Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 [Electronic resources]

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Changing text parameters: Lesson 7-1

In this mini-lesson you start with some formatted text and then change its parameters. This approach is a good way to give you a quick overview of the powerful features of the Premiere Pro Titler. In Lesson 7-2, you build basic text from scratch. Take a moment to view the Lesson 7 Intro video. Then do the following.

Open Premiere Pro to the Lesson 7 project.

Double-click Lesson 7-1 Start Text in the Project panel.

That opens the Titler with a title already loaded over a video frame. Here's a quick rundown on the Titler's panels:

Title Designer The screen where you build and view text and graphics.
Title Properties Text and graphic options such as font characteristics and effects.
Title Styles Preset text styles. You can choose from several libraries of styles.
Title Actions Use to align, center or distribute text and groups of objects.
Title Tools Define text boundaries, set text paths, and select geometric shapes.

The Premiere Pro Titler

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Adobe Certified Expert exam objective

Given a feature or function associated with the Titler, describe the purpose of that feature or function.

3.	Click on several different Titler Styles thumbnails below the Titler screen.

They instantly change your text to the new style. When done, return to the original style selection: HoboStd Slant Gold 80 (highlighted in the next figure).

Lesson 7-6.

Click the Font Browser button (highlighted in the next figure). Note the current font is Hobo Std Medium.

Scroll through the fonts and note that as you click on a new font you see immediately how it'll work with your text.

Click Cancel.

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Click the Font drop-down list in the Properties panel on the right side of the Titler.

Note

With all the clicking and testing you may have deselected the text. If there is no bounding box with handles around the text, select the text by clicking the Selection tool (upper left corner) and clicking anywhere in the text.

8.	Change the font to Times New Roman Bold Italic. The change will show up immediately in the Titler screen.

Note

To track down Times New Roman, roll your cursor over More (highlighted in the figure below) to open the additional groups of fonts until you get to Times New Roman.

Change the font size to 120 by dragging your mouse on the Font Size number or typing in the new value . Your screen should look like the next figure.

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10.

Change the Aspect to 70% to shrink the horizontal scale of the text so it fits within the width of the Safe Title Margin, defined by the smaller of the two rectangles (noted in the previous figure).

Note

NTSC TV sets cut off the edges of a video signal. Keeping text within the Safe Title Margin (also called the Title Safe Zone) ensures viewers will see all of your text.

11.

Change Leading to 20 to shrink the distance between the lines of type so the text appears above the bottom of the Safe Title Margin line.

12.

Check Small Caps and change the Small Caps size to 50%.

Note

Small Caps puts all selected objects into uppercase. Changing the size to less than 100% shrinks all but the first character of each word.

13.

Check Underline.

14.

Click the Vertical Center and Horizontal Center buttons in the Title Action panel.

15.

Click the Titler Styles Fly-out Menu, select Replace Style Library and in the Open Style Library window double-click Default.prsl.

That loads several dozen text styles.

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16.

Click on a few and note that those styles immediately change the look of your text.

17.

Click the Titler Styles Fly-out Menu, select Replace Style Library and in the Open Style Library window double-click Entertainment.prsl to return to the original Styles group.

18.

Click on HoboStd Slant Gold 80 change your text back to its original Style.

Adobe Certified Expert exam objective

List and describe the options available for working with text in titles.

19.

Drag the Titler panel to the right far enough to be able to see the Project panel.

20.

Double-click Lesson 7-1 Finish Text to load it in the Titler.

21.

Switch between the two titles using the drop-down list above the Browser button. You text should look the same as Lesson 7-1 Finish Text.

22.

Close the Titler by clicking the little x in the upper right corner.

Note

Premiere Pro automatically saves your updated Lesson 7-1 Start Text in the project file. It does not show up as a separate file on your hard drive.

23.

Drag Lesson 7-1 Start Text from the Project panel to the Video 2 track on the Timeline, trim it so it fits above the video clip, and drag the CTI through it to see how it looks over that video clip.

Note

You can apply transitions to titles to fade them up or move them on or off screen.

Using titles in other projects

You will likely create title templates for location names and interviewee supers that you'll use in multiple projects. However Premiere Pro 2.0 does not automatically save titles as separate files. To make a title available for use in another project, select the title in the Project panel, select File > Export > Title, give your title a name, choose a file folder location, and click Save. Later you simply import that title file the same way you import any other asset.

Extra credit: Other properties options

Double click Lesson 7-1 Start to reopen the Titler and then check out these four other Properties options by first selecting the text using the Selection tool, then adjusting these properties:

Kerning Adjusts spacing between selected character pairs.
Tracking Adjusts spacing for a group of characters.
Baseline Shift Specifies the distance of the characters from the baselinethe thin white line running through the bottoms of each line of characters . Raise or lower selected type to create superscripts or subscripts.
Distort Stretches text along its X and Y axes.