We want to be able to add gradients, scene features, and apply multiple shadows to text (as with legacy titles).

It is inevitable that legacy titles will disappear someday.
However, we want at least the features equivalent to legacy titles to be included in Essential Graphics.
For that purpose, I want to be able to add a gradient scene function and apply multiple shadows.
The Essential Graphics text tool has evolved significantly with the April 2019 update. Especially in Japan, joy was raised. Later, if you evolve a little more, it will create great value in the Japanese video production world.

エッセンシャルグラフィックステキストツールの充実

私たちはテキストに対して、グラデーションやシーン機能の追加、シャドウの複数適用ができるようになってほしい（レガシータイトルができていたように）。

レガシータイトルがいつかなくなってしまうのは仕方がない。
しかし、少なくともレガシータイトルと同等の機能が、エッセンシャルグラフィックスに搭載されてからにして欲しい。
そのためにも、グラデーション・シーン機能の追加、そしてシャドウの複数適用ができるようになって欲しい。
エッセンシャルグラフィックスのテキストツールは、2019年4月のアップデートで大きく進化した。特に日本では喜びの声が上がった。後もう少し、進化をしてくれると日本の映像制作世界の中で大きな価値を生み出すでしょう。

I have created a style look in AE that uses blending modes on solid layers with generators. They look great in there when I add a clip under the design and use pass through in the layer settings. However when I export them as a MOGRT they break when trying to use them inside of Premiere because Premiere does not support using the blending modes set inside of the AE project. This is a big snag because now the only solution I can find is to recreate the look in Premiere and save it as a project so that our other editors on the team can open that project as a start point.

MOGRTs are great and have come a long way, but making it so they hold the blending modes and pass them through to the layers under would save a lot of edit time and really speed up creativity with trying different custom MOGRT styles.

The Render & Replace feature in Premiere Pro is great, especially for complex MOGRTs that will not play smoothly. It's much better than rendering the sequence, since we can still move the clip around without re-rendering. It's fantastic!

But the only option for MOGRTs that are not full screen (and most are not) and need an Alpha channel is GoPro Cineform. That's a very good codec, but it has some limitations that makes it unsuitable for non-broadcast frame sizes: The frame width must be evenly divisible by 16 and the frame height by 8. Adobe knows this: https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/gopro-cineform-codec.html#TipstoworkwiththeGoProCineFormcodecbr

This means that Render & Replace will fail in a 1080x1080 or 1080x1920 sequence for social media.
1080/16 = 67,5 – which is not an integer. The same is true for sequences that are 1350x1080. 1350/16 = 84,375 – which is not an integer.

These sizes are widely used in videos for Social Media! And we can't use Render & Replace (with alpha) when editing videos for them.
We can't have this nonsense anymore!

We need ProRes 4444 with alpha in addition to Cineform with alpha for Render & Replace. ProRes is much more flexible. Oh – and we need to be able to choose the default format. Or at least it should be sticky, so we don't have to change it every time.

Currently updated MOGRTs (Motion Graphic Templates) do not automatically update their associated timeline instances.
To update timeline instances requires selecting the affected items, and Alt- or Option-Dragging to the timeline.

Taking a step back, making updates to MOGRTs that originate in After Effects requires a number of steps to update see those updates in Premiere:

- Make change in AE

- Export from AE through the EGP (Essential Graphics Panel)

- MOGRTS not exported to a shared library from AE must be imported through PPro-side EGP (using shared libraries saves this step)

- And finally updating sequence instances requires first selecting all intended instances and then Option- or Alt-Dragging the updated MOGRT to the selected sequences.  This last step, in a complex graphics environment adds a level of risk if you accidentally select or fail to select intended timeline items.

Compare this to making changes involving an LTT (Live Text Template) workflow:

- Make changes to After Effects Comp.  Save the project.  Done.  PPro already updated.

Requesting an LTT-level of efficiency when using MOGRTS.

More on this topic here: https://forums.adobe.com/message/10722086#10722086