To add a caption to a storyboard

Captions are text overlays that can span key frames in storyboards. Changes you make to caption settings are reflected immediately in the storyboard.

You can specify that two captions appear at the same time in the storyboard. The captions will be stacked vertically in the track, based on their assigned Location.

1. Click .
2. In Storyboard Creator, click Add a New Caption.
3. Enter a caption name, indicate its start time and duration.

   Start time is current position of caption in the storyboard. Drag the caption to a different position, change the start time.

4. Specify whether you want the caption to fade in or out over time, or cut in or out.

   If you select Fade, specify how long the transition will last.

5. On the Text tab, enter your caption text.

   Specify any of the following:

   • Font
   • Font size
   • Style
   • Alignment
   • Outline width and color
   • Text format

     Select Text Only to format the contents with standard text formatting options (text font, size, emphasis, color, alignment, and outline effect color).

     Select HTML to use HTML tags to format the text. When you use HTML tags, you can include hyperlinks and images, as well as HTML text formatting.

6. On the Container tab, specify:
   • Location of the title container (red box around the caption text).

     Specify anchor point for the caption: Top Center, Bottom Right).

   • Transparency of the caption

     By default, the text is opaque.

   • Container size

     Resize the caption by specifying a percentage of the frame for it to cover with the Size X and Size Y settings.

     The maximum height of the caption is one-half of the frame. The size is relative to the size of the window in which the storyboard is displayed.

   • Container offset

     Fine-tune the caption position using the OffsetX and OffsetY settings.

7. To play the caption, click its play button.