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Soulless_73
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July 8, 2013
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How to add a Title (slide? screen?) BEFORE the video track

  • July 8, 2013
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Hello,

I'm very new to Adobe Premiere Pro and I'm trying to figure out how to add a title to my project but I don't want the title on the start of the video in the sequence. I'd like to add it to a black screen, maybe with some transition effects, that will play prior to the video starting. Do I need to create a black image in CS and add it as a still and just add the title to the still which I can position before the video/audio track A starts?

I'm hoping that there's something I can do right within Premiere that will give me a place to put the title before my video starts. I didn't see an option to add a blank slide or something to that effect that I can add title to.

thanks for your assistance!

The more I learn the more excited I get, this software is great.

    Correct answer shooternz

    INSERT the title clip ahead of your next clip.

    Checkout all the methods to do an 'Insert". Its a fundamental to editing in an NLE

    There are a few ways to create Black.

    Create Color Matte

    Create Black Video

    An empty  space in the timeline is Black (Alpha)

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    Craig28631844aj33
    Participant
    February 28, 2023

    Hi. Just wanted to add to this. I am completely new to Adobe and video editing. Have watched maybe 2 hours of video and have worked on my first project for maybe 4 hours.

    I have followed the advice here and have added a blank white space .mov file (5 seconds) to my Adobe After Affects project and have imported and created the various footage and text for the title. It worked very well and solved the problem. I needed a solid background title page for the video.

    I spent about an hour looking at YouTube videos on how to do this and couldn't find one that addressed the issue.

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      Donald5C44
      Participant
      September 5, 2021

      while the current correct answer seems more difficult than it has to be for me, after hours of playing with it, i inserted the title which had its own track at insertion, tweaked it the way i wanted it in the settings and time aspects, and dragged it down into the v1 track. Truth is im working on an iPad though, and while it shouldn't be different across platforms it may or may not be because truthfully I just got immersed into the adobe world because of school recently and have had to "figure" out everything on my own and im only a 1 project author at this point... 

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        excited_Genie16B8
        Legend
        July 9, 2013

        This is pretty basic stuff, Soulless.  Try the following link.  You'll have an easier time if you learn the software before using it.

        FAQ: How do I learn Premiere Pro?

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        Soulless_73Author
        Participant
        July 9, 2013

        Thanks for the link.. like I said in my post, I'm brand new to the software and I've been watching and following guides for hours. Time is not on my side, I have a project that must be done by the end of this week and I have very limited time after work.

        So when I have the head at the begining of my main track and click INSERT in the source monitor window it inserts a duplicate of the entire video so I have TWO videos in my sequence. This is clearly not what I'm wanting so I'm assuming that there's something I'm missing. I've searched google but don't see anything.

        I'm just looking to add a black, blank screen that I can add a title to before my video begins. I realize this may be rudamentary to season vets but as I said, I'm very new and trying to learn this all quickly and I would really appreciate if someone could point me directly to some information about it. I'm not afraid to read and learn, hell I love it, but I'm pressed for time so someone just telling me, "go learn the software" with a link to a huge FAQ, doesn't really help me.

        I've already learned a ton from some great guides but I have yet to have anyone indicate how to add extra footage (be it a still or blank video) directly from Premiere Pro.

        Thank you all for your time!

        EDIT: I think I figured it out... I just bumped the start of the main track up about 10 seconds and I added new item "Black Screen" right in front of it. I will add the title to this. Thanks all.

          shooternz
          shooternz
          Legend
          July 9, 2013

          So when I have the head at the begining of my main track and click INSERT in the source monitor window it inserts a duplicate of the entire video so I have TWO videos in my sequence

          What was in the Source Monitor when you clicked "Insert"?

          If you have a Black Video or a Color Matte in your Source Window or your Project Bin...there are a number of ways of inserting it into the Sequence / Timeline at the position of the playhead. 

          Note - the track must be targeted first in the header of the track.

          Check out all  the insert /overlay methods in the tutorials or Reference file. 

          shooternz
          shooternzCorrect answer
          Legend
          July 8, 2013

          INSERT the title clip ahead of your next clip.

          Checkout all the methods to do an 'Insert". Its a fundamental to editing in an NLE

          There are a few ways to create Black.

          Create Color Matte

          Create Black Video

          An empty  space in the timeline is Black (Alpha)

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