How to Add Text Over a Movie in Premiere

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You can add subtitles, credits, special messages or text-based instructions to your Adobe Premiere 4 movies - whatever you fancy. It's a snap.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

  • Adobe Premiere

Step1
Open or create a project.
Step2
Open the File menu and select New, then Title.
Step3
Use the text tool to enter your text into the Text window.
Step4
Edit your text with the commands in the Title menu.
Step5
Open the File menu and select Save As, then save and name your title.
Step6
From the Clip window, locate the frame that you want to contain the text.
Step7
With that frame displayed, drag the Clip window into the Title window. You can now see how your text will look in the frame that is to contain it.
Step8
Modify as needed.
Step9
Drag your text into a Superimpose Track on the Construction window. Place your text under the frame that's going to display it.
Step10
Click on your text clip to select it.
Step11
From the Clip menu, click on Transparency.
Step12
Select key settings in the box that appears. Make any adjustments that may apply to the specific key setting.
Step13
Click OK.
Step14
From the Construction window, drag your text clip to cover the number of frames that will display it.
Step15
Preview your movie using the Make Snapshot command from the Make menu.
Step16
Save your project.

Tips & Warnings

  • You can experiment with drop shadows, shapes, colors and other variations.

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