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sommgirl35
sommgirl35
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November 25, 2017
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Why can't I see text in Essential Graphics?

  • November 25, 2017
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Help please, I'm losing my mind. I tried everything my Premiere Pro teacher suggested and nothing is working. When I type in Essential GFX, it's black on black and I can't see what I'm typing. I know it's taking because the words I type do show up in the top left quadrant. It used to be white text on black background but somehow it got switched to black text and when I try to change it (in "Edit," I change the fill color), it remains white. I also tried the transparency grid in the top right quadrant but all that does is either switch "Transparency Grid" on or off in the drop-down menu. I'm losing my mind. This has held me up for three days now and I have to figure it out by Monday morning because I'm going to edit a video for a friend. Anybody? Bueller? Thanks in advance.

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Correct answer Meg The Dog

I really appreciate everyone's input but no matter how many times I follow all the instructions in the Vimeo, nothing works. There was a glimmer of hope when I clicked away from the program monitor and clicked on the graphic in the timeline...as long as I kept the cursor there with the graphic highlighted, I saw my text on a black and white "houndstooth" background in program monitor. But as soon as I clicked back up into the program monitor, it went right back to black on black. Ideas?


Go to the menu Window > Workspaces > Reset to Saved Layout.

If that does not work, try resizing your workspace.

If that does not work, as a test, go to File > Project Settings > General and set the renderer to Software Only. Does that help?

MtD

4 replies

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B Live
Participant
March 13, 2023

It is the font size, the default is 100.  If you decrease the font size to a smaller number, your text should start to appear in the box.  I went down to 12-18 for the ideal caption.

EsotericSpiral
EsotericSpiral
Participating Frequently
January 21, 2019

I was running into this as well, but none of the solutions worked.  I was getting frustrated.  Then I realized I had a mask listed in the effect control window under the text effect.  I deleted it and my text was visible! Somehow I accidentally clicked on it while creating the text.  I am sharing this in case anyone else has the same symptom for this reason.

T
tifure
Participant
February 11, 2021

Non of the above work for me, the general thing is not abel to click on. And I guess my last chance is to see if this you are talking about here is the solution. But how can I see its a mask there somewhere? 

Jumbao
Jumbao
Participant
May 28, 2018

Thanks so much for this post. Used the same fix. Me too was going mad !!!

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David Polis
Participant
November 9, 2018

Same here... GTX1080 with PP13.0 and latest Nvidia drivers and still had to revert to software rendering to see the text.  Gotta be a bug in PP or Nvidia driver.  Would likely need Adobe and Nvidia to collaborate on a fix.

R
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RobShultzCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 25, 2017

You may want to drag over the existing black text with your type tool (selecting it) before you change to color.

sommgirl35
sommgirl35Author
Participating Frequently
November 25, 2017

Thanks Rob, but that doesn't work. When I "select all" in the program (top right) panel and then hit the text tool, or even when I do that in reverse, nothing happens. I am seriously stumped.

sommgirl35
sommgirl35Author
Participating Frequently
November 25, 2017

Go to the menu Window > Workspaces > Reset to Saved Layout.

If that does not work, try resizing your workspace.

If that does not work, as a test, go to File > Project Settings > General and set the renderer to Software Only. Does that help?

MtD


Meg the Dog, you are my dawg!! That finally solved the problem. Thank you so much! What the heck caused this (so I know to avoid it going down the road) and why did this fix work? Really appreciate it.

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