Is there any way in Adobe Premiere CS5 to modify multiple titles (like font, size) at once?

[Walter Biscardi]

Not that I know of. The quick and dirty way to change the size would be to simply change the Scale of one and then Apply the Attributes to the rest. That would only work if you’re making them smaller.

We use Photoshop for all our titles here as we’re finding that it’s easier to go back and make changes with many projects than with the Title Tool. We’re using the same workflow I developed for Good Eats back when I was still cutting with FCP. Create batches of lower thirds and titles in a single layered Photoshop file. 15 to 20 layers of titles and then bring that in as a Sequence.

So in your case, I might have 15 to 20 subtitles in one layered Photoshop file.

To change the font in all of them, just click “Edit Original” which will open the file back up in Photoshop. Then I can just change the font and size in all the layers real quick, save it and it will update across Premiere Pro.

But beyond all that I’m hoping someone might chime in with a way to do this with the Title Tool.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Elliott Balsley]

Walter, I hope you’re still watching this old thread! I like your idea of doing the titles in Photoshop, but how do you get them in the right order in Premiere? When I try this, Premier just sorts them by name. That’s fine if you have a small batch, as you can arrange them manually. But I need to subtitle a 5 minute interview, so I’m going to have a few hundred layers. Or can anyone suggest a better way to do this?
Note: I want burned in subtitles that look nice, not closed captioning.

Elliott C. Balsley
DIT, Colorist, Cinematographer
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