How to Create Shapes on a Premiere Pro Title

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The Adobe Premiere Pro program has very handy title creation tool. Titles can include any type of text, including the title of your movie, the names of your actors and crew, and even subtitles. They can be created using any font available on your computer, and you can add logos, photos and other graphics to customize your movie. You can also use the title editor to create shapes like rectangles, circles and lines. Using the Pen tool you can create precise lines and curves, and adjust the shape of various text and shape paths.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Step1

Open Premiere Pro and your project with the edited sequence of video clips.

Step2

Create a new title, or double click on an existing title in your "Project Panel" window to open the "Title Editor" window. To create a new title, go to the "File" menu at the top of your workspace and select “New” then “Title.” Type a name and click "OK."

Step3

Choose a shape tool. You can drag with it by holding down the "Shift" key to constrain the proportions of the aspect ratio; hold down the "Alt" key to draw at the center of the shape; hold down the "Shift" and "Alt" keys simultaneously to constrain aspect ratio and draw at the center.

Step4

Drag across the editor space in a diagonal manner across the corner points of a shape if you want to “flip” the shape diagonally. You can drag across, up or down to flip the shape accordingly

Step5

Select an object or logo to change its shape. It will change as you drag across the editor.

Step6

Go to the "Title Properties" panel, located within the editor panel. Click the triangle next to “Properties” if the list is not already expanded. Here you can adjust various options for your applied graphics.

Step7

Save your changes by closing the window and then saving the project from the file menu or pressing the "CTRL" key and the “S” key.

Tips & Warnings

Creating titles should be one of the final steps of your project. You will want to wait until your edit is complete before creating and placing them in your edit, otherwise you may end up creating extra work for yourself.