Narrator: Let's say I want to add some text to my video. 2 2
Now this type of video I'm editing right now 3 3
doesn't really require any crazy text on the screen, 4 4
but I could add some subtitles if I wanted to. 5 5
So, I'm going to put some text 6 6
and in your software you might find this 7 7
in a different spot, 8 8
but it should look like a T or something, 9 9
it should say Text or Titles or whatever, 10 10
and here are a lot 11 11
of different texts that I can use. 12 12
Some of them are kinda fancy they fade in, fade out. 13 13
Woo! 14 14
Lots of different options here. 15 15
I don't want something like this! 16 16
(laughs) 17 17
This is pretty cool, yeah? 18 18
But not for my project. 19 19
So I just want a basic title, 20 20
this isn't my favorite probably. 21 21
And I'm just going to click on it, 22 22
and drag it overtop of my footage. 23 23
If you drag it to its own spot on the timeline, 24 24
it'll end up being a big block with just the title 25 25
with a black background. 26 26
You can change the background too, if you wanted. 27 27
But what I wanna do is put it overtop of my video. 28 28
And what is my guy saying here? 29 29
-: (man speaks in foreign language) 30 30
-: Okay he says "Ma, somebody's knocking on the door." 31 31
I can translate that into English. 32 32
Okay so then I'm gonna shorten it 33 33
and I'll just select this, okay? 34 34
(clicks mouse) 35 35
This is selected and, 36 36
"Ma, someone's knocking..." 37 37
(keys tapping) 38 38
"at the door." 39 39
When I click on this little ball and you see those arrows 40 40
that means you can drag that down and I'm gonna move it 41 41
to a place more appropriate for the subtitles, 42 42
which is down here. 43 43
And it's really hard to read, 44 44
because he's wearing a white shirt and this is also white. 45 45
So when you have this all selected, you can change 46 46
a lot of stuff. 47 47
You can change the size and make it bigger, or smaller. 48 48
I'll keep it that size. 49 49
I can change the font if I wanted to, 50 50
lots of different font options, whatever you like. 51 51
I'm just going to keep it at Helvetica. 52 52
I could make it bold if I wanted to, 53 53
but I'll just keep it regular. 54 54
Now what I really want to do is make it pop, 55 55
so I'm going to go here and see what my options are. 56 56
The face is the actual color, white, 57 57
and I wanna keep the subtitles white, 58 58
but I could make them yellow if I wanted to. 59 59
When you expand to see more options, you know 60 60
you can change the color, maybe I want them yellow. 61 61
It's up to you. 62 62
I do need an outline though, I need an outline badly. 63 63
I'm gonna click outline 64 64
and you can see here and 65 65
if I click this 66 66
it'll go into full screen. 67 67
You can see that outline is red. 68 68
I don't want a red outline 69 69
so show and change that color to black. 70 70
And it's still not super clear, 71 71
so let's increase the width. 72 72
You can make this super fat, that makes it clear. 73 73
But I don't want it super fat, I just want it 74 74
more noticeable, 75 75
so maybe five, 76 76
and I can put a little blur on it to make it softer. 77 77
Yeah, maybe that's what I like. 78 78
So you play around and find the perfect mixture. 79 79
You can put a drop shadow on it instead, 80 80
if I didn't want an outline, I can click that to turn it off 81 81
click that again to turn it on, 82 82
drop shadow would work too. 83 83
It's still not super clear though, 84 84
so maybe I'd want to increase the opacity a little bit 85 85
or increase the blur and the opacity, 86 86
I don't know. 87 87
You can play around with the distance, 88 88
that's more confusing though. 89 89
Yeah. 90 90
So I think I liked what I did with the outline, yeah. 91 91
There we go. 92 92
And that's how you put text on your video. 93 93
Let's have a look. 94 94
Oh let's watch it on the big screen. 95 95
-: (man speaks in foreign language) 96 96
-: (woman speaks in foreign language) 97 97
(suspenseful music) 98 98
Narrator: Oh! I know, the suspense. 99 99
Who's at the door? 100 100
(laughs) 101 101
All right and yeah, 102 102
if you guys want to do more crazy stuff 103 103
then you can take some of the templates they have, 104 104
but I personally don't like to do that too much 105 105
because the stuff that comes with your editing software 106 106
is usually overused because everybody's using it, 107 107
but anyway it's fun to have it there to play around with. 108 108
You've seen this before, I know you have. 109 109
(laughs) 110 110
All right anyway guys, have fun. 111 111
And let's move on to something else.