A good title tells people what they are about to watch before they decide to look away. It names the clip, sets the tone and gives the first frame something to say. Putting one on a video should take seconds, not an afternoon in an editor.
This page opens the text tool already set up for titles. The title sits across the top of the picture from the first frame, at a size made for headings. You type the words, adjust the colour, and press a button. Your video is never uploaded, because the work happens in your browser.
The guide below explains how the title preset behaves, how to write a title that fits, and how to make it fade from view after a few seconds by ending it early.
How to add a title to a video in four steps
- Drop your video onto the page, or choose it with the button. Add more files if the same title should go on several clips.
- Type your heading into the Text field. The Title quick style is already selected, so the words appear at the top of the preview.
- Choose a Colour. Switch on Outline if the heading must stay clear against a bright sky or a busy background.
- Press Add text. Save the finished file, or download a batch as a zip.
The button is labelled Add text because this page uses the same tool as add text to video. The only difference is the starting point: on this page the Title quick style is already chosen, so you begin with a heading at the top of the frame.
Adding a title does not change the rest of the video. The picture and the sound are kept, and the heading is drawn over the frames. The finished file is an MP4 named after your original, with _text added to the end of the name.
What the Title style sets for you
The Title style is a shortcut for two choices: where the words go and how big they are. It places the text at the top centre of the frame and sets the size to 12% of the video height. That is large enough to act as a heading on a phone screen, and it leaves the main subject of most shots untouched.
The page also starts with the title showing from 0:00, the very first frame. Nothing else is locked. You can still change any control afterwards.
| Quick style | Position | Size | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Top | 12% of the height | Headings and names of a clip |
| Caption | Bottom | 7% of the height | One line of description |
| Centre | Centre | 14% of the height | A single bold statement |
| Lower third | Bottom left | 6% of the height | A name or label |
Move it if the top is busy
Some shots have a face, a sign or a horizon close to the top edge. The Position grid has nine places, so you can slide a title to the top left or top right, or move it down. Picking a different place does not stop the page from being a title page. It only changes where the heading lands.
Resize with the Size slider
The Size slider runs from 3% to 16% of the video height. A short title can go to the top of that range for impact. A longer one reads better at a smaller size, because the line then fits across the frame without wrapping.
Make a title go away after a few seconds
On this page the title stays up for the whole video by default. Many titles work better when they leave. A heading that appears for the first five seconds introduces the clip, then gets out of the way.
To do that, change Show it from The whole time to Only for a part. Two time fields appear. From is already at 0:00, so leave it. Set Until to the moment the title should disappear, for example 0:05. The timeline also shows the range, and the preview dims the title when the playhead is past it.
- Short clips under 15 seconds: two to four seconds is usually enough.
- Longer videos: five seconds or a little more gives viewers time to read.
- Opening and closing titles: run the tool twice, or use a different clip for each.
- Social posts: keep the title up long enough to be read twice, since many viewers scroll past quickly.
The title ends cleanly at the Until time. It does not fade out. If you want the whole picture to fade at the start, use fade in and out as a separate step.
Write a title that fits the frame
Titles are short by nature, and the field helps: it accepts up to 80 characters. Long text wraps onto a new line when it reaches the edge of the frame, but a title looks cleaner on one line or two.
- Lead with the subject: "Lisbon in 60 seconds" tells viewers more than "My trip".
- A long heading wraps onto a new line by itself; there is no way to break it by hand.
- Curly braces and backslashes are dropped as you type, because they would be read as commands. The words between braces stay.
- Pick white for dark footage and ink or yellow for light footage, then check the preview.
Think about the first impression. A title is often the only text a viewer sees before deciding to keep watching, so make it say something specific. A name, a place or a clear promise works better than a vague label. Then look at the preview with fresh eyes: if you cannot read it in a second, it is too long or too small. The letters use Inter Bold, which loads with the page. There is no font menu, so every title you make here has the same clean look.
Private, free and ready for any clip
Everything runs in your browser. The video is never uploaded, and the server does no video work. The tool is free, with no account and no watermark. Video tools are not counted in the free daily limit, which applies to document conversions only. More detail is on the privacy page.
Most files have no size limit. Some, such as certain AVI or WMV files, are handled at a slower pace, and those can be up to 2 GB. Use current Chrome, Edge or Firefox. If your clip is too long or too big to share, compress it after you add the title.
Give your video a title today
To add a title to a video, drop in the clip, type your heading, and press Add text. The Title style puts it across the top at a heading size from the first frame, and one setting under Show it lets it leave after a few seconds.
Open the tool above and add a title to a video of your own. For captions, labels and other text, see add text to video, or browse the full list of video tools.
