When I want to add lyrics or subtitles to a video, I add a video track, V2, Open Other> Color (transparent), drag it to the timeline. Then I add 1 or 2 more video tracks V3 & V4. I want to copy/paste the transparent track to them, so I copy V2. When I select V3, I can only select the header, not the body of the track, I guess because there is nothing there yet, and when I try to paste to V3, it adds the copied V2 to the end of V3, instead of overwriting. Is there an easier way of copying tracks that Iām missing?
Selecting a track is different than selecting the clips in a track. You need to use clip multi-select because selecting a track does not select its clipsāby design. A track is a different object than a clip and has its own properties and filters.
There appears to be no interest currently in adding a āCopy/Duplicate Trackā feature to Shotcut which, in my opinion, is a shame, but thereās obviously a development schedule for this project and that, in addition to the time and expertise available to the dev team, has to be taken into consideration.
I didnāt have any clips in the track yet, just the transparent color from āOpen Otherā. Anyway, itās not a big deal to create extra color tracks. When you insert the color clip onto the timeline itās a short block, and I thought I needed to have the color clip extend all the way throughout the video when I inserted it, but itās actually better if itās short since the lyrics/subtitles are constantly changing, and I actually DONāT want the clip extending the whole length of video (duh).