Under the “Backgrounds” tab on the left-hand side, right next to Titles, there are some animated backgrounds there that you could use if you wanted to. If you wanted to add a title screen with a solid color background, for example, you can follow these next steps. There are a whole bunch of effects to choose from. There are a lot of great effects like prism, credit roll, vertical drift, and so on. We’re going to hit the little blue checkmark here once we’re done and you can see what it looks like. If you click on the little white box on the upper side of the preview window, you’re going to get the color wheel so you can actually select what colors you want the text to be. You can choose bold, italic or you can have it outlined. Usually, I like to keep things pretty much the same and you can even have it selected. You could mix those fonts up a little bit if you really wanted to. We can also change our typeface to anything we really want. All I have to do is double-click on those and then I’m able to edit them. Then the title is just simply laid over the top of that and it’s automatically animated. If you scrub through it, you can see the video behind there playing. That’s the way that we want it to be for this example. You will see that the title is over top of the actual video that is on your track right there. Once you’ve decided, you’re just going to click the effect and drag it down to your timeline. You can explore those effects on your own and see what might work for you.
There’s a pixie dust effect, boogie lights, and many more. You can see how those are going to actually look. You’ll see in the preview window exactly what they will look like when they are animated. There’s a ton to choose from, and all you have to do is just roll your cursor over those effects. That is where you can find all of the predesigned pre-animated titles that iMovie already has for you. There’s an “Audio” area, and there’s the “Titles” section. On the left-hand side of your iMovie, you have your “media” bin where all of your project files are. I created a title here called, “It’s Slime Time” and it has a little animation. That’s a really cool way to start with your titles. The first way that I want to show you would be a text overlay title, so the text is overlaid over the top of your video clips.
At this point, you may be wondering how to make your videos look really cool with some title screens? How do you put words on your screen? #1: Add Text Overlay Title I covered how to get started in iMovie as a complete beginner. If you’ve been following along in my iMovie for Beginners series, we started off in the last blog by editing my “How to Make Slime” video inside of iMovie. Actually, I’m gonna show you four different ways to create and add titles within iMovie using iMovie’s tools, and using one of my favorite tools to bring some custom titles into iMovie as well. However, for this video, we’re going to be talking about iMovie on your Mac. Related: How to Create Custom Thumbnails 4 Ways to Add Text and Titles in iMovieĪs you probably already know, iMovie is an app for your iPhone and your iPad. But there are also other ways to customize your titles and tags, so we’ll cover both ways here. Well, fortunately, all of these capabilities are baked right into iMovie, which is awesome. Maybe you want it to be a little bit polished. Of course, you probably want your video to look great. All of the simple steps that you needed to take to start your project in iMovie. If you have been following along in this “iMovie for Beginners” series, then you have probably read my blog post on how to get started, how to get set up, and how to start editing on iMovie. In this blog, you’re going to learn how to add text in iMovie, including how to add titles, animated titles, credits, callouts, and so much more. Add Text in iMovie Adding Text and Title to Your Videos Some product links in this post are affiliate links, and I will be compensated when you purchase by clicking our links.
Add text in iMovie! In this blog, you’ll discover how to add text and titles to videos in iMovie, plus create custom titles, transparent backgrounds, and animated text in iMovie.