Create Custom Video Text Captions For iMovie With Keynote

macmost.com/e-2342 While iMovie's title options are limited, you can create almost any sort of text caption with animation in Keynote and then easily apply it to your iMovie project.
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[@WeeklyProphecyReview]

Had to go back and watch several times as I attempted it, but it finally worked! As a 75-year-old beginning KZbinr with no grandkids to help me shoot or edit, I’m gradually getting past the hard learning curve of a newbie. . .With the help of your excellent teaching.

[@ElizaComedy]

You are wonderful, Sometimes I thought i can do everything on keynote. Yet still something new to learn. . Keep it up... And your Teaching is always wonderful... After watching your video, No questions needed... Because is always clear... 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ralphhenson3192]

Thank you. Now I know how to move my captions so they are not frozen to limited spaces by iMovie's limitations. Great job!

[@mastevale1563]

This is so far the best video about IMovie , I learn in 30 minutes of your videos that i haven’t in a year and a half making videos my self , big thanks 🤗

[@guitarsoundsaround]

You’re an exceptional teacher Gary … thank you for these helpful techniques. I’ve wasted hours struggling with iMovie and sure wish I had found your channel sooner. Cheers from 🇨🇦

[@andybassuday]

Excellent Gary! That was precisely what I was looking for. Your structure and timed illustrations make it easy to adapt & implement. Thank you 🙏 👍👏

[@mikerisner]

Awesome. Very simple tools to produce very professional results. Thanks for sharing the innovative approach!

[@AllThingsWagner]

BEST instructional video for this task EVER!! Thank you so much!!!

[@antsy_does]

Love, love, love!! Finally, I'm able to change the boring text options in iMovie :)

[@968lia]

love your content. as a novice editor, ur videos are so straightforward and im able to learn SO much from it. TY!

[@TheSupersizzina]

Very clear, amazing tip as always! Thank you very much!

[@boudoirskinbeautybar]

You are AMAZING!!!! Thank you for your knowledge and kind enough to share!

[@deanniejanowitz5560]

Absolutely fantastic! Thank you!!! :-)

[@tyik]

That's exactly what I want to do. Very very useful tool. Thanks Gary.

[@koachedu]

Really helpful. Just what I need. Thank you!

[@BandTheSmarts]

Thank you, Gary. This was most helpful and much appreciated. You have a new sub.

[@SusanCatherine]

Love it! So helpful, thank you!

[@patrickhueyatthepodium229]

Excellent video. Thank you.

[@catchingfoodies8311]

Very good tutorial and i am in love to follow these to improve my videos , thanks for all knowledge shared

[@markbryan9115]

this answered a lot of my questions. thanks. subscribed!

[@CoolToysOfficial]

Thank you!!! 😍😍😍😍😍

[@andyml1]

You couldn't explain things more clearly...you're a master!! Thanks so much.

[@eddieschneider1947]

He goes from a white to black background but don't teach how. nice one.

[@quranicwhispers8]

Thank you! So helpful and concise.

[@ipekmd1281]

thanks man, this was really helpful

[@ASTMA193]

FASCINATING! Thank you.

[@sabrinhussein3586]

Great video! Helped me so much today

[@twiggycmercer]

this was so helpful! subscribed legend 😊

[@colleenglea]

Thanks for the great tips!

[@angelaborgen271]

I need to learn more ... I love these

[@MarcusAbundis]

BRILLIANT! Thanks much!!

[@brandnewsenses]

Super helpful! Thank you.

[@iainbrewin]

Super helpful!!

[@loisskiathitis8926]

Amazing, thank you Gary. 👍🏻

[@b.e.withart9700]

Genius!!!! Thank you so much ❤️❤️

[@HHanna-sx9bn]

thank you Gary for excellent video

[@rhettshipley4593]

That was such an interesting video Gary. Fried my brain. But very informative as always. Thanks a lot.

[@MrChrystz]

Thank you, this is very helpful.

[@DannerPlace]

Super helpful. You are my GURU.

[@RicoTheUnknown]

Thank you so much!

[@sxgroups]

This is amazing what you just taught!

[@brpawankumariyengar4227]

Dear Sir, I do not know how but whenever I need help you have a video. You are god sent for me. My gratitude sir, I am most thankful for wonderful videos you make. They are so very helpful. Thank you so very much. 👍👍👍

[@gabicreightonbooksetc.]

Thank you Gary. My video turned out like that of a pro.😊🙏🏽

[@kyanite5872]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@mustaqimmustafa1018]

Thank you. Great tips . . .

[@andonia645]

you are the man! thank you

[@ReallyHubertt]

Thank you so much man.

[@ilyounghwang2922]

Thank you This is Great video

[@adymagnetcreative3267]

Awesoomm brader, nice explanation..

[@ammarkazal]

Thanks for sharing this tips I was looking for a way to make the title more pro in the I movie

[@qiblaeawaltv]

Thank you

[@taraisaacs8965]

Great video...I love this technique. Suggestions if you need the captions to move slower at a custom speed in iMovie?

[@THEBLKYOGI]

Thanks !

[@meridpeace]

Well done Garry. Thank you very much for this very helpful tutorial. May I ask what kind of sound system you are using to get such crispy sound? I got focusrite recently and am going to give it a try to record some training. Not sure what to do yet. Any wisdom?

[@AGoddess]

This was super helpful. I like that iMovie is free and it has good features but I want to do more with my titles and place them where I want! Now this gives me ideas as to maybe overlays ? I don’t even know what to call this stuff lol

[@AGoddess]

I just watched a couple more of your videos and now I know how to do even more stuff 😝 ty!

[@frenchmike]

great video. can you make a video on how you create and save your thumbnails and how to batch process them

[@encoreunefois1X]

Please do an update, so much has changed and your tutorials are up there.

[@macmost]

Actually, not much should have changed with this. What did you find that was different?

[@jamess5542]

Great video! How do we do this when there is a narration so that the text appears as you are speaking/mouthing the words.

[@malch2843]

Great video, thank you. Wishing everyone all the best for 2021, let's hope it is better than 2020.

[@BellaJames]

good video, I deleted keynote before this cause I had no idea what it was lol

[@PilotVolunteer]

Hello Gary, I enjoy your helpful and informative videos. I have a iMovie question please. Is there a way with iMovie or Keynote or both to create Tilt Shift videos? Many Thanks

[@macmost]

No, that would be a very specialized effect.

[@bassette5416]

WOW

[@JonathanBaileyn2u]

I love your videos... thank you kindly for all you do. I have a question.. you or from anyone in the comments. How do I create the bottom right video facing view / when I am sharing my screen?

[@macmost]

So you want to share your screen, plus show your camera at the bottom? That depends on what you are using to share. Your best bet is if the software you are using has that as an option. Otherwise, you'll need to do a lot of work with OBS or something like that to set it up.

[@markaward]

Do you ever do an AMA ask me anything I bet that would be a big response from subscribers

[@BellaJames]

just used it, can you not add an actual border to the text instead/as well as the shadow? I just need a black outline all around the text to make each letter stand out

[@gggogo111]

Thanks Gary!!! This is so informative. I'm having problems exporting it to movie. It would crash. Any advice? Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 5 Trace/BPT trap: 5 Terminating Process: exc handler [2924]

[@velimarks4002]

Excellent stuff. Can the same process used for IMovie usng Keynote be applied to Adobe Premiere Pro?

[@macmost]

Should be able to. Try it and see.

[@velimarks4002]

@@macmost Thanks Gary. Really appreciate your measured delivery and information packed presentations. Cheers.

[@ericmatthews4598]

So which has better quality, and which is easier or better in any way?: Putting titles from Keynote on iMovie, or putting an iMovie export in the background of a Keynote presentation?

[@macmost]

"Better" is subjective. You certainly have more options with Keynote. But if iMovie does what you want, then it is quicker to do it in iMovie. Both are tools in your toolbox.

[@jeypillai8097]

How to add the same Live subtitles to a Live Zoom video. For example, when we give a motivational speech via zoom video, we want to appear some quotable quotes like, 'There is no struggle, there is no progress' (as a subtitle pops up from the bottom. Thank you

[@kingsoliano]

Do you know how to create a text reveal as the subject walks in imovie?

[@yogibearstie]

I have video of a relative speaking in a foreign language, so I need to create English subtitles. This will be a lot of work.

[@philippfolkerts6120]

You might want to try uploading it to KZbin as a private video and select the option to automatically generate subtitles for you. Once KZbin does its magic, you can check out the results and hopefully save you a lot of time manually typing & translating your content. Of course, the quality of the translation will certainly be better if you do it manually, but depending on the amount of footage you have, you might benefit from the "free machine translation".

[@davids1162]

Great tutorial. Thank you. When I imported into iMovie, the curser shows in the movie. I unclicked the curser box in format. Any solution for this please?

[@macmost]

You mean in Keynote? Try it again and see. Vary the export options.

[@davids1162]

@@macmost I apologize profusely! I went back into Keynote and checked each slide. Sure enough...I forgot to de-select "cursor" on two of the slides. I loaded into iMovie and it works! Thank you!!! And, thank you for responding. You have an amazing channel.

[@AmiiboJuice]

So in my videos I am trying to put W-L records in certain spots of the clip. Can I overlay texts (png) so that they both appear? So far it only allows me to add one at a time

[@macmost]

You have to put both in the same graphic. You can only do one overlay at a time in iMovie.

[@huggeebear]

dude!

[@PilotVolunteer]

Hello Gary

[@TheCornucopiaProject-bd5jk]

Can I do this with keynote and iMovie on iPhone (13 max) ?

[@macmost]

No, you can't export from Keynote like you can on the Mac.

[@hellobraundesign]

1 000 000$ MAN!

[@KavyaGeorge]

When I click the "Animate" tab, it says, "Animations aren't available on slide layouts." I don't know what to do! Help, please!

[@11Andruxa]

This will absolutely take FOREVER doing it this way

[@macmost]

pThe quicker way is to go with a pro-level app like Final Cut Pro. But a lot of people like to stick with iMovie. I use both but I like to push iMovie as far as I can sometimes.

[@11Andruxa]

@@macmost fair enough

[@jackstarr4726]

When I export in Keynote the box is checked to make it transparent, so it seems I've done all prior steps correctly, but when I import into imovie it's not transparent. Any idea why?

[@macmost]

First, check the file before you open it in iMovie. Is it transparent in Quick Look, for instance? Then in iMovie, are you using it as a cutaway. If you put it in the main timeline it won't have anything "behind" it to show through.

[@oastie3]

Hi, Gary. Having set my slides background to No Fill in Keynote for iOS, when exporting I do not get the “Export with transparent background” option. When adding it to the movie and test playing it, I can only see the text on a black background. Also, I don’t get anything like the number of export options that you get on the Mac. Saving brings up a share dialogue. Am I doing something wrong or can’t this titling be done in iOS?

[@macmost]

No, you can't export using ProRes with transparency on an iPhone.

[@oastie3]

Thanks, Gary, for your usual prompt response. I’m actually trying to do this on an iPad Pro running 15.6.1. Does the same apply? Am I wasting my time trying to export text with transparency?

[@macmost]

@@oastie3 needs the Mac version of Keynote

[@oastie3]

@@macmost Oh, that’s a big shame. On a different matter, do you know why Keynote keeps losing the on screen keyboard? I can only recover it by closing the app and reopening it. It’s frustrating in the extreme.

[@macmost]

@@oastie3 Do you mean the Accessibility keyboard? Not sure why that would disappear on you.

[@J.Cheong]

Can I do this in iPad too?

[@macmost]

It works differently, but yes. Try it.

[@J.Cheong]

@@macmost do you have another video for custom text caption with keynote from iPad ? Thank you

[@macmost]

@@J.Cheong No. It is the same, but menus look different on the iPad obviously. Just make sure you have No Fill for the background of all slides an export as a PNG with transparency on.

[@J.Cheong]

@@macmost thank you !!

[@jimbillproductions7248]

so when I export and go to place in my film....no matter what size I create in Key Note.....it's the same size in IMOVie..what am I doing wrong...can I increase in IMovie? I want bigger font. I had font on 28 and when I go into iMovie it's the same size as the 24.

[@macmost]

Not sure what you mean. 28 and 24 are pretty close. Try going even larger.

[@jimbillproductions7248]

@@macmost i figured it out.......I cropped it in imovie to appear bigger

[@sparklelee4368]

6:20 - i have mojave, and when exporting as movie from keynote there is no frame rate option like shown here. Why do i not have frame rate option? anyone know?

[@macmost]

Which version of Keynote do you have? Is everything else in that dialog set exactly as I have it at 6:20?

[@sparklelee4368]

@@macmost HI GARY, so kind of you to reply. yes, all the same settings. Keynote: 10.1 version in Mojave. See in app store that one needs to upgrade from Mojave to get the frames option in 10.3 Keynote.

[@sparklelee4368]

@@macmost used this system for text. worked great

[@franklyannc]

Help, what am I doing wrong. When I bring the text in I only see text and not the text over my vidio. It is like it is covering it up. And I did do - Format slide No fill.. :(

[@michaelbreen2331]

I have the same problem and can't figure it out. Format checked - all no fill, new version of keynote etc but only see the text

[@michaelbreen2331]

finally found a solution that works. see kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3bHhnd-h7aMq9k its similar but works

[@dianapalmerbrooks]

What is keynote?

[@macmost]

It is an app from Apple that you can get for your Mac. It is presentation software. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIatf3aro5eWmck

[@hendiwardana]

Why doesn't it work on mine ? When i saved it in my dekstop, the file isn't transparant, the bakcground is still black. Can someone help me ?

[@macmost]

Make sure you aren't using some old version of Keynote, then check to make sure the background properties are set like I show for ALL slides.

[@michaelbreen2331]

this works. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3bHhnd-h7aMq9k

[@raypullen3007]

Really good informative tutorials Gary but a bit too fast speaking and moving the cursor for me to keep up

[@SMShovan]

If I create a new admin user and delete my previous admin user, will I able to start fresh like a brand new computer?

[@lorenzrychner8894]

Gary, at 3:25, before you start with the second slide, all of a sudden the first one is black. How come?

[@stingerentertainmentgames]

War Of The Worlds...

[@eddieschneider1947]

You go from white to black background but don't teach how. nice one.

[@macmost]

At 3:10 I talk about exactly how and why I do it.

[@dankestella9393]

Way too quick. No chance for beginners.

[@macmost]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/opq9hayfrp6BpLc

[@mlovmo]

Yikes. So much work. Lots of clicks and tennis elbow on the way... If only iMovie wasn't such a POS, I could just use ITS caption feature much more easily. BUT, typical for an Apple product, it has inflexible fade-out captions you can't change.

[@macmost]

It is a basic video editing app. If you want more control, you can always go with something at the next level like Premiere, Final Cut, etc.

[@blindship5792]

thank you soooooooo helpful!! you are just fantastic!!