Philip Hodgett’s oldie but goodie on Text for Video

January 20, 2012 at 3:43 am (AE 5, AE 5.5, After Effects, Design, Font, Graphics, Motion Graphics, Software, TV)

FCP X ButtonWhat is a “pre-ditor” or producer/editor to do in a 72 ppi world when it’s hard to read your titles, colors bleed or lines obscure the text? For one, you could do worse than heed the advice of one Mr. Philip Hodgett’s as posted on every FCP editor’s favorite web site, Kenstone.net. Simple, graphical, but invaluable advice starting out: http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/perfect_titles_phil.html

And here’s Adobe’s tips on getting good titles from a computer to video playout…link
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    February 6, 2012 at 7:33 pm

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