Add text to videos

Easy: give WeVideo a try! Head to the app store to download our free apps for iOS or Android, or jump into our browser-based version instead.

Upload your clip, play around with dozens of customizable text overlays and text animations, and then export your file when you're done.

Yep! With our all-in-one video editor, you can adjust text styles however you like. We recommend choosing a font and color that matches your branding elements and stays relatively consistent across videos and marketing channels.

Pro tip: save a Brand Kit to make sure your custom fonts, logo, watermark, and other brand assets are always on point — no matter who adds text to which video.

Adding text to a GIF is just as easy as adding text to a video. When you’re exporting your file from WeVideo, choose the Export as GIF option. That's it!

WeVideo supports the following audio formats: AIF, MP3, M4A, OGG, WAV, and WMA.

WeVideo also supports the following video formats: 3GP, 3GPP, AVI, DIVX, DV, FLV, M4V, MJPEG, MKV, MOD, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, M2TS, MTS, MXF, OGV, WEBM, and WMV.

The best answer will depend on how you plan to use your video. Generally speaking, though, some good ideas for text include intro animations, end screens (with some kind of call to action), subtitles/captions, and in-video annotations.

Think about it like this. The main purpose of text is usually to draw the eye, to add extra context, to provide a next step, or to make video content more accessible to people with limited sight or hearing. So once you've created a first draft of any clip, rewatch it with an eye toward these aspects — then use WeVideo to add text wherever it could be helpful.