Motion Titles were introduced to Premiere Elements in version 14, and the feature has been continued to the present version 2019. The Adobe document on Motion Titles can be found HERE.
This document has an Applies to: Premiere Elements and a Last Published: July 28, 2017. The feature is typically found in 14 to 2019 version's Expert or Quick workspace in the toolbar's Text & Titles (version 14) or the toolbar's T icon which is described "ADD/Add titles or text to your clip" (versions later than 14). The Adobe Motion Title categories are Contemporary, Decorative, Formal, Fun, Geometric, Typography, and Custom. Editing and saving of the edited Motion Title is done in a Motion Titles - Adjustments palette which includes a Save this Title option.
The Custom category includes display of the saved edited Motion Title which was selected and edited under Contemporary, Decorative, Formal, Fun, Geometric, or Typography category. Besides display of the edited/saved Motion Title under Custom, a copy of it is automatically placed in the hard drive program files. For Windows, refer to Users/Owner/AppData/Roaming/Premiere Elements/version name/Rich Title Template/Custom.
OBSERVATIONS
It was decided that the following Motion Titles Custom category observations might be of interest to the Premiere Elements user....
Deletion of Edited/Saved Motion Title
A. The easiest way to delete an edited/saved Motion Title from the Custom area display seemed to be via selection of that edited/saved Motion Title in Custom followed by hitting Delete on the computer keyboard. Refer to Figure 1.
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| Figure 1. Suggested Deletion Of Edited/Saved Motion Title From Custom Display In Opened Project. (Premiere Elements 15 Was Used In This Figure.) |
B. Also, the edited/saved Motion Title in the opened project's Custom Display can be removed at the program files level (for Windows 7 or 10 64 bit, refer to path Users/Owner/AppData/Roaming/Premiere Elements/version name/Rich Title Template/Custom).
Note: Version Name - for Premiere Elements 14, Adobe uses 14; for Premiere Elements 15, Adobe uses 15; but for for Premiere Elements 2018, Adobe uses 16, and for Premiere Elements 2019, Adobe uses 17.
Transfer of Edited/Saved Motion Title From Different Premiere Elements Version To Another In The Same Windows 7 Or 10 64 bit Computer
The edited/saved Motion Title from Premiere Elements 15 could be made to appear in the Premiere Elements 2018 Motion Titles Custom display in the opened project and be used in the 2018 opened project. But, the edited/saved Motion Title created in Premiere Elements 2018 had problems displaying in Premiere Elements 15 Motion Titles Custom display in a 15's opened project and could not be used in 15. These observations seemed to be consistent with the history related to Premiere Elements versions backward compatibility issue in certain situations.
Details on how this was done on the same computer..... At the hard drive project files level, the edited/saved Motion Title folder in the Custom folder of a version was copied and pasted into the Custom Folder of the other version. Again refer to the path
For Windows 7 or 10 64 bit, Users/Owner/AppData/Roaming/Premiere Elements/version name/Rich Title Template/Custom
Transfer of Edited/Saved Motion Title From Premiere Elements 2018 On Windows 7 64 bit Computer 1 To Premiere Elements 2018 On Windows 10 64 bit Computer 2.
At the hard drive project files level of computer 1, the edited/saved Motion Title folder in the Custom folder of version 2018 (aka 16) was copied and pasted/transferred to a Lexar 2 GB USB flash drive. Next the USB flash drive was inserted into a USB port on computer 2. From there the edited/saved Motion Title folder was copied and pasted to the Custom folder in the hard drive program files on computer 2. Again, refer to path
For Windows 7 computer 1 or 10 64 bit computer 2, Users/Owner/AppData/Roaming/Premiere Elements/version name/Rich Title Template/Custom
Result was the the edited/saved Motion Title from computer 1 appearing in the Custom display in the opened 2018 project in computer 2, and it could be used in the opened project there.
In the initial study, the edited/saved Motion Title from computer 1 to 2 presented in computer 2 opened project Custom display with two thumbnails, instead of one, for the same transferred edited/saved Motion Title. This problem seemed to be corrected by
- Deleting the Adobe Premiere Elements Prefs file found in the path Users/Owner/AppData/Roaming/Premiere Elements/16.0
- Using a newer USB Flash Drive
- Making sure that the USB Flash Drive had same drive letter in computer 1 and 2
COMMENTARY
These observations should be applicable to Premiere Elements 14/14.1, 15, 2018, and 2019 on Windows 7 Professional SP 1 64 bit and Windows 10 Home 64 bit. Of note, the old generalized troubleshooting of deleting the Adobe Premiere Elements Prefs file seemed to correct a problem with the color editing of a Motion Title in the Motion Titles - Adjustment palette in Premiere Elements 15.
Reminder - in order to see all the folders in the path
For Windows 7 computer 1 or 10 64 bit computer 2, Users/Owner/AppData/Roaming/Premiere Elements/version name/Rich Title Template/Custommake sure computer's Folder Options dialog/View is set for " Show hidden files, folders, or drives"
As usual, work continues in progress for updates as well as for proofreading for accuracy.
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