Why is my title clip is overlayed by clips below it

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Why is my title clip is overlayed by clips below it

I have a title at the very top of my timeline.

Quite a bit of stuff underneath, including a compound clip.

But I can't understand how this title selected in the screenshot below, can be "partially showing" - admittedly it's a foreign character so it might be hard for you to tell, but you can see the actual words at the top of the purple clip - only half of it is showing in the viewer. You can see the selection is wider than the text showing, at least.

Now, I sort of know what's going on, it seems to be allowing clips (photos) in the compound clip, at the bottom, to "overlay" on top of it.

But I don't understand how this is even possible. Shouldn't a title clip at the top, trump all?

If not, what do I need to do, to get this title overlaying everything?

Posted on Feb 29, 2012 3:43 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 29, 2012 2:01 PM in response to furrytoes

I can't see what you are trying to do or what is wrong so I can't give any specific help but have you tried experimenting with the blend Mode and/or Opacity of the various clips and titles.

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furrytoes Author

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Feb 29, 2012 3:26 PM in response to Ian R. Brown

Sorry.

The title at the top in the timeline is highlighted in the viewer. It's actually the text 日本の里帰り but you can only see half of it. Cut off at after 日本...

The question for me, is, why can I only see half of it?

It is being obscured by the layering of a photo "below it" in the timeline

How could anything overlap my title when my title is at the top of the timeline?

If anyone can just confirm there's no known way this should happen, that would be good enough ;-)

I believe I can then show how to reproduce it, if it's a bug.

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Tom Wolsky

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Feb 29, 2012 4:34 PM in response to furrytoes

It's not being cut off my the image below. It's not being cut of for me.

Sorry the image icon isn't working.

Did you move the text using the transform function?

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Tom Wolsky

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Feb 29, 2012 4:57 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Working now

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furrytoes Author

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Feb 29, 2012 6:20 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

I move the text by double-clicking it and dragging it around.

BTW Now that it's come up, to get the top title clip (the problem clip, that is being partially hidden) I duplicated the one below it using Option/Drag.

I could make a video of me doing it.

(I don't think foreign text is a problem, Apple software is pretty good with that)

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furrytoes Author

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Feb 29, 2012 6:26 PM in response to furrytoes

I should say now, that if I delete the title in question and then create a new title from scratch, the problem doesn't happen.

The text shows above the photos, as it should.

So I'm thinking it's a bug with Option/Drag duplicating titles...?

Perhaps it also needs a compound clip below it, with multiple frames as I have it, as well.

I'll see if I can isolate it.

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Answer 7

Mar 1, 2012 12:26 AM in response to furrytoes

I wonder if that has any tenuous connection with a problem I had with transitions over Christmas.

A video with several transitions was exported but after the first transition it went black. I deleted the first transition, exported and the video went black after the second transition which was now the first.

Deleting all the transitions and replacing them cured the problem.

It hasn't happened since.

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