Same simple text at all my clips

[Maria_H]

I am a beginner, so I am not sure what happened. I like to use the simple text (filter) at my clips (30 parts now after dividing the clips). And it has worked well. But I tried to write in another window, but forgot to move my marker. Suddenly I got the same text in all my clips…

If I could have seen a filter that I could remove that would not have been a problem however there is no filter connected to the text. It was not possible to undo either.

Please help me. I have used many hours for this and is not sure I can redo this again…

[Roger_Leitch]

It would help if we could see a screen shot of your timeline.

Two things - the edit dialog shows the selected clip.
The preview window shows the clip that is under the cursor.

This means that it is very easy to have the right clip displayed and the wrong one selected or vice versa.
I have over typed the wrong clip a number of times.

The other thing to watch out for is having a filter on the track or the output - seeing your timeline would help…

[Namna]

Vous avez vraisemblablement mis un filtre sur la piste ou sur la sortie.
Dans ce cas, vous devez avoir un symbole comme ceci.
Cliquez dessus et supprimez le filtre.

You probably put a filter on the track or on the output.
In this case you should have a symbol like this.
Click on it and remove the filter.

[Maria_H]

This is a clip from my timeline (?)

[Maria_H]

Thank you both Roger and Namna.
It was the filter thing. I have no idea how I managed that, and was so close to delete and start over spending many hours more.
Thank you a million Namna.
Kind regards,
Maria

[Namna]

You have a filter on output.

[shotcut]

This situation continues to haunt many users. I will add a confirmation dialog whenever one tries to add filters to Output.

Timeline > Output

Output appears above the track headers in the Timeline: [image] (In versions before 20.06, this was named “Master.”) Output refers the sum total output of the timeline - all tracks mixed (audio) and blended or composited (video). If your clips are the inputs to the timeline, this represents the output. It is very similar to the master output on audio mixing consoles. You can click this to select it and then see Properties of the timeline (the attributes of your project’s Video Mode) or Filter…

[RilosVideos]

I think this can happen when you not really pay attention to what you have selected. If you work a lot with filters and track heads this might happen quite easily without notice. Good idea to put the warning!

[DRM]

@shotcut

This situation continues to haunt many users.

I believe that this keeps happening because people click on that track in order to get VUIs out of view when doing playback then forget they have it selected when they go to add another filter. That’s one of the reasons I suggested a deselect button for the Filters window:

Text: Rich Can't Be Dragged From Source To Timeline

I just thought of this: When a clip with a filter is only in the Source tab, there is no actual way to deselect so that you don’t see any of the VUIs like you can do in the timeline. How about adding a deselect button in the Filters tab like here: [image] It would serve several purposes. It would allow a clip that is only in the Source tab to be played without any VUIs like I already mentioned. It would also be a visual cue for people who want to see the playback without any VUIs while workin…