Add text & titles

Text is its own layer: type it, style it, and drag it anywhere on the frame. The export matches the preview pixel for pixel.

  1. Add a text layer Click the + on the overlay track (above the video lanes) and choose Add text. A text box appears mid-frame, ready to type into.
  2. Write and size The Text tab holds the content and size. Press Enter for multiple lines; drag the box on the preview to place it.
  3. Style it The Style tab has 12 fonts, with true bold and italic where the family supports them. Beside them sit colour (with shared recent swatches), alignment, box width, outline, drop shadow, and a background box with its own colour and opacity.
  4. Time it The text's bar on the overlay track sets when it appears. Drag and trim it like a clip, or use the Timing tab to type the numbers.
  5. Animate in and out Entrance and exit presets live in the Timing tab: fade, directional slides and a pop that springs in with a bounce. A typewriter reveals the line word by word, on entrance only. Duration is adjustable per text.
  6. Need a designed card instead? Use Graphics An end card, a big stat, a caption card or a name plate is design rather than a plain title, so it belongs in Graphics. Open the Graphics tab with nothing selected, or use + → Add graphic on the overlay track. Pick a template and fill in the fields; the preview updates live in your brand kit's colours and fonts. Create renders a sharp image on the server: a full-frame card lands as a clip at the playhead, and a caption or lower third as a draggable overlay. Right-click it later in Assets → Edit graphic to change the words.

Tips

  • A background box with ~60% opacity is the fastest way to keep text readable over busy footage.
  • Auto-captions produce these same text layers, so every styling option here applies to captions too.
  • The fonts are self-hosted and rendered by the exporter itself, so line breaks never shift between preview and file.
  • Text is for titles inside the film; Graphics is for the cards a viewer reads as design. Graphics show the type size as a share of frame height: keep anything that must be read above 4%, or it will not read on a phone.