Hello All,

Another "how do i... " question although this is a little more complex.

I find just adding text to a title to be quite basic and crude so I want to be able to add some contemporary image styles behind the text to help the text stand out and to also give a good base to make the text more visible. I also think it makes the overall presentation a lot more professional.

What I have done, using title designer, is to add a number of layered images (essentially white columns) of differing transparencies to make a funky looking backdrop to the text. I then added the text on the top of this.

The finished effect looks great however I can only find a way for these images to enter and exit the clip via a fade. In the same title designer, if I select some text it gives me the options of adding entry and exit effects like slide and suchlike. What I'd really like to be able to do is have each column slide into position from the top and bottom however in the title designer, I can't seem to do this.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can animate these columns? I gather I could add each column to a new track and animate it form there however as there are about 20 images this would become very messy and difficult to reproduce. I'd ideally like to define a style and then drag this style into the timeline any time I want ot use it.

Suggestions?

Lee