One frame of just text?

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One frame of just text?

In iMovie '11 is there now a way to insert a page/frame of text-only, without going through great lengths?

-L

24" Intel iMac 222.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, Mac OS X (10.6.5), Lexmark All In One printer/copier/scanner/fax. 2-terabyte external harddrive

Posted on Jan 12, 2011 11:32 PM

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Bengt Wärleby

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Jan 13, 2011 1:11 AM in response to Lorna from Hawaii

Hi Lorna

Me just thinking - Why not

Making it as a Photo and import this ?

I think one can get an as good quality this way.

Yours Bengt W (in a very Snowy Sweden)

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Answer 2

Jan 13, 2011 1:18 AM in response to Bengt Wärleby

Bengt -- After I posted that, I decided to just do what people suggested to me several years ago for iMovie at an earlier incarnation. So I went to my old old Keynote application, wrote a short page, took a screen shot of that page, and then imported that screen shot/picture to iPhoto '11.

I knew by checking out iMovie '11 that any image that is in iPhoto is accessible thru iMovie '11 and can be placed into the clips. So I selected it from within iMovie '11 and placed it before the first clip of the movie. It was an experimental movie. I wanted to add music so I did, and then decided to delete my voice, and it became a sort of coded message for lip readers. 8-)

-L

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Answer 3

Jan 13, 2011 3:10 AM in response to Lorna from Hawaii

Great

So nice to share and learn (me).

Yours Bengt W

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Answer 4

Jan 13, 2011 5:34 AM in response to Lorna from Hawaii

Drag a Title to an empty place in your project (e.g. between two clips). Select a background color when it asks. Add text.

This works well unless you need free form text that is not available in the titles.

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Answer 5

Jan 13, 2011 2:26 PM in response to Bengt Wärleby

Bengt ---I love iMovie and these forums. 🙂

-L

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Answer 6

Jan 13, 2011 2:29 PM in response to AppleMan1958

Actually I meant to hit SOLVED, not Helpful!

So now I see I can use the Titles........... I will try it out. One thing though: Keynote has more flexible formatting plus the ability to make terrific backgrounds.

-L

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