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Titling and the Titler
Last updated 12/16/2014
Choose, create, and import title templates
The title templates included with Premiere Pro provide numerous themes and preset layouts that make it quick and
easy to design a title. Some templates include graphics pertinent to certain subjects, such as new-baby or vacation
themes. Others include placeholder text that you can replace to create credits for your movie. Some templates have
transparent backgrounds, represented by dark gray and light gray squares. You can see your video beneath the title.
Other templates are opaque.
You can easily change any element in the template by selecting the element and either deleting it or overwriting it. You
can also add elements to the template. After you modify the template, you can save it as a title file for use in current and
future projects. Alternately, you can save any title you create as a template.
You can also import title files from another Premiere Pro project as templates. If you share templates between
computers, make sure that each system includes all the fonts, textures, logos, and images used in the template.
If you do not have title templates, see this document. After following instructions, your title templates will be restored.
Note: When you apply a new template, its content replaces any content currently in the Titler.
Note: Before Premiere Pro 2.0, Premiere Pro saved all titles as independent files separate from the project file. You can
import titles created in older versions of Premiere Pro just as you import any footage. When you save the project, the
imported titles are saved with the project.
Andrew Devis shows how to use, customize, and save title templates in this video tutorial on the Creative COW website.
Load a template for a new title
1 Choose Title > New Title > Based On Template.
2 Click the triangle next to a category name to expand it.
3 Select the template, and then click OK.
Import a saved title file as a template
1 With a title open, choose Title > Templates.
2 Choose Import File As Template from the Templates panel menu.
3 Select a file, and click Open (Windows) or Choose (Mac OS). You can import only Premiere Pro title files (.prtl) as
templates.
4 Give the template a name and then click OK.
Set or restore a default template
1 With a title open, click the Templates button and select a template.
• To set the selected template as the default template, choose Set Template As Default Still from the Templates panel
menu. The default template loads each time you open the Titler.
• To restore the default set of templates, choose Restore Default Templates from the Templates panel menu.
2 Click OK.
Rename or delete a template
❖ With a title open, click the Templates button and select a template.
• To rename the selected template, choose Rename Template from the Templates panel menu. Type a name in the
Name box, and click OK.