CyberLink PowerDirector Help
Use keyframes when modifying your title effects to define the start and end points of text effects. In the Title Designer you can use keyframes to change the title effect's position, size (scale), opacity, rotation, anchor point position, freeform, and 3D depth.
Note: once you have customized the title effect using keyframes, you can right click on the clip in the timeline and then select Copy Title Attributes. This allows you to apply the same title text properties and keyframe effects to another title effect template in the timeline by right-clicking on it and then selecting Paste Title Attributes. |
Types of Title Keyframes
When using keyframes on title text you can choose from the following types of keyframes:
•Linear: linear keyframes make changes to a title text's properties gradually between two keyframes.
•Hold*: hold keyframes will maintain the current title text's properties, until the next keyframe is reached, where changes are instantly applied.
Note: * optional feature in CyberLink PowerDirector. Check the version table on our web site for detailed versioning information. |
Adding Keyframes
To add a keyframe to the keyframe timeline, do this:
Note: if you cannot find the keyframe timeline in the Title Designer, just click the |
button under the preview window to display it.1.Use the player controls to find the moment in your title effect where you want its properties to change, and then click 
next to the text property you want to change to add a keyframe to the corresponding keyframe track.
2.If required, use the player controls to find the end point of the change to the effect, and then click next to the property again.
3.Use the controls in the Title Designer to modify the properties of the effect as required for this keyframe. In this example we are modifying the opacity of the title text at the beginning of the clip.
Note: keyframes are automatically added at the current timeline slider position when you change certain object properties. |
4.If required, right-click on the first keyframe and then select whether it is a linear or hold keyframe. If using a linear keyframe, at the first keyframe the title text is completely transparent, and then slowly gets more opaque until it reaches the specified opacity level by the time the playback slider reaches the second keyframe.
If you choose hold keyframe, when previewed, at the first keyframe the title text is completely transparent, and remains this way until it reaches the next keyframe, where it becomes instantly opaque in this example.
Note: you can also modify the properties of a keyframe by right clicking on it and selecting Duplicate Previous Keyframe or Duplicate Next Keyframe. Doing this copies the properties of the specified keyframe to the keyframe you right clicked on. |
5.Repeat these steps to create the kind of effect you want in your video production using keyframes to modify the title effect's properties.
Modifying and Removing Keyframes
At any time you can modify the keyframes added, by selecting it and changing the title effect's object properties, or by dragging the keyframe to another position on the keyframe timeline.
To remove a keyframe, select it on the keyframe timeline and then click .
