Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0

Create a still title

The titling tools in Adobe Premiere Elements are powerful, yet easy to use. You can use any font installed on your computer, and create graphic objects by using the shape creation tools. You can also use an included template, preset text style, or image. Title text can run horizontally or vertically. You can stretch or shrink titles, or give them a color or shadow.

Choosing horizontal or vertical type for titles

  1. In the Sceneline, do one of the following:

    • To superimpose the new title on a video clip, select the clip.

    • To add a title without underlying video, select the first clip in the Sceneline. In the Edit view of the Tasks panel, click the Media button, click Project, and then click the New Item button  and choose Black Video. In the Sceneline, drag the new black video clip to the beginning of the movie.

  2. With the superimposed clip or the black video clip selected, do one of the following:

    • Choose Title > New Title > Default Still.

    • Choose File > New > Title.

    Adobe Premiere Elements places default text in the Monitor panel, in title-editing mode.

  3. Do either of the following:

    • To add horizontal type, double-click the default text, and type to replace it.

    • To add vertical type, click and hold the Type Tool button  . Then choose Vertical Type Tool. Click anywhere in the Monitor panel, and type your title.

  4. In the Monitor panel, click the Selection Tool  and reposition the text as desired.
  5. Click Done.

The title is saved and added to the Project view of the Tasks panel, and to the Sceneline.