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Positioning text

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Positioning text

Postby sadddletree » Fri Nov 25, 2016 10:15 pm

Is there a way to position text precisely using a numbering system like there is for positioning video or pictures that you add to the timeline? I can move them fine just by dragging them around, but that little neurotic, OCD part of me really likes the numbering system to get them in exactly the same place relative to the edges when I change the text...
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Re: Positioning text

Postby Steve Grisetti » Sat Nov 26, 2016 4:58 am

Sort of.

In the Title Adjustments workspace you can set your title to dead center by using the Center Horizontal and Center Vertical buttons. Do that and then close the Title Adjustments workspace.

Then, select the title on your timeline and open the Effects Adjustments panel and open the Motion Properties. You can use the numbers for Position to now set your title's position very accurately.
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Re: Positioning text

Postby sadddletree » Mon Nov 28, 2016 4:42 pm

Thanks Steve. I see how that works. So it would be good for being very precise with the same title. But as soon as you change the length of what you have written, it changes its position relative to the edge because it is positioning the center of the text, not the edges. Oh well, that neurotic, OCD part of me is overactive anyway...
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Re: Positioning text

Postby Peru » Mon Nov 28, 2016 7:01 pm

Use a temporary grid file. You can make one in the titler or Photoshop Elements.
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Re: Positioning text

Postby sadddletree » Thu Dec 01, 2016 6:03 pm

I'm not sure what you are meaning, Peru.
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Re: Positioning text

Postby Peru » Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:02 am

sadddletree wrote:I'm not sure what you are meaning, Peru.


Create a grid with transparency and put it on the video layer below your text. Use it to align your text. Then delete it.
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Re: Positioning text

Postby sadddletree » Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:13 am

Thanks!
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