The Bin is a square area shaded in gray, located in the upper-left corner of your Final Cut Pro session.
The Timeline is located in the very bottom section of your Final Cut Pro session. A Sequence is a portion of time in your video within the Timeline. If you need to add a new Sequence to your Timeline for text, go to “File” in the top toolbar of your Final Cut Pro session, point to “New,” and select “Sequence. "
This procedure will provide you with an enlarged preview of your Text and place it in the Viewer window. The Viewer window is located in the top middle section of your Final Cut Pro session.
You can also adjust additional text features in the Text control panel, such as the text’s font type, font size, font color, and alignment.
This process will display your work in the Viewer window. Click back inside the control panel section if you want to modify the appearance of your text. You can also preview your text in the Canvas window by clicking and dragging the Playhead to the text spot in the Sequence. The Playhead is a yellow, upside-down triangle in your Sequence that moves along the Timeline when you play your video. The Canvas window is located directly to the right of your Viewer window.
Navigate to the video section of your Sequence. Click and drag the Text block to position it above your video in the Sequence.
