You’ll then see all of the options you have to adjust your text across the top of the Viewer. Click the Title clip in your Timeline and then click the Title Settings button above the Viewer. You can change the font style, size, color, format, and alignment of the text in your subtitle or caption too. Click the Clip Information (small letter “i”) button above the Viewer and enter a number of seconds in the Duration.You’ll see the duration change as you do this. Drag one of the edges to lengthen or shorten it.Select the title clip in the Timeline and then do one of the following: You can length or shorten how long the text appears on the screen a couple of different ways. And you probably want to add more subtitles or captions for a single clip.įor instance, if your clip is one minute long but you need five subtitles within that one-minute clip, you can do this just as easily. Once you add a Title to use as your subtitle and caption, you may need to adjust its duration. Adjusting and adding more subtitles or captions Alternatively, you can drag a title to the Timeline and drop it on the clip.ĥ) Go up to the Viewer where you see the text box for the title and enter your own text. To see how one will look before choosing it, just move your cursor over it from left to right and you’ll see it’s preview in the Viewer.Ĥ) With your clip selected in the Timeline, you can double-click the title you pick to add it. You’ll likely want one that sits at the bottom of the screen like those labeled Lower, Lower Third, or Reveal Lower Third. Open iMovie on your Mac to the project you want to use subtitles or captions in and then follow these steps.ġ) Select the clip in your Timeline where you want to insert the text.Ģ) Click Titles in the Browser at the top.ģ) Choose a style for the title. Adding a subtitle or caption in iMovie on Mac In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to add subtitles or captions in iMovie on your Mac. While there isn’t currently an official subtitle or caption feature, it can still be done using the Titles options. If you’re creating a movie or video that requires subtitles for another language, captions for narration, or instructions for a tutorial, you can do this in iMovie on Mac easily.

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