Text-based video editor

Text-based video editing made easy.

Experience the flexibility and power of adding text to your videos with Chopcast's Text-Based Video Editor. Whether it's catchy captions, striking subtitles, or compelling call-to-actions, creating professional-grade text elements for your video content has never been simpler. Our intuitive interface and advanced toolset put you in control, transforming your videos from good to remarkable. Insights from your text not only enhance communication but also maximize the impact of your content, making your messaging more effective and engaging. Enjoy the potential that text brings to your videos and deliver your narrative in a captivating context with chopcast's text-based video editor.

“I've looked at several different solutions to use AI to generate shorts and derivative content from long-form videos and Chopcast has the most versatile and easy-to-use solution I've found.”

"chopcast helps us easily search our videos by topic and create social clips based on them. Saved us a lot of time to create engaging content versus trying to do everything manually."

1. Upload your video

Start by importing your video content into our text-based video editor

2. Insert and customize text

Select where in your video you wish to add text or captions, and customize them to match your content's style and mood.

3. Export and share

Once satisfied with your edits, export your video with the newly added text and share it across any platform.

“When we uploaded a video to chopcast, it created auto-clips that overlapped 70-80% with ones we manually picked before, except this was done in minutes!"

"Before Chopcast, we had to take notes during our recordings of possible clips to extract. After the recording, we would sift through potential clips and crop them - entirely manual process. Chopcast took 99% of the manual labor out of extracting clips."

“I'm paying and love the tool. It has saved so much time editing shot clips from the High Tech Sales Podcast”

"I've tried a few different tools for video clips, but nothing has been as seamless as Chopcast. I use it to create short clips out of long form podcast videos for YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok."

"Chopcast helped me to identify tips I was sharing with clients anyway and to repurpose those on social media. I've had a couple of clients connect back in with me because I have been sharing videos."

"Awesome job! [The podcast shorts] are perfect. You guys are the best!! And you can take my statements here as testimony of how happy we are with your work at chopcast"

"It’s been hugely positive for the organization to continuously have pipeline coming into the system."

"Thanks to chopcast services, we've really gotten into a good rhythm of production and have lots of great content to use for our social channels!"

"The big unlock in working with chopcast was creating shorts at scale. The following on my personal channel is up 100% YoY. Reach is way up as well for our company channels."

"We do so many webinars. Before, we were taking our webinars and slicing them ourselves, and that wasn't efficient. I would say we get a better output faster and time back working with chopcast."

“Game changer. We just upload our longer videos and turn them into social media-savvy content in just a few clicks. Subtitles and all!”

"Working with chopcast we could post-produce microcontent of the highlights from sessions we've recorded. It saved us so much time. They can self-select the best highlights to be distributed on social. They'll see opportunities in what you're creating that you don't see. It's been a great partnership. For any marketing leaders considering it, I say go and do it!"

Absolutely! With chopcast's Text-Based Video Editor, you can place your text anywhere in the video—whether at the beginning, end, or sprinkled throughout. Our intuitive interface makes it easy to decide where and when your text pops up.

Yes, you certainly can. chopcast allows you to completely customize your text to fit the style and mood of your video. That includes altering the text's size, changing its color, and even picking from a wide choice of fonts to ensure your textual content resonates with your video theme.

There is no rigid character limit for the text you add. Our aim is to offer you as much creative freedom as possible. However, remember that lesser text tends to be more effective in a video. It's all about balance—the text should not overshadow your video content but complement it.

Search engine bots crawl and index text, so the more relevant text you add (captions or descriptions), the better it is for your SEO rankings. This way, you're catering to both your audience's viewing experience and appealing to search engines.

With chopcast's text-based video editor, you can easily add subtitles to your video. Our platform allows for precise timing and formatting, ensuring your subtitles sync perfectly with your content.

Adding text over a video is effortless with chopcast. Once you've uploaded your video, just click the "Add Text" button, type your desired wording, and position the text to your liking.

Absolutely! Our text-based video editor allows you to animate your text, creating dynamic and engaging effects such as fade-in, slide, or bounce.

Adding closed captions can be done quickly on chopcast. You can manually write captions or upload a transcript file, and our editor will help you time the captions accurately.

Yes, chopcast offers a range of customization options, including the ability to adjust the font style, size, and color, ensuring your text exactly matches your video’s aesthetic.

Adding text to a social media video is simple with chopcast. Add the text, customize its style, position it as per your requirement, and export the video in a format optimized for your specific social platform.

Podcasts and webinars

YouTube shorts

Zoom recordings

Linkedin videos

Twitter videos

TikToks

Facebook videos

Instagram Reels

Create short-form video

Turn webinars, podcasts, and YouTube videos into great clips using AI in minutes.

Automatic video subtitling

Get 97% accuracy subtitles for your videos and clips. Edit anything on the fly.

Video, text, audio, and more

Video's only the start. Get instant transcripts, .SRT files, audiograms, and more.

Manage your clips in one place

No more hours lost searching long videos. Create and manage clips in one place.

Customize clips

Resize, change aspect ratio to suit all social platforms.

Remove Umms

Instantly remove audio imperfections with 1 click.

Trim video by text

Remove parts of your video by deleting/editing text.

+ More AI features

Designed to grow your reach and engagement.

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Text-based video editor

Text-based video editing made easy.

How to add text to videos with chopcast?

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Why add text to videos with chopcast?

Increase accessibility

Drive engagement

Boost SEO potential

Versatility across platforms

FAQs: adding text to videos

Can I add text anywhere in the video?

Can I alter text size, color, or font?

Is there a character limit for the text I can add to my video?

How does adding text to my video help with SEO?

Can you add subtitles to a video?

How can I put text over a video?

Can you animate text in chopcast?

How can I add closed captions to my videos?

Can I change the font and color of the text?

How do I add text to a video for social media?