How do I change text in duplicated track

[Richard Klimesh]

And I also have keyframes on the text events so they change color as they fly around. Changing colors on any of the duplicated tracks changes it on all.

[Edward Troxel]

Do a simple test: hold down the control key, left-click one of your text media, and drag to a new location. You will see a box that pops up with two options:
1) create a new copy
2) create a reference

What you have done is “create a reference”. Therefore, when you change one, they all change to match because they all reference each other. In other words, instead of having THREE text boxes, you have ONE text box that is on the timeline THREE times.

To get past this problem, you could add a NEW text box as a TAKE (and then possibly remove the original “reference” box)

Edward Troxel

[Richard Klimesh]

Thanks for you quick reply. I have used that method of making copies of text events, but in this case I want to also copy the related Track keyframes by duplicating the track. Is there a way to duplicate a track without it being “referenced” to the original? So that changes can be made independent of the original track?

[Matthew Roddy]

I’m not positive this will work, but try holding down the CTRL key, grab your clip and move it elsewhere. I believe this will DUPLICATE your clip with all info attached.

[Richard Klimesh]

Matthew, you are right that it copies the event plus event keyframes, but it does not bring along track keyframes, which is what I want to do. I know that I can cut and past them, but just duplicating a track is a much more elegant solution – except that then I can’t change text on one track without affecting the others. A solution is welcome.

[Peter Wright]

1. Duplicate Track, which will have track keyframes.

2. Create New Video Track above

3. Select first title and right click > Select evnts to end

4. Ctrl – Drag all titles up to new track and choose Create New option rather than reference

5. Delete all titles from the Duplicated track, leaving just the track keyframes
(IMPORTANT – first make sure that Options > Lock Envelopes to Events is disabled, otherwise the track keyframes will disappear)

6. Select all in the new track and drag them down or hit Numerical 2.

Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au

[Richard Klimesh]

You are a gentleman and a scholar. Thanks, Peter.

[Edward Troxel]

I thought I did give you a solution. Add a NEW text box that is NOT referenced as a TAKE over the referenced text box. Then you can change it independently. Peter’s method works well too.

Edward Troxel

[Richard Klimesh]

jedit, I tried that method and indeed it preserves the track keyframes but the original event keyframes are obliterated when I add a new text event as take.