But it’s still possible to overdo it! The biggest rule of thumb for making is video is “show, don’t tell.” Most often, you should use images to tell your story and get your points across, not text. As we said above, text is getting to be more and more commonplace in the modern age of video. Let’s talk a little bit about how best to use text. Then, in VEGAS Pro, we’ll follow these steps:

To get you started taking advantage of these great animations, we’ll cover a few general guidelines for using text. You can always tweak and customize them if you want, but these animations are really cool right away! You don’t have to do anything but drop them onto your timeline and type in your text. These very cool modern presets are ready-made for instant use. VEGAS Pro helps you take advantage of the creative potential of text with 25 modern text animation presets. Creative use of text is weaving its way into the art and craft of making video. Traditional video tended to discourage the use of text, especially animated text, but using text has become more and more accepted as the means of video delivery and the expectations of audiences have changed. Today’s video makers often take advantage of exciting animated text for adding information or for style. These days, using text in video is becoming more and more popular, especially for video made for social media and streaming platforms like Facebook and YouTube.