I need help with multiple text masks on one video.

Hi,
I am trying to get three different text masks to appear at different times on the same video. I seem to only be able to have one of the three words applied to the video at a time. For example when I copy paste another set of masks onto the video it deletes the last ones. What am I doing wrong? How can I make this work?
Thanks for any response!

It's pretty confusing, rto say the least. Masks would only be replaced, if the current masks are selected, which is totally intentional behavior. that aside, you workflow is clunky, to say the least. Simply duplicate the layer, trim the results as needed, apply the masks and animate the layer's opacity. Takes half the time than fiddling with animating mask opacity or otehr such things.
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