user, I intuitively would assume that you could select your text label and Copy / Paste it to a new position. Am I right in my observation iMovie seems not to have this functionality?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Dec 7, 2008 10:31 AM

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Dec 7, 2008 3:08 PM in response to jodohl

iMovie 08 has the ability to Copy and Paste text.

However, you cannot copy and paste the entire Title overlay. You are constrained to the pre-set Titles. Once you have selected a Title style, (let's say Lower Third), you can change the font and color. Then highlight the text and copy. You can put another lower third title elsewhere in the project and Paste the original text with font and color changes that you copied earlier.

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