How to Add Subtitles to Your Videos Using Filmora12: A Step-by-Step Guide
Learn two easy methods to add subtitles to your videos using Filmora12. This tutorial covers both manual and automatic options for creating subtitles.
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Speaker 1: Hi guys, welcome to another tutorial on my channel. In this video, I'm going to show you how to add subtitle or closed caption to your video with Filmora12. Okay. So I'm going to show you two ways to add subtitle to your video easily with Filmora12. And being mentioned that it is exactly the same way you can add subtitle to your video with Filmora11 or Filmora10. By the way, I just want to renew my tutorial so that new user can understand how to add subtitle to their video. All right. So let's go to my computer screen. All right. So this is my Filmora12 example project and I have some subtitle here. And being mentioned that with Filmora12, there are two ways to add subtitle to your video. The first way is to add subtitle manually. And the second way is to use the speak to text option in Filmora12. By the way, the speak to text option in Filmora12 is a paid add-on. You want to use it, you have to purchase a subscription plan. So my suggestion for you is to add subtitle to your video manually. All right. So this is my example timeline. For example, I can delete all the subtitle here. And this is my video. Yeah. First thing, we want to listen to the video first. Okay. So this is the voiceover and we should listen to it.

Speaker 2: Hey guys, welcome to another tutorial on my channel.

Speaker 1: Okay. So this is, uh, hey guys, welcome to another tutorial on my channel. So you want to add a text box on the timeline here at this position, but the first thing you want to lock all the track down here first. Otherwise, when you adjust the subtitle, maybe you will mess up and move the video or stuff like that. And then, uh, in order to add subtitle to your video, you want to go to here at the title tab, and then you want to click title and find the subtitle. They have some preset subtitle. Okay. And here's the subtitle. They have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, about 13 different subtitle templates, and you can use anything. By the way, we want to maybe download this one. Okay.

Speaker 2: And double click. Okay. Okay.

Speaker 1: Let's make the timeline smaller so that we can see the preview window better. Okay. So we decided to use this one and then we can just drag and drop it here on top of your video and listen to the video again.

Speaker 2: Hey guys, welcome to another tutorial on my channel.

Speaker 1: Okay. So this is, Hey guys, welcome to another tutorial on my channel. So I want to shorten the subtitle to this length and then I need to format the subtitle. Okay. It's just double click at the subtitle here and we can see they have two text line here. This is the first one and it is a second one. Now in FilmoraTrawl, we can easily delete the text line right here at the basic text editor. For example, I can delete this thing and then I can change the word here. Hi guys, Hey guys, welcome, okay, sorry for my typing. Welcome to another tutorial on my channel, channel. So this is the first sentence and we mentioned that you can change the font and the size here also. For example, I can select this one. This is a big one and I'm going to make it 24 and I can select a preset for my subtitle here. Okay. We can select preset or work at, it's up to you. By the way, we can select anything. For example, I can select a work at here. I think I like this one. Okay. So where's my favorite. Okay. So I think I like this one. So I just check it. Okay. And let's click. Okay. And we have our first subtitle.

Speaker 2: Hey guys, welcome to another tutorial on my channel.

Speaker 1: Okay. So because the subtitle has animation, so it just disappear. So my suggestion is to remove the animation. Okay. So just double click at the subtitle again and click animation. And now you want to remove the animation. Okay. And now the animation was removed. By the way, we need to click this advanced button because we have to adjust the duration of the subtitle. Just click here and we have a new timeline. And actually this is an advanced text editor in Filmora12. And this is the duration of the subtitle. We want to extend it to the whole length of the title box on the timeline. And let's play it again.

Speaker 2: Hey guys, welcome to another tutorial on my channel.

Speaker 1: I think it is too low. So we can just move up a little bit. And being mentioned that if you want to customize your subtitle, like the fill, the color of the text and the shadow and the outline or stuff like that, you can do it right here. So at the customize tab, for example, I can, maybe I can add an outline to my subtitle. Okay. So this is a wide outline. I can increase the thickness here. If I want. Okay. And if you want to save this subtitle for your future project, you can click this button save as custom. For example, I can click here and then I can say sub number two and then I can click OK. Now you can click apply to go back to your timeline. Okay. And here we have the subtitle.

Speaker 2: Hey guys, welcome to another tutorial on my channel.

Speaker 1: Okay. So now you want to write the next sentence. In this video or stuff like that. So we want to extend this subtitle here first and split the subtitle at this position. Okay. Just split it.

Speaker 2: This video, I'm going to show you how to add a special effect to your video with Filmora12.

Speaker 1: So it is the sentence is in this video, I'm going to show you how to add a special effect to your video with Filmora12. Okay. So we want to double click at the subtitle here and then go to the basic and then we want to change it. In this video, I'm going to show you how to add a special effect to your video. And now we want to break here with Filmora12. Okay. And we need to adjust the alignment. Maybe we can make it center. Okay. And here's our second sentence.

Speaker 2: Hey guys, welcome to another tutorial on my channel. In this video, I'm going to show you how to add a special effect to your video with Filmora12. Okay. For example.

Speaker 1: Okay. For example. So you can do the same. You can split the subtitle right here. So just extend the subtitle and then you can split it.

Speaker 2: And now you want to listen to the voiceover.

Speaker 1: Okay. For example. Okay. For example. I can go to my footage and something.

Speaker 3: And then we can play.

Speaker 1: And then I can drag and drop the video here on the timeline. And then I can drag and drop the video here on the timeline. Okay. Something like that. So this is how you can manually add subtitle to your video with Filmora12. Just do the same and repeat the action throughout your video. Okay. So this is the first way to add subtitle to your video. By the way, you have another option which is the Bad Add-on in Filmora12. For example, if you want to add a subtitle to your video, let's click OK. And now I'm going to hide this subtitle. If you want to add subtitle automatically, you want to select the voiceover. For example, I can turn it on. And we can select the voiceover. This is my voiceover. And then you want to click this option. Speak to text. Okay. And then you want to select the language. For my English is US. I hope so. And then you have some option here. Clip selection. If you select anything, you can select here. If you want to convert the entire timeline, you can also change it right here with this option. And then you want to click OK to convert your voiceover to subtitle. Just click here. Okay. 90%. Okay. And now it is finished. And being mentioned that if you purchase Filmora12, you have 30 minutes free to use with this feature. The speak to text feature. And now I have 882 seconds left. Okay. And let's click OK. And now go back to your timeline. So this is your subtitle.

Speaker 2: Hey guys. Welcome to another tutorial on my channel. In this video, I'm going to show you how to add a special effect to your video with Filmora12. Okay. For example, I can.

Speaker 1: Okay. So it is not 100% correct, by the way. Maybe 80% or 90%. And if you want to correct your subtitle, you want to right click here at the subtitle box on the timeline. And then you want to click this advanced edit. And there's a new subtitle editor. So this is your timeline. And this is a subtitle box. For example, if you want to correct something here, for example, hey guys, welcome to another tutorial on my channel. So you want to write channel. Channel here. And you want to delete this box. So you can just select the box here because it is a time code. So you want to click this minus button. Just click here to delete it. But you have to adjust the subtitle or the timeline because otherwise it will not match with what you say. Okay. And then you can play again.

Speaker 2: Hey guys. Welcome to another tutorial on my channel. In this video, I'm going to show you how to add a special effect to your video with Filmora12.

Speaker 1: With Filmora12. So it is Filmora12. So it cannot recognize Filmora. Okay. Filmora12. Okay. So you can do the same with the rest of your subtitle. Added to that, you can also select a preset for your subtitle also. And if you want to customize the subtitle, you want to go to custom and it is fade in and fade out for your subtitle and alignment and fill with the color, outline and shadow, stuff like that right here. And if you want to change the font or increase the size of the subtitle, you can do it right here also. It is similar to the text editor in Filmora12. And down here, you have the button to save it as custom. And on the right side, you have the option to apply all, meaning that it will apply the same format to all the subtitle on the timeline. Okay. And then we can click OK.

Speaker 3: And now we can play.

Speaker 1: Very nice, right? All right. So these are two ways to add subtitles to your video with Filmora12. I hope this video is helpful for you. Don't forget to like this video and subscribe to my YouTube channel for more Filmora tips and tricks. Thank you very much for watching and I will see you in my next video. Goodbye.

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