Creating Title Text in Final Cut Pro
It's been a few years since we covered Final Cut's text features, and -- while everything we said then is still true -- it's time to update our advice. If you just want simple text for credits, burned-in subtitles, or simple credit rolls, the text generators we described in that article are your ticket. But now that Final Cut Studio ships with LiveType, you'd be foolish not to investigate LiveType's incredibly easy-to-use interface for creating visually stunning titles and supers. We've got a tutorial on matteing video to your titles in LiveType, and working through that tutorial will give you a feel for how the LiveType interface works. Once you've got your title the way you like it, simply save, and follow our quick tip to bring it back into Final Cut (or Avid, if you prefer).
If you're interested in further tutorials on LiveType, drop me an email, and we'll get some in the pipeline. And of course, we offer full instruction on LiveType as part of our Final Cut training.
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You know... I used to use final cut pro with livetype to make movie credits, but usually I ended up ripping my hair out.
If you really want to save yourself some angst - try videotagger. or make a graphic and use the graphic instead of final cut - final cut's movie credits production makes me want to puke.