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1. Welcome!: Mo guard files, short fall motion graphic
templates are like prepackaged bundles
of animation goodness that you can easily use
in Adobe Premier bro. Imagine having heaps
of motion graphics at your fingertips
ready to drop into your video projects
with just a few clicks. Mgarts just do that. They come loaded with handy
controls that let you tweak and tailor them to fit
your specific needs. Saving hours in the long
run. My name is Nag. I'm a professional video editor and motion graphics designer. I have an experience of
about eight years now, and I have worked on projects spanning
social media videos, brand animations,
explainer videos, promotional campaigns, and YouTube videos
for my own channel. In this class, you will
learn advanced technique to elevate your text effects
using only Adobe Premier pro. Yes. You don't
need after effects to create your text
templates anymore. Over the last few of dates, Adobe has made essential
graphics panel so powerful that you can create and save Mogot files right
inside yourself. We will go over creating text graphics, animating,
using keyframes, creating a mask to make
it look absolutely professional and
exporting a MGAt files for your future use. And here's a cherry on top. If you take a bit
of time to set up a super flexible system
using Mgarts in this class, you will be saving yourself heaps of time and effort later. So buckle up, and I will see
you in the first lesson.
2. Class Project: I'm excited to see
you inside the class. For our class project, you will design your own
MuGard file from scratch. Don't worry if this sounds
overwhelming at first. I'm here to support you
and help you overcome any challenges you may
encounter during the project. Once you have completed
your final text graphic, be sure to share it in the class project so we
can all admire your work.
3. Introduction to Essential Graphics: In this lesson, we will create a base we need to animate
for our lower third. This is the clip of me skiing. We're going to
create a responsive lower third to put
on top of this clip. Before we do that,
we need to check if the essential graphics panel
is enabled for easy access. If you can't see
essential graphics panel, you can enable that by going
to captions and graphics, workspace or clicking on windows and enling
essential graphics. Once it's open, you can
start by adding text. Click the T icon in
the tools panel, then click one on the
screen to input your text. I'm going to write my name. Changing my phone
to something that's always available in
the Ado Ponts library. For now, I'm going to keep
the color of the text white. Here's a quick tip. I typically write all my
lower thirds in upper case. There are convenient icons in the essential graphics
panel for just this. You can make your text all
uppercase or small caps. When you toggle it on regardless of your keyboard settings, your text will appear
in capital letters. This will also help
maintain consistency. Next, I'm going to create a
rectangle behind the text. Click on the rectangle icon from the tool panel while
your text is selected. What I'm going to do
is drag the rectangle, which will cover the whole text. As you can see, this
covers the text initially. To fix this in the
essential graphics panel, simply drag the rectangle
layer below the text layer. The text is not aligned
properly with the rectangle, so let's use the
handles to resize the rectangle to fit
behind the text neatly. I'm going to ensure its
position exactly how I want it. Then select the text and make sure it's align
in the middle. Hold down shift and select both layers in the
essential graphics panel. Click on align centered
horizontally and then vertically. This ensures the text is perfectly centered
within the box. You can customize the color
of the box if you want. In this case, I'm
going to go for a purple so that my
text stands out. Optionally, you can add a
shadow for further distinction, which will create
some separation. Then use opacity direction and blur as desired for
optimal effect. With these adjustments, the text stands out
against the backdrop.
4. Make the Text Responsive: This kind of graphic is
called lower third for reason because it appears in the lower section of
the video screen. Let's move our text
to the lower third so the viewer will be able to
see the video content better. The simplest way to do this
is by enabling safe margins. If you don't see the safe
margins icon, don't worry. Just click the
plus sign and drag the safe margins icon
near the other icons. Once activated, you
will see these margins. Now you can easily drag the lower third into
the correct position. Once you've satisfied
with the placement, you can disable safe margins. I'm also going to create
a secondary text layer. To save time, I'm going to duplicate the current
text and rectangle. Let's reposition
it below my name. Then let's change the text. I'll write skier
and Mountaineer. Now I want this text
to also stand out, so I will flip the colors. We also need to
make it smaller and align the box to
fit our new text. Let's resize the secondary text according to how we want the
end product to look like. To align both boxes properly, I'm going to hold
control and select both the rectangle shapes
and click on an left. Then align the secondary
text in the middle. I will also rename
this to shape two. As you saw when we
made the second text, the box does not move according to the text size when
we change the text. It is not responsive yet. That means if the
text is changed, the box dimensions will
not adjust accordingly. This lack of responsiveness
in design could complicate its use in videos
where the lower third needs to be
used multiple times. It will require
manual resizing of the box each time you
need to change the text. To address this issue,
I have a technique. First, select the
rectangle layer and navigate to the pin two option. From the drop down menu, select your name
instead of video frame. Click the small
box in the center. Now, pin is activated and
the blue edge is indicated. I will do the same thing
to our secondary text. Now, when we edit
the text inside, the box will dynamically
adjust in pons. Additionally, when
moving the text, the box will move with the text. This will simplify our editing
process significantly. Now that our text is ready, let's move on to the next
lesson and animate our text.
5. Animate the Lower Third: Now we're going to go
back to square one and tweak the position of the box
to get it out of the frame. First, let's create key
frames for the animation. Start by selecting the text, then navigate to the layers
menu and create a group. Rename the group. I'm
going to write name here. Repeat this process
for the rectangle, creating a second group and
renaming it accordingly. Let's call it background. For the secondary text, I'm calling it designation. In the effects panel, search for the
transform effect and drag it onto each group
that you've created, placing it above the rectangle and text layers respectively. Next, go to the beginning
of the timeline, hold shift and press
the right arrow two times to advance
ten frames forward. Click on the transform
effect about the rectangle, then navigate to the
effect controls panel. Create a keyframe
for the position, then move the playhead to the start and create
another key frame. Adjust the position value
by clicking and dragging the mouse downwards until the whole box is
outside the frame. Let's apply the same technique
to the secondary box. Now you may ask,
there are already transform properties
in all the layers. Why add a new one?
Let me explain. When we play the animation, you will notice it appears quite abrupt and
lacks motion blur. To fix this, I will go
to transform effect and change the shutter
angle 0-180 degree. This addition instantly
introduces motion blur, enhancing the overall
appearance of the animation. If we go through the default
transform properties, the shutter angle
isn't available here. And that's why we need
to take this extra step. Let's apply the same technique
to the secondary box. As a result, our animation now looks smoother and polished.
6. Dynamic Animation with Keyframes: With all the elements in place. Next step is to
create the animation. Before that, I want
to make this look natural because currently
it's feeling a bit robotic. Click on the second keyframe, right click and go for as in from the temporal
interpolation options. Now, when you hit play, the motion should feel smoother, but we can make it even better. There's this arrow
next to the position. Click on it and you
will see this graph. Drag that handle to the
left This will make a fast motion at the start and ease it out towards the end. I'm playing it again. See
how smooth it looks now. Feel free to play around
with the animation length by adjusting the position
around this second frame. Now for the text, we're
going to do the same thing. Only this time, we are using the transform effect
in the other group. Let's say the text
needs to end up over here when the box
animation wraps up. Let's edit the shutter angle to one 80 degree to add
some motion blur. Make a keyframe
for the position, then move back a bit
on the timeline, create another
keyframe and change the text vertical position
until it's outside the box. Right click on the
second keyframe and go for ease in just like
we did with the box. Then drag that
handle even further left for some extra smoothness. With the secondary text,
I want it to pop up. I will create a keyframe
a bit ahead and change the position until it's
outside the secondary box. Let's add ease in to
this text as well. It takes a bit of tinkering, but eventually it will
look something like this. So animate your lower
third using keyframes. In the next lesson,
we will make it look professional
by creating a mask.
7. Create a Mask: In this lesson, we are
going to create a mask around our text to make
it look more polished. Right now, our text comes in as soon as it
enters the frame, but we want it only to show up when it's inside these boxes. Let's create a mask. Click on the shape. We will
make one more rectangle. I'm going to move it and
resize it so it covers the top part of the
frame over the text. It doesn't matter if it overlaps the main
rectangle a bit. Rag it into the group with the text in essential graphics, but make sure it's above
the transform effect. I'm also going to make one
for the secondary text, but this time it will cover the bottom part of the
frame below the text. Let's also remove the shadows
from these rectangles. Now, click on Mask with shape
and then click on inward. That's how text will only show
when it's inside the box. One more thing, select the
mask and pin it to the text. Click in the center to
activate all the edges. This means if you
change the text, everything else will
adjust automatically. When I replay this,
the perfectionist and me does not allow the text
spill that is happening. Let's tweak the key frames a bit until it's looking right. Now, let's give it
a finishing touch. Drag another transform effect and put it on top of everything. Set the shutter angle
to one 80 degree again. Near the end of the clip, make keyframe for the position. Then move forward a bit and
make another key frame, adjusting the position, so the text moves
out of the frame. To ensure smooth animation, right click on the first key
frame and select ease out. Next, enter the graph
mode and adjust the handle to the right for
a gradual acceleration. Starting slow and gaining
speed as it exits the frame. The same thing that we
did for our animations. There you have it,
a smooth animation from start to finish.
8. Make it Time Responsive: Now that we have
finalized our key frames, we can make them
time responsive. That means we can preserve the animation key frames
that we made all along. For example, I always want these keyframes at the start and the end of this animation. I can do that by using the responsive
design time feature in the essential graphics panel. I know approximately
my start and end of the animation that is
about 15 to 20 frames. I'm going to type in
here 20 frames in intra duration and 20
frames in outer duration. Once we do that, we can see these gray bounding
boxes on our layer, these indicate
preserved animations, which means I can take this
graphic and I can extend it or compress it and it will never change the duration
of that animation. Also, you can notice directly inside the
effect controls here. We can also create and extend gray bounding areas by
dragging these blue toggles inside the effect
controls since we have more visual understanding
of our keyframes here. Now, you need to know that
anything that exists inside these gray bounding areas could be anything from position, scale, rotation, opacity, or any kind of additional
effect like blur. All these animations
will be retained. This feature safeguards keyframe animations from any amount
of changes in clip duration. We are in the final
leg of our class. In the next lesson,
we are going to do the most important
thing and that is to export our text as MGT file.
9. Export Mogrt File: Let's say the lower
third that we made all along as a template for
our future projects. Start by changing the text to a generic label like your
name here and designation. Right click on the layer and choose export as motion
graphics template. You can also see this option
in graphics and titles. Now we can rename it. I'm going to say
OG third and you can save this in your local
drive and Adobe library. I'm going to add
it to my library so it's sync across
all of my devices. You can add keywords, so it's easier to access
this template in the future. After exporting,
find the template in essential graphic
panel under browse. To use the template again, simply drag it onto your timeline and make the
necessary adjustments. You can adjust its
position and size and now you can modify
the text as needed. You can customize colors, fonts, durations quite easily. This pay possibilities are endless because now
you can also export the text animations you have created from scratch
in your past projects.
10. Congratulations!: Congratulations on
completing the class. I hope you unlesh your
creativity to the fullest and produce more mo guts to
enhance your future projects. I'm eager to see what you've
created in this class, and it will surely inspire the future students
joining this class. I already have
three more classes available on Skillshare. If you haven't taken them yet, be sure to check my
Skillshare profile and follow me on YouTube and Instagram for more behind the scenes
content and updates. Wishing you all
the best, I can't wait to have you in
another class soon.
Snehal Wagh, Filmmaker
