I’m using Shotcut 24.06.26 on a Macbook Air. I want a transparent background with colored text. However, I don’t get the “alpha” option that I see in online tutorials when clicking “Color”. This has to be simple, but I’m just not finding anything online that looks like my options or addresses my needs. I am not wanting transparent text, rather colored text with transparent background. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Hi @mesha. Hope I interpret your request correctly…
If you do:
Open Other > Color
OR
Open Other > Text
… the background will be set to transparent by default.
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This is because macOS has superior usability 
Shotcut uses the macOS-provided color dialog, which calls it “Opacity” in the English version:
Note that your dialog may look different depending on dark mode and which tab is selected using the icons along the top:
Shotcut uses the macOS file and font dialogs as well.