Titles and Credits

Titles and Credits are an important part of a finished animation. They let people know who made it, when it was made, perhaps who funded it and more. Once people have watched your work you'll want them to know who you are so they can find more of your work!

The final stage of Post-production is the addition of Titles and Credits within the sequence. This may involve adding text or subtitles at various points if appropriate.

Most Video Editing software packages offer at least basic titling ability. Apple's iMovie software for instance will allow the addition of several types of Title such as the classing vertical scrolling format.

More creative Titling involves a lot of work and technically would be undertaken as part of the Production stage, these could involve live-action footage, hand-drawn, stop-motion or 2D/3D animation techniques to produce. Obviously the creation of these is not simply an after thought to the main feature itself!

'Minty Cool' Titles and Image of Title tool in iMovie software.

  1. What is Post-production?
  2. Rendering
  3. Compositing
  4. Editing
  5. Sound Editing
  6. Sound and Music Score
  7. Titles & Credits
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