Essential Title Nightmare

[Steve Brame]

As I understand, and I could certainly be wrong, new features such as the Essential Graphics Panel are developments in progress, and functionality from legacy tools, the Title Tool in this case, are being incrementally integrated. This is why they have not eliminated the legacy Title Tool, and probably will not until all of it’s functionality is ported to the EGP. So no, beveled edges and separate transparency levels for the fill and inner and outer stroke are not in the EGP, but they’re still there in the legacy Title Tool.

I personally always found the Title Tool to be a bit clunky and archaic, so if I ever needed that type of functionality I used PhotoShop or Illustrator. But again, to each his own. So, if the Title Tool worked for you, then by all means, continue to use it.

Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions

[Andy Patterson]

[Steve Brame] “I personally always found the Title Tool to be a bit clunky and archaic, so if I ever needed that type of functionality I used PhotoShop or Illustrator. But again, to each his own. So, if the Title Tool worked for you, then by all means, continue to use it.”

You used to be able to dock the titling tool and all the panels of the titling tool. The last couple of versions make docking panels harder. They just don’t want to dock as easy as before. We will see where the essential graphic panel is in another six months. Perhaps Adobe should have waited until NAB 2018 to release the Essential Graphic Panel. The titles just don’t look as crisp with the new titling system although I think that may have changed with the new update.

[Steve Brame]

I’d suggest opening the Title Tool, place it where you want it on the screen, and create a new Workspace named ‘Titles’. Then when you switch to the ‘Titles’ workspace, it will be there for you.

Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions