There are numerous possibilities. I make titles separately a lot and save and then add that file to my library and time line. You can play with masking effects in PiP to place animations in the titles this way also. It's how I do it.

Cheers! Kevin R. Saving the world, one goofy video and meme at a time.

Clancy -

Kevin's right. If you make a title as a graphic (.png with transparent background) you can totally control how it enters and leaves.
- is that what you were saying, Kevin?

In PD, it's not possible to actually modify or create the title start & end effects except by adjusting duration... but there ARE 65 from which to choose!

Cheers - Tony
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Yeah Tony, I guess I could have explained that a little more. I've gotten so used to making small sections and saving them, then adding that produced part into my project, I forgot to mention the saving as .png. But, Yes, that's what I meant.

This intro is just one example, but you can do the same sort of things many different ways. This title is from PD, I d/l'd this from the directors zone and added my picture to it and saved as a complete file to use.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB9zArNkWIE

I hope this helps you a little and with Tony on the job as well you will have no problems making some fun stuff. He taught me how to work with .png files.

Cheers as well-Kevin R. Saving the world, one goofy video and meme at a time.

Thanks Kevin and Tony,
But i was really wondering if you could add an animation to a tittle in the tittle designer. Like this tittle made by cyberlink.

Though doing it as a PIP object is a great solution.

ClancM,
That was probably made the same way. A background picture with a moving png file. You can use the mask feature on a png and then insert or make your own .png picture and use it with a little work in a photo editor.

Here is an image


Now here is that same image on top of a scene. The scene can be a still photo or a movie clip whichever you want, it's the same technology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfHEE4bNQwQ

If this is still not what your asking, then I bow out to Tony and maybe he will understand your question. Of course, I am quite daft!
Cheers!
Kevin R. Saving the world, one goofy video and meme at a time.

Us poor folks that don't have PD 9 yet have to do these the old fashion way. I just popped up to PD 9 forum to help with some of the things I can, but I am a PD8 Ultra user still. Saving the world, one goofy video and meme at a time.

Great example Kevin. PD9 titles are just the same as PD8's, except that PD9 has a track structure that is more flexible.

Clancy - I just tried to pack a little project for you & PD told me it couldn't do it! Never had that before!

Anyway - in the timeline, it looks like this... maybe something like this could work for you.



Attached, is what it looks like as a video. Sorry I can't just attach the project.

Cheers - Tony
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Thanks for both your great suggestions.
I decided just to make my own Papaer Airplane PIP from a screen shot of the transition.
Who needs Animation when you have DYI PIP
Attcahed is my video using the air plane image.