Magix Video: Insert text into video - how it works
In the professional video editing software "Magix Video Deluxe" you can insert texts along with numerous other effects. This will make your clips more appealing. In this article we will tell you how to do this.
Magix Video Deluxe: Insert text over video - how it works
With the video editing program "Magix Video Deluxe", ambitious filmmakers can cut, design, edit and then export or burn their clips. In this guide, we explain how you can insert text into your video and skillfully stage it.
- Start "Magix" and open an existing or a new video project into which text is to be inserted.
- After successful import, click on the "Title" tab (see screenshot).
- In the preview window, hold down the left mouse button and open a text field. A black window opens with the marked content "Title". Enter your desired text in this field.
- Under the "General" button you can change the type, size, position and color of the font. You can also set various overlay animations and other effects for your text. Tip: Select your text to follow the changes directly in the preview window.
- You can save your text settings for this text field using the small tick in the upper corner of the text window (see screenshot). The text is then inserted into your video and automatically displayed in a video editing track. You can move this text field anywhere in the track and assign it to a video sequence, for example.
Magix Video Deluxe: Move the inserted text into the video
How to put your finished text in the right place in your video:
- Switch from the "Title" tab to "Effects".
- Select your text in the respective track and click on "Position / Size" under "Motion Effects". Your text field is selected and you can move it to a desired position in the video preview window (see screenshot).
- You can adjust the size individually using the small orange squares on your text field.
Magix Video Deluxe: The all-rounder for video editing
In addition to various text effects, a good picture-in-picture effect in Magix Video Deluxe ensures more dynamism.