Thanks for reaching out, Carl - yes, Title Tool is still chugging along, strong as ever if limited in scope and palette. I can still remember the last great update to the Title Tool - soft drop shadows!!! - almost 25 years ago, right around when AVR 77 was raging.

Sad on-and on-going state of affairs. I've been an Avid owner/user for well over 30 years. In December 2020 - more than two years after introducing the unworkable Titler+ - I contacted Avid, and spoke with the Customer Advocate still writing on these fora. As I'd closed my shop, I just had one license remaining, but was loath to renew without

If I'm viewing the screen grabs above from Steve correctly, only the dissolve up to V3 is rendered - the titles themselves, and remaining transitions, still appear to have the unrendered effect dot. Rendering all can definitely help...

Thanks for the clarification.

bump - can Chris or someone else answer my question in above post? Many thanks.

Chris wrote: Also note -- the only thing that happens to a perpetual license once its support contract expires is that the version of the app you are running is now locked to what you might call a "ceiling version". Meaning, if I let a perpetual license expire in December of 2018, then the highest version of the app I'm allowed to install

[quote user="Chris Bové"] Unfortunately the reason why Avid didn't simply fix or upgrade the classic Title Tool is technical, [/quote] ... as opposed to philosophical, semantic, or just plain preferable? Of course it's "technical", as writing code tends to be. More than four years ago - when Titler+ was introduced

Great that Avid squeezed in an update before year's end. Could someone please summarize all the updates/fixes made to Titler+? I couldn't find them in the "New to MC..." as above - thanks.

Don't forget to use your scopes (external!) - in correctly calibrated scopes I've always trusted w/out issue.

You might have better luck getting an answer if you post on the MAC forum.