{"id":87607,"date":"2017-03-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=87607"},"modified":"2017-03-06T11:32:49","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T17:32:49","slug":"creating-placeholder-titles-in-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/creating-placeholder-titles-in-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Editing Quick Tip: Creating Placeholder Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"create-temporary-title-placeholders-in-premiere-pro-and-final-cut-pro-x-with-these-simple-keyboard-shortcuts\">Create temporary title placeholders in Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro X with these simple keyboard shortcuts.<\/h2>\n<p><em>Top image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/design-studio-creativity-ideas-wood-palette-384490126\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Shutterstock<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;re working with a deadline, it&#8217;s frustrating to interrupt your workflow to figure out the placement of\u00a0<strong>titles or subtitles<\/strong>. Luckily, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/premiere.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Premiere Pro<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/final-cut-pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Final Cut Pro X<\/a><\/strong> offer simple solutions for creating placeholder titles on the fly so\u00a0you can move on to the next scene or sequence.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"step-1-control-t-in-fcpx\">Step 1: Control-T in FCPX<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-87763 size-full\" title=\"Video Editing Quick Tip: Creating Placeholder Titles \u2014 FCPX\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Step-1-control-t.jpg\" alt=\"Video Editing Quick Tip: Creating Placeholder Titles \u2014 FCPX\" width=\"755\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Step-1-control-t.jpg 755w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Step-1-control-t.jpg?resize=300,113 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Step-1-control-t.jpg?resize=277,104 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Step-1-control-t.jpg?resize=359,135 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Step-1-control-t.jpg?resize=543,204 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Step-1-control-t.jpg?resize=560,211 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Step-1-control-t.jpg?resize=150,56 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The<strong>\u00a0Control-T<\/strong> keyboard shortcut will automatically place a <strong>&#8220;Basic Title&#8221; above your clip<\/strong>. From there, simply <strong>type your temporary title or cue card<\/strong> for the clip, hit <strong>enter<\/strong>, then c<strong>ontinue on with your edit<\/strong>. After you&#8217;ve finished the heavy stuff, you&#8217;ll be able to return\u00a0to your title and change it however you&#8217;d like.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"step-2-command-t-in-premiere-pro\">Step 2: Command-T in Premiere Pro<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-87769 size-full\" title=\"Video Editing Quick Tip: Creating Placeholder Titles \u2014 Premiere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Temp-Title.jpg\" alt=\"Video Editing Quick Tip: Creating Placeholder Titles \u2014 Premiere\" width=\"755\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Temp-Title.jpg 755w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Temp-Title.jpg?resize=300,84 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Temp-Title.jpg?resize=277,77 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Temp-Title.jpg?resize=359,100 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Temp-Title.jpg?resize=543,152 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Temp-Title.jpg?resize=560,157 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Temp-Title.jpg?resize=150,42 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0shortcut to add a quick title in Premiere Pro includes an extra step;\u00a0hit\u00a0<strong>Command-T (Control-T for PC)<\/strong>, then type your title and <strong>drag it to the intended clip<\/strong>. So, it&#8217;s not really a temporary placeholder. It is simply\u00a0a shortcut for creating a title.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"step-3-label-the-placeholder\">Step 3: Label the Placeholder<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-87760 size-full\" title=\"Video Editing Quick Tip: Creating Placeholder Titles \u2014 Placeholder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Placeholder-.jpg\" alt=\"Video Editing Quick Tip: Creating Placeholder Titles \u2014 Placeholder\" width=\"755\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Placeholder-.jpg 755w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Placeholder-.jpg?resize=300,79 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Placeholder-.jpg?resize=277,73 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Placeholder-.jpg?resize=359,95 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Placeholder-.jpg?resize=543,143 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Placeholder-.jpg?resize=560,148 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Placeholder-.jpg?resize=150,40 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Premiere Pro also offers you the option to\u00a0assign colors to specific clips. When creating placeholders, right-click on the title, select\u00a0<strong>Label &gt;<\/strong>, then you can\u00a0<strong>change the color&#8217;s clip<\/strong>. That way, when\u00a0you&#8217;re finished\u00a0with your edit, you can quickly see<strong> where you need to change placeholders<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Has creating placeholder titles saved you time on a\u00a0project?<\/strong>\u00a0Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create temporary title placeholders in Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro X with these simple keyboard shortcuts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":87772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,39,583,92],"tags":[178,5381,5376],"class_list":["post-class-post-87607","post-class-post","post-class-type-post","post-class-status-publish","post-class-format-standard","post-class-has-post-thumbnail","post-class-hentry","post-class-category-various","post-class-category-video-editing","post-class-category-video-production-2","post-class-category-video-tutorials-2","post-class-tag-adobe-premiere-pro","post-class-tag-final-cut-pro-x","post-class-tag-video-editing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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