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Text & Captions

The editor offers two types of text: text overlays for titles, callouts, and decorative text you can position freely, and captions that are automatically synchronized with the speech in your video.

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Free Text

Create titles, callouts, and decorative text positioned anywhere you want on the canvas

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Captions

Text automatically synchronized with your video’s audio, ideal for accessibility and engagement

Text editing panel showing styling options and text presets

Adding and Editing Text

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Open the Text panel
Click on “Text” in the sidebar to see all text options
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Choose a preset or start from scratch
Pick a pre-styled text preset for a quick start, or add a blank text to customize entirely
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Edit on the canvas
Drag to move, resize with the corner handles, and double-click to edit the text content

Customize Text Appearance

Select a text element to access the full range of styling options in the properties panel.

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Font & Typography

Choose from hundreds of Google Fonts, adjust size, weight, and spacing

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Colors

Set a solid color or gradient for your text

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Background

Add a colored box behind your text with padding and rounded corners

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Stroke

Add an outline around your text for emphasis and contrast

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Shadow

Create depth with customizable text shadows

Special Effects

Apply glow, neon, and extrude effects for creative text styles

Working with Captions

Captions are automatically generated from your video’s audio and synchronized word-by-word with the speech.

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Auto-Generated

Captions are created automatically from your video’s audio using AI

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Edit and Filter

Click on any word to correct the text. Use the filter to remove filler words or unwanted segments from your captions.

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Merge Captions

Combine multiple caption segments into one to control how many words appear on screen at the same time.

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Customizable Style

Change fonts, colors, background, stroke, shadow, and special effects. Same styling options as text overlays.

Word Highlight (Karaoke)

Make your captions more engaging by highlighting each word as it’s spoken. Choose from four highlight modes:

Bounce

The active word bounces when spoken

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Scale

The word grows larger when spoken

Underline

An underline appears under the active word

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Wave

A wave effect passes through the spoken word

Position Your Captions

Choose where captions appear on screen. The most common positions are:

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Top

Captions appear at the top of the video

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Center

Centered vertically. Most popular choice

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Bottom

Captions appear at the bottom of the video

💡 Tip: 9 position options are available in total (top-left, top-center, top-right, center-left, center, center-right, bottom-left, bottom-center, bottom-right).

Tips & Best Practices

Captions Boost Engagement by Up to 80%

Most viewers watch videos on mute. Adding captions makes your content accessible and keeps viewers watching longer.

Use Karaoke Mode for More Engagement

Word-by-word highlighting keeps the viewer's attention focused and makes your content feel more dynamic and professional.

Choose Large, High-Contrast Fonts

Pick fonts that are large enough and have good contrast against your video background to ensure readability on small screens.

Center Captions for Instagram Reels

Position captions in the center of the frame to avoid overlap with Instagram's interface elements at the top and bottom.

Frequently Asked Questions

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