.. Copyright (c) 2008-2016 OpenShot Studios, LLC (http://www.openshotstudios.com). This file is part of OpenShot Video Editor (http://www.openshot.org), an open-source project dedicated to delivering high quality video editing and animation solutions to the world. .. OpenShot Video Editor is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. .. OpenShot Video Editor is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. .. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with OpenShot Library. If not, see . Titles ====== Adding text and titles is an important aspect of video editing, and OpenShot comes with an easy to use Title Editor. Use the Title menu (located in the main menu of OpenShot) to launch the Title Editor. You can also use the keyboard shortcut **Ctrl+T**. Overview -------- .. image:: images/title-editor.jpg .. table:: :widths: 5 26 == ================== ============ # Name Description == ================== ============ 1 Choose a Template Choose from any available vector title template 2 Preview Title Preview your title as you make changes 3 Title Properties Change the text, colors, or edit in an advanced SVG image editor (such as Inkscape) 4 Save Save and add the title to your project == ================== ============ Custom Titles ------------- OpenShot can use any vector SVG image file as a title template. Just add an SVG image file to your */.openshot_qt/titles/* folder, and it will appear in OpenShot's title editor after you restart OpenShot. You can also right click on any SVG files in your **Project Files** panel, and choose **Edit Title** or **Duplicate Title**. 3D Animated Titles ------------------ Adding a 3D animated title is just as easy, using our **Animated Title** dialog. Use the Title menu (located in the main menu of OpenShot) to launch the Animated Title editor. You can also use the keyboard shortcut **Ctrl+B**. .. image:: images/animated-title.jpg == ================== ============ # Name Description == ================== ============ 1 Choose a Template Choose from any available 3D title templates 2 Preview Title Preview your title as you make changes 3 Title Properties Change the text, colors, and advanced properties 4 Render Render the 3D animation, and add it to your project == ================== ============ This feature requires the latest version of Blender (https://www.blender.org/download/) be installed, and the OpenShot **Preferences** updated with the correct path to the Blender executable (for example: */home/USER/blender-2.78/blender*).