Posted by Ivor Davies on 10/09/05 06:25

In Pinnacle Studio 9 this is very easy to do. (There are at least three ways
to do it depending on your preference.

1. In Timeline view, double click on the Overlay track,

OR 2. Select Create Title from the Toolbox menu item at the top of screen.

OR 3. Select the Show Titles icon (Third icon down at upper left side of
page)

this will open up the Title editor for you.

Select the Backgrounds icon on the right side of screen. Above this you will
see three colour swatches. The left one is for solid colours. Click on this
and you have the option to select any colour you wish. Choose the Black of
you choice and press OK. You will return to the title editor screen.
Before you click OK to return to the edit window, do yourself a long term
favour and save the background title for future use. Do this by selecting
Save Title from the File menu at top left of screen. (Give it a name that is
meaningful to you - eg. Black or Blank).
In future when you want a blank (Black) start or end just open the titles
icon (left side of screen) and select the one with the name you used to save
you title as and drag it to where you want it on the timeline. The duration
can be adjusted at any time by simply dragging the right hand end of the
title on the timeline.
Enjoy.

"Steve" <s.howlett@computer.org> wrote in message
news:1128717667.666745.271620@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I need to put about 10 seconds of "Black" at the beginning and end of
> my movie and fade in from it and fade out to it. I have the
> fadetransition but where do I get the black? Can anyone help me with
> this? I suspect it is a simple simon thing to do but I can't find it in
> my manual for Pinnacle 9.
>

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