Add text overlay to edited video

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Add text overlays to your video to identify speakers, show chapter titles on-screen, emphasize certain captions, and more. 

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Step by step

1. Log in to your Riverside account.
2. Open a recording in the editor or upload an external file to start editing.

3. Click and select the part of transcript for when you want the overlay to appear.
4. On the context menu, click Add and choose  Text.
   • Or click the timeline to move the scrubber to the desired starting point. Then in the toolbar on the right, click Text.
5. Type new text or use Riverside's suggestions.
6. From the menu bar, change the text overlay's style, typeface, font size, color, capitalization, and alignment.
7. Click ••• [the three dots] on the menu to change the text's layer, duplicate, or remove it.
8. Adjust the text overlay's duration on the timeline.

Learn more

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