Titles, lower thirds and captions in your music video
Text overlays are titles and captions that you place on the timeline: an intro title with the song and the artist, a lower third with a name, a section label such as Chorus, or an end card. Musaic has nine presets, eleven ways to animate a text in and out, and four backgrounds. Text overlays are free.
Musaic - Recording Studio is free for iPhone and iPad. Where a step needs Musaic Pro, the guide says so.
You need: Nothing extra. Text overlays are free.
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Open the Timeline
Move the playhead to where the text should start and tap +.
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Choose Title or Text
Under Overlays, Title adds an Intro Title of 4 seconds, Text adds Free Text.
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Pick a preset
Intro Title, Lower Third, Typewriter, Pop Caption, Kinetic Word, CTA / Follow, Section Label, End Card or Free Text.
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Animate it
Choose how the text comes in and goes out: None, Fade, Pop, Slide, Typewriter, Bounce, Rise, Blur, Line Reveal, Bar Wipe or Mask Rise. The background can be None, Bar, Pill or Glass.
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Place and time it
Drag the text on the picture, and drag its clip on the timeline to set when it shows.
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Intro Title
Song title and artist, revealed line by line.
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Lower Third
Name and role at the lower left, on a bar.
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Kinetic Word
One big word, pulsing on the beat.
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CTA / Follow
A call to action with an icon and confetti.
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Section Label
Chorus, Verse and the like, at the start of each part.
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End Card
The closing card at the end of the video.
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Can a text follow the beat?
Kinetic Word pulses on the beat. The other presets animate in and out at the start and end of their clip.
Musaic - Recording Studio is free on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, with weekly challenges and Ideas. Musaic Pro adds lyrics, animations, chord detection and Audio Lab, and removes the watermark.
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Written for Musaic 1.4.0.