Animated Title on screen longer

[rstimers]

I have created a title of some text I want to overlay on the video and I have chosen to have it SlideInByCharacter and it works fine but a couple of seconds after it slides in, it disappears.  I would like it to stay on the screen for longer - how do I increase the amount of time it stays after it finishes its animation?  I have tried extending it but it just lengthens the time to slide in.  I have tried splitting the title after it is finished but I just end up with two titles that slide in.  This seems like it should be the easiest thing in the world and I am just missing something.  I mean what good is a title if it's not there long enough to read it?

Thanks,

Rob.

[Steve Grisetti]

The easiest way is to place the title on the timeline twice -- one right after the other. Apply your text effect to the first one but leave the copy uneffected.

[rstimers]

Thanks Steve, that gets the job done albeit in a very cumbersome and laborious way   Also, you used the word "copy" - as I'm sure you know, it actually can't be a copy as it will apply the animation to both even after the fact.  I had to make a second independent title and go through all the work to get it the same font, font-size, color, and alignment to get it to work.  Disappointing to say the least.

[P1965]

FYI You can copy the text separate and not the entire tile.  IE: open a new title and remove the "TEXT HERE"  then select the only text box in the first title and paste into the second blank title.

[rstimers]

Thanks P1965, great tip but again how can this not be as basic as a valve on a tire? At the very least I should be able to dive into the animation and reposition or add a keyframe then stretch the clip.

[Steve Grisetti]

Not with preset title animations.