Now in Beta: Improved Browsing in the Essential Graphics panel

[AnnikaKoenig]

Improved Browsing in the Essential Graphics panel 

We are thrilled to unveil the latest enhancements to browsing templates in the Essential Graphics panel, designed to elevate your Mogrt management experience. Below you will find a description of the changes and at the very bottom a couple of questions for which we would love to hear from you! 

Streamlined organization 

In response to user feedback, we have revamped the UI for Motion Graphics template locations. Instead of in a dropdown menu, we now display them as individual rows with check marks. This improvement makes it straightforward to browse a collection across different locations. 

Drag & Drop between locations

Our new UI empowers you to move or copy your Mogrts between different locations effortlessly. The process is intuitive, following the Finder/Explorer approach. Drag and drop to move Mogrts between local folders on the same disk, and they'll be copied if the folders are on different disks. Similarly, moving Mogrts between a local folder and a library will result in a copy operation. Note that copy or move between libraries is currently not supported from within the Essential Graphics panel. Use the Libraries panel here instead. 

When you select a Motion Graphics template, you'll notice a blue outline around its location, indicating which folder it currently resides in. This visual indicator offers a helpful reference for your organizational needs. 

Elevating additional folders 

We have made accessing Mogrts on your disk much easier. No more digging through the panel menu to find the hidden "Manage Additional folders." Now, you can simply click on the plus icon in the top right corner and navigate to your desired folder using Finder or Explorer. Whether it's a local folder, a cloud drive, or a shared network, you can seamlessly add it to the My Templates browser. 

 

Please be aware that you need to add the actual folder on disk where the Mogrts are located, adding a parent folder with Mogrts in subfolders will not display the templates in the Essential Graphics panel. 

Management of your Mogrt folders on disk is possible from within the Essential Graphics panel through a context menu that offers the options Rename, Remove, and Reveal in Finder/Explorer. Renaming or removing a location in the Essential Graphics panel will not affect the folder on disk. 

Enhanced Views with a New Splitter 

We've introduced two distinct views for an improved browsing experience. The browser tree view displays your Mogrt locations, while below it, separated by a movable splitter, is the Mogrts view showcasing all templates from the selected locations. You can customize the splitter position, so you have full control of how much space you provide to each view. 

 

For those moments when you want a clutter-free interface, simply click on the top funnel button to hide the locations entirely. To bring them back, click the button again. 

Finding folders on disk 

It is now easy to find your custom local folders on disk by right-clicking the location in the Essential Graphics panel and selecting Reveal in Finder/Explorer.

 

To assist users in getting started with Motion Graphics templates in Premiere Pro, we provide a collection of default templates in the Local Templates Folder. We understand that some users prefer to focus solely on their own content. To remove these templates, simply follow these steps: Right-click the Local Templates folder in the browser tree, and select Reveal in Finder/Explorer. From there, you can easily delete all Mogrts inside the Local Templates folder, while retaining the .txt file (PrMogrtInstall13-0-0.txt). Should you ever wish to restore them in the future, just delete the .txt file, and the Mogrts will regenerate themselves upon the next launch of Premiere Pro. 

What is still missing? 

We plan to add another key improvement to Mogrt organization: custom install locations and custom Adobe Stock download location. Currently all installed or downloaded Mogrts will be added to the Local Templates Folder. In the future we want to give the option to select a specific location (library or local) where they would like to add their templates to. 

Questions the team has: 

1. Now that you can add, remove, rename and Reveal in Finder/Explorer from within the browser tree, do you see any reason to keep the “Manage Additional folders” dialog that you used to only be able to access through the Essential Graphics panel menu? 
2. Moving vs. copying Mogrts: does our distinction of when to move and when to copy make sense for your workflows?  
3. Would you ever like to hide the Local templates folder entirely? 
4. So far libraries management in the Essential Graphics panel is quite limited. For example, in order to delete a Mogrt or the entire library, you would need to go into the libraries panel. Has this ever bothered you? 
5. Now that you can drag and drop Mogrts into different locations in the browser tree, do you still need the context-menu options to “Copy to Library” or “Copy to Local Templates folder”? 
6. Do you find the blue outline helpful for identifying the location of your selected Mogrt? 

We hope you enjoy these latest improvements to the Essential Graphics panel. Your feedback is essential to our continued efforts in providing a seamless user experience. Happy browsing!

[Michael Cervinka]

Thank you for the Plugin info.  But still this should be a native feature to Premeire Pro.  We shouldn't have to search the internet for third party plugins that come with their own glitches and make PPRo more unbearable.  And spend more money out of pocket. Some things I can understand being a plugin, but this, Nooo. 

[KYLER HOLLAND]

This is a great addition. Will there be any preview support?

Currently I can go into the mogrt and change out thumb.png + thumb.mp4 to create a custom thumbnail + custom preview when hovering. Just curious what your thoughts are since this is a big overhaul of the essential graphics panel, Thanks!

[AnnikaKoenig]

We are already looking into it 🙂

[Roland Kahlenberg]

I'm going to add a very 'worded' comment. 

The PPro Browse and Edit Panels are AMATEURISH. I would never ever pay for software that LOOKS as it does and WORKS as it does. 

It's only 'accepted' because it's part of an ecoSystem. It's horrendous to look at and there is ALIEN LOGIC to why/how it looks. 

It's truly a VILE MESS. I'd say FIX IT but there are so many issues, from the basic to professional to nuanced. It's really not worth being part of an Adobe App.  I am concerned that this even got out into public and has been running for 5 years. If I wasn't so vested in MoGRT AE-PPro workflow, I wouldn't even bother. I've actually stopped using it for very long periods, ever since it was introduced. 

I understand there are lots technical hurdles; trying to work seamlessly across two apps BUT even the UI is super-weird! Every line/row is HUGE - it's quite evident the UI was designed for a Touch App! 

So, the UI sucks! - no MoGRT Name  Visibility in Edit Mode. Sliders move in Whole Numbers - can't get DOT.NUMBER!, The Browser has ZERO Information - seriously! Who in their right mind designs a Comp Browser without INFO? 

What's happening there? What are the issues? Do you actually use the App in a professional environment/moment, for extended periods of time? Have you ever made or tried making money using this? There are huge issues and we're at or about 5 years since launch.