Just updated to Premiere 2017.1 and have been introduced to the new "Essential Graphics" panel (EGP) and Title tool.
As of right now, I am both excited and frustrated. I'm excited that this will allow for creating graphic presets in After Effects and creating some really great animated titles. I also like the fact that when you add a Photoshop file, the transparency actually works (something that was SO frustrating about the original titler. You could add a "logo," but alpha channels or Photoshop transparency was ignored. Was all based on luminance).
HOWEVER, this is where it ends... currently. This is said, knowing full-well that the original titler tool is still available.
I am having real difficulty with a few things:
- This was not phased in. Went to quickly create new title in a project by pressing CTRL+T and discovered a surprising, but not necessarily pleasant result of a strange box appearing over my video in my source monitor... Only to finally discover this was part of the new EGP.
- Rolling / scrolling titles: How does one create them in this new workflow?
- Many of the title styling options are missing.
- How do you apply gradient colors to fonts?
- Drop shadows are missing "size (density)" option. They have "angle," "distance," and "spread (blur)" only.
- No ability to place to change stroke from "inner" or "outer."
- No ability to add sheen or texture
- Can't double-click on select box to switch back to editing text (convenience feature).
- When you create a title with the new "titler," it does not place anything in the bin. This will make organizing reused titles quite difficult to locate and modify.There needs be a way to show all titles available within a project.
I could potentially see getting rid of the old title tool, if some of these issues were addressed.
If there are ANY insights to this new "feature," I would greatly appreciate. Have not been able to find ANY comprehensive tutorials on the Adobe website for these above items.
Thanks!
-Todd