Create Scrolling Titles/Credits for DVD Movie
As you could see at the end of movie, credits, titles, cast and more information is usually given out. They generally scroll from bottom to top. While you are making DVD movie, creating a scrolling credits will make your DVD movie look more professional. This article shows you how to make scrolling credits and titles for DVD movie. Watch the scrolling credits sample movie (New Moon Movie Trailer 2009) below.
What you'll need to create scrolling titles for DVD movie:- Wondershare Movie Story
- Digital Video, Photo and Music
Wondershare Movie Story is the professional DVD movie maker. With this DVD movie maker, you can make movie DVD from videos, photos and music, and burn movie onto DVD to watch on TV or save as movie files. Powerful animated title tool could be easily accessed to make scrolling titles, rolling titles and rotating titles.
How to create scrolling credits and titles
Step 1: After launched Wondershare Movie Story, click the first button of toolbar above "Storyboard", and select "Add photos/videos" or "Add blank slide" according to what you need to add your credits on. If add a blank slide to the end of your DVD movie, you can choose to add a single color like white slide or black slide, or add a three color mixed with certain gradient direction.
Step 2: Move to Timeline view to get a better control of your DVD movies.
Step 3: Move the timeline slide bar to where you want to add your titles. Then double click on the Subtitle track above the thumbnails and a "Edit Subtitle" window will pop-up. Add your text in that box, and set the font family, size, color, etc. as you like.
Tips: 1. Drag the text to anywhere directly in the preview frame. 2. Press Enter to open a new line.
Step 4: Now, it's time to set title effects for DVD movies as follow:
1. Effect Action: "Entrance", Type: "Fade In", Duration: 3 s, Direction: 90;
2. Effect Action: "Emphasis", Type: "None", Duration: 1 s;
3. Effect Action: "Exit", Type: "Fade Out ", Duration: 3 s, Direction: 270.
Scrolling Credits Tips:
1. Set the duration of effects to make it fit to your DVD movies. The longer the duration is specified, the more slowly your credits scroll.
2. "0, 90, 180 and 270" means the direction that titles move toward. Basically equals to Left, Bottom, Right and Top. If the Entrance action is set to Type: Fade In and Direction: 90, the credit will scroll from bottom (90).
Step 5: Repeat the steps above to add multiple titles for DVD movie.
Step 6: Click Play button to preview final title and credits for your DVD movies.
Step 7. Sync titles with DVD movie on Timeline view if needed, and easily adjust credit duration without opening Edit Subtitle dialog.
Step 8. Done. Now enjoy your DVD movie with professional looking scrolling credits.
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