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November 16, 2016
Question

Clip Name effect not updating when sequence name changes

  • November 16, 2016
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A bug that's officially driving me insane.

I have a transparent clip on top of my edit with the Clip Name effect rendering on it, set to display the sequence clip name. The problem is, if I change the clip name in the sequence, the effect doesn't update to display the new name.

For a while, in CC 2015.3 I could toggle the effect layer's visibility and it would update, but that stopped working a while back. I was hoping that CC 2017 would fix it, but I'm still seeing the bug in all of my projects, and I can't find a reliable way to work around it, or any information on the bug online. The problem seems to be in how the clip is reporting its name, rather than the effect itself, since even if I move the clip to a new layer and point the effect to that layer, it'll still show the layer's old name. Same goes for moving the effect to a new layer. No matter what I do, it still shows the old clip name.

The only workaround I've found:

1. Update the clip names

2. Create a second Clip Name effect on the effects layer, pointing to a new, empty layer

3. Put a transparent clip on the new layer

4. Point that new Clip Name at the new layer, rendering that new layer's name (the name itself is irrelevant, we're just trying to trigger a re-render)

5. Disable the new Clip Name, and hopefully the clip names on the other effect have updated

... but even that doesn't work reliably.

Does anyone know a fix for this, or a decent workaround?

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    Participant
    March 13, 2023

    I know this post is from 2016 but the problem is still prevailant in future versions. I am currently using the latest Premiere (2023), I have a solution but it is the only thing that worked for me in this circumstance. Unfortunately it is tedious but fullproof. The only solution (so far) is to nest your sequences, only then the clip name effect can be functioning as it should. To all future readers facing the same dillemma, I sympathise with you and wish you great luck in future endeavours.

    Legend
    November 16, 2016

    Does anyone know a decent workaround?

    Add the effect last, just before export, after all editing (and renaming) is done.

    Known Participant
    November 16, 2016

    Not an option, sadly. Things can change around quite a bit, and we need to see the clip names in each edit.

    Legend
    November 17, 2016

    Have you tried Overlays?