Overlapping titles in the timeline?

[brucefl]

I have 2 different titles in the title track, differnt fonts and effects, one above the other. How do I get them to overlap in the title track time line?
Is this possible.
thanks
Bruce

[Black Lab]

Not sure what you want to accomplish, but you can try adjusting the "Pause Duration" (the trim handles below the preview screen when your title is selected). If that doesn't work you could try an intermediate render (make your first title, render it to a video file, place it in the timeline, then add your second title).

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

Select the ‘Multiple Titles’ from the Edit Tab.

Now make more than one title on the same frame.

Press F1 for ‘help’ read about titles from the contents tab.


Trevor

[brucefl]

I can add multiple titles, but how do I get them to work on the same part of the timeline?
I have one title above, then entirely different one below, the 2nd I want to start half way from the other one?
In order to do this I would have to drag it over the other one? In the timeline. Say one starts at 2 seconds (runs 8 seconds long) the second you want to start at 4 seconds, and runs 4 seconds, so they overlap in the timelien. I would have to drag the second one over the first one, 2 seconds? Or am I doing something wrong?
thanks Bruce

[GuyL]

I don't believe there is a way to do this beyond rendering a file with the title in it and then inserting the resulting video clip in a video track. I believe this would require multiple title tracks, which is a good feature request in its own right.

[BrianCee]

I would use 'multiple titles' - as suggested by Trevor - thats just one title block in the timeline with multiple texts on it - all of which can appear/disappear as you want - it does not create a number of blocks which you have to overlap - UVS does it for you within one block.

Failing that why cant you make three seperate titles - the first with one line of text - the second with the two lines - and the third with all three lines - and just add them to the timeline one after another. If you want them to disappear sequentially as well then just make two more titles with diminishing lines of text and put them after the others in the timeline.


Or have I mis-understood what it is your trying to acheive ??

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi Brian

I think Bruce wants two titles on the same frame.

first in last out (display for 8 seconds)

second in first out (display for 4 seconds)

If that makes any sense.

I think you can get near using the various animations available.
But to be really exact, re-rendering the frame may be the only option.

Trevor

[blplhp]

I just tried reconstructing the scenario described by brucefl, and I was able to produce what I think is the effect he wants within one title block, just like BrianCee, Trevor and Jeff suggested. I dragged a color clip to the video track with a duration of 10 seconds, just to give it some background. I created a title clip in the title track 10 seconds long. Using the Multiple Titles selection on the Edit tab of Title control panel, I placed the first title at the top using the Fly animation, then dragged the left trim handle under the preview window towards the left, extending the blue bar to cover what appears to be 8/10th's of total bar length (title enters in at timecode +2 and remains to the end at timecode +10 = 8 second duration for this title). The right trim handle I left at the extreme right end of the horizontal bar.

I then added the second title (again, using the Multiple Title selection) at the bottom of the screen, again using the Fly animation, then setting the left trim handle to what appears to be 4/10th's from the left end of the horizontal bar and set the right trim handle to what appears to be 2/10's from the right end of the horizontal bar, giving it a total duration of 4 seconds.

Clicked Play, and the top title flys in after 2 seconds and remains til the end of the clip. The second title flys in at the 4 second point, remains for 4 seconds and leaves the screen with 2 seconds remaining. The first title and second title overlap on the screen for the desired 4 seconds.

Is this not what brucefl wants to have happen, or am I misunderstanding something?