How to add text to video
There are many reasons for wanting to add text to a video. Trivially you may want to add subtitles, or simply a title or you want to create a narration to be included perhaps on social networks (as is often seen on Instagram stories). In this in-depth study we will see all the ways to do this quickly.
In general, we always need a video editor, a program that processes the video stream directly and that allows us to add scrolling text, simple titles or subtitles. The result will be a new video file with text.
Not many people know that the historic Movie Maker program (see also Movie Maker alternatives) and its convenient basic video editing functions have been incorporated into the application of Windows Photos.
Thanks to this insertion, now through Photos it is very easy to edit your videos and insert writings and titles. The application is available by default on Windows 10 operating systems.
To use the function “Add animated text“(Which allows you to enter titles of any kind), follow these instructions:
The use is also really simple: at the top left in the appropriate box you can enter the title text, immediately below you can choose between many styles and the position, finally at the bottom there is the timeline to choose the moment in which we want to make the writing appear and its duration.
As you can see from the image, everything is very immediate; seems to be dealing with an app for smartphones and tablets. A few clicks are enough to obtain the desired result.
Once finished, you can press the “Save a copy” button at the bottom – a dialog box will open asking us at what resolution to encode the video. One is recommended HD resolution or higher for an optimal result. Click on the “Export” button to save the edited video.
The best way to insert beautiful, captivating and effective titles in our videos is to use a program dedicated to video editing. The internet is full of paid options, but as usual we prefer to provide you with alternative gratuite, free and easy to use.
OpenShot is an open source project that aims to create a video editing light, fast and simple to use. Installation is also very simple, just download the executable suitable for your platform from this page and, once the download is complete, click on it to start the installation (also in this case, being free software there are no traps).
So here’s how to insert a title in OpenShot:
If you want to edit your clips directly on your smartphone, there are some handy apps you can use. Below, you will find the best apps we have selected to easily edit our videos from your mobile.
This is a handy free app available for both mobile systems that offers tons of styles to customize your video lettering. Vont is free with in-app purchases and can be downloaded from the App Store for the iOS one and from the Android Play Store.
Textro is a comfortable and simple app to use, just download it, open it, import your clips and you are ready to insert the text you prefer. The app offers lots of styles and fonts, even animated ones. To download it just go to the App Store or Play Store.
It is a solution similar to Textro offers the possibility to insert titles and writings in videos and photos. Hype Text in the Pro version, offers a wider choice but also the writings available for free are visually satisfying and appreciated. If you want to try Hype Text too, you can download it for free from the App Store or Play Store.
Adding subtitles to a movie, TV series or any video is a fairly simple operation. In this case we recommend you Avidemux which is a free software that allows you to edit your videos with just a few clicks. This application is particularly convenient for changing the format of your videos and for inserting subtitles.
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First of all, obviously, you have to download the program from the official page of the project. To complete the installation, once the download is complete, click and follow the procedure on the screen (being a free software, there are no traps whatsoever). After installation:
Our article is concluded, you may be interested in the other in-depth study dedicated to methods to extract text from a photo.
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