Using Python to automate text overlays in Premiere Pro
Recently, I embarked on a weekend project to create a video compilation of all the intros from the tech show TechLinked (which you can check out here). I figured it wouldn’t be too hard and I wouldn’t need to write any code, but as it turned out, I ended up having to resort to some Python to get the job done. I had my Premiere Pro sequence all set up with all the intros chopped up and ready to go, but when I wanted to add text displaying the name and date of the current clip, I couldn’t figure out how to do it in Premiere Pro....