Created attachment 178050 [details] Title preview in the title editor SUMMARY I added a title clip with text only. I changed the text color to "orange", changed font and font size. In the title editor my changes were reflected as expected. Once I saved the title, added it to the timeline and played it back, the title was not rendered in orange color but in a pale green. Additionally, it was rendered with an interlace-like effect that I had not ordered. Altogether, it had the appearance of a stone age tv screen. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Create a title with text, change the text color to orange 2. Save the title (the clip preview does not show the accurate color) 3. Add it to the timeline 4. Play the title OBSERVED RESULT color of text is not orange EXPECTED RESULT color of text to be orange, not a pale green SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux stefans 6.8.0-52-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Jan 11 00:06:25 UTC 2025 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ADDITIONAL INFORMATION No additional graphics adapter installed, only Intel built-in graphics
Created attachment 178051 [details] How the title appears from the timeline
Looks like your text size is really huge. The first screenshot shows in the upper left hand corner the project viewport indicating that the text object is about 4 times the size of the project dimensions. Is there a reason for this? Do you use the title editor's animation feature?
I recreated the effect with "clean" settings, font size 36, canvas size from project settings (720 x 568), no animation. So far, so good. Text color was as expected. Then I added animation. The animation endpoint has a Y-offset of like 1500px. After this change, the color was distorted again. Now, coming to think of it, I had the same effect already years ago in another kdenlive project with an earlier OS and software version. Is animation not working properly?
(In reply to Stefan Soyka from comment #3) > I recreated the effect with "clean" settings, font size 36, canvas size from > project settings (720 x 568), no animation. So far, so good. Text color was > as expected. Then I added animation. The animation endpoint has a Y-offset > of like 1500px. After this change, the color was distorted again. Now, > coming to think of it, I had the same effect already years ago in another > kdenlive project with an earlier OS and software version. > Is animation not working properly? Are you using the Animation tab in the title editor? Could you NOT use it and use a Transform effect on the title clip instead?
I followed your advice and created the title using the title editor and used the "position and zoom" transformation to scroll through it. This did indeed the trick, colors as wanted. It is a good workaround and even superior because it allows for key frames to control the flow of scrolling. Nevertheless, the "animation" function in the title editor is broken, obviously since long time, and should - in my opinion - be removed from the title editor. Thank you for your good work that helped me a lot!
(In reply to Stefan Soyka from comment #5) > I followed your advice and created the title using the title editor and used > the "position and zoom" transformation to scroll through it. This did indeed > the trick, colors as wanted. I'm glad it worked. I recommend using the Transform effect because PaZ effect has known issues around compositing artifacts. But up to you. > Nevertheless, the "animation" function in > the title editor is broken, obviously since long time, and should - in my > opinion - be removed from the title editor. I tested it on my Pop!_OS system with 24.12.1 appimage. Using the title editor's animation feature works as designed, no color degradation visible. Could you please attach the .kdenlive project file for me to test this? > Thank you for your good work that helped me a lot! Glad I could help ;-)
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