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Olas Polare · October 24th, 2008, 09:54 AM

Hey
im doing a project that needs quite a bit of titles on screen with information about whats happening. I find the titles in premiere a bit annoying, for example what if i want to change the font of all my titles, do i have to edit each title separately?
is there a more clever way to do it, or maybe (gulp) a plugin?
id preferably like to do it inside premiere, so no third party apps please

cheerios

Harm Millaard · October 24th, 2008, 10:34 AM

Wavering minds are not supported. You choose a template and font, make your titles and you are ready. If you waver and decide to change fonts you have to change each and everyone individually.

Tripp Woelfel · October 24th, 2008, 11:06 AM

Harm's right. Pick or build a template and stay with it. That's the fastest way inside PP.

I know that you said no outside apps, but if you have CS3, do your titles in After Effects and then use Dynamic Link to get them into PP. That's generally what I do and it works for me.

I find that Premier's title tool is a little unstable and will occasionally crash PP. That's another reason I stay away from it unless I'm doing only the simplest of titles.

Olas Polare · October 24th, 2008, 11:09 AM

aight might try and do some kind of a script then that generates the titles for where where i have more dynamic control.

is it just me or is it a bit crazy theres not even a template for doing regular subtitles?

Harm Millaard · October 24th, 2008, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Olas Polare

is it just me or is it a bit crazy theres not even a template for doing regular subtitles?

Not so crazy, since it makes no sense to add a template for something that basic but also that customized to personal taste. Do it yourself within 10 seconds. Why do you need a template for that?

Adam Gold · October 24th, 2008, 12:39 PM

While you do have to edit each title separately if you want to change them all, there is a bit of a shortcut, which is to save one font the way you want it in your title style library using the fly-out menu.

Then each time you open a title you want to change, just select the text and click on the new style -- it'll conform the text to everything you changed in the last one.

And obviously each time you create a new title you can do it based on the one you just had open using the "New Title based on Current Title" icon in the upper left corner.

You're probably already doing all this, but I'm so dumb it took me like a year to discover these tools. Previously if I made a change, I went into every stinkin' title and changed color, font, size, drop shadow individually until I was ready to pull my hair out.

I tried doing titles in AE, but for me it was so ungainly and confusing I went back to Premiere for this. Besides, AE doesn't quite offer all the font customizations (i.e. sheen) that Premiere does.... unless I missed that as well.

Tripp Woelfel · October 24th, 2008, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam Gold

Besides, AE doesn't quite offer all the font customizations (i.e. sheen) that Premiere does.... unless I missed that as well.

AE can do nearly everything except save the stock market. I would be surprised if there's much the titler can do that AE cannot. Now the titler may do it more easily but AE lets you save nearly everything you do as a preset so once you create a look you like, you can apply it to as many comps as you like.

Adam Gold · October 24th, 2008, 04:03 PM

Yeah, like I said, I probably just didn't look hard enough....the menus and spin-downs are a bit different so I probably just didn't dig deep enough to find sheen and strokes and things like that.

October 24th, 2008, 09:54 AM	#1
Olas Polare New Boot Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London, UK Posts: 22	titles in premiere Hey im doing a project that needs quite a bit of titles on screen with information about whats happening. I find the titles in premiere a bit annoying, for example what if i want to change the font of all my titles, do i have to edit each title separately? is there a more clever way to do it, or maybe (gulp) a plugin? id preferably like to do it inside premiere, so no third party apps please cheerios

October 24th, 2008, 10:34 AM	#2
Harm Millaard Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,832	Wavering minds are not supported. You choose a template and font, make your titles and you are ready. If you waver and decide to change fonts you have to change each and everyone individually.

October 24th, 2008, 11:06 AM	#3
Tripp Woelfel Trustee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Conway, NH Posts: 1,745	Harm's right. Pick or build a template and stay with it. That's the fastest way inside PP. I know that you said no outside apps, but if you have CS3, do your titles in After Effects and then use Dynamic Link to get them into PP. That's generally what I do and it works for me. I find that Premier's title tool is a little unstable and will occasionally crash PP. That's another reason I stay away from it unless I'm doing only the simplest of titles.

October 24th, 2008, 11:09 AM	#4
Olas Polare New Boot Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London, UK Posts: 22	aight might try and do some kind of a script then that generates the titles for where where i have more dynamic control. is it just me or is it a bit crazy theres not even a template for doing regular subtitles?

October 24th, 2008, 12:39 PM	#6
Adam Gold Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Woodinville, WA USA Posts: 3,467	While you do have to edit each title separately if you want to change them all, there is a bit of a shortcut, which is to save one font the way you want it in your title style library using the fly-out menu. Then each time you open a title you want to change, just select the text and click on the new style -- it'll conform the text to everything you changed in the last one. And obviously each time you create a new title you can do it based on the one you just had open using the "New Title based on Current Title" icon in the upper left corner. You're probably already doing all this, but I'm so dumb it took me like a year to discover these tools. Previously if I made a change, I went into every stinkin' title and changed color, font, size, drop shadow individually until I was ready to pull my hair out. I tried doing titles in AE, but for me it was so ungainly and confusing I went back to Premiere for this. Besides, AE doesn't quite offer all the font customizations (i.e. sheen) that Premiere does.... unless I missed that as well.

October 24th, 2008, 04:03 PM	#8
Adam Gold Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Woodinville, WA USA Posts: 3,467	Yeah, like I said, I probably just didn't look hard enough....the menus and spin-downs are a bit different so I probably just didn't dig deep enough to find sheen and strokes and things like that.