How to Use Premiere's New Premiere Text Animation Feature

Premiere Pro has taken a significant step forward with its new text animation feature, allowing editors to import and edit AE compositions directly within the program. In this article, we'll explore how to use this innovative feature and unlock the full potential of your text animations.

To get started, navigate to the Effect Controls panel or press Shift+5. Alternatively, you can drag your composition from the Project Panel to the Source Monitor. Select your AE composition in the timeline and press 'F' to 'Match Source.' This will load the clip into the Source Monitor.

Next, select your AE composition in the project panel, then right-click and choose 'New Sequence from Clip.' This creates a new sequence that exactly matches your AE composition. You can leave 'Create folder for imported items' active if you want to put everything in one bin (folder). If you have more than one, you can check 'Import Selected Sequences' and choose the one you need.

Once you've created a new sequence, go to File > Import in Premiere Pro and select your AE project file. When the Composition Settings window opens, select 'Advanced.' Check 'Template (unlocked text layers editable in Premiere Pro)' and press OK.

That's it - this composition is now editable in Premiere Pro CC. To get started, open your After Effects composition open and go to Composition > Composition Settings. Here's a rundown of how it works.

For this tutorial, I'll be using the composition I created for my post on How to Create Lower Thirds in AE. It's also available only for versions CC 2014 and up. But for some simple revisions, this works very well. However, take note that for the time being, this feature only allows you to change the text, so you won't be able to modify the font, text size, colors, or alignment just yet.

One of the benefits of Live Text Templates is that you can easily duplicate them so you can use them again and again inside your project. Secondly, revisions are much faster because you don't have to call your motion designer just to correct a misspelling. Why is this important? Firstly, it allows anyone with only limited knowledge in AE to quickly modify existing compositions.

Live Text Templates allow you to edit text in an AE composition within Premiere Pro without affecting the existing design and animation. It allows Premiere Pro to import AE compositions without rendering them first, and with the release of Live Text Templates, this became even better. Adobe's Dynamic Link is by far one of the best features that Premiere Pro and After Effects have to offer.

Overall, Premiere's new text animation feature has opened up a world of possibilities for editors and motion designers alike. With its ease of use and powerful capabilities, it's sure to become an essential tool in your creative arsenal.

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