How to Add Text to iMovie on iPhone/iPad/Mac - Add Multiple Texts Included

iMovie, as one of the mainstream video editors, makes adding text to video a breeze. With iMovie title effects, you can put a title, add subtitles or captions, and make credits to your video with ease.

However, how do you add multiple text boxes in iMovie? Or, how to use multiple titles in a single clip in iMovie?

Keep reading, and you will learn in this article how to add text and multiple titles in iMovie on Mac and iPhone/iPad.

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Part 1 How to Add Text to iMovie on iPhone/iPad/Mac

Adding text to video, photo, or background clips to iMovie with its title effect is pretty easy. Check the simple tutorial below to learn how to add text/title in iMovie on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

1.1 How to Add Text to iMovie on an iPhone or iPad

Adding text in iMovie on iPhone or iPad is easy. Below are the simple steps you can refer to. While if you wish to add multiple text boxes to one clip in iMovie on your iPhone, there's no such an option allows you to do so. But keep reading to find the best workaround below.

Step 1

Launch iMovie on your iPhone or iPad, click the Plus icon, select Movie, and then tap Create Movie to import the video that you want to add text to.

Step 2

Tap on a clip in the Timeline of your video where you want to add the text, then tap the Text button marked with a T in the inspector at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3

Now, you should see a list of text effect templates; simply pick a text style you like and add it to the clip.

Step 4

After you add text effect to the clip, double-click on the text box to input the content you want, and then you can edit the text, change where the title appears on-screen, and more.

How to Add Text to iMovie on an iPhone or iPad

1.2 How to Add Text to iMovie on a Mac

In iMovie on Mac, there are more different title styles you can choose from and add stunning text to your video and movie. Open your project in iMovie on Mac, and follow the steps below to add text to iMovie on a Mac.

Step 1

After loading the video in the timeline, select Titles in the top toolbar on the left side of the screen.

How to Add Text to iMovie on a Mac - Title Effects

Step 2

Then, you will be given a vast selection of titles, such as standard titles, Lower Third, scrolling credits, and much more, simply pick the one you like and drag and drop it where you want it to appear in your video.

How to Add Text to iMovie on a Mac - Edit

Step 3

To edit the text, double-click the text box to make the text editable. Type your text first, then adjust the font, text size, text alignment, character formatting, and color with the toolbar above the browser until the text looks just right.

Part 2 How to Add Multiple Text Boxes/Titles to iMovie

- How do I add multiple lines of text in iMovie?

- A Question from Apple Community

Many iMovie users are asking for ways to add multiple titles to iMovie. So is it possible to add multiple text boxes in iMovie?

One of the biggest limitations of iMovie is that the timeline only supports two video tracks, and each title counts as one track in iMovie, so, iMovie does not allow users to add multiple titles if you have a video in the background. But that doesn't mean we can't add multiple texts to iMovie in a clip. Here is a workaround for adding multiple titles in iMovie in a single clip.

To add multiple titles or text boxes in a clip in iMovie, you need to split your clip into parts. This will make iMovie "think" those split clips are other clips, apparently, then it allows you to drop more titles in the different clips one by one.

Part 3 Best Way to Add Multiple Texts or Titles via iMovie Alternative

You can have multiple titles in the same clip in iMovie, but they cannot appear over the same frames simultaneously. So how do you combine a centered title with a subtitle or more multiple text effects in one frame?

Here comes FlexClip, a free online iMovie alternative, helping you to add multiple texts and titles in the same clips and over the same frames.

FlexClip offers powerful yet easy-to-use text editing tools to help you add multiple texts to a video with ease in simple steps:

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Step 1

Go to FlexClip video editor and upload the video in which you wish to add multiple texts from your computer or mobile device, then apply it to the Timeline.

How to Add Multiple Texts to Video - Upload

Step 2

Click on the "Text" tab in the left toolbar, add multiple text boxes, and type your words to the video. Also, explore different options and perform customizations accordingly to edit your texts using the top toolbar.

How to Add Multiple Text to Video - Add Text

Step 3

Go to the timeline to adjust the duration of the added texts. Here, you can tweak the text duration and decide the time when the texts appear and disappear by dragging and dropping the text layer.

How to Add Multiple Text to Video - Add Text

Pro Tip: If you're going to add subtitles to your video or iMovie, feel free to try the new auto-subtitle feature of FlexClip and easily put accurate subtitles on your project automatically in clicks.

While you're in the editor, you can use FlexClip's powerful tools to make any other edits you'd like to your video:

• Add transition effects, filters to the video;
• Add watermark, overlays & voice over;
• Split, trim, and rotate the video;

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