Hi guys how are you all doing? Today I'm going to show you how easy it is to add text
to a video using Canva's new video editor. A few weeks ago if you remember I shared
a video giving you a really good overview of what the Canva new video editor does.
But today I'm going to take a deeper dive into adding text to video so that you can see what
makes the Canva video editor so special. And if you want to make your videos truly professional
you don't want to miss my text editing tips and tricks. If you're new to this channel I'm Nicky
Pasquier, I'm a Canva Certified Creative and Canva Creator. So if you want to learn more about how
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So from the Canva homepage make sure you click on this video link right here underneath the
heading "What will you design" to access the new video editor. And underneath you'll be given a
variety of template layouts and dimensions so pick whichever one suits your project.
I'm going to choose the plain video template which has the same dimensions as a presentation.
As you can see this has brought up a blank video template onto my Canva desktop.
If you're not already familiar with Canva's new video editor please do watch this tutorial before
you start a project otherwise you might not be familiar with all the new video editors features
and exactly how to use them. As always if you're creating a project and you're stuck for ideas
you can pick one of Canva's templates from the left hand side to help you get started. Some of
the Pro templates are absolutely gorgeous so if you'd like to explore these as well you can do
so for FREE for an exclusive 45 days using my Canva Certified Creative affiliate link.
You'll find the link in the description below so do check it out. If you don't want to use
any of Canva's templates you can of course upload your own video to work on. To do that go to the
left hand side toolbar and click on the "Uploads' tab and then click on the purple
button here to upload your video snippet from your local device. Or alternatively
click on the three little dots to the side and upload your video from Facebook, Google Drive,
Instagram or Dropbox. I've already uploaded my own video so I'm just going to click on the Videos tab
and I'm going to select the video to bring it up onto my template.
So adding text to a video is so easy and you do it in exactly the same way as you add text
to a static image. So go over to the left hand side toolbar and find the "Text" icon
click on it. If you have Canva Pro's Brand Kit you'll find your brand fonts right at the top,
so I'm going to select one of mine to bring a text box up onto my video template. You can drag
the text to wherever you want on the template, it acts just the same as a layer so you can put
it directly on top of the video or outside of the video. Now go ahead and edit the text in the same
way as you would do normally. If the text layer doesn't stand out from your video alter the colour
the size of your text and even the weight
To make it pop even more you can also add a text box behind it
So far so good. Now as I explained in my last tutorial you can add multiple video clips to
the Canva video editor right at the bottom here. There are two ways I can do this. The
first way is to add a new blank page by clicking on this "Add page" button. And now I can upload a
fresh video snippet to my template. To add text to this video snippet I can simply copy and paste
the text from the original video by just locking the video into place,
running my cursor over the text in the text box using one of my Mac shortcut keys which
is "Command and C" to copy the text, click over to the new video and paste the text into place.
Since this text is completely separate to this text I can now add some completely different edits
This is the huge bonus of using Canva's new video editor
you can add and edit fresh new text for each new video snippet that you have on your timeline.
Another way to edit text in the video editor is to split one of my clips into multiple sections.
I did this to create my first Youtube Canva Short the other week so that I could add different text
instructions to each new section. I explained exactly how to split a clip in my previous
tutorial but just briefly all you need to do is place the video playhead to where you want to
split your video clip, find the three little dots in the far right hand corner of your video clip,
click on the three little dots and then click on "Split". And you can see that has split my
video clip into two sections. Now that you know the basics of adding text to a video
let me show you how to finish off your videos with some truly professional and eye-catching
text effects. To add beautiful text effects just select the text that you want to edit
by clicking on it once, heading on up to the Canva toolbar and clicking on "Effects",
and that will bring up the text effect menu on the left hand side of your screen. So you have seven
different text styles to choose from and each style can be customised by clicking on it once
and using the various tools underneath. And you can also now curve the text with just one click
of your mouse using the curve button. And finally text animations: I explained about text animations
in a lot more detail in a previous video so please do check that one out. But essentially to add an
animation to text click on it once to select it and then select the "Animate" tab in the toolbar,
and again on the left hand side of your screen the text animation menu will appear and you can choose
from a whole selection of fantastic text animations. As you can see as I hover my mouse
over each thumbnail you can see the effect it has on the text on the right hand side in my template
Now go ahead and select your favourite animation
And now you can finish off your video by adding some really professional touches.
You can now create all kinds of videos from product demonstrations,
quick promotional videos tutorials and even YouTube Shorts. If you have any comments or
quick questions about the Canva video editor leave them in the comments box below and I'll do my best
to answer them. All the links I've mentioned and resources you'll find in the description box
underneath this video. Whilst you're waiting for my next video why not dive into those two
tutorials that I mentioned to you so that you get really savvy using Canva's video editor,
you'll find them just here. I also have a whole playlist of Canva tips and tricks so I will leave
the link to that in the description box. Have a great week everybody and I will see you next time.