Timing of Text

When adding text to an image it continues to show up in the next image, how do I change the timing or length of the text so that it stay just on the image that i added it to? Thanks

AuroraAz
I am not a Sceneline workspace oriented person, but here is my take on what you seek.
Do your adjustment for scene and title durations at the level of the horizontal blue bar under the monitor in Sceneline.
Note that I have the first scene selected and its file is shown above in the blue bar (CIMG230.JPG).
Notice the gray tabs at the beginning and end (bottom left, bottom right) and the timecode 00;00;00;00 underneath the blue bar (left corner).
Move the gray tabs according to increase the duration of the clip. For the first one, just move the right gray clip in to decrease and out to increase the duration of the clip that is selected and showing in the blue bar.
Once you created a title, it will also be found in that bar area as a purple bar when you click the title on screen. Same idea of increasing decreasing duration with those gray tabs.
What the lines in the blue bar, showing the lines where on scene cuts off and another begins.
You can also delete the title by right clicking the purple Title and selecting Delete.
Remember that Edit Menu/Preferences/General and Still Image Default Duration there set the duration for your stills as well as titles.
Please review and then let me know if the details need to be fine tuned.
Thanks.
ATR
Add On...Stick with the TImeline workspace. You will be better able to see what is going on and therefore have more control.

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unless, the text captions and/or audio
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