Thanks Jim. that's a nice old school full proof approach. I think I found a faster way to suits my needs, see if it suits yours:
I tested 2 other ways for doing titles for premiere:
1. Ae's Live Text Template - create an Ae composition with one text title and import that to Premiere
2. Ae's Mogrt - add the source text to the EGP, export Mogrt, import to Premiere using the EGP.
guess what? once again LLT wins. I can update my Ae comp and immediately see the change in Pr (don't even have to save!, but I'd better so if Ae closes). now in Premiere. I can duplicate my titles, change the text in Premiere's ECP. and anything else - do in Ae. including Animation BTW.Â
if I do it the Ae Mogrt way. I would have to re-export the mogrt each time, and replace all the clips in premiere (now with the new Alt+drag, I can do it globally)
so, as long as all the text titles need to have the same general properties, and I don't have to be specific in editing each one's formatting and only want a global formatting or transformation change, the LLT is very fast and good. I can add a drop shadow in premiere for some of them or change the color if I need to.
a year since Adobe launched Mogrt, still needs to be more robust for accommodating global changes.Â
LTT Rules :)Â