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The Legacy Titler will no longer be available in the next major release of Premiere Pro (v. 23.0). We strongly encourage you to transition your workflow now to the tools in the Essential Graphics panel.

The Legacy Titler had a long history in Premiere Pro and was used to create titles, credits, and simple animated compositions. But now it is old code with some limitations which have been improved upon with a comprehensive text and graphics toolset in the Essential Graphics panel.

Are you transitioning from the Legacy Titler to the new titling tools? Download this guide.

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Create cool titles and graphics with the Essential Graphic panel's tools

What can I do with the Essential Graphics tools?

Text panel and Essential Graphics panel in Premiere Pro
Text panel and Essential Graphics panel in Premiere Pro

The titling and graphics tools in Premiere Pro allow you to:

  • Review, search, and edit, all of the titles and graphics in a project via the Text panel.
  • Design titles and graphics and animate them directly on your video images.
  • Use familiar Adobe design tools for adding text, shapes, and lines.
  • Incorporate graphics files (such as logos) and save them with your designs.
  • Save titles and animations as editable Motion Graphics templates (.mogrt files) for easy re-use and sharing.
  • Stylize titles and captions and save styles.
  • Incorporate Adobe Fonts in your designs.
  • Add effects to text and shape layers.
  • Animate layers and pin layers within animations for responsive design. 
  • Use vector motion for crisp outlines.
  • Open and customize Motion Graphics templates authored in After Effects.
  • Organize and share Motion Graphics templates from your Creative Cloud Libraries.

Please note: The Legacy Titler will no longer be available in the next major release of Premiere Pro (v. 23.0). 

If you have not done so already, we strongly recommend transitioning to the Essential Graphics panel for your titling workflows.

Other frequently asked questions


The Legacy Titler was the original titling tool in Premiere Pro, used for adding titles with graphics to video content. It is now outdated and most users have transitioned to the new titling tools in the Essential Graphics panel in Premiere Pro.

The Legacy Titler was built in a different era and uses an older codebase. The Essential Graphics panel is a modern solution for titling and graphics and takes advantage of additional cross-application technologies.

In most areas, the Essential Graphics toolset surpasses the capabilities of the Legacy Titler. It's time to turn the page and focus our engineering resources on a modern toolset that has a long future.

The Legacy Titler be retired in the second half of 2022 with the next major release of Premiere Pro (v 23.0).

When the Legacy Titler is retired from Premiere Pro it will no longer be possible to edit titles and animations with that toolset. Legacy Titles will be automatically upgraded to Source Graphics and the Legacy Titles in your project will be replaced.

To retain access to your Legacy Titles, you will need to create a copy of your project and maintain an older version of Premiere Pro to edit them.

The Essential Graphics panel presents familiar Adobe design tools for creating graphics, titles, and animations directly. Since they allow you to work on-screen, you can align them accurately with the imagery and timing of your video.

Any titles and graphics that you create, including animations, can be saved as Motion Graphics templates: this allows you to build libraries of editable graphics which is time-efficient and ensures visual consistency for your graphics.

If you use After Effects, or work with an After Effects artist, you can create advanced Motion Graphics templates, including capabilities like Media Replacement, which leverage the full power of After Effects compositions in easily edited templates, right on the Premiere Pro timeline.

 If you are pressed for time or looking for fresh ideas, you can source professionally designed Motion Graphics templates from the Adobe Stock tab in the Essential Graphics panel.

Please share titling feature requests here: https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro

See Creating titles and motion graphics for more information.

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