Star Wars Crawl howto in Movie Maker
Star Wars Crawl intro made in Windows Movie Maker. I made this for a the Traitor's Gambit adventure for Star Wars Saga rpg from Wizards of the Coast.
Star Wars Crawls are easy to do with Windows Movie Maker, I did this one in XP SP3.
Here's how:
First get Jedi Hollow Font which is available free on the web and install it, and also track down an audio file of the star wars theme.
Step 1: Create opening text.
In Movie Maker click tools and go to Titles and Credits and create a new title at the begining.
Type in "A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away..."
Set the font to Franklin Gothic Medium
Change the text color to custom color 75,213,238
Change the text bg to black
Set title animation to Fade, In and Out
Resize the text until it fits on two lines.
Click done
Step 2: Create Star Wars logo.
Click Tools, Titles and Credits, Title after selected clip
For the text type in @ (yes just the @, the Jedi Hollow font makes the logo)
Change the font to Star Jedi Hollow
Change the Font color to yellow
Increase Font size to whatever looks good to you.
Click done
Right click on the new clip in the timeline and select "Video Effects"
Add "Slow down, half"
Step 3: Add the Crawl Text
With the second clip selected in the time line click Tools, Titles and Credits, Title after selected clip
Type in your crawl text. Should be several paragraphs, and don't forget to spell check.
Change the font to Franklin Gothic Medium
Change the font to the smallest size
Change the title animation to "Scroll Perspective"
Click done
Right click on the clip in the timeline and select "Video Effects"
Add "Slow down, half" 2 times.
Step 4: Add music
Click "Import audio or music"
Drag your music clip from the collections area to your timeline.
Move it around to line it up with the beginning of the Star Wars logo clip.
In the timeline shorten the END of the audio and the crawl text clips to a satisfactory length, should be around the 1:30 mark. You should end these in the quiet section in the waveform.
That's it, save your video (I recommend setting it to High quality Large) and you're done.