Creating and reusing show intro

If you're producing a regular series of videos for the Web or even for broadcast, chances are, you have a show intro that will stay relatively consistent each and every episode. A 30-second show intro may include a ton of clips, titles, generators, and transitions, and obviously no one wants to have to recreate that for each and every project.

Through a sneaky use of compound clips, we can create a reusable show intro that can be dropped into any number of projects and tweaked from episode to episode as well.

Getting ready

This task requires a bit of forethought. Ideally, you want to have all the elements of what will go into your show's intro together in one event. Don't worry about titles, transitions, or generators yet, just get the raw video and audio material collected into an event. It's ok if there's excess material in the event.

If you haven't read the Grouping clips together as a compound clip recipe in Chapter 4, Enhancing Your Editing yet, now would...