Text Strips

The Text strip allows you to directly display text in the Sequence editor. The strip will display the text inserted in its text field on the final sequence.

Options

Text
The actual text displayed.
Font
Data-Block Menu to choose which font-file is used to render the text.
Size
Size of the text.
Color
The text color.
Shadow
Creates a shadow under the text.
Align X, Y
Horizontal (X) or vertical (Y) alignment of the text relative to the location.
Location X, Y
Positions the text on the X, Y axis.
Wrap Width
Wraps the text by the percentage of the frame width, setting this to zero disables word wrapping.
Export Subtitles
Exporting subtitles in .srt format is also supported. The exported subtitles contain all text strips in the sequence editing.

Example

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Text Effect.