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Transparent bar behind lower third text
Good morning all,
I’m presently subtitling a clip and need a simple transparent black bar behind my lower third white text. How can I achieve this? I’ve tried putting a rectangle “shape” from the Generators/Elements browser but the process is long and difficult to adjust and I don’t see a transparency setting. Please tell me I’m missing something.
All insights, even RTFM suggestions would be respectfully accepted,
Marc
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5 Replies
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There’s a FM? You can use the rectangle or black solid in the generators. Then in the inspector adjust the opacity, under video. If using a black solid you would also adjust the crop there to taste.
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Hi,
Thanks Brett. I’m slowly getting there. I think I was just hoping for a magic tick box I had forgotten somewhere that would do that for me.
Thanks again,
Marc
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It’s a magic slider I guess.
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There is also this subtitle banner effect from Simon Ubsdell:
https://fcp.co/forum/9-free-fcpx-plugins-and-templates/2317-free-fcpx-title-effect-tky-subtitle-banner -
Once you get a lower third box and text you like, simply copy and paste when you need to re-use it, then you can go in and readjust type or parameters, this speeds things up. You don’t need to re-create each time.
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