I'm a new user, so it's possible that I have not found the instructions for this yet.

My goal is to re-use the placement/formatting of a title clip in multiple places in a project and in other projects. I do still want to be able to update the text or many any changes I like for each unique instance.

So I would have a "title style" for headers, footers, etc.. and I can easily re-use it again and again, changing the text each time.

Things which I have tried:

Copying a clip - This makes a 'link' back to the original. I am expecting a completely new object to be created which can be separately-edited.

Template Title - This seems to make a static copy of a title which can be re-used by different projects. It is, however, not editable.

Editing and copying - When I edit a title clip, first off control-a doesn't select everything so I have to manually select every component and copy. However, I cannot open up another instance of the editor (e.g. edit another title clip) to paste. When I exit editor1 and open editor2 the copy buffer has been emptied.

Since the title isn't a separate file, I can't manually copy+rename it.

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What is the right way to avoid manually re-creating my titles every time for every project?

Template titles are editable. You have to create them with %s, then fill in the text later. They're a bit clunky to use but they do work.

Waynevid

Besides this you can also save titles as extra files. Have a look at the two buttons in the upper left hand corner after the separator.

I've played and played, and I still see no way to do what I want.

I see no way to use a template, and have %s be editable after the fact. From what I can see, I can add a template title into my project and it becomes uneditable.

Is there a guide that describes this sort of thing?

What version of Kdenlive are you using?

waynevid

You can edit the string specified by "%s" in the description column in the project tree.

just a thought - why not use GIMP to create a template xcf file in the size needed for the project, transparent alpha channel with text box and any other additions already positioned?
This would allow you to set up your standard title style once, then edit text or additional logos etc in on an as needed basis.