Major revisions to the Quick workspace and workflow were found in the first look at Adobe's latest version, Premiere Elements 2019. See HERE under Part 3/The Premiere Elements 2019 Editor/Workspaces/Quick Workspace.
ISSUE
One of the changes in the 2019 Quick workspace targets the how to for adding Text (as overlays) and Titles (Motion and Classic).
It was decided to work through this topic in this blog post.
HOW TO
Text
(overlay, called caption by Adobe)
Step 1
Quick workspace has a Text Menu included with a row of menu choices at the top of its workspace, but the Text Menu's options there are inactive when a new project is first opened. See Figure 1. The access points for creation of Titles (Motion Titles and Classic Titles) is evident, but not for creation of Text overlays (text that will display on screen over the image that is in the scene space).
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| Figure 1. Premiere Elements 2019 Revised Quick Workspace In Search Of Options For Creating Text (Overlays) and Titles (Templates). Getting Started Look. |
Adding Text as an overlay (caption) for a clip in a scene space was found possible only after adding a clip to that scene space. After a clip was imported and clicked once in a scene space, a white bar with a T+ (with contextual text "click to add caption text") appeared above the clip. See Figure 2.
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| Figure 2. Premiere Elements 2019 Revised Quick Workspace Finding Text Overlay Opportunity Once Image Was Added To The Scene Space. |
Clicking the T+ in the white bar simultaneously opened the Titler and converted the white bar to a blue bar with clock icon/Change caption duration (for Duration, Starting settings), T+ icon/Edit caption, and triangle icon/Click to see more options (for Fade In, Fade Out, Delete settings). At this point, the Text Menu options were finally active, except for New Text and New Motion Title. See Figure 3.
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| Figure 3. Premiere Elements 2019 Revised Quick Workspace Showing Text Overlay (Caption) Opportunity After Image Imported Into Scene Space And Titler Opened. Text Menu Options Are Then Available, Except for New Text and New Motion Title. |
Step 4
After the Titler is closed, the bar remains over the clip but as a white bar with icons for Change caption duration, T+ (Edit caption), and Click to see more options (for Fade In, Fade Out, Delete settings). Although the Titler opens with the default text of Add Text at the middle of the bottom of the image - typical location for a caption, that text can be repositioned. See Figure 4. The Text duration could not be made to exceed the duration of the clip; further, that duration of the Text file for a scene space image could not be dragged out to overlay images in adjacent scene spaces.
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| Figure 4. Premiere Elements 2019 Revised Quick Workspace When The Text Overlay (Caption) Was Done And The Titler Closed. |
Title
(Motion Titles and Classic Titles)
Clicking on any one of the Quick workspace's Add Titles access points results in opening of Add/Titles in the vertical tools bar at the far right of the workspace. Drag/drop of one of these Motion and Classic Titles there has a destination of the next available empty scene space. With one of these Motion or Classic Titles in a scene space, there is no bar that is generated above the title in that scene space.
Editing the Motion Title was found available in a Motion Titles - Adjustments Palette, which displayed after the Motion Title in the scene space was double clicked. The editing/saving options in this Palette included Text, Graphics, Background/Save as New Title. See Figure 5.
Note: Even with the "Motion Titles - Adjustments Palette" opened, the Quick workspace Text Menu options were all grayed out.
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| Figure 5. Premiere Elements 2019 "Motion Titles - Adjustments" Palette Used For Editing of Motion Title |
Unlike Motion Titles editing, Classic Titles editing was done in the classical Titler (Text/Styles/Animation/Shapes), which opened when the Classic Title in the scene space was double clicked. See Figure 6.
Note: With the "Titler" opened, the Quick workspace Text Menu options were active, except for New Text and New Motion Title.
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| Figure 6. Premiere Elements 2019 "Titler" Used For Editing Of Classic Title. |
COMMENTARY
Over the years I have used and have encouraged other users of Premiere Elements to use the Expert/Timeline workspace rather than the Quick workspace because the Expert/Timeline workspace has more assets, allows me and the users to see better what is going on and thus gives us more control over the project. I still maintain that point of view. And, switching between Quick and Expert workspaces in the same project can be very confusing whether using version 2019 or earlier. All that being said, back to the topic of this blog post - creating Text and Titles in 2019 revised Quick workspace.
An Adobe description of the 2019 revised Quick workspace as well as the 2018 Quick workspace can be found in the Adobe document titled "Workspace Basics", found HERE, and dated October 4, 2018.
The first First Look 2019 Quick workspace "attention getter" was needing to create text and opening project to find inactive options under Text Menu of the 2019 Quick workspace. See this blog post's details on that.
Not being able to drag one Text file to extend over images in adjacent scene spaces.
And, from the point of view of image overlays, not being able to create PIP (Picture in Picture) effect in 2019 Quick workspace using the "old" way of dragging an image into the Quick workspace monitor from Windows Explorer. See HERE.
Major revision in Quick workspace - no Graphics category in it right vertical toolbar - Add Media limited to Elements Organizer and Files and folder - spaces for videos and photos, but no pre-made bars for Text, Narration, and Audio - no PIP effect dragging photo from Windows Explorer into Quick workspace monitor image - to name a few.
Again, the above information may or may not impact every reader...the "may not" user might include one:
- who works in the Expert workspace
- who is a new user who is not familiar with what used to be
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*Until more 2019 Quick workspace PIP information is available from Adobe, I found that
a PIP could be created in 2019 Quick workspace opened Titler with workflow using Text Menu/Add Image with the assist from Text Menu/Transform/Scale and Text Menu/Arrange/Bring Forward or Send Backward, and PIP settings. By this means, PIP worked in the Quick workspace for jpg in jpg or jpg in video; video in a jpg or video in a video required Expert workspace.
Work remains in progress triple checking details for accuracy.
ATR
