Add Text to Video
Overlay text on a video at a chosen position, size, and color.
About Add Text to Video
Add Text to Video overlays a text layer — a title, caption, or label — onto your clip at the position, size, and color you choose, and exports an MP4. Use it to caption a social clip, brand a demo, or label a section without opening a full editor. It processes locally in the browser, so your video stays on your device.
- Category
- media
- Input
- Accepts: video/*.
- Output
- Outputs: video/mp4.
- Cost
- Free, runs in your browser
- Memory
- high
- Install group
- ffmpeg
Common uses
- Add a bold title card text over the opening seconds of a product demo
- Caption a short clip for silent autoplay on social feeds
- Stamp a confidentiality or draft label across a review video
- Label before/after segments of a tutorial with on-screen text
- Put your handle or website in a corner as a lightweight text watermark
- Add a call-to-action line near the end of a promo clip
Frequently asked questions
Can I control where the text appears?
Yes. You set the position, font size, and color, so you can place the text where it reads best against your footage.
What video formats are supported?
Common video files are accepted (any video/* type such as MP4, MOV, or WebM), and the output is always an MP4.
Does the text stay on screen for the whole video?
The overlay is applied to the video as rendered. For a logo image rather than text, or for a corner watermark, see the Overlay Image on Video tool.
Is my video uploaded to add the text?
No. The overlay is rendered in your browser on your machine. The footage never leaves your device.
Will it re-encode the video?
Yes — burning text into the frames requires re-encoding to MP4, so expect normal encoding time and a fresh output file rather than an edit of the original.
Keywords
- video
- text
- caption
- title
- overlay
- watermark
- subtitle
- label