From Creation to Implementation
| After you have created your title in the Adobe Title Designer, there are still a few steps you must follow before you can see it in your timeline:
Premiere automatically saves the title inside your project, inside the last bin you selected. If you drag your title onto Video Track 2 or higher, Premiere automatically creates the necessary alpha channel around your text. This gives you access to keying and transparency controls. If you place your text on Video Track 1 (A or B), the area around your text is opaque. This means that even if you place the text clip on Video Track 1 first and then move it to a higher track, that text segment still has an opaque background. You cannot see any video sources below unless you apply one of the keying effects. The great thing about Premiere is that the original source clip is unaffected, even if you used the same clip earlier on Video Track 1. The original source clip remains unaffected no matter how you alter the clip in the timeline. Most often, if the text you created is initially displayed with a white background, selecting Alpha Channel or White Alpha Matte should do the trick. If your text has a black background, try the Black Alpha Matte. Premiere automatically generates an alpha channel around the text you create. All you have to do is select how you want that background to appear (or disappear, in this case). note To see the text appear in your timeline, you might be able to view it properly if you have the Real-Time Preview feature turned on. If not, you can choose to render the work area where the title is in the timeline. Or, to simply see if you like it without the wait, hold down the Alt key (Windows) or the Option key (Mac) and drag the cursor through the timeline segment. |
