Copy a nest and edit independently

[ALBANOCM580]

Im pretty new to the premier scene.  Ive read responses to this question over and over again and cannot seem to figure it out for the life of me.

I created a lower third animation, for an interview introduction. simple reveal, with some color matte bars, and text.  I nested everything together to keep the workspace neat, and now I want to duplicate that nest, insert it into the project and edit it as an independent lower third for another person in the interview.

I admit my first try was to copy and paste directly in the project but obviously when you edit the copy, it edits the original nest.  I tried duplicating the nest In the project window also, then changing the name, adding it to my timeline, but when I edited it again, it changed the original.

Im trying to save myself some time and not have to create the whole lower thirds twice from scratch.  Is there a work around that I am missing?

Thanks in advance

-CMA

[Meg The Dog]

How are you creating the text? With the Legacy Title tool, or the Type Tool?

When you duplicate the nest in the project panel, are you sure you are then dragging the duplicate to the timeline and modifying it?

MtD

[ALBANOCM580]

they are titles, not the text tool.  And yes im pretty sure im dragging the right one, I rename it before I drag it over as to not get confused.

[Ann Bens]

When you copy/paste the nest it wont make a new instance of the title

Double click on the copied nest so it will open.

alt drag title to new one on the timeline somewhere.

Change the text of this new one.

close titler.

Drag new title over old one.

[Meg The Dog]

This may not be of any help to you since you've already built your titles, but you can do what you want quite easily if you build your titles   and graphic animation in Essential Graphics.

MtD