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How to add text to a YouTube video

Easily add beautiful text to YouTube videos online.

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How to add text to a YouTube video
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Add text to a YouTube video

Use our video text editor to easily add text to YouTube videos online, and personalize the texts however you like by changing fonts, background colors, adding animations and much more. When ready with the edits publish the videos back to YouTube in minutes with our super fast cloud powered publish system.

Add beautiful text to Youtube videos

Add text to Youtube videos in just a few clicks, make it bold, change its color, size or font and position it wherever you like in the video.

Add moving text to videos

Make videos more engaging with moving text, you can use our simple keyframe feature to make text appear on screen and move it dynamically during the video.

Add captions to your videos

Caption videos to offer an additional layer of understanding for people with disabilities or for people watching videos on mute.

Add animated text to videos

Our built-in library of Motion Titles, Calls to Action and Lower Thirds will help you make your videos look more professional just by dragging them on the video.

How to add text to a YouTube video:

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Import/Upload your media

To add text to a YouTube video first add it to the Flixier library. You can do so by pasting a link from a video that is already published on YouTube or you can upload videos directly from your computer.

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Add text in a few clicks

With your video in the library just drag and drop it on the timeline and click the Add Text button. You can also choose from the bundled library of animated motion text. Now you can position the text, change colors, fonts and much more.

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Download and Share

When happy with the changes publish the video to YouTube, social media or download it to your computer to use it later however you like. Saving the video is super fast with Flixier and it doesn’t use any of your computer resources.

How to add text to a YouTube video

Why use Flixier to add text to YouTube videos:

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Easy to use but powerful

Flixier is an easy to use video editor that offers all the flexibility you need in adding text to YouTube videos. You can pick it up immediately and create amazing videos.

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Customize as much as you want

The powerful canvas and timeline allow you to set start and ending points for your text and you can position text in your video and resize it just by dragging it around. Plus, the snapping lines are a great help with positioning.

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Make videos your own

Our video maker with text 404 lets you use custom fonts and logos to make videos feel personal and keep brand consistency across your videos. This will make them more recognizable and keep viewers engaged.

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Make YouTube video intros

The built-in motion titles also enable you to make engaging YouTube intros in seconds. Just drag and drop them on the video, edit them and forget about complex animation tools or expensive intro packs.

Need more than adding text to a YouTube video?

Edit easily

Edit easily

With Flixier you can trim videos or add text, music, motion graphics, images and so much more.

Publish in minutes

Publish in minutes

Flixier is powered by the cloud so you can edit and publish your videos at blazing speed on any device.

Collaborate in real-time

Collaborate in real-time

Easily collaborate on your projects with Flixier, we offer real-time feedback and sharing of projects.

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I like Flixier because I can use it anywhere I go and I don`t need a lot of computer requirements but great internet connection. I like how fast it is when it comes to rendering videos and still have the opportunity to continue or start another project while waiting. I appreciate the continuous updates and adjustments because it is necessary for a video editing tool.
Maria Conception Z.
Maria Conception Z.
YouTube Strategist | Content Creator | Author of "How to Start Your Virtual Assistant Business" Book
4.5 / 5 Rating
My main criteria for an editor was that the interface is familiar and most importantly that the renders were in the cloud and super fast. Flixier more than delivered in both. I've now been using it daily to edit Facebook videos for my 1M follower page.
Evgeni Kogan
Evgeni Kogan
4.2 / 5 Rating
I found the user interface to be intuitive. I really love that you can work on other projects while a large project is exporting. The sound enhancements were very helpful to get rid of background noises and increase the quality. I would recommend this program to anyone, it just works. No crashes or buggy. For being a browser based program it really processes videos surprisingly fast.
Rotten Mango
Rotten Mango
Trustpilot
4.3 / 5 Rating
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What I like most about Flixier is the flexibility to edit the captions, both in terms of the text and the time where it starts and finish showing it. It gives you full control.
Franz P.
Franz P.
Trustpilot
4.8 / 5 Rating
This online free program was extremely easy to use, implement, and integrate into my 9-12th grade tech classes. The projects turned out great and were easy to export. I liked having multiple ways to upload pictures. The software was also easy to understand.
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To add text over a video first drag it on your Flixier timeline, next click the Text button in your library and either choose from the built-in motion text or click the Add simple text button. Now you can change the text properties and publish it on YouTube or other social media channels.

In Flixier click the Add Simple Text button, now look over at the inspector tab and click add keyframe. Two points will appear on the text in the timeline. Click on the second one and move the object to a new position. Now play the video by placing the playhead before the first point. The text will move from its original position to the second position. You can add as many keyframes you want to move the text around.

You can use an online editor like Flixier to add Like and Subscribe text to your YouTube video. Our online tool offers professionally animated motion graphics that you can customize with your own colors and channel name and drag over to your video in order to remind your viewers to like and subscribe to your YouTube channels.