Kdenlive/Manual/Titles

Titles

Titles are text elements that can be added to the timeline and appear over the top of other clips. Titles are created in the project tree and then dragged to the time line like other video clips.

To create a title choose Add Title Clip from the Project Menu or from the Right Click menu in the Project Tree

How to Save a Title

Open the title in the Project Tree by double clicking it

Select Save as from the File Menu which can be found under the drop down arrow in the toolbar - see pic. The titles are saved as .kdenlivetitle type documents.

choose a save location within your project

How to Load a Title

Choose Add Title Clip from the Add Clip drop down (see pic)

From the "File Menu" on the Title Clip editor (see above) choose open document and load up a title saved earlier.

Template Titles

Template Titles allow you create a template for other titles in your project. You can create the template title with the settings that all the titles in the project should have and then base subsequent titles on the template. If you decide to change the look of you titles you only need change the template title and the titles based on this template will automatically update to reflect any formating changes you made to the template title.

To create a template title

Choose Add Title Clip from the Add Clip drop down and create a title with the text %s in it and formated how you desire it. Save it this title as described above.

To use the template title

Choose Add Template Title from the Add Clip drop down and choose the title with the %s in it that you just saved.

Right click this clip in the progject tree and select Clip Properties

Enter the text that this title should display into the text field in the dialog that appears

Drag the title to the timeline.

The %s in the template will be replaced with the text that you enter in the Clip Properties - Text.

To make the title scroll vertically

Put a long title onto the title window. Zoom out so you can see it all. The text sould run off the top (or bottom) of the viewable area.

Select the Animation tab and click edit start. Now drag the start rectangle to above the viewable area. Select edit end and drag the end rectangle to below the viewable area. Click OK and preview the scrolling title.

The above title scrolls so that text scrolls up the screen. It is as if the camera starts on the "start rectangle" and then pans down to the "end rectangle"

To make the title scroll Horizonitally

Use the instructions for vertical scrolling - just put the start and stop rectangles off to the sides of the screen rather than the top and bottom

FAQ

Q: How to duplicate a title clip to modify it slightly

A: You can save a copy of the title (see How to Save a Title) and then create a new title based on that saved version as described above, Or you could use the template titles functionality to base the two slightly different titles on the one template.