- How to add text to a YouTube video.
So, you filmed a video for YouTube
and you want to add some text to it on screen.
In this video I'm gonna show you how,
using two simple methods.
First, I'm gonna show you which editing software to use,
then I'll show you how to add some custom text on screen
and also how to automatically add subtitles
or captions on top of a video.
So without any further ado, let's get started.
First things first, I'm gonna head over to veed.io.
Veed is an easy to use online video editing software
based entirely within your internet browser.
And it's gonna give us all the tools we need
to add some text to our video and much, much more.
If you don't have an account, you can create one for free.
And when you're done you can hit upload your video
on the homepage, then upload a file.
And then I'm just gonna choose my clip
from the desktop and hit open.
And you'll see that the video has been imported
to the video timeline.
So, now that we're inside the editor
it's time to add some text.
From the toolbar over on the left-hand side,
I'm gonna select text
and this opens up the text edit window.
And inside it you'll see all of the different presets
for adding text to your video.
To keep things simple,
I'm just gonna select headline title.
And as you can see by selecting it,
it automatically drops a text box on top of my video.
So now in the edit window I can type in
what I want my text to say.
So I'm just gonna put, "Add text."
And then just underneath that,
you can see that there's different options
for customizing your text.
You can change the font here.
To the right, you can change the size.
And to the right again,
you can change the color of your text as well.
You can choose from the color picker here
and also from the pallets where's a lot more options.
Underneath, you can make your text bold,
you can make it italic
and you can even change the alignment
with these options here.
Now that I'm happy with the look of my text,
I want to change its position within the frame.
And I can move it around very easily
just by going to the video canvas and selecting my text,
and then I can just click it and drag it
to wherever I want it within the frame.
And while it's selected I can also change
the size of my text again,
just by clicking and dragging the corner like so.
I can also change the shape of my text box by clicking
and dragging the side like so.
And I can even rotate it just by selecting the top here.
And I can turn it to whatever angle I want it to sit at.
You can add as many text layers
as you want on top of your video,
just by going back to the text edit window
and selecting, "Add new text."
Now you also might want to adjust the timings
for when your text appears on screen.
And if we watch my clip,
I want my text to appear when my finger points
to that top corner of the frame.
The easiest way is to go down to the video timeline,
where you'll see your text box sitting on top of your video.
If you select it and then click and drag
the ends of the text box,
you can adjust the times when it ends.
And by doing the same thing on the front of the clip,
just click and drag,
I can change the time for when it starts.
You can pinpoint timings a bit more accurately
by using the blue play head.
And by finding moment where I want my text to appear,
around there,
I can then go back up to the text edit window
and select this stopwatch here.
And by clicking on it,
it automatically adjusts the start time for my text box.
And with the play head again,
I can find where I want my clip to end
and hit that second stop watch on the other side,
and that automatically adjusts the end time as well.
In the boxes next to the stop watches,
I can also just type in the time code
that I want my text to appear at.
So, if I want it to appear at two seconds into the video,
I just need to type that in, hit enter
and it automatically changes
the start time once again down in the timeline.
And now if I drag my play head
to the start of the clip and hit play,
you'll see that my text appears
at exactly the right time that I wanted it to.
Now, you might also want to add some burnt in subtitles
or captions to your video.
But if you're like me,
you don't wanna sit there for ages typing out
every single line that's said within the video.
Luckily, this is something that Veed can add automatically.
For this example, I've uploaded a new clip
that actually has some talking in it.
And once it's uploaded to the timeline,
I just need to go to the left-hand side once again
and select subtitles
and then auto transcribe.
And from this drop down menu,
I'm gonna select my language, which is English.
And then I'll hit start.
This process can take up to a few minutes,
especially if there's a lot of talking in your video.
But when it's done you can see
that Veed has automatically transcribed my video
and added some captions on top of it.
If there's any mistakes within the transcribing,
you can just go to these text boxes here
and make any adjustments.
But in this example, it all looks good.
You can also change the timings of your subtitles
if they are a little bit off.
All I need to do is click
and drag the ends of my subtitle boxes,
and you can change the timings
to whatever you want them to be.
On the video canvas you'll see
that Veed has added this block background to my text.
And if I want to change that or the font
and any other settings,
all I need to do is go back to the subtitles window,
select styles,
and there you'll see I can again change the font,
I can change the size,
I can change the color.
And if you scroll down to the bottom of the menu,
you'll see all of the different presets
that you can add to your text.
And just by clicking on them,
Veed will automatically apply that to your text.
Once you're finished editing it's time to export your video.
And all you need to do
is head up to the top right-hand corner and click export
and then export video.
And feed will now render your file.
In this next window I can now hit play on the video
just to check that everything's fine.
Hi guys, Veed is now automatically adding subtitles
to my YouTube video.
I'm happy with that, so what I'm gonna do
is head over to the right-hand side
and hit download MP4.
And Veed will now download my finished video
to my computer ready to upload to YouTube.
And that is how to add text to your YouTube video.
Let me know down in the comments below
if you're gonna add some text on screen
or are you gonna add some subtitles to your video,
maybe both.
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and I'll see you next time.