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How to add a background to a text box? (Updated question)
Hi,
Adding this question again because I don’t think I made my problem clear the first time around…
I’m trying to add a simple text box with a colored background in Premiere Pro CC 2017.0.2.
I hit Ctrl-T to bring up the text tool and can add text as an overlay to the video.
I want to add a colored background to the textbox only but when I click the ‘background’ checkbox it adds a background which covers up the entire video.
How do I add a background to the text box only so I can still see the video underneath? Like this:
I must be missing something really obvious, right?
Thanks very much for your help,
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5 Replies
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Background option is for the entire screen.
You make a separete rectangular to go under the text.
Open All Panels
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Adobe Certified Expert Premiere Pro CS2/CS6/CC
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Thanks Ann!
So I add a rectangle, and then add some text, and then click the selection tool to resize the rectangle around the text.
That is completely bizarre way but it works 🙂
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Its not bizar, legacy title has been like that ever since Premiere Pro 1.0.
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Adobe Certified Expert Premiere Pro CS2/CS6/CC
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Or…get the free script from Motion Boutique:
https://www.motionboutique.com/textbox/
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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Awesome, thanks Joe! Sorry I would have thanked you sooner but I just saw your comment.
Thanks,
Neil
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