Adding a title to a project

Creating Titles > Adding a title to a project

When you've completed and saved a title, Premiere automatically adds it to the open Project window. The title becomes a clip in the project, using the original title file as its source. If you imported a frame from a clip or a still image to use as a sample (see Importing a sample frame), it will not be part of the title when you add the title to a project. If you want to add a title that isn't currently open, import it the same way you would any other clip; see Importing clips.

If you want the title to display with transparency so you can superimpose it over another clip, add the title to a superimposition track. When you add a title to a superimposition track, empty and semitransparent areas of the title are converted into an alpha channel, which marks transparent and semitransparent areas. Premiere automatically applies the Alpha Channel transparency key to titles, making any mattes or clips on lower tracks visible under the title. Titles added to the Video 1A or 1B tracks appear opaque by default.

To add a title to a project:

1 Save the title. The title automatically appears in the open Project window.

Note: If a project is not open when you create the title, save the title, open a project, and then drag the title directly from the Title window to the Timeline or Project window.

2 Do one of the following:

To superimpose the title over another clip, add it to a superimpose track (Video 2 or higher).

To make the title appear opaque, add it to the Video 1A or 1B track (or select the Opaque option in the Title Window Options dialog box and add the title to any track).

Note: If you add a title to the Video 1A or 1B track and then move it to a superimposition track, it appears opaque. To make it transparent, delete it from the Timeline, and then add it directly to the superimposition track.

To change the duration of a title in the Timeline:

Do one of the following:

Drag its In or Out point.

Select it, choose Clip > Duration, and type a new duration.

To view a title with transparent areas:

Do one of the following:

Render-scrub the portion of the Timeline that you want to view: press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag in the time ruler over the frames that you want to view.

Build a preview of the title: in the Timeline, move the yellow work area bar so that it covers the portion of the Timeline containing the title, and then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) to build a preview file (see Previewing a video program).

Note: If the background does not become transparent, double-click the clip in the Timeline to open it, choose Window > Title Window Options, and make sure that Opaque is not selected.

To change the duration of a title in the Timeline, drag its In or Out point, or select the clip, choose Clip > Duration, and type a new duration.

Creating Titles > Adding a title to a project