These controls are optional. Leave Words to show blank if that highlight needs no writing.
- Type the wording into Text Overlay 1. Press Enter to stack words on separate lines.
- Choose the finished-video second when it should appear and disappear.
- To avoid guessing the seconds, preview the rough cut and press the large Pause Preview button at the exact moment. In that text card, press Set start here or Set end here. Studio fills the timing box in automatically. Press Continue Preview to carry on.
- Choose one of the nine quick screen positions, then set the text size and colour.
- If two bits of text overlap, choose Custom — use sliders below. Move the Left ↔ Right and Top ↕ Bottom sliders until each phrase has its own clear space.
- For the quickest method, press Preview Full Rough Cut. When the words appear, pause the preview and drag the words directly to a clear spot on the video. The custom sliders update automatically.
- Choose YouTube Bold for big thumbnail-style lettering, or Clean caption for the simpler look.
- Keep the dark background box for easy reading, or untick it for free-standing words.
- Use Smooth fade in and out and its fade-length slider to soften how the words arrive and leave.
- Press + Add Another Text when the same highlight needs another phrase. Each one gets its own words, timing, position, size, colour and fade. Use Remove to take one away.
- Choose Gentle fade for a softer change or Straight cut for a quick change.
- Use Preview Full Rough Cut to check the timing, position and change.
- Press Save Editing Project to keep the choices.
The timing is measured inside the finished highlight, starting at 0.0 seconds. Up to 12 text overlays can be used on one highlight, and two can be visible at the same time. Text fading is separate from the clip transition, so it still works when the clip uses a straight cut. Keep the wording short enough to read quickly.
