How to Add Text to Video | MiniTool Tutorial [Help]

MiniTool MovieMaker offers Titles, Captions as well as Credits to help users optimize movies. Users can click Text to access the text library.

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Add Title/Credits

  1. Find a suitable title/credits, then drag the title/credits from the text effect library to the timeline, or click the + button to put title/credits in the right place.
  2. Edit the text as users like. Any changes of the text is real-time that no confirmation is needed.
  3. To start from scratch, just hit the Reset button.

add title and end credits

Add Caption (Subtitle)

  1. Select the video or image.
  2. Click Caption.
  3. Select the desired caption mode, and then click the + button or simply drag the desired caption to text track above the target video/image.
  4. Change the text as you prefer.

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Split/Trim Text

  1. Split text: Users can select the text clip, drag the playhead to the place you want the split to occur, and click the scissor icon on the playhead (or click the scissor icon toolbar and choose Quick Split).
  2. Trim text: Users can change the duration of a clip in your timeline by moving the clip’s start point or end point.

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Note: The text on title and credits clips can’t be split or trimmed.

Delete Text

Delete title and credits

There are two approaches to delete unwanted title or credits.

  1. Select the title clip or credits clip, click the trash icon or press Delete on the keyboard.
  2. Right-click the title/credits clip and choose Delete from the pop-up window.

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Delete caption

There are two options to delete caption:

  1. Select the text clip, click the trash icon or press Delete on the keyboard.
  2. Right-click the text clip and choose Delete from the pop-up window.

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Note: Deleting the text of the title and credits clip requires the removal of the whole title and credits clip. If users add text to the footage they imported, it’s possible to remove text but remain photo or video clips.

Add/Delete Empty Track

MiniTool MovieMaker offers three text tracks for users. To add a text track:

  1. Click the T icon on the bottom left.
  2. Select Add Empty Track, and then drag the caption to this new track. Clicking the + icon on the caption thumbnail won’t work.

add text track

If users create more tracks than they need, simply click Delete Empty Track to remove the unnecessary ones.

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