How to Add Text to Videos in Camtasia

Your screen recordings of gameplay, online tutorials, or any other visual content you can think of will look more attractive and engaging if you combine images with text. Applying text to your videos in Camtasia 9 or any previous version of the software is a simple process that even people with no editing experience can master in a short period of time. Creating the credits at the end of your video or pointing out the most important things for the topic you are covering in your tutorial will make your videos look more professional.

We have gathered all the essential information you need to have before you embark on an adventure of adding text to your videos in Camtasia. So let's have a look at some of the fun and easy ways to enrich your videos with text in all sorts of different shapes and sizes.     

Part 1: How to add text to videos in Camtasia

Section 1: How to Add Text with Annotation Callout

In order to be able to add text to the videos you first need to import the video into Camtasia's video editor and make sure you completed all other editing operations before you begin adding text effects on the video in question.

• Once your video clips are ready, click on the 'Annotations' tab, by doing so you'll be able to access the annotations sub-menu that contains several different Callouts options.

The software allows you to choose between several Callouts in different shapes and sizes with colorful backgrounds that may be a really interesting solution for less formal videos, while ABC Callouts enable you to enter text with a transparent background.

Users can choose from a plethora of different Callouts styles such as Abstract, Bold, or Urban that can be accessed by clicking on the styles drop-down menu located at the top of the sub-menu.

• After you've decided which Callout fits the visual style of your video the best simply click on it and the text box will appear on the video editor's screen and on the timeline.
• A fully adjustable text box containing generic text will appear on the screen, double click on it to remove the text and enter the text you want to add to your video.

You can stretch it out or place it anywhere you want on the screen by simply dragging the text box to the desired location on the screen.

• After adding a Callout to your video a menu that allows you to select the font, size, style, and alignment will emerge in the upper right corner of Camtasia's video editor. This sub-menu also enables you to select the background color for the Callouts that don't have a transparent background.

You can place the Callout to a precise location on the timeline simply by dragging a placing it there, while you can adjust its duration by dragging the effect's end left or right.

Section 2: How to Make You Text Striking?

If you would like to make your text look lively, click on the Behavior tab in the Camtasia video editor's main menu.  Behaviors can be added to images, plain text, video clips, Callouts or shape annotations with the purpose of adding animation. Camtasia 9 offers a number of different Behaviors that create different animated movements when applied. Adding these animated presets to text Callouts is done by dragging and placing the Behavior on the Callout. After you've completed this action, click on the properties icon to set all the parameters for the desired motion effect. Some Behaviors are designed only for Plain Text Annotations so you might want to experiment with the different options before selecting the effect that you want to be featured in your video. You cannot set the duration of the Behavior and once it is applied it lasts for the whole duration of the Callout.

Part 2: Using Wondershare DemoCreator to Add Text

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DemoCreator screen recording and video editing software offer a lot of different ways to add text to your videos, but its users could expect more out of a program that costs as much as professional editing software. Wondershare DemoCreator is a reliable and certainly more affordable option that allows you to add text to your images in many different ways. If you would like to add text to your videos in DemoCreator go to the Text Effect library and drag the effect you want to use on the timeline. Double click on the effect to enter the text you want and if for some reason you want the remove the effect you applied, select it and click the delete key on your keyboard.

Those users who are working on larger projects can create multiple text tracks that enable them to arrange text effects more efficiently. Wondershare DemoCreator video editor is a powerful editing tool that offers a lot of text effects that will make your videos look professional and visually engaging. You can purchase a lifetime license to use this software for just $59,99.

If you are looking for a more affordable screen recording software that allows you to edit the screened videos too, we recommend you to try DemoCreator Screen Recorder Software. This recorder can record up to 120FPS, recording the screen and the webcam simultaneously. At now, you can get it at $19.99. Download and figure out the features now.