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Tip #1665: Align Titles in Premiere Pro

Select just one text clip in the timeline to use these.

The text alignment tools in the Essential Graphics panel.

Here are some intriguing icons in the Essential Graphics panel that can simplify aligning text (even though two of them are wrong).

After creating a text clip in the Timeline using the Text tool, select the clip.
If you haven’t already, switch to the Graphics workspace.
Click Edit in the Essential Graphics panel. The icons illustrated in the screen shot appear about 1/3 the way down.
Click the left icon to center a clip vertically (even though the icon indicates it centers horizontally).
Click the second-from-left icon to center a clip horizontally (even though the icon indicates it centers vertically)
The next three icons move a clip to the top, center or bottom of the frame. The problem with using these is that they don’t take Safe Zones into consideration, which means you would need to manually move the text inside Action Safe, at a minimum.

NOTE: The center option in this group is the same as clicking the far left icon.

The three icons on the right move a clip to left, center or right side of the frame. Also, like the middle three icons, these icons do not take Safe Zones into consideration, which means you need to move the text inside Action Safe manually.

NOTE: The center option in this group is the same as clicking the second-from-the-left icon.

EXTRA CREDIT

These icons are nice, but because they don’t allow for Safe Zones, I find myself not using them very often.

Also, these won’t work if multiple text clips are selected; which means that you can’t use these to quickly align several clips at once.

Tip #1664: Add & Trim Captions

The latest version of Premiere now treats captions like clips.

One of the new features in Premiere Pro is the ability to trim captions like clips.

One you add a caption track (Sequence > Captions > Add New Caption Track), you can add captions into the track similar to how you add clips into the timeline. (Sequence > Captions > Add Caption at Playhead)

NOTE: The Caption Track is simply a container that holds captions. The captions themselves are treated similar to video clips.

To trim a caption, grab an edge and drag. Just as with clips, ripple trimming a caption (the yellow trim tool) pulls up or pushes down all following captions. While roll trimming a caption (the red trim tool) adjusts the start or end of a caption without affecting the position of any other captions.

To change the text in a caption, select it, then change the text in the Caption panel.

NOTE: If the Captions panel is not showing, double-click a caption to display it; it is not included in the list of panels in the Windows menu.