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Why can’t you change a title after you make it?
After you create a title, then open it back up to make changes, the changes will not stay. Is there an “apply” button or something?
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I do this all the time, be hitting [Command]-S on a Mac or [Ctrl]-S on a PC. And a “Save As …” is [Ctrl]-[Shift]-S on a PC and if you give it the same name as another .PTRL file, you will get a dialogue that lets you know that you are about to overwrite a file.
If I change a title and then save the result, I see it almost instantly on the Timeline (which will turn red, indicating that it needs processing).
Changing titles is something I do all of the time, as I have to make sure they’re not underneath a “bug.”
What if there were no hypothetical questions?
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oh weird, you have to save the file, ok that works thanks
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You have to save the file?
How do you even do that?
I’ve never had a problem with this. I open an existing file and make a change and close the titler window…
Is your titler window always open in your UI?
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions, -
Nope, I open the titler, make changes, shut it, it reverts back, I need to hit ctrl s to save the project before shutting the titler.
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What version of PPro are you using?
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions, -
If the Titler window is topmost, or selected as your active window, [Ctrl]-S saves the title. If your titler is open and your timeline is selected, you are saving your sequence.
I typically will use one title as a template for another (especially lower thirds) and will use [Ctrl]-[Shift]-S to Save As a lot.
What if there were no hypothetical questions?
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CS4, should be fully updated afaik
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I’ve been editing this week on a project where I’m doing this almost constantly… Once you’ve opened a new title and named it, it’s saved. No further ‘saving’ should be necessary.
Any opening and editing of the title should simply update it.
The machine I’m working on this week is PPro v4.1.0…
The title exists as a component of the project these days…there is no “source file” similar to a PSD or video file. The titles should just update in the project file like any timeline changes and trims, etc. that you do…
Not having the title save changes immediately is some sort of bug or software conflict…I’ve never had to do this with CS3 or CS4.
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions, -
Ah, I should mention I am using Premiere Pro 1.5. Your version is vastly improved from mine.
PPro 1.5 saved titles separately as .PRTL files. I keep those in their own folder within a project’s space.
What if there were no hypothetical questions?
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Ditto, I work with a lot of titles and all I do is open make the change and click close….no saving…nothing, and it is updated immediately on the timeline.
To create a new title with the previous one, I simply copy and paste then change the name and add to timeline.
Now…if I could only stop my crashes in the preview window, I would be laughing!
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