Captions and Credits
Now we add "captions" as clear and legible text to display while the image is animated on screen and "credits" at the end thanking the websites where we got the pictures. These are not "closed captions"; they are simply assets on the timeline and controlled with Transitions.
Preparing for Premiere
Before Premiere, however, we are going to use a Google Doc to write our captions and get the URLs for our images in one place WHERE A SPELL CHECKER WILL HELP YOU. Nothing is worse than turning in the most amazing video ever... that is filled with spelling errors. For this step, open the Google Doc attached to the Week 10 assignment "Captions and Credits". You will paste all the text from your Word document underneath the instructions. You can also follow along with the videos below.
Use the comments field from the image to get the URL and use it to turn the outline into a series of hypertext links. Paste an extra copy of the whole URL below the outline that we'll use to create the end credits.
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Writing a few words to display while your image is on the screen: remember you can look for ideas in your actual essay. Keep it short and sweet, and name the place or person if it's not obvious from the image.
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You MUST give credit to the websites where you got the images, but the entire URL is more than the viewer needs to see. Use the Google Doc to shorten each of the URLs to just the basic website name:
Once you have your list of 9 links, it's time to clean up the link by deleting the beginning and end of the URL. Keep the base part of the URL, so it is easiest to first delete all of the http:// and www at their beginnings, then go looking for what to delete off the ends. Look for "dot.something", such as .com, .org, .tv, .es... try to figure out where the website name ends and the /otherstuff begins. (Hint: look for the first "/" in the URL)
Use the sample captions on the Caption Template timeline in your project to copy and paste generic captions into place on the video track above your images. Change the text, font size, even the font, as long as it stays VERY legible. We are sticking with the white text w/ a black glow or black text w/ a white glow so that the captions enhance the video, not distract from it. Viewers must be able to read the text at a glance and get back to admiring the star of the show - your keyframed animation.