Final output —Caption added

Add Text to Video

Add Text to Video overlays a caption on your clip — a title, a subtitle, a call-out or a watermark. Choose where it sits, how big it is, its colour, and whether it has an outline or a background plate for readability over busy footage. A live preview shows the caption in place, and the export burns it into every frame, all in your browser.

How to use Add Text to Video

01
Upload

Add your video

Drop a clip in; it plays in the preview with your caption overlaid live.

02
Customize

Write and place the text

Type your caption, then pick a position, size and colour, with optional outline or background plate.

03
Process

Export

Export to burn the text onto the video and download the captioned clip.

What is Add Text to Video?

Add Text to Video overlays a caption on your clip — a title, a subtitle, a call-out or a watermark. Choose where it sits, how big it is, its colour, and whether it has an outline or a background plate for readability over busy footage. A live preview shows the caption in place, and the export burns it into every frame, all in your browser.

Key features & benefits

Free to use
Runs in your browser
No installation
Private processing
Fast processing
Easy download

Supported formats

MP4MOVWebMAVIMKV
Max file size — bounded by your device's memoryProcessing — 100% in your browser

Frequently asked questions

Yes — place it at the top, middle or bottom and choose a size. An outline or background plate keeps it readable over any footage.

Yes — the text is overlaid across every frame. For captions that change over time, use the full editor.

The caption is rendered with the same canvas the preview uses, sized to the video's real resolution, so the exported frame matches what you positioned.

Yes — Add Text to Video is completely free. There's no account, sign-up, watermark or limit on the core tool.

No. This tool runs entirely in your browser — your file is processed on your own device and never leaves it. The only network request is an anonymous usage counter.

No. It runs in any modern browser — Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox, Brave — with nothing to download or install.