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First Step is you need to make a new track to put the titles on so if you have only one video track you

will add a V2 track

Go to >Timeline>New>Video Track

To Add a Title to Your Timeline

Navigate to where you want your title in your timeline. 

Mark and In point and an out point on the V2 track or the topmost track that you created

in our example it is V2

Select the Avid Titler+ button in the toolbar menu just above your timeline

Highlighted with the red square

This will apply the effect to the selected clip and open the Titler+ menu -

where you can change font type, font size/color, background color,

drop shadow angle, etc (below in red).

After selecting your font type and any other starter settings,

select the T to “Add Text Field.”

Navigate over to your Program Monitor and click where you want your title to

be placed.

You will get a white bounding box where you can start typing your title

NOTE: Don’t worry about the text placement fully at first.

You can always adjust the title’s location later.

Type out your title.

Add the Safe Title and Safe Action and placement guides to show you how to place the

title centered in the window.

To move the title click on the white bounding box around the title

You can drag from the corner dot or any white dot to make bigger or smaller

Also dragging with the white line will move the title around the image

To add a background to the title

Select Background and turn it ON as shown here

To change the color of the background click on the box next to the background

Double click it to open the color wheel.

To add a dissolve put your timeline cursor at the beginning of the title

Then click on the dissolve icon show in this example with the red box around it.

When you’re all set with your title, hover your cursor over the text in the Program Monitor

(in Effect Mode) and wait until you see the four arrows selector activate.

Now you can select your title and position it anywhere in the frame.