Legacy Title vs Essentials

Question

Probably beatking a dead horse, BUT!

Playing around with Essentials and it's fine.

However, there were things about Legacy Title that made

it much more efficient. Now granted, I am in no way an expert

with Essentials since I just started using it. So my comments or concerns

may be due to a lack of knowledege.

So here just a couple of examples.

The titles you create are not in a bin anywhere, which is a bit strange. I know I can

double-click and a title window opens up. I just like more control over the asset itself.

The "New Title Based on Current Title" is gone. This slows me down since I

like to create all of the titles at one sitting.

In any event, just some glancing remarks from someone who's only scraped the

service of Essential Titles.

Warren Heaton10841144 · Accepted Answer

We now have a Graphic and a Source Graphic.

"New Title Based on Current Title" can be done by making a duplicate of either.

To turn a Graphic into a Source Graphic, select the Graphic in the Timeline and choose Graphics and Titles > Upgrade to Source Graphic.

A Graphic shows only in a Sequence. If a duplicate is made via Option/Alt-drag-and-drop or via copy-and-paste then it is a new Graphic. As they are not affiliated, changes made to one will not affect the other.

A Source Graphic shows in the Project tab or Bin tab and behaves like other source clips. If a duplicate is made in the Project via Edit > Duplicate or in the Timeline via Option/Alt-drag-and-drop then it is a new Source Clip. Changes made to one will not affect the other. If a duplicate is made via copy-and-paste, then the duplicate will be an affiliate of the same Source Graphic. As such, changes made to one will affect the other.

An easy way to differentiate between a Graphics and a Source Graphic is to look at the FX badge. Graphics will not have a red underline while Source Graphics will. Other ways include using Match Clip (a Graphic will not open in the Source tab and a Source Graphic will) or right-clicking and then choosing Reveal in Project (a Graphic will show Reveal in Project as dimmed while a Source Graphic will go to the Source Graphic in the Project tab or Bin tab).