{"id":71762,"date":"2022-09-16T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elements.blog-cms.envato.net\/?p=40219"},"modified":"2025-11-30T10:33:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T23:33:45","slug":"add-text-to-videos-in-premiere-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/add-text-to-videos-in-premiere-pro","title":{"rendered":"How to add text to videos using Premiere Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just about every film and video project involves adding text. Here\u2019s how you can do that quickly and easily in Adobe Premiere Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video Tutorial<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How to Add Text in Premiere Pro\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jj6RSKwzDvI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read on for the step-by-step written instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Text Might You Add to a Film?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even the simplest video can benefit from adding words on screen. Here are a few common ways to use text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/photography.tutsplus.com\/articles\/how-and-why-to-keep-your-video-titles-simple--cms-32647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">Titles<\/a>: these are usually a visually creative way of engaging your audience from the beginning of the film.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/photography.tutsplus.com\/articles\/how-and-why-to-create-great-lower-thirds-for-video--cms-32940\" target=\"_self\">Lower Thirds<\/a>: Information presented as text, like the name and title of an interviewee in a documentary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Credits: Some can come at the start too, but usually these are at the end, displaying everyone\u2019s role in the film.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Descriptors or dialogue: Help move the story along or explain things that don\u2019t come across in the audio. This might include closed captions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Add Basic Text in Premiere Pro Using the Type Tool<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To add simple text, Premiere Pro has everything you need built in. If you want to do something a little fancier, <a href=\"https:\/\/photography.tutsplus.com\/articles\/after-effects-vs-premiere-pro-motion-graphics-and-video-editing--cms-33442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">you might also need After Effects<\/a>. Premiere Pro will let you change things like font, color, size, and certain types of animation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1: Select the Type Tool (T)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Select the <strong>Type Tool <\/strong>and drag a box onto your video to write some text. If you don\u2019t have this tool visible, you may need to go to <strong>Windows &gt; Tools <\/strong>and click and hold on the <strong>Type Tool.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1-type-tool.jpg\" alt=\"Premiere Pro Type Tool\" class=\"wp-image-85520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1-type-tool.jpg 850w, https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1-type-tool-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1-type-tool-768x740.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Edit Your Text<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open up the <strong>Essential Graphics<\/strong> panel (<strong>Window <\/strong>&gt;<strong> Essential Graphics<\/strong>) and you\u2019ll be able to make basic edits to your text like font changes, size, color, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2-essential-graphics.jpg\" alt=\"Premiere Pro Essential Graphics\" class=\"wp-image-85521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2-essential-graphics.jpg 850w, https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2-essential-graphics-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2-essential-graphics-768x323.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Add Animation to Your Text (Optional)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to add some basic animation to your text, then you can use the <strong>Effect Controls<\/strong> panel, where you can add motion. You might use <strong>keyframes <\/strong>to add a spinning effect on a title or create rolling credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3-effects-control.jpg\" alt=\"Premiere Pro Effects Control\" class=\"wp-image-85522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3-effects-control.jpg 850w, https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3-effects-control-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3-effects-control-768x448.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All in all, this is a very quick and simple, but fairly limited way of creating text for your video\u2014for many films, this may be all that\u2019s required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advanced Text in Premiere Pro Using a Template<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I mentioned earlier that you might need After Effects in order to do some fancier motion graphics, and while that\u2019s true, the clever bods at Adobe have made it so that you can use motion graphics templates in Premiere Pro in a much more integrated way. Even if you need After Effects to be installed to use some templates to their full potential, you\u2019ll still get by on your knowledge of Premiere Pro rather than needing to learn After Effects too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are three great text templates from <a href=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\">Envato Elements<\/a> for Adobe Premiere Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. <a href=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/clean-titles-lower-thirds-mogrt-for-premiere-pro-VAG8RWL\">Clean Titles &amp; Lower Thirds | MOGRT for Premiere Pro<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This nifty pack contains stylish, clean lower thirds and matching titles which will fit with most projects and keep your text consistent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"elements-gallery\">\n    <div class=\"elements-gallery__slider\">\n        <div class=\"slider\">\n            <div class=\"slider__items swiper-wrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"slider__item swiper-slide\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            class=\"slider__image\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/elements-resized.envatousercontent.com\/elements-video-cover-images\/files\/246248712\/clean_titles_preview_image.jpg?format=auto&#038;h=506&#038;w=900&#038;cf_fit=crop&#038;s=4703ed44ecdd4dc2a4e76d1aeb244abc2eabe455da182c33a0ff3778434b014c\"\n                            alt=\"Clean Titles &amp; Lower Thirds  | MOGRT for Premiere Pro\"\n                        >\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"slider__controls\">\n                <a class=\"slider__control slider__control--prev\" href=\"#\">\n                    &lt;\n                <\/a>\n                <a class=\"slider__control slider__control--next\" href=\"#\">\n                    &gt;\n                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"elements-gallery__info\">\n        <div class=\"elements-gallery__info-left\">\n            <h3 class=\"elements-gallery__title\">\n                Clean Titles &amp; Lower Thirds  | MOGRT for Premiere Pro            <\/h3>\n\n            <div class=\"elements-gallery__meta\">\n                By\n                <a class=\"elements-gallery__meta-link elements-gallery__meta-link--author\" href=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/user\/MotionRevolver\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    MotionRevolver                <\/a>\n                in\n                <a class=\"elements-gallery__meta-link elements-gallery__meta-link--category\" href=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/video-templates\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    Video Templates                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"elements-gallery__info-right\">\n            <a class=\"elements-gallery__more\" href=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/clean-titles-lower-thirds-mogrt-for-premiere-pro-VAG8RWL\" target=\"_blank\">\n                View more\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. <a href=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/simple-titles-l-lower-thirds-V7JRE4Q\">Simple Titles l Lower Thirds<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These easy-to-edit titles use free fonts to make installing and using them really easy. They\u2019re in a flat and clean style, designed to work with a range of films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"elements-gallery\">\n    <div class=\"elements-gallery__slider\">\n        <div class=\"slider\">\n            <div class=\"slider__items swiper-wrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"slider__item swiper-slide\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            class=\"slider__image\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/elements-resized.envatousercontent.com\/elements-video-cover-images\/files\/244788818\/1920new.jpg?format=auto&#038;h=506&#038;w=900&#038;cf_fit=crop&#038;s=cb20f4e4ce03dbc19536156b8dd9b28de678c4ee82c55537781d9d4102b2c581\"\n                            alt=\"Simple Titles l Lower Thirds\"\n                        >\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"slider__controls\">\n                <a class=\"slider__control slider__control--prev\" href=\"#\">\n                    &lt;\n                <\/a>\n                <a class=\"slider__control slider__control--next\" href=\"#\">\n                    &gt;\n                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"elements-gallery__info\">\n        <div class=\"elements-gallery__info-left\">\n            <h3 class=\"elements-gallery__title\">\n                Simple Titles l Lower Thirds            <\/h3>\n\n            <div class=\"elements-gallery__meta\">\n                By\n                <a class=\"elements-gallery__meta-link elements-gallery__meta-link--author\" href=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/user\/i-Minimalist\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    i-Minimalist                <\/a>\n                in\n                <a class=\"elements-gallery__meta-link elements-gallery__meta-link--category\" href=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/video-templates\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    Video Templates                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"elements-gallery__info-right\">\n            <a class=\"elements-gallery__more\" href=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/simple-titles-l-lower-thirds-V7JRE4Q\" target=\"_blank\">\n                View more\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. <a href=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/callouts-for-premiere-pro-and-after-effects-RAK6BNE\">CallOuts | For Premiere Pro and After Effects<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This download contains options for both Premiere Pro and After Effects. There are three styles\u2014left, right, and center\u2014and sound effects are included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"elements-gallery\">\n    <div class=\"elements-gallery__slider\">\n        <div class=\"slider\">\n            <div class=\"slider__items swiper-wrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"slider__item swiper-slide\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            class=\"slider__image\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/elements-resized.envatousercontent.com\/elements-video-cover-images\/files\/330936566\/0148_Image_Preview.jpg?format=auto&#038;h=506&#038;w=900&#038;cf_fit=crop&#038;s=297ff4174d00d1aa6e39f0bc945b1db6dc4d3e7c542201d36c1e0f3cf809f093\"\n                            alt=\"CallOuts | For Premiere Pro and After Effects\"\n                        >\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"slider__controls\">\n                <a class=\"slider__control slider__control--prev\" href=\"#\">\n                    &lt;\n                <\/a>\n                <a class=\"slider__control slider__control--next\" href=\"#\">\n                    &gt;\n                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"elements-gallery__info\">\n        <div class=\"elements-gallery__info-left\">\n            <h3 class=\"elements-gallery__title\">\n                CallOuts | For Premiere Pro and After Effects            <\/h3>\n\n            <div class=\"elements-gallery__meta\">\n                By\n                <a class=\"elements-gallery__meta-link elements-gallery__meta-link--author\" href=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/user\/CandyMustache\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    CandyMustache                <\/a>\n                in\n                <a class=\"elements-gallery__meta-link elements-gallery__meta-link--category\" href=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/video-templates\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    Video Templates                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"elements-gallery__info-right\">\n            <a class=\"elements-gallery__more\" href=\"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/callouts-for-premiere-pro-and-after-effects-RAK6BNE\" target=\"_blank\">\n                View more\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Great Premiere Pro Articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to master Premiere Pro from start to finish, try our fabulous (and free) <a href=\"https:\/\/photography.tutsplus.com\/courses\/introduction-to-video-editing-in-adobe-premiere-pro\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Premiere tutorial<\/a> with David Bode. You&#8217;ll learn everything you need to know about editing video in this powerful software suite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or try this selection of helpful tutorials and articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/photography.tutsplus.com\/tutorials\/how-to-color-grade-video-in-premiere-pro-quickly-with-presets--cms-33320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Use LUTs to Color Grade Video in Premiere Pro (Picture Style Presets)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/photography.tutsplus.com\/articles\/how-best-to-import-files-into-adobe-premiere-pro--cms-33290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Get Your Video Files Into Premiere Pro (Best Import Methods)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/photography.tutsplus.com\/articles\/how-best-to-import-files-into-adobe-premiere-pro--cms-33290#page-body\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/photography.tutsplus.com\/tutorials\/3-top-lut-picture-style-and-colour-grading-presets-for-premiere-pro--cms-33028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Colourful Preset Packs to Add Picture Styles to Video Using Premiere Pro (LUTs)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/photography.tutsplus.com\/tutorials\/3-top-lut-picture-style-and-colour-grading-presets-for-premiere-pro--cms-33028#page-body\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just about every film and video project involves adding text; learn how in this quick tutorial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":86312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247,152,142],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editing","category-premiere-pro","category-video-filmmaking"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elements.envato.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}