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Tip: getting Premiere titles into After Effects
One of the most annoying aspects of rendering out Premiere Pro sequences in AE is the dreaded “Black box of death” (as opposed to the “Blue screen of death”). One is Adobe’s fault, the latter, Microsofts. This is because After Effects does not import anything made in the premiere title tool. It will render out a black box that is great for simulating a cubist’s interpretation of a black hole, but totally useless for real compositing.
Here is an EASY workaround (besides just making all of your titles in Photoshop or AE)
1. Open title tool and make the title normally. Close title tool
2. Right click on the title in your project window and select “Open in source monitor” (this will put the title into a clip window with black (clear alpha) as the background
3. Now select File–> Export Frame
4. Under settings, change from Bitmap to Targa
5. Change (under the video tab) the color depth from millions to “Millions+ of colors”) this saves out a still image of the title with an alpha channel
6. In your Premiere timeline, use the targa (.tga) file, NOT the premiere title (.prtl)Hope this helps!
Randy
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That was a useless comment Steven – I hope you’re attitudes have changed since this post considering the website you run…
Tom
https://www.tomdavid.com.auCheers,
TomCamera Operator – Editor – Motion Graphics
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Great Tip!!!
Thank you!
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This was a great tip. I created a whole mess of FPO titles that I now want to move in AE. Big time saver. Thank you.
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Obviously what Steven is saying is that you should forego making titles in Premiere and wait until bringing the project into After Effects. Exporting each one individually, creating an un-editable title in the process, is sort of ridiculous. Adobe should fix that.
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