PowerUP Tutorial 28: Creating Animated Text in LiveType

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The text animation features in Final Cut Pro are, to put it politely, lame. On the other hand, figuring out the interface for Motion requires more time than you have. Its time for LiveType to come to the rescue.

In this short, focused, video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows you how to create text animations easily inside LiveType. From starting a new project, to putting text on a curve to keying video into text, this tutorial showcases a flock of techniques you can use to improve your next project by getting your titles to move.