I have a Subtitle-heavy doc to editt, and the tiny letters in Final Cut are killing my eyes (I was told at Tekserve in NY the Apple will come out this Fall with a way to make theletter bigger within the application). Is there a way to save the Font, Size, Outline Text, placement in the generator that comes with the capital A at the bottom right of the Viewer? Many thanks.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, but if you want to save a 'template' of sorts for your subtitles, or other text elements, simply drag one into the Favorites folder in the Browser window. Then you can drag it to the Timeline anytime you want and change the text as needed. Personally I use the Boris Title 3D text generator or Photoshop for all text. Also, I wouldn't be too concerned about what Apple is planning - anything they develop will only be for FCP-X and won't work for older versions of FCP.
An alternative method that I've used for years is to create a 'Favorites' project in FCP. In that project I've saved several title styles I've created that I think I might want to use again in the future, along with all of my favorite transitions and filters by applying them to text clips in the Timeline. Should my preferences become corrupt or the computer need to be replaced or whenever I upgraded FCP in the past, I can easily open my Favorites project file then drag those items to the Favorites folder again.
As for the small text size, if you're using FCP 7, you can size adjust some of the interface fonts in preferences ... or you can decrease your display resolution ... or get better glasses.
-DH
Thank you so much David for answering my question. I don't have a Favorites folder in my Project browser, only in Effects browser, which wouldn't take the Subtitle template. So I created a new Bin in the Project browser and called it Favorites and it worked. As for the Size of the letters in FCP7 I didn't find the option of Font size in Preferences. Could you give me a hint please?
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