How do I add text to a video?

VEED lets you quickly add text to your videos online. Just use our Text tool and start typing or pasting your text! You can customize the font, color, size, and even the transparency of your text.

How do I add text to a video frame?

You can place your text anywhere you want on the video frame or canvas. Select the placement, alignment, and size of your text. You can also animate your text!

Where can I edit videos for free?

While VEED offers a premium subscription, you can use most of our video editing tools free of charge! There’s no fee to add text, images, emojis, and more to your video. You can create a free account and access your projects from any browser, both on mobile and desktop.

How do I add text to a video without a watermark?

To remove the VEED watermark, you can subscribe to any of our premium plans. Check our pricing page for more info.

Can I change the text’s color and font on my video?

Yes—and it’s super easy to do! Select the text box or highlight the text then choose a font from the dropdown menu on the left. Choose a color from the Color Picker or from the Palettes to change the font’s color.

What other elements can I add to my video?

You can also add images, audio, and emojis to your video using VEED. Use the drawing tool to draw over your videos. There are also plenty of filters and camera effects that you can use. All free and online!

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Create descriptive and informative videos by adding text on your video, captions, and titles!

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Create dynamic videos by adding text overlays and animations!

VEED is a powerful online video editor that lets you get creative with adding text overlays. Forget the boring tools offered by so many other editing apps that won’t even let you customize your text. With VEED, not only can you customize the font color, size, and style of the text on your video, but you can also animate the characters! You can even control the transparency of your text on the screen.

Plus, VEED is the most cost-efficient tool you can use if you want to create multiple videos regularly for your business. Instead of paying top dollar on expensive apps like Da Vinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, or Adobe Premiere Pro, you can use VEED and get even more extra features like auto-subtitles! It also has a lot more customization features than Windows Movie Maker. The best part is—you can do it all from your browser!

How to add text to your video:

Step 1

Upload, record, or start with a template

Upload your video to VEED. Or start recording using our online webcam recorder. You can also start with our highly customizable templates! Don’t have a video? Select from our royalty-free stock media.

Step 2

Add text, animate, and customize

Add your text, captions, and headings to your video using the Text tool. You can select from a variety of animation effects. Change the font, size, color, and style of your text!

Step 3

Export or keep creating!

Export your video in the quality you prefer, or keep editing! Maximize our full range of video editing tools to ensure that your video looks professional.

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Create captivating marketing videos by adding text!

Marketing videos get more attention when your audience can read something descriptive and informative as they watch along. Add captivating headings and captions to your product launch videos. Add your website and business information. You can even add a CTA! Our premium subscribers can also add a clickable button that will lead directly to their website, product page, or social media page. Check our pricing page for more info.

Overlay text on video: Get your message across

Adding text to your video will help let your viewers know what your video is about. You can add a call to action (CTA) text on your video to encourage your viewers to click on a link or a product page. This is great if you are creating marketing videos for social media. Add titles and credits to let people know who were involved in the creation of your video. You can also add captions to your videos to grab people’s attention. They can watch your video without sound and still understand what it’s about. Perfect way to get your message across!

Packed with integrations for all your business needs

VEED is packed with so many integrations that will speed up your content creation process. Need to create multiple videos for sales and marketing? Save your videos as templates and spend only a fraction of your time customizing them each time for different purposes! Create customizable talking head video templates and share them on your business channel and social media pages. Send the VEED link via email so your business partners and colleagues don’t have to download your video file. And so much more! (Custom templates are available in premium.)

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Text on video, animations, overlays, and more!

VEED is packed with video editing features that you will not find in other free apps. Apart from adding text and other elements to your video, you can also rotate, crop, and resize them to fit any social media or video-sharing platform. Add subtitles to your videos to make them more accessible for everyone. No installation required. Do all these and more straight from your browser!