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Lately, I got a lot of requests from the users
of this community to make a tutorial on how
to create motion graphics templates in After
Effects, and how to use them in Premiere Pro.
So, today I decided to show you a simple example
of how to do this.
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So let's start. For exemplification, in this
tutorial will be using the brush lower third
template, which we've created a couple of
days ago. If you want to use the same example
as me, you can download the template from
the link in the description, or you can create
it yourself, watching the brush lower third
tutorial.
First I will explain what is a motion graphics
template. The Motion Graphics templates are
a file type that can be created in After Effects
or Premiere Pro. Motion Graphics templates
allow a motion designer working in After Effects
to encapsulate a complex After Effects project
into a single file with easy-to-use controls
that can be consumed and customized in Premiere
Pro. So, in other words, are files which can
be created in After Effects, in our example,
and edited in Premiere Pro.
In our example, we need to save the lower
third composition as a motion graphics template,
but all the editable parts are inside the
animation composition. We are interested to
be able to change inside Premier Pro the width
of the brush shapes, the position of the second
one, the main color, and, of course, the first
and the second text. Let's see how to do it.
Click on window, and select essential graphics
from the list, and this will open a new panel.
If it's undocked like mine, grab it from here
and dock it wherever you want.
First, change the master with the composition
you want to save as motion graphics template,
in our case select lower third.
In the brush lower third template we used
a controller layer, which means that we can
find all the properties that we need to change
in a single place.
Open the controller options, click on effects
if it's not opened, grab this slider and drag
it up here. See how simple it is?
Change its name here, to be easy to recognize
later.
If your slider will show a different value
as the original one, means that the value
is not in its range, so click edit range,
and change the start and end values. Make
them big enough to fit your needs, in my case
the end value is 1920.
Drag the second property here, and change
its name.
Do the same with the third one.
Drag the color property too, and change its
name.
As you can see, the template can be controled
from here now.
In the final template, we'll have to be able
to change the texts too.
If you drag your main text here, nothing will
happen, because the text itself is not a property.
So how do we do it?
Open the text options, click on text, grab
the text source, and drag it up here.
Change its name to main text.
Repeat the process with the second text.
Now, all the properties we need, ar in the
essential graphics panel.
Move to any frame you want, and click here
to create a thumbnail for your project, then
click on export motion graphics template.
First, you will be asked to save the after
effects project.
Then, this window will open.
Click here and select a folder where you want
to save your file, and give it a name.
In my case, I will only let the second box
checked. This will alert the persons who will
use your template, if any af the plugins you
have used are missing from their After Effects.
Click ok, and your template is saved.
Let's jump to Premiere Pro, in the project
you want to use your template.
As before in after effects, we have to open
the essential graphics panel.
So click windows, and select essential graphics
from the list.
Click on this button, and navigate to the
folder where you have saved your template.
The file you looking for will have a .mogrt
extension.
Select it, and open it.
As you can see, the file was imported to the
essential graphics panel.
To use it, you just have to drag it on top
of your footage.
If you select it, the edit panel will open,
where you will find all the properties that
we saved earlier.
From here you will be able to customize your
elements any time you want.
Change its width.
The color, and anything else.
Let's create a real example. Will change the
background color to this shade of gray.
Change your main text here.
Then click enter to save it.
Do the same with the secondary text.
Adjust the width of each brush shape, according
to your texts.
Change the position of the secondary text
if you want.
Then go to the effect controls panel, and
change the position of your graphic element
if you need, and you are done. From here you
can change the size too.
If you want to use multiple times your element,
just drag it where do you need it, and start
customize it again.
As you can see, the first one will keep its
changes.
I hope you enjoyed my tutorial on how to create
a motion graphics template in After Effects,
and how to use it later in Premiere Pro.
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