Transforming the text layer also transforms the layer below it

”Text” is one that affects all the layers below.

”Basic Title” does not.

AFAICT there is no way to determine, just by looking at the Titles Browser. You either experiment, or you can Open a Copy in Motion: looking at it in Motion, if there is a layer “Title Background” and it is active, then it’s a title that affects the things below when in FCP.

FilRmonic wrote:

Jenn Jager has posted a video a few days ago explaining exactly this:

https://youtu.be/CSUuroK-s3g?si=gOYEbtagO-_dEIiB&t=118

(hopefully the link sticks!)

Thank you for linking to another great video by Jenn Jager.

And I have to retract my previous comment about how to see right there in the browser whether a title has the "title background" and thus impact the video underneath.

Yes, you can determine it directly in the browser!

Just look for the default mountain landscape. If you skim over the title and it appears, like in the image below, you will know that it DOES affect the video underneat.

Jenn Jager has posted a video a few days ago explaining exactly this:

https://youtu.be/CSUuroK-s3g?si=gOYEbtagO-_dEIiB&t=118

(hopefully the link sticks!)

Exactly which title are you using? Some of them are linked to the underlying layer.

It doesn't attach to the video. Switch off the Transform function. Select the video layer and click Done in the upper right.

Double click the text layer in the timeline. You'll get a bounding box that lets you adjust the size and position of the text layer.