Change the font of multiple slides

[Antoine_STUYTS]

Hello,
Is it possible to change the font on multiple “simple text” slides at the same time?
I am using Shotcut version 24.11.17
Thank you in advance for your answers.
Sincerely,
Antoine

[Austin]

I don’t know of a way in the program. But, if you are comfortable with a text editor, you can edit the MLT project file. It is just XML inside. The font name can be changed with a search/replace operation.

[jonray]

Hi @Antoine_STUYTS - @austin’s idea of editing the XML file seems a good idea. I never thought of doing it this way.

There is a way of doing it in SC. The problem is that every text filter contains the STYLE (font, font-size, etc) AND the text-content as well. Because of this, it can be a little tedious if you need to change every text filter, but this workaround is quicker than changing the actual text of every filter.

1. Create a simple text filter on a transparent clip, and set it up with the font/style you want to change the text to.
2. Crucially, DELETE the text from this text filter.
3. Save this BLANK filter as a preset (the “+” button next the Preset. Give it a name like “BLANK”).
4. Apply this preset to each existing text filter you have.
5. The STYLE of the text will change, but the text itself will stay as it is.

Hope this helps.

[Antoine_STUYTS]

Thanks to Austin and Jonray, I settled on the XML file solution, which is very simple to create.
Sincerely,

[shotcut]

Another answer is no but you can replace them with using the subtitles feature, which is the best way to make multiple text elements with the same style. In addition to Subtitle Burn-In Video Filter you can Generate Text on Timeline, which creates a new track to hold them. Need to change something–text, timing, or style? Remove the track and regenerate it. It also works in conjunction with a preset.