There are three types of [Vertical alignment], but no matter which one you choose, the title will not change. I've always thought it was a strange feature.
In PremierePro, the bottom of the title box is fixed and should expand upwards if you use a line break.
But with FCP, the box just expands downward. Is there anyone who has [Vertical alignment] working?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.6
There are *five* kinds of text in Motion/Final Cut: "Type" (just "regular" text), Paragraph, Path, Scroll and Crawl.
The Basic Title is set up as Type. It will recognize the Left/Right/Center alignment controls, but not the vertical alignment controls. *Most* of the titles that are provided with Final Cut are of this type of text. There are a few Lower Thirds that are set up as Paragraph text.
Vertical alignment is used with Paragraph layout and uses the "bounding box" (this is a different layout control that does not appear in the Type layout method) as its basis of alignment. You can tell the difference when activating the text object for editing on screen when you see a heavier outline with small square controls on the outline edges and corners and a Ruler usually appears over the text:
[Note: sometimes the ruler may not appear, but there should be a small "ruler" icon at the top right of the Viewer which you can use to toggle its appearance:
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This is what the text looks like when the Vertical Alignment is set to bottom:
The text just lines up with the bottom of whatever bounding box you set up for your text.
If you have Motion, creating a Basic Title with Paragraph Layout is simple because the basic initial template, ironically, has the text set up as a lower third using the Paragraph Layout Method. All you have to do is Save the template as Basic Paragraph or something similar.
If you don't want a lower third basic setup, you can delete the text object and start a new one by selecting the Text Tool and clicking and dragging a rectangle in the Canvas. This will automatically create a new text object with Paragraph layout (using the rectangle you "drew" as the size parameters]. Set up the initial layout you want for the text and publish that.
If you already have a template with a basic Type text layout, you can convert it to Paragraph by going to the Text tab, Layout tab, and selecting Paragraph from the Layout Method parameter.
HTH
There are *five* kinds of text in Motion/Final Cut: "Type" (just "regular" text), Paragraph, Path, Scroll and Crawl.
The Basic Title is set up as Type. It will recognize the Left/Right/Center alignment controls, but not the vertical alignment controls. *Most* of the titles that are provided with Final Cut are of this type of text. There are a few Lower Thirds that are set up as Paragraph text.
Vertical alignment is used with Paragraph layout and uses the "bounding box" (this is a different layout control that does not appear in the Type layout method) as its basis of alignment. You can tell the difference when activating the text object for editing on screen when you see a heavier outline with small square controls on the outline edges and corners and a Ruler usually appears over the text:
[Note: sometimes the ruler may not appear, but there should be a small "ruler" icon at the top right of the Viewer which you can use to toggle its appearance:
]
This is what the text looks like when the Vertical Alignment is set to bottom:
The text just lines up with the bottom of whatever bounding box you set up for your text.
If you have Motion, creating a Basic Title with Paragraph Layout is simple because the basic initial template, ironically, has the text set up as a lower third using the Paragraph Layout Method. All you have to do is Save the template as Basic Paragraph or something similar.
If you don't want a lower third basic setup, you can delete the text object and start a new one by selecting the Text Tool and clicking and dragging a rectangle in the Canvas. This will automatically create a new text object with Paragraph layout (using the rectangle you "drew" as the size parameters]. Set up the initial layout you want for the text and publish that.
If you already have a template with a basic Type text layout, you can convert it to Paragraph by going to the Text tab, Layout tab, and selecting Paragraph from the Layout Method parameter.
HTH
I've had to figure out a lot of things that aren't in the user guide.
I can see that fox_m has worked hard to gain a lot of knowledge. That's excellent.🦉🎓 Thank you for filling in the knowledge that I was lacking. It seems that the "bottom alignment of titles" that I wanted to achieve is possible by using the [Information Bar]. I'll show you how to do it for other users.
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⚫︎Bottom alignment of title:
1. Title: Lower third: Information bar
2. Title Inspector: Line 1 is blank. →Uncheck Build In/Out. →Enter text in Line 2. →Adjust the size and position of the background bar.
3. Text Inspector: Line2 should be centered and bottom aligned. →Adjust the title position.
4. If the background bar is not needed, set the width or height to 0%.
5. The title will be bottom-aligned even if you break the line.
"Type" (just "regular" text), Paragraph, Path, Scroll and Crawl.
I didn't know there were 5 types of titles.😅 fox_mThank you for letting me know! I'm glad that a long-standing mystery has been solved.👍
The Basic Title is set up as Type.
I'm sure many FCP users who don't have Motion have the same question. I wonder why it's not mentioned in the user guide. I would like to send feedback.
When and how did you find out about fox_m? Is it after using Motion?
I've been using Motion for about 17 years. I've had to figure out a lot of things that aren't in the user guide. Most of what I've had to figure out I was able to draw conclusions from other software I've used (like Photoshop -- the OLD Photoshop before it did everything "special" for you) and I spent many years programming Macs which allows me to recognize some of the features used in Motion. The Text object in Motion and Final Cut is **very much** like the original TextEdit (API) that shipped with OS 1 back in 1984 (AKA "MacWrite").
I've had a little practice ;)
@LocaAlicia: I'm sorry! I've been tired and I didn't notice who I was responding to. I know you already know some or most of this stuff!
Is the title's [Vertical alignment] working?
