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Hey guys
if you've updated to the new Premiere
Pro CC 2017 11.1 spring update you'll
probably notice that titles are
different we now have a new essential
graphics panel now the title or tool
still exists it's just now legacy you'll
notice that there's no title option from
the new item menu in the project panel
you can still however hit command or
control T to make a new title but
because the point of this tutorial is on
the new essential graphics panel let's
go ahead and explore this new feature so
to get started go up to window and
select essential graphics panel now
Premiere Pro has a bunch of pre-made
built-in templates you can work from
from captions and subtitles all the way
to video game templates that are made in
After Effects that's right
you can export motion graphics templates
from After Effects and you can fully
customize them here in premiere pro's
essential graphics panel this includes
updates to the color the font the size
all of that this will replace the live
text template workflow but previously
made live text templates will still work
also here you can choose from the list
view or at the thumbnail view I prefer
the thumbnail view as you can use a zoom
slider to increase the size of the
thumbnail to preview the graphics in the
panel if you want to choose from one of
the templates first create a new
sequence in your project panel then
choose a template from the essential
graphics panel and drag and drop it into
the sequence it will then take a second
to load the motion graphics template so
click on the title template in the
sequence and then you'll notice that it
will change to the Edit tab of the
essential graphics panel once you click
on either of these layers the text or
the shape layer you will see that
further editing capability is then
expanded but if you try and edit the
text here by double clicking nothing
will happen now this is the part
that I struggled with at first because
it was quite confusing why can you edit
the text this was the way that live text
templates work so doesn't it make sense
to just double click here and edit
unfortunately no, so it turns out that if
you want to update the text you need to
go and select this new text icon in the
toolbar you will notice that when you
click on it that you get the option for
a standard type tool or a vertical type
tool so if we click on the standard you
will now see a red outline appear around
the text in the program panel now you
can just click on the text and type in
your new text I'll just type out
Premiere Gal you can then move on to
update the font and the size to update
the font you'll need to first select all
the text using command A and then choose
another font then you can use the slider
tool to increase and reduce the size you
can adjust the tracking kerning letting
and the baseline shift if you want to
you can also adjust the fill color of
the text and you can add a stroke now
the only downside here is that we have
less customization with the stroke in
the old titler tool you could choose
from an inner or an outer stroke you
will notice that we do not have that
option you can also add a drop shadow
but right now it's hard to see
unfortunately you can't turn on the
transparency here you need to actually
add a color map behind the title layer
in the sequence so you can see what the
drop shadow looks like so let's just go
down to new item and create a quick
little new light-colored matte to lay
underneath the motion graphs template in
the timeline now let's go back up to the
text in the essential graphics panel and
you can see that you can adjust the
opacity angle distance and the blur to
the drop shadow you will now see that we
need to adjust the shape layers here so
we can go and select that layer we can
scale up the graphic or if you don't
want them you can simply delete it by
clicking on that layer and then hitting
delete okay so let's say if you wanted
to make a new title from scratch how do
we do that simply select the text tool
from the toolbar and then click in the
black
area of the program panel this will
start a new title now let's just go
ahead and make a lower third and I'm
going to show you how to save it as a
motion graphics template so I'm just
going to type out Premiere Gal and I'm
going to change the font to a new
typeface and then over here in the align
and transform area you can adjust the
position of where the text is or my
favorite new feature is that you can go
down and select the selection tool and
then move the title in the program panel
to whatever desired location that you
want in the frame now let's say you want
to insert a logo or a graphic no problem
simply click on a new layer icon here in
the essential graphics panel and it will
ask you what type of new layer you want
to make you can choose from text
vertical text rectangle ellipses and
from a file in this case let's select
from file and I'm going to choose to
import the GAL logo now obviously it's
way too big right now so let's just
click on a layer and scale it down using
the scale tool if this lock icon is blue
it means it's turned on and it will let
you scale down the graphic
proportionally you can also scale it
down proportionally by clicking and
dragging a corner you do not need to
hold the shift key as a lock is turned
on now let's add a rectangle behind the
text all you have to do is go to new
layer and select rectangle a new
rectangle will appear in the program
panel now I'm going to make the fill white
and change the size and location to be
in line with the text and the new logo
that I added you can scale up the view
of the program viewer by clicking on the
drop-down next to fit and change in
scale so this is something we couldn't
do in the titler tool so once you get
it in the place that you like you'll
realize wait a minute how do I bring the
text and logo in front of the rectangle
well the layers here in the essential
graphics panel actually function like
layers in Photoshop so all you have to
do is go over and drag the rectangle
layer below the text in the logo layer
and then it will be behind so
then we can make further adjustments
like changing the font color so it's
easier to see and make any other further
adjustments you like so let's say that
you want to use the same style the same
lower third in future videos well this
is easy all you have to do is save it as
a motion graphics template just right
click on the text in the timeline and
select export as a motion graphics
template you can export it to your
central graphics panel to your local
drive or even better you can export it
to the Creative Cloud library which you
can share with other team members if
you're on a team project file so I'm
just going to export it to the essential
graphics panel and then when you go back
to the panel you will see that now our
lower third is there you can also make
new folders by clicking on the folder
icon and then you can right-click on the
new template you made and move it to a
new folder then you can choose this
template as a starting point in your
future videos so that's it I hope you
guys found this useful and if you have
any questions please leave a comment
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