( Read this step-by-step tutorial to learn how to perform a basic video-editing operation with QuickEditor. )

Every Editing Session is started by Opening or Creating a MOVIE.
1) Create or open a MOVIE. The MOVIE is the QuickTime movie you can edit in QuickEditor. You can modify it in any way you want. You can add sound or video sequences to it, apply Video Effects to it, delete parts of it... The MOVIE is displayed, controlled and modified from the MOVIE Panel. Any QuickTime movie can be opened in the MOVIE Panel, using the Open MOVIE... command in the File Menu, or the "eject" button on the MOVIE Panel . You can also create an empty MOVIE with the New MOVIE... command in the File Menu.
MOVIE Panel (Eject Button)
2) Select the part of the MOVIE you want to add a Title on (step 1 of 2). Go to the beginning of the sequence you want to apply the Video Effect on, and press the "Set Start Point" button on the MOVIE Panel.

3) Select the part of the MOVIE you want to add a Title on (step 2 of 2). Go to the end of the sequence you want to remove and press the "Set End Point" button. The sequence located between the Start and End Points is called the Selection.

4) Press the "Titling..." button on the Video Effect Panel

5) Setup your Title Type in the text you want to see appear in the MOVIE, choose a font, a face, a color and setup an animation, then press the "Render" button.