For occasional video editors with limited speech in their videos Apple iMovie offers great built-in tools to manually add subtitles to your footage.

How to add subtitles to imovie video. IMovie allows you to type up subtitles text directly into the video. Choose Movie and click button to import the video you want to add subtitles to. Since there are no pre-made subtitles youll have to make your own.

To hardcode subtitles to a video place a checkmark in the box of Burn-In Adjsut subtitle positions select a good-looking font font color and font size Click Done at the bottom right corner. Users cant add subtitles in iMovie by importing a SRT file. IMovie cannot read data automatically from a sub or srt subtitle file.

Youll have to go back in edit mode select the clip and tap on the T icon. Play the video to ensure your subtitles are accurate. Click Subtitle on the editing toolbar and a subtitle editing panel pops up Select Add Subtitle File and choose a subtitle file you prepared.

Next you will see a title sign on the viewer at the top. Launch iMovie on your iPhoneiPad. To do it click on the File menu at the top select Share and then choose the option that says File.

Even though subtitles pilot viewers who can grasp the audio of a video captions are regrettably diverse. When youre satisfied with your subtitles and creative efforts tap done. When you want to add subtitle to your videos download and install the software to your computer and launch it.

First pick the Formal title then edit it to appear as a subtitle. Click the Add File menu choose Add Files and import the videos from your hard drive. Proceed to add the selected subtitles to your video in iMovie.