Once your text element is added to the project, you can move it, edit the text itself, its font, size, as well as text and background color settings.
To edit text settings, tap the correspondent element in the timeline. The selected element is outlined in yellow.
- To move the text element, in the preview pane, hold and drag it to place it anywhere on the canvas.
- To resize the text element, in the preview pane, pinch the text element with two fingers inwards or outwards.
- To rotate the text element, in the preview pane, touch and hold the text elements with two fingers and rotate the text manually.
- To edit the text element, in the options' toolbar at the bottom, tap Edit, and then do one of the following:
- To change the text, type the text you need.
To change the text font, tap the A icon and select one of the recent or featured fonts from the Font list. To select any other Google font, start typing the font name in the Search font field.
To change the font weight (thin, light, regular, bold, etc.), select one of the available options from the weight options at the bottom. Please note that the number of weight options varies depending on the selected font. Swipe left or right to see all the available options.
To change the text options, tap the Options icon and drag the Font size, Line spacing, and Letter spacing sliders to specify the corresponding settings.
To adjust the horizontal alignment of text within the text box, tap one of the alignment icons.
To underline the text, tap the Underline icon.
To change the text to cursive, tap the Italics icon.
To capitalize the text, tap the Capitalize icon.
- To change the text color, tap the Drop icon and select one of the color options (custom color, or any of the color presets). Drag the opacity slider to change the transparency of the text color.
To change the text background settings, tap the Background color icon and select one of the color options (no color, custom solid color or gradient, or any of the color presets). Drag the opacity slider to change the transparency of the text background color.
To round the corners of the background, drag the Rounding slider.
- To change the text element opacity settings, tap the Opacity icon and drag the slider. You can change the opacity for the text or background colors individually using the opacity slider in the Drop and Background color settings.
- To split the text, to have several instances of it in the timeline, select the text element, touch and drag the timeline until the playhead (white vertical line) is in the split point you need, and then, in the options' toolbar at the bottom, tap Split.
- To duplicate the text element, in the options' toolbar at the bottom, tap Duplicate.
- To remove the text element from the project, in the options' toolbar at the bottom, tap Delete.
- To change the duration of the element, tap Duration and specify the new duration or select one of the presets. Use - or + to shorten or lengthen the track incrementally. Alternatively, in the timeline, drag the yellow handles of the element.
- To move the text element in the timeline to the top or to the bottom, in the options' toolbar at the bottom, tap Front or Back correspondingly. Alternatively, touch and drag the element manually.
Swipe left to see all the toolbar options. Tap the arrow icon to close the options' toolbar.