This page gives a description of the steps Allen used to create the Star Wars Intro using Hollywood FX Plus. Please do not e-mail asking how I did it as everything I remember is included on this page.
1. Notes
 | I got the idea for this from Jos Roijakkers on the Pinnacle webboard. Thank you Jos for your contribution. |
| I will not be providing every detail of how to do this as I believe it is best to work through some of the issues. It will help you on your projects in the future. If I’ve left something out that really stumps you then check the Pinnacle webboard. |
| Hollywood FX transitions take a long time to render so you’ll need to be patient. |
2. The Star Wars title
| Begin a new project and call it “Star Wars Title” |
| Drag your favorite photo that contains nothing but stars in it to the video timeline. I’ll refer to this as the “star” background. Click Here to download the one I used. Set the time to 11 seconds exactly. |
| On the TitleDeko line create a transparent background and add Star Wars for the text and set it to 11 seconds. Click Here to download the Star Wars font. |
| Highlight your title and set the font size to 124. |
| Select the look style of 10-3. |
| From the HFX Flying Windows group select the FlyOff effect and drag it to the front of your title. Set the transition length to the maximum of 10:29. |
| Double-click the transition and select edit. |
| Select Basic Options and deselect lighting and shine. |
| I’m fuzzy on what exactly I did for the next part of this. Based on what I see it looks like I deleted Host Video 1 and Flat 1. |
| Select Back 2 and delete the current envelope. |
| Enter the following Object Options at 0 percent 1) Move 0.000, 0.010, 0.000 2) Rotate 0.000, 0.000, 0.000 3) Scale 2.500, 2.500, 0.000 |
| Enter the following Object Options at 100 percent 1) Move 0.000, 0.010, 0.000 2) Rotate 0.000, 0.000, 0.000 3) Scale 0.000, 0.000, 0.000 |
| Render this as a DV AVI and it will be ready for use in your final project. |
3. The Scrolling Text
| Begin a new project and call it “Star Wars Intro”. |
| Drag your star photo to the video timeline and set the length to 1:12:00. |
| On the TitleDeko line create a rolling title with a transparent background. Click Here to download the text. Paste this into your blank title. Choose a font; I used Times New Roman. Set the time to 1:12:00. |
| From the HFX Flying Windows group select the FlyOff effect and drag it to the front of your title. Set the transition length to the maximum of 1:11:29. |
| Double-click the transition and select edit. |
| Select Basic Options and deselect lighting and shine. |
| Select Flat 1 and delete the current envelope. |
| Enter the following Object Options at 0 and 100 percent 1) Move 0.000, 0.510, 0.000 2) Rotate -60.000, 0.000, 0.000 3) Scale 0.800, 1.500, 0.500 |
| Select Back 2 and delete the current envelope. |
| Enter the following Object Options at 0 and 100 percent 1) Move 0.000, 0.010, 0.000 2) Rotate 0.000, 0.000, 0.000 3) Scale 2.500, 2.500, 0.000 |
| Render this as a DV AVI and it will be ready for use in your final project. |
4. Putting it all together
| Begin a new project and call it “Star Wars Final”. |
| On the video timeline add a title with a solid black background with the text “A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away...” Choose a blue color for the font. Set the time to 6:00. |
| Add the Star Wars Title you created earlier. Trim extra frames. |
| Add a Fade in or out between the two previous clips. |
| Add the Star Wars Intro you created earlier. Trim extra frames. |
| Add the star background on the video timeline and set to 2:00. |
| Add the planet (Tatooine in the original. I think mine is from neptune). Click Here to download. Set the length to 4:00. |
| Add the Push Up transition between the star background and the planet. Set it to 3:00. |
| Add a Fade-in to the beginning and a Fade-out to the end. |
| Add the Star Wars Theme song. Click Here to download. This needs to be lined up with the beginning of the Star Wars Title. |
| Render to your favorite format. |
| Impress your friends. |
