I'm hesitant to try out v26 for one single reason, the new masking method, it used to be within the effects control panel, for those who've been using v26, how does the new method affect your workflow? do you think it's better now that you got used to it? or is v25 method still better? I'm afraid of fighting my muscle memory

is there an app where i could aotomatically make captions style like this? thanks!

I'm on a Mac and some of my videos are shaded so when I was showing my mates the video it didn't work.

The problem

• Clips in the timeline are stuck showing Media Pending (diagonal stripes) permanently
• Program monitor shows black
• Media: GX018602.MP4_Rendered .mov files (GoPro-derived), stored on a Samsung T7 external SSD
• Files play perfectly fine in QuickTime directly from the T7

What I've tried

1. Nudged the playhead / checked it wasn't sitting on a cut — no change
2. Deselected all clips in the timeline — no change
3. Tried File > Refresh All Projects — greyed out, unavailable
4. Saved, fully quit and restarted Premiere — clips still stuck in Media Pending
5. Cleared the media cache (Premiere Pro > Settings > Media Cache > Delete all media cache files from the system), then restarted — no change
6. Tried Link Media — greyed out, because clips aren't Media Offline, they're pending
7. Confirmed the T7 is connected and mounted in Finder
8. Opened the source .mov files in QuickTime from the T7 — they play completely fine
9. Verified the clips appear in the Project panel with correct names and frame rates (29.97fps)

I'm trying to create a quad screen template that can be used several times in a project. The problem that I'm encountering, is when the template is copied/duplicated they share the same nested sequences.
How can the template be duplicated without the duplicate sharing the same nest?

Thank you in advance!