How To Add Text To Video Online For Free (Super Easy)

by Julian Canlas

Want to learn how to add text to your video online, including on YouTube and other platforms? Here’s the perfect tutorial for you!

You’ll learn:

  • How to add text to your video online for free using an easy-to-use text-to-video editor
  • Cool things that you can do when adding text to your video with VEED’s easy-to-use video editor
  • Design tips for how to effectively add text to your video online

Enjoy!

How To Add Text To Your Video Online For Free

In an under a minute, with VEED's video editor you can:

  • Add text to video
  • Stylize text

Not a believer? Let's go!

1. Go to VEED and upload the video you want to add text to

Note: If you want to save your project and start new ones, you can sign up for free.

You can upload from:

  • Your local files
  • YouTube (just enter the video url)
  • Your webcam
  • Dropbox

2. Go to Text in the toolbox on the left side of your screen

3. Write your text

You can drag the text on any part of the video, too.

4. Download the video

Hit Export, wait for the video to render, and download it as an MP4 video or as a GIF. And you’re done!

You can also share the download link, in case you want others to to download your awesome video, too.

Cool Things You Can Do When Adding Text To Your Video Online For Free With VEED


With VEED's video editing tool, you can also do the following things with your video file:

  • Enter the duration that the text appears in your video. You can set at which point you want the text to appear in the video.
  • Add several texts to your video. You can set up multiple texts that appear at different points in the video.
  • Change the fonts to suit your brand. You can pick through different typefaces to suit your brand.
  • Upload your custom font. Alternatively, you can also upload your own font that you can use to add video to your text!
  • Alter the text size. You can make the text size as big or as small as you want.
  • Change the text color. You may want white text on black background and vice-versa. Make sure that you change the font color depending on the background to make your texts more readable.
  • Italicize or bold your text.
  • Align text. You can align the text added to the video in 3 ways: left, right, or center.

If you click on Advanced, you’ll also be able to:

  • Change your letter spacing. This controls the amount of space between the characters in your text. You can make them as close or as far apart to each other.
  • Alter the line-height. If your text spans across several lines, you can change the distance between them through this.

Tips For How To Effectively Add Text To Your Video Online

There’s no right way to add text to your video for online use. But one thing’s for sure: you want your text to be readable. Seems obvious, right?

Well, just in case, here are fast tips that video content creators and designers abide by when adding text to their videos. You might still learn a thing or two.

1. Choose the right font style for your brand

You want your video to capture the experience that a client gets when they interact with your brand. Have a similar font for the text added to the video that you also use in other relevant content assets. This helps ensure that the client will still get the same brand experience when watching your videos.

On VEED, you can upload your own font to use for adding videos to your text!

2. Aim for consistency

This not only relates to #1 but also to where and how the text appears in your video. If you already have a set template for your videos, have the text consistently appear in similar sizes and locations (unless it’s been added for special effects). This makes editing so much more efficient and makes your videos look more consistent and professional.

3. Make sure that the text has the right duration for readability

If it’s containing pertinent information, your text should appear for the right amount of time to be readable. A good practice is to watch the video after you’ve added the texts and see if you can easily read them.

4. Make the text large enough

When you add text to your videos online, make sure that they’re big enough to be read. If you’re making your text small to fit it in the video, then you might be displaying too much text at once.

5. Don’t add too much text to your video

Don’t be one of those who add whole paragraphs to their video that’s more intimidating than the closing credits of a Star Wars film. People don’t like that.

6. Think of the negative space in your video

The negative space comprises the blank and non-busy areas in your video. In a way, think of the negative space as an integral design element that you can use to make your text more readable.

Add texts to your video in its negative space to catch your viewer’s attention. The less crowded your video looks, the more your text becomes the focal point.

7. Break your text into parts

Spread your texts across multiple blocks throughout your video to make it easier to read. Better yet: edit out useless words that make your texts longer.

Normally, the actual content should be more than enough for viewers to understand the gist of your video, and the texts should be a bonus.

If you need to constantly explain different parts of the video through text, you might want to go back to the drawing board and make your videos easier to follow.

8. Create movement with your texts

Did you watch the video tutorial above on how to add text to your video? The first seconds have a succession of texts that help draw the viewer’s eye and catch their attention. You might want your texts to look dynamic by instilling a sense of movement.

9. Think about your composition

Of course, this last point is truly one of the hardest design instincts to learn. But think about how your texts fit with the overall aesthetic of your video.

Which parts of the video should you add your texts in for maximum visual effect? How big should your font be to correctly fit within the negative space? How can you create effective pacing through instilling movement with your texts? Try to be aware of these things and how your texts are contributing to the overall feel of your video.

10. Be aware of social media tendencies

Having an online video editor to add text to your video does not mean that you should go overboard with it. Depending on the social media platform you'll be posting the final video, you need to see whether adding text is appropriate. This especially rings true for marketing videos that need to engage.

11. Be aware of overall readability

Does the color background clash with the custom color of your text? Does the text font clash with that of the user interface? If so, you have a range of color options and fonts to make sure your text can be seen. VEED's online video editor lets you stylize the text in many different ways after all.

Make Great Videos With VEED’s Easy-To-Use Video Editor

With VEED's popular video editing tool, you can speed up your process of adding text to your video.

But of course, video editing is much more than adding text to your videos. Automatically add subtitles, transcriptions and captions to your video, compress your video file for social media, and more. VEED enables the average person to create professional-looking videos and it turns the whole editing experience fun.

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