Boris Title 3D & FCP 5.1.2

I recently upgraded to 5.1.2 and when I open projects done in 4.5, any Title 3D elements has screwed-up leading. I either have to fudge the baseline to bring it in line or create one from scratch. This seems like a waste.
Why is this happening and can I fix it to avoid messing with dozens of Tiles? Thanks.
--Alex

This is driving me crazy. Most of the text formatting controls don't work on these older elements. Surely I'm not the only one using Title 3D in their projects. Am I the only one seeing this strange behavior?
--Alex

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