Duplicating Nameplate Effects

I've been messing around trying to duplicate the nameplate title effects in this video with no real success:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Adrsje1Qs
Go to 1:20 to see the effect I want to recreate. Do I need two separate lines for this? Can it be done using one of the transition effects in Premiere?
Thanks for your assist.
-john.

That type of thing is normally done in After Effects, but it could be done with three different titles in Premiere Pro. One for the line and one for each line of text.
You can do it in Premiere Pro with a lot of effort compared to After Effects but it can be done.

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-make stuff flicker and glow again
-darken background
-those circular light effect thingies
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-*explosions optional
If you can help me even if it's only one of those topics i'd be very grateful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySb0o_v3jLU

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http://youtu.be/KLVq0IAzh1A

I see Sting, a daylight shot of people walking around and a "nighttime" clip as an overall background (the two scenes: walking people and the darker background are the same "scene" (same angle) -- one populated by people (in "clean environment") and the other -- everything overgrown by vines -- Sting cuts a silhouette of the walking people over the scene overgrown by vines... and in the dark.
You can do a similar effect by using the same clip (duplicated) as the lighter and darker scenes and colorize (manipulate the exposure of) the "background" scene as something darker -- or simply different.
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In the storyline (moved back out of the compound) the compound video is synchronized over the same background clip IN the compound (in the Sting version - the background scene is overgrown with vines and there are no people, but it is the same camera POV as the walking people layer) [The red X indicates that the top layer is currently disabled -- I bring it back in below.]
In this image -- I have applied a deep darkening (global setting) in the selected (storyline) layer.
Finallly, the green screen clip is overlaid on top of everything, and the opacity is set to about 85% (in this example.)
HTH (and hope it's clear)

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How do I cut a hole in the centre of a clip/layer?

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Let me preface with saying I am very disappointed that there is such a nagging thing as this coming up with an X-Fi, or even the and Audigy2.
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I think it's important to note that I am NOT, I reapeat NOT talking to both programs at the same time. I can activate the input to each program individually and be fine, provided I am talking to the first program opened chronologically.
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Mystery .abr file

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note:
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When I use 'Replace with Ae Comp' in the Timeline, I will save
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I currently use Aperture 3. Prior to using Aperture 3 I was using Iphoto and Iphoto unfortunately managed to duplicate photos by creating thumbnails 2 and even 3 or 4 times over. This happened a couple of years ago and thus I cannot revert to a prior library. For the past few years I was hoping apple would come up with a solution to this glitch. Perhaps a simple software update, an app, etc. Nothing yet.
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Ernie,
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