diff --git a/crates/engine/src/export_tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/export_tests.rs
index 79ddcb810..2e6eb8a99 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/export_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/export_tests.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ use serde_json::{Value, json};
 
 use crate::Session;
 
+#[test]
+fn project_names_become_one_export_filename_component() {
+    for name in ["../../outside", "/absolute/path", r"C:\\outside", ".."] {
+        let safe = crate::export_tools::file_safe(name);
+        assert!(!safe.contains(['/', '\\']), "{name:?} became {safe:?}");
+        assert_ne!(safe, ".");
+        assert_ne!(safe, "..");
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn hostile_export_ranges_are_rejected_without_panicking() {
     let mut session = demo();
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/export_tools.rs b/crates/engine/src/export_tools.rs
index 98c7ad2fc..170bc142b 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/export_tools.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/export_tools.rs
@@ -385,10 +385,11 @@ pub fn default_export_dir(s: &Session) -> PathBuf {
     crate::temp_dir()
 }
 
-fn file_safe(n: &str) -> String {
+/// Convert project-derived display text into exactly one safe output filename component.
+pub fn file_safe(n: &str) -> String {
     let s: String = n.chars().map(|c| if c.is_alphanumeric() || " -_().".contains(c) { c } else { '_' }).collect();
     let s = s.trim().to_string();
-    if s.is_empty() { "Export".into() } else { s }
+    if s.is_empty() || matches!(s.as_str(), "." | "..") { "Export".into() } else { s }
 }
 
 /// `path` with the settings' extension (added when missing; image sequences keep theirs).
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/export_mode.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/export_mode.rs
index b8082433c..f1cf5224d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/export_mode.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/export_mode.rs
@@ -1414,7 +1414,9 @@ fn quick_file(app: &FilmcraftApp, path: &str, seq_name: &str, ext: &str) -> Opti
         return None;
     }
     let file = match name {
-        None => format!("{seq_name}.{ext}"),
+        // Sequence names come from the project, not from this Quick Export interaction. Keep
+        // metadata in one filename component before joining it to the selected/default folder.
+        None => format!("{}.{}", filmcraft_engine::export_tools::file_safe(seq_name), ext),
         Some(n) if cur.eq_ignore_ascii_case(ext) => n.to_string(),
         Some(n) if !cur.is_empty() && app.session.export_presets.all().iter().any(|x| x.settings.extension().eq_ignore_ascii_case(cur)) => {
             std::path::Path::new(n).with_extension(ext).to_string_lossy().to_string()