

Copy a line from TextEdit and paste it into the title block. While you could hand-type the text, we recommend you copy and paste the text that aligns with the frames you’re working on. Enter the title text snippet from the captions file In our example, we used Avenir Heavy font, 70 pt font size, bold, and outlined. It’s a tedious process to go back and change these settings later on. Take your time on this step to get the look and feel you want for your subtitles. The default setting for the Standard Lower Third title is left-aligned, with two rows of titles: one bold, one thin.įor both rows of titles: center-align the text and match the font styles with the same font, size, boldness, and outline. This title will offer you the best take at an industry standard-looking subtitle.

Add A ‘Standard Lower Third’ Title to the Timeline

To get started, open your iMovie project and go to the Titles menu. Have the SRT captions file open in TextEdit to easily reference the timecode for each title block to be created. To create burn-in subtitles (open captions) in iMovie, you will use the Titles tool to manually enter captions into your iMovie project timeline. No, you cannot import an SRT file directly into iMovie for automatic subtitles.
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How to Add Captions and Subtitles in iMovie in 2021
