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Make After Effects Template for Premiere

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Video: Make After Effects Template for Premiere

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You're watching VisiHow. In this video, we are going to show how to make an editable template in After Effects for use in Premiere Pro.

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We open After Effects CC
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In this video, we have the "Lower Third" composition that shows "Name" and "Title". We want to make sure that the text fields are editable in Premiere Pro.

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We click "Composition" in the top menu
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We click "Composition Settings..."
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We click the "Advanced" tab
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We make sure that "Template" is checked
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We click "OK"
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Since the composition is part of a larger composition, we click "Comp 1"
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We click "Composition"
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We click "Composition Settings..."
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We click "Advanced"
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We make sure that "Template" is checked
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We click "OK"
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We save the file
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Now, we open Premiere Pro
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We import the "Lower Third" file
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We click "Import"
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We click "Comp 1"
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Now, we click the imported item and drag it onto the timeline
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We will see "Name" and "Title" showing up on the timeline. The effect is animated if we play the video.
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To change "Name" and "Title", we click "Comp 1"
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We click the "Effect Controls" menu
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We click "Master * Comp 1/Lower Third.aep"
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It is on the left-hand side.
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We double-click the text box for "Name"
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We fill in the "Name" field
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In this video, "Michael Holmes" is typed.
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We fill in the "Title" field
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Let's type "Video Editor".
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We press "enter"
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We play the video
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The entered name and title will be shown whenever we play the video.
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