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.

Tip

All Text strips in a video sequence can be exported as a SubRip file. This is useful when using Text Strips as subtitles.

Options

Text
The actual text displayed.

Style

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.

Layout

Location X/Y
Positions the text on the X, Y axis.
Alignment X/Y
Horizontal (X) or vertical (Y) alignment of the text relative to the location.
Wrap Width
Wraps the text by the percentage of the frame width, setting this to zero disables word wrapping.

Example

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Text Effect.