Now, 38 years later, obviously the whole process is much easier. Instead of actually shooting the scene with a camera, you can easily create the rolling titles and planet tilt effect in After Effects. The effect is fairly simple and this quick After Effects Video Tutorial can show you how it’s done. It was taken a long time ago in a galax… You get the idea. Here’s what that process looked like during the filming of The Empire Strikes Back. When the credits first premiered in Star Wars: A New Hope, they actually shot it using a live camera dollying across real text on a black background. There’s probably no typography more recognizable to audiences than the Star Wars crawling text intro.
MAKE A STAR WARS INTRO HOW TO
Decrease Position Y to 5 to change where the text disappears as it crawls up.Learn how to create the iconic Star Wars rolling credits in this awesome After Effects video tutorial.Adjust Position Z to 120 to decrease the size of the title layer.
Under Rotation, change the Tilt level to -60.įrom here, you might be happy with the effect as it is, or you can play around with the Y and Z positions. Make sure to unlock the lock icon under Size then adjust the height to around 160. Now drag your playhead to a point on the timeline where you can see your text. Click on the title track on A/V Track 1, then click on the Editor tab.How to Adjust the Perspective of the Text Crawl Follow the same steps to adjust the length of our background image on A/V Track 2.NOTE : You can adjust the duration length to be shorter or longer depending on the length of your text. Then click and drag to extend the length of the title to around 30 seconds.Hover your mouse over the edge of the title on A/V Track 1 until the arrow icon pops up.How to Adjust the Speed of the Text Crawl Click on the Motions tab at the top, then Emphasis > Roll Up.Under Look Settings, click on Face, then click on the Fill Color icon, and choose a darker shade of yellow to match the color from the original Star Wars movie.Click on the Align Center button to align your text into the middle of the window or select Justify Text depending on your style preference.Optional: Click and drag on the grab points at the edge of the text box on the preview pane to resize the text layer. Change the font type to Franklin Gothic Medium which more closely matches the original Star Wars intro font.Press Ctrl + A on your keyboard to select all the text in the text box.Hold down Ctrl on your keyboard and press V to paste your text into the box.Click and drag (or use Ctrl + A) to highlight all the pre-existing text and press the Delete key on your keyboard to erase it.Go over to the text box back in Pinnacle Studio.NOTE: I recommend typing out the text you want to use in advance in a simple text editor like Notepad, so that you can easily copy and paste it into this section. Select A/V Track 1 or another track where you want to place your text.Drag the background image you want to use onto A/V Track 2 on your timeline.
Open Pinnacle Studio and go to the Edit tab.In this tutorial, you’ll learn you how to how to create the classic Star Wars scrolling text crawl for your video projects in Pinnacle Studio using your own text.Ĭlick on any of the images below to view full-size.