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It's one of those days and my mind has gone blank!
I want a solid circle shape (amongst others) that I can drag and drop over various parts of the frame.
It's dead simple but I can't remember how to do it.
iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 13.6
Hi Ian,
Thank you for that!
I redesigned the title — it now supports ovals and rotation.
I got rid of the OnScreen Control - just click and drag the text where you want it.
The original OSC was off-center, but I've provided center guides (Show Center) so that you can align other graphics to it. (It seems to be accurate — considering what I had to go through to get it!!)
I added a Circle Text - Badge *effect* that can be added (multiple times) to the title — with it, you can create easy to fit shapes (circles/ovals) to the text.
Circle Text - Badge has an OSC ("Poke") which will help you align the shape to the center of the text (using the Center guides).
The blend mode defaults to Behind, but you can "Bring to Front" to fill inside circles. It also has the Radius and Rotation controls that can be used to match the text. Fill and Outline options included.
As shown, Circle Text supports "multi-line" entries (the lower text above is one Circle Text object - centered, sized, with different fonts in the Text Inspector.)
The following shows 1 Circle Text multiline* with 3 Badge effects applied on the left and an Oval example on the right:
Be careful using the Badge OSCs when they're over the Circle Text region — you will need to change the Select Tool to Trim (type T), Blade (type B), or one of the others. Type A to return to the select tool for the timeline.
If you want to, or need to animate the position of the title (with effects) you will need to add another effect to the title that can handle Transforms (or use the "master" Transform parameters... which annoy me...LOL).
*The two lines have the first and second lines selected separately to have different properties like tracking and line-spacing applied...
Hopefully, the two templates should make all the work much more simple...
HTH (let me know what you think after you've had a chance to play with it awhile.)
Almost forgot:
https://fcpxtemplates.com/sdm_downloads/circle-text-kit/
GOT IT !
I had put the whole package in the Titles folder but it appears I should have put the Circle Text Badge folder in the Effects folder.
Panic over!
Not quite mastered it but getting there.
I applied [Circle Text - Simple 3] and [Circle Text - Badge].
Quiz: What am I thinking? *Mac users who answer correctly💻 will receive a Big Mac🍔(lie)
SHAPES!!!!! How on earth did I miss that!
Thanks Luis.
*Correct: Displaying text along a round circle is similar to animated clock hands. Mistake: Making the text follow a round circle is similar to the clock face of an animated clock. 🤦♀️🙏
You could, at least, have put a circular (or oval) title around his head, couldn't you? 😇
Another question . . . where is the Circle Badge effect to create ovals?
It's probably staring me in the face but I just can't see it. 🤔
Where are the geometrical shapes to resize, reposition and superimpose?
