Automate Titles

I have over 300 lower thirds to make. They are graduating seniors names and I have all the names on a word file. Is there anyway I can pull the file into the titler and have one lower third for each name. Or I have to cut and past over 300 names to the titler.
Thanks!
Frank

I created a
very simple program to read a text file and create multiple titles, which might help you. You still need to manually place the titles on the timeline.
Cheers
Eddie
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Automatic title generation?

I am creating a product video slide show (300 + products) and I would like to have the name appear on the screen. Each photo is named and I am wondering if it is possible to script the title generator to create a title for each photo.
Is this possible or should I just start typing?
Thanks,
Phil
Premiere Pro CS4

Phil,
Sure thing--it's a couple of steps, but very doable. I'll assume you know a bit about DOS commands (and that you're on Windows--you didn't specify)...
In Windows Explorer navigate to the folder where your photos are stored; don't actually open that folder, just be in the parent directory.
Hold down the Shift key and right-click on the folder that contains your photos; select the "Open Command Window Here" option. A DOS box will open up, with the current directory being your photo folder.
Type (without quotes) "dir /b > X:\files.txt". Replace the X: drive with your drive letter and directory of choice. If you have subfolders add "/s". Hit Enter; this will write a text file with all the names of your files on individual lines.
Navigate to the location where that text file was created, and open it up in Notepad, Wordpad, or similar. I'm going to assume you don't want the file extensions to appear as part of the titles, so we'll remove those by going to Edit > Replace, and then type a period (".") plus the file extension (for example, ".jpg") in the "Find What" box. Hit the "Replace All" button and all the extensions will be removed. Save the text file and exit Notepad.
Download and install the Premiere Pro Title File Creator utility from Eddie Lotter. I won't go into all the details, but simply follow the instructions on that website. Design your "template" title, output your title as a standalone PRTL file by selecting it in the bin and going to File > Export > Title, and then use it along with the text file to generate title files matching the names of your photos. Import those into Premiere and edit away.
If you need any more details or run into a snag, post back and we'll get you on the right track. Good luck!

Create automatic white gap/bar with paragraph style

Hello,
Thanks to your help and the Paragraph Ruler trick, I managed to get automatic title formatting (the grey background)
Now, I would like to get automatically white gap as in line two but I can't figure out how to do it (tried with strikethrough but it's all over the text, you can't cheat).
Any idea?
Thanks.

Here I am (sorry I didn't answer before, during the weekend i am not in my office).
You didn't tell us why do you want to change the text box width? That could help us to give you a better answer.
However if you need to have different text box width you can use this method:
Only one paragraph style with only one rule column width, "vertical line" and grep style.
Below one example:

Regarding spool list title

Hi
Please help me in this regard
i am working in archving project of 3.1i version, here the spool list title has to be generated when i execute program either in foreground or background automatically, for this i wrote Function module "GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS"
please see below code
move sy-sysid to tit3.
move 'MF403' to tit4.
concatenate 'QAR' tit1'/'tit2 into title.
concatenate tit3 plant tit4 into title1.
concatenate title title1 into title separated by space.
move title to title1.
call function 'GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS'
exporting
 archive_mode = '2'
 archive_text = title1
 ar_object = doc_type
 copies = 1
 cover_page = 'X'
 destination = 'LP01'
 expiration = '8'
 immediately = 'X'
 layout = 'X_65_80'
 line_count = 65
 line_size = 132
 list_name = 'QAR'
 list_text = title
 new_list_id = 'X'
 no_dialog = 'X'
 release = ' '
 report = 'YPDQA01R'
 sap_cover_page = 'D'
 sap_object = 'DRAW'
importing
 out_archive_parameters = arparams
 out_parameters = params
 valid = valid
exceptions
 archive_info_not_found = 1
 invalid_print_params = 2
 invalid_archive_params = 3
 valid_missing = 4
 out_parameters_missing = 5
 others = 6.
if valid <> space.
new-page print on
parameters params
archive parameters arparams
new-section
no dialog.
endif.
If i execute this program automatically title should generate in spool "sp01" or else in background job "sm37" - spool list.
sp01
03069 01/18/06 06:53 Archive 3 QAR 003510-107/ JONATHAN EDG0040MF403 

i wrote concatenate statements for this title "QAR" etc,
once program generate title, again some times it not, error: No spool list available.
I checked document_type and archive_object every thing is fine
i debugged the program "sy-subrc = 0" in each step, please let me know what will be the problem.
appreciate for spontaneous reply.
Thankyou
regards
vani.

Hi ,
Please confirm that the code whatever you want in the output must come in b/n
if valid <> space.
new-page print on
parameters params
archive parameters arparams
new-section
no dialog.
-- output data code must come here.
endif.
Hope This Info Helps YOu.
Reward Points If It Helps YOU.
Regards,
Raghav

Title Tool questions...

I'm a professional feature doc editor new to Premiere from FCP7. I'm creating titles in a project and running into very annoying inconveniences with the implementation of titling in Premiere. I understand how it's working -- each title references a particular instance, so changing a title using the tool changes all other instances of that title. But this is causing me hell and I don't understand why it works that way...
To modify a title without changing previous versions of my timeline, here's what I have to do:
1. Open the title tool. (okay, fine.)
2. Create New Title. (sure, if you insist)
3. Name the new title (Why doesn't it populate the name with the previous name!?)
4. Edit the title (great).
5. Find the title I've created in the Project (why can't I send titles to a specific bin?! -- or can I?)
6. Hold Alt & drag the title into its old position (ugh mouse mouse mouse -- is there a keyboard command that would do this?).
7. Find the title I've created in the Project again. Move it to a bin with the other titles.
In FCP it worked like this:
1. Edit the title.
To create a new title based on an old title in Premiere here's what I have to do:
1. Open the title tool. (okay, fine.)
2. Create New Title. (sure, if you insist)
3. Name the new title (Why doesn't it populate the name with the previous name!?)
4. Edit the title (great).
5. Add the title to the project.
7. Find the title I've created in the Project. Move it to a bin with the other titles.
In FCP it worked like this:
1. Copy & Paste an old title.
2. Edit the title.
Keeping separate versions of my timelines is critical (and totally logical and professional), so I hate, and am basically SCARED, that changes I make in a current timeline could affect (without my being alerted!) stuff elsewhere in the project. Is there a good reason it's implemented this way? Is there any corollary to FCP's "Make Clip Independent" command? I'm happy to learn a new program, and happy that Premiere is working to build something better than FCP7, so does anyone have any suggestions to streamlining my process here? (the alt & drag tip I learned from a search).
I suppose in the rare case where I use the exact same title several times in a project, this behavior could be useful. But that happens much more rarely than when I edit (or even create) any one particular title. Couldn't Adobe at least give us the choice to make them independent?
Thanks,
- Nels

ALt Drag a Title creates a unique new instance. of the Title. Edit it as you wish and it will update "automatically"
Titles I make seem to always go to the Graphics Folder I have Open in the BIn.
"Create New Title Based on"
Rename it
Opens Title
Edit it ( obviously)
Use the Replace with or insert it where you want.
In FCP it worked like this:
1. Copy & Paste an old title.
2. Edit the title.
Surely you had to edit it too or could it read your mind.

Making photo folders on the desk top- issue?

Currently all my photos are organized in iPhoto by date/roll#. Each picture is given the automatic titles like Pict0008.jpg by iPhoto. Occasionally i want to select certain photos and organize them on the desk top into folders I create. When I drag a photo I took in december titled Pict0001.jpg into the folder on the desktop and then try to drag a photo I took in Feb (which also happens to be called Pict0001.jpg) I get a dialog boxs asking me if I want to replace the older version with the newer one. I understand why it is doing this but I can't seem to by pass the dialog box by retitling the newer photo. Even if I retitle both photos iPhoto still continues to read the original # name it gave the photo when it was imported into iphoto. How can I do this?
Thanks in advance

melanie,
When you rename a photo in iPhoto you are giving it a title which is only reflected within iPhoto. the image name stays the same in the Finder. That is why if you just drag the images from the iPhoto window to the desktop they still have the original file name. In order to change the file name you have to export the image and use either the title or album name as the naming scheme. This does change the image name to the title/album in the Finder for the exported image.

Where is the batch description in the new Photo?

Where is the batch editing description and title we used in iPhoto? I did find how to edit description in a single image, but where is the batch? I really need it in my workflow, having to expor lots of photo's on a daily basis to external corporate systems, that sort on descriptions.

There was a post that discussed some ability to automate titles based on filenames:
Where are photo file names?
From that inspiration I wrote this little Applescript that will take all items selected, ask you for a description, and then apply it to all selected:
tell application "Photos"
activate
set imageSel to (get selection)
if imageSel is {} then
error "Please select an image."
else
set theAnswer to text returned of (display dialog "Title:" default answer "")
repeat with im in imageSel
-- set the name of im to theAnswer
set the description of im to theAnswer
end repeat
end if
end tell
you can see from the commented out line that you could do the titles (names) as batches the same way.
I haven't finished it out yet, but wanted to post it here to give you a start. I have tested it on a handful of items, so I know it at least works. You could save this as an app from within applescript editor, and then just run it after making a selection, or you could paste it into an automator action and tie it to the services menu as mentioned in the forum post above.
Photos luckily does seem to have applescript hooks for the following when dealing with a "media item" - looks like you can add/edit most of the metdadata you have access to in the GUI. I initially missed this when I looked, so was very glad to see the forum post that pointed me in the right direction.
Property
Access
Type
Description
altitude
get
real
The GPS altitude in meters.
date
get/set
date
The date of the media item
description
get/set
text
A description of the media item.
favorite
get/set
boolean
Whether the media item has been favorited.
filename
get
text
The name of the file on disk.
height
get
integer
The height of the media item in pixels.
id
get
text
The unique ID of the media item
keywords
get/set
list of text
A list of keywords to associate with a media item
location
get
list of real
The GPS latitude and longitude, in an ordered list of 2 numbers. Latitude in range -90.0 to 90.0, longitude in range -180.0 to 180.0.
name
get/set
text
The name (title) of the media item.
width
get
integer
The width of the media item in pixels.

Where has the date gone from iMovie 11 events?

In iMovie 08 the date of the event is shown in the Event Library pane, in small text underneath the name of the event. But in iMovie 11 the date isn't shown. Is there a way to show it like in iMovie 08?
This is a real pain. I've just imported a years worth of video from my camera, and split days into events. The problem is all the events have the same name (todays date). Is there a way to import video and for the events to be automatically titled with the date the video was taken?
Thanks

Hi
Sorry there has been a misunderstanding.
When importing video into iMovie one of the options is to split days into seperate events. This is what I've done and iMovie has split my movie clips into 157 seperate days, which is great. But in the left hand panel, called 'Event Library' all my 157 events have the same name which isn't great and worse in iMovie 11 the date of the event isn't displayed under the events name (in iMovie 08 it didn't matter too much that my events all had the same name, because the date of the event / clip was displayed under the events name).
My questions are:
- is it possible in iMovie 11 to display the date underneath the events name in the Event Library panel (like in iMovie 08)?
- is it possible to import video and split days into separate events and for the events to be automatically named with the date of the day they were taken?
Thanks for any help

Webcam doesnt work properly with Face Recognition tool

Hey guys, when I open my 'face recognition' tab and click register, that blue light will flash on and off all day, and never register/recognize me. Whats the deal?
Am I doing something wrong? If you need any more information let me know, and I'll gladly provide it.
By the way, the cam works fine, I use it on Skype all the time.
Thanks!

Hi
Maybe you did something wrong while face tool registration:
Check this thread about face recognition
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=35965
Start Toshiba Face recognition tool
Click on Register Face and follow the menu on the screen and register new account
Enter Settings and enable the option Automatic title selection. You can also choose first option in Authentication mode
Restart your notebook
When notebook restarts click on Switch user
Choose Start Face recognition
Here is another thread which provides the detailed instruction how to use this software:
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums//thread.jspa?messageID=147434
check both!!!

How about the possibility to export a CONSOLIDATED BACKUP FILE ?

Hello you all !
Like many others, I feel the need to own a backup file of my activity on Spotify. It's not at all that I don't trust Spotify, but issues can (and sometimes do) occur with data, and having a simple comprehensive file would really bring peace of mind to me :-)
Personnally, I would like to create this backup file every month or so, in a .csv, .xls or .txt format, via a simple export function.
It would include playlists artists and titles of course, giving some more details as : playlist addition date, local file or not, if it happened mention of deletion from the Spotify database (contract changed between artist and Spotify), if it happened mention of automatic title switch in the Spotify database (same reason), title lentgh, album name. Furthermore, this backup file would also include the whole list of followed artists, also mentionning here when an artist would disappear from the Spotify database (hopefully in rare cases :-)).
My personal music is very important to me, and being certain that I can keep a reliable backup of my likes, dislikes, and music choices is crucial for users like me. THANKS FOR SHARING THIS IDEA IF YOU LIKE IT !
placidflop

Updated: 2015-08-05Hello!
Your idea has been submitted a while ago but unfortunately hasn't gathered enough kudos (25 per year). In order to keep an overview of the active ideas in this forum, we will close this idea for now. However this does not mean that your idea has been declined by Spotify.
If you still feel strongly about your request, we encourage you to post your idea in a little different form again! Maybe now is the right time to receive the support of our community for your suggestion! ;)
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Automatically add user to a specific database based on the users title

Is there away to automatically distribute users to a database based on their title? My organization has different quotas depending on your job title, so if you are an Outside sales rep you get a 2 GB mailbox, and if you are a Inside sales rep you
get a 1GB mailbox.

You can do that with cmdlet extension scripting agent. You need to do some custom setup but there are some examples in below articles (specially part 3)
Understanding the Scripting Agent
Cmdlet Extension Agents (Part 1)
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How to set a form field that automatically saves as email subject title

I am creating a form in acrobat 9 and want the submit to email button to automatically use the information from one of the text fields as the subject title of the email. So when the client submits the form at the end the PO number they have used will automatically be the email subject. Is there any way to do this? I have found an example created using javascript but I am very much a novice with this so I don't know where to start with this? Any help would be greatly appreciated

Read this tutorial:
http://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/dynamically-setting-submit-e-mail-address

Table of contents - title creates automatic page break

I want the title "Table of Contents" to appear above the automatically generated Table of Contents in pages. The TOC covers 3 pages (it's a long document) and I've formatted it and am happy. However, the title for the page which reads "Table of Contents" makes the TOC jump down to another page leaving the title on an otherwise blank page. I have tried re-typing the title, ensuring no page breaks are on the page. I've deleted the TOC and reinserted it at the appropriate place etc. But it keeps jumping down and starting on a new page. Any advice appreciated. I want to the keep the title "Table of Contents" on the same page as the table of contents themselves.

I am having the exact same issue. Long ToC (3 pages), but cannot place a simple headline above it. It automatically breaks the pages and starts on a new page. Any ideas people?
Please see the picture below. I cannot find a way to narrow down that gap between headline and ToC.
Cheers Phil

Does anyone know how to use pages so you can export pdfs from the internet and automatically drag words from the document into the file name of the pdf (i.e., author, title of a scientific paper)

Does anyone know how to use pages so you can export pdfs from the internet and automatically drag words from the document into the file name of the pdf (i.e., author, title of a scientific paper). For example, if I am downloading a paper by smith called "Surgery" that was published in 2002, it will automatically set the file name in the download to smith- surgery 2002. I have heard pages is smart enough to do this.
thank you

Pages can export only its own documents. They may be exported as PDF, MS Word, RTF or Text files.
Pages can import (ie. Open a file as, or Insert a file into, a Pages document) documents in several formats, but won't rename the document as you describe. Documents that can be Opened (eg. Text, AppleWorks 6 WP, MS Word files) are converted to Pages documents, and retain their original names, with .pages replacing the original file extension. Files that can be Inserted (generally .jpg, .pdf and other image files) become part of the existing Pages file and lose their names.
It may be possible, using AppleScript, to extract the text you want and to Save a Pages file using that text as the filename, but that would depend in part on being able to identify which text is wanted and which is not.
How will the script determine where the author's name begins and where it ends?
How will the script recognize the beginning and of the title, an decide how much of the title to use in the filename?
How will the script recognize the year of publication?
For papers published in a specific journal, with a strict format for placing each of these pieces on information, or containing the needed information as searchable meta data in the file, this might be possible. But it would require knowledge of the structure of these files, and would probably handle only papers published in a specific journal or set of journals.
Outside my field of knowledge, but there are some talented scripters around here who might want to take a closer look.
Best of luck.
Regards,
Barry

Changing the chapter title automatically on a master page

hi, I'm hoping someone can help. I've just received an Indesign file from a colleague which has an automatic feature which pulls the chapter heading from the document and places in on the right hand side. the master page has this written on it <chapter heading on right> In the past, I would have created a master page for each new chapter if I wanted to have the chapter title on the right, but this seems to be a far superior way of doing things. How do I go about doing it? I can't find the function anywhere on InDesign. thanks, Jean

In CS3: Help > InDesign Help. Contents: Layout > Text Variables > Create and Edit Text Variables. Other topics covered: Create Variables for Headers and Footers, Insert Text Variables, Delete, Convert and Import Text Variables.
Read that first and try it. If you have a question, come back here.

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