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Can't make a copy of the Date/Time Lower Third?

bradywurtz
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28 Jan 2021 16:36 #112393 by bradywurtz

Can't make a copy of the Date/Time Lower Third? was created by bradywurtz

So I'm doing some home movies for my father on Blu-ray and he wants some time stamps on the video at the beginning of events so he can see when they were from like in the old VHS days. And I know there's this Date/Time lower third that easily puts the date and time of the clip on top of it with ease, but I want to create a custom one where I can adjust where it is, adjust the background of it, add in some drop shadow, and really make it my own. So I right click on the Date/Time lower third, and choose to open a copy in Motion, I make some adjustments, and save it as a new one, and now when you put it on the timeline, it just has the date and time speed by super fast. doesn't work like the original one, when all I did was change the font, position, drop shadow, and that's it.

What am I doing wrong? Or am I not capable of customizing this?

I'm on macOS 10.15.7 using FCP 10.5.1
I've got a late 2013 iMac so this is as far as I can upgrade my software and OS.

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