How to Add Text to a Video Online or with Desktop Tool

Adding text to a video can help viewers better understand the video content. You can add a title, use annotation, and insert subtitles to your videos. It’s typically done to add text to video in the editing phase before the video is rendered.

How to add text to a video free on Windows 10/11? Here are some free ways you can do to get the job done easily. For example, you can use a versatile video editor, Photos app for Windows 10/11 and online tools are also good ways to go. Just read on for more detailed guides.

How to Add Text to Video with Video Editor

iTop Screen Recorder has a built-in free video editor that packs common video editing features, including adding text to videos, all in a touch-friendly interface. You can add text to videos with options to customize text, for example, set the font, style, color, position, and size, to name a few. There’s no limit on the video length you import. You can export video with text in up to 4K UHD. There are more video editing options available with the video editor, ensuring that you get the basics and advanced editing accomplished. The tool enables you to add filters, transitions, effects, and subtitles to your video, split, cut, trim, and combine clips.

The tool is our top pick for its useful yet powerful editing abilities and ease of use. Follow the guide below to add text to video on Windows 10/11.

Step 1. Free download iTop Screen Recorder on your Windows PC, install and launch the versatile iTop Screen Recorder and Video Editor.

Step 2. Click the Video Editor button under the Tools section on the left panel. The Video Editor screen appears. Drag and drop the video to which you want to add text. Alternatively, click the Add media plus icon and select the video from your PC to load.

Step 3. Click the Text icon in the left panel, then select the text style you want and click the Add to timeline icon to add the text. Customize the text font, style, color, size, position, etc. as you wish.

Step 4. Click the Export button to save the video with text on your Windows PC. It’s quite the same the add stickers, transitions, filters, and effects to your video on Windows with iTop Video Editor.

iTop Screen Recorder focuses on screen video recording, enables you to record screen on Windows 10/11, and capture various videos (such as webinars, games, streaming videos and so on) in 1080p/4K without lagging. Plus the built-in video editor, you can record and edit video on Windows at one stop.

How to Add Text to Video in Photos App

Windows 10/11 comes with a built-in image viewer and editor - Photos app. The Photos app is not just an image viewer but also has some hidden video editing tools, and one of these tools allows you to add text to video free. Of course, since it’s a basic tool, you won’t have many advanced options to customize your text for the video. You cannot add more than one text to the entire video. The Photos app lacks the feature to add subtitles to videos. Here’s how to add text to a video in the Photos app. 

Step 1. Launch the Photos app on your Windows PC. Open its video editor window.

Step 2. Click on the video to which you’d like to add text under the Storyboard. Click the Text feature in the toolbar. Or just right-click on the video and select Edit > Text.

Step 3. Type the text in the Text box on the screen. On the right Text panel, you can select your desired font style and layout.

Step 4. Set the duration of the text. Drag the slider bar to set the duration of the text for the video. Click the play button to preview the text for the video.

Step 5. Click the blue Done button at the bottom right corner to apply the text and settings. That’s it.

Option. If you want to remove the text, you can click the video, select the Text option, and click the cross button next to the text in the typing section. Simply pressing the Backspace key also removes the text. You don’t have to delete the whole video

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How to Add Text to Video Online for Free

A number of online video editor services have the basic feature to let you add text to video online free. You can use online tools directly via a web browser on Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and other operating systems. Here we pick Kapwing to do the job for its ease of use and well-designed interface. Use the following steps to learn how to add text to a video online. Note that the free version will export videos in 720p with a watermark. You can only edit videos 7 mins long.

Step 1. Open the Kapwing Add Test page. Click the Choose a video button and select a video to upload.

Step 2. Once the video is uploaded, open the Text tab in the left panel, select the text style and type the text to your video. On the right section, you can customize the text, such as text outline, text background color, font, opacity, and more. It also lets you make more edits by adding effects/pinned layers, animated stickers, etc.

Step 3. When you’ve all set, click the "Export Video" button in the top right-hand corner to export the video with text added. Then download the customized video from Kapwing. You can also share the video URL to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, and other social platforms directly from Kapwing. The time it takes to add text to video free also depends on the video length and your network connection speed.

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Conclusion

That’s how to add text to video on Windows. There are many tools to play around with to add text to video free, for example, you can use Windows built-in video editor - Photos App, and the online tool Kapwing. Sadly, the Photos app is missing a number of features. You cannot add more than one text to a clip and you cannot add subtitles to your videos. Kapwing free version has video length and quality limits. iTop Screen Recorder, despite being a free screen recorder and video editor, has a solid array of video editing features and text-adding options. Get iTop Screen Recorder right now and edit your videos like a pro.