Text Rich Problem

[Malcolm_Adams]

Hi

On a yellow background…(just to see what im doing)

I place a Text Rich with Blue text

I make a second Text Rich with Green text

I make a third …….. with Red Text

All on separate tracks

Only the Blue Text track stays there

The others become visible only when I click on their track

…and if I Export Frame, only the Blue track servives

I wonder if you can help

[Hudson555x]

Hello Malcolm,

I’m not sure what exact steps you took, or which OS, or Shotcut version you are using.
Maybe you could upload a screenshot from a new project showing the problem.

Everything seems to work fine for me.

Exported frame:

Shotcut 25.12.31, Windows 10 Home

[Malcolm_Adams]

Hey, thanks for the reply. Im on windows 10 pc and have the latest version of Shotcut.

By your screenshot I am doing things the same way, as far as I can tell.

Im going to do a fresh reinstall Shotcut to see if it makes a difference

Regards Malcolm

[Malcolm_Adams]

Text 1 & 2 are added. When I add text 3…text 2 disappears. Track 2 only turns on when I click on its video track, but when I do track 2 disappears!

Ant ideas?

[Malcolm_Adams]

By the way, I deleted and downloaded a ne version of Shotcut.

[Hudson555x]

Thank you for the replies.
You are adding track filters with nothing in the tracks. Nothing for the playhead to view.
You are only viewing the filter currently active because it’s what you have focus on.

Each track needs something for the filter to be viewed.

I have purposely moved a transparent clip to illustrate.

With all clips in place under the playhead.

Exported frame:

I saved the project for you to try.

track filters.mlt (17.0 KB)

[Malcolm_Adams]

Your a star!

So what do I put in the tracks? Or is this done as im creating the track?

[Hudson555x]

You could add a video file, an image file, or create a transparent clip via Shotcut.
If you’re not adding any video, I suggest a transparent clip.

Just one transparent clip above all tracks is enough to hold all text filters. Each filter can be trimmed and/or keyframed on that same transparent clip. I do not know the details of your project, so I’m only replying to something I would do, and others have done in this forum.

Here are a few Shotcut documentation posts about trimming and keyframing of filters.

Trimming Filters

Trimming a filter means you can choose when the filter effect starts and ends independent of the clip’s starting and ending time. Obviously, if the filter is applied to a clip, it must still be within the clip’s time frame. If the filter is applied to a track, however, it can be truly independent. Filter trimming takes place in the Keyframes panel: [image] The first row of the Keyframes panel shows the clip with its thumbnails and audio waveform. Drag the left, green edge to change when the f…

About Keyframes

In Shotcut, as well as in video compositing software, a keyframe is a frame used to indicate the beginning or end of a change made to a parameter. For example, a keyframe could be set to indicate the point at which audio will have faded up or down to a certain level. [Capture d’écran 2019-05-18 à 13.25.59] Or, Keyframing is the simplest form of animating a change to a parameter. Keyframing in a compositing software:- [image] Example of Result …

Keyframe Types and Easing

Keyframe Types Hold A hold keyframe makes the value not change until possibly the next keyframe. Also, there is NO transition between the previous video frame’s values and the time on this keyframe. Essentially, it introduces a hard cut to a new value and sustains it until otherwise. If you think about it in terms of video transitions; this is the hard or jump cut. Linear Linear is a straight line between keyframes like / or . Sometimes this is called a ramp. It is a simple way to adjust valu…

[Malcolm_Adams]

I got it. Thanks for the help…