How can I add multiple text blocks across a video with consistent style

[bruced34794878]

I am making a video showing my activity over twenty days. On the clip for each day I want the days date in the top-left corner. To avoid distracting the viewer I want to ensure that all of the dates are the same size, color, font, location, etc.

At first I set up everything perfectly and then copied the text clip and started editing the copies. But of course they are linked, so when I change the text of one I change the text of all.

How can I unlink the text blocks? I've heard that "New Title Based on Current" is the magic trick but I cannot find that in Premier Elements 15.

I can see that there can sometimes be advantages to having text blocks linked, but there also needs to be a way to create multiple text blocks that can have different text. I would be okay with the styles being linked (that would be excellent!) but having the contents of the text boxes linked is driving me a little bit crazy.

All I want is "April 3rd", then "April 4th", and so on, in a consistent location in the top-left corner.

Any hints on how to make this work?

[Steve Grisetti · Accepted solution]

As I show you in my books (on Amazon) you can re-use a title's style by duplicating rather than copying it.

To do this, locate the title in your Project Assets, right-click on it and select Duplicate. This will create a duplicate of the title that you can add to your timeline and edit independent of the original title.

[bruced34794878]

Thanks for the reply. However I remain uncertain of what to do. What do you mean by "locate the title in your Project Assets"?

I can see the titles in my timeline but when I right-click there I don't see a Duplicate option - just cut, copy, delete, and a few other non-helpful options.

Is there a separate project assets list somewhere? If so then I haven't found it. Premiere Elements 12 had a list of imported media - was that the Project Assets area? - but Premiere Elements 15 seems to have removed that list.

Note that this is Premiere Elements, not Premiere Pro.

If you can solve this for me I will be very tempted to get your book.

[bruced34794878]

Aha! The Project Assets list is hidden unless you are in Expert mode. I went to expert mode, found my text assets, duplicated them, and I'm in business!

Thanks! Time to go buy your book.