Add text to a video.
Free, no watermark.
Type a title or a caption, pick the font, the colors and the place, and choose when it shows. Save a new MP4 with the text in the picture.
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Download a video
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How it works
- Upload the video
Tap Upload video and pick an MP4, MOV, WebM or another video, up to 2 GB.
- Type your text
The editor opens on Text with “Your text” on the video. Type your own words — press Enter for a new line — and set Start and End to choose when it shows.
- Style and save
Pick a look or your own font, size and colors, an outline, a box or a shadow, and one of nine places — a corner too — or drag the text on the video. Then tap Add text & get link.
A title, a caption or a note
The first text shows for the whole video. Tap Add text for another one: it starts where the video is paused and lasts up to 3 seconds, and you can change its Start and End. Texts that show at the same time stack one under the other.
Fonts, colors and place
Pick a look such as Classic, TikTok or Netflix, or set the font — Sans, Serif, Mono, Anton, Bebas Neue, Pacifico or Bangers — the size, the colors, an outline, a box or a shadow, and the place: one of nine spots — a corner, an edge or the middle — or drag the text anywhere on the video. Put your name or @handle in a corner and it stays there for the whole video. All the texts on one video share one look and one place. The preview on the video changes as you go.
What you see is what you get
A long line wraps to fit the width of the video, and the preview shows the lines just as they will be in the saved video. Other alphabets work too — Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Thai. Emoji are left out of the video.
Burned into the picture
The text becomes part of the picture, so it shows everywhere the video plays — on Instagram, TikTok and WhatsApp too. You get a new MP4 with its own link, and your original video does not change.
Add text to video: questions
How do I add text to a video?
Upload the video. The editor opens with “Your text” on it — type your words, pick a look and tap Add text & get link.
Can I choose when the text appears?
Yes. Each text has a Start and an End, in seconds. You can also drag its block on the timeline.
Can I add more than one text?
Yes. Tap Add text again. Each one has its own words and times; texts that show at the same time stack one under the other.
Can I put the text in a corner?
Yes. Pick one of the nine spots under Position — a corner, an edge or the middle — or drag the text on the video to put it anywhere. Margin sets the space from the top or bottom edge.
Is it free, without a watermark?
Yes. No sign-up, and BasePic adds no watermark or logo of its own.
How long can the video be?
Adding text works on videos up to 15 minutes long. Trim a longer video first.