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Editing your text appearance & content

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  • Editing the text in a scene
    In Lumen5, each slide represents a scene in your video. You can click on the text in each slide to edit the content. Want to highlight key words, or change the position of your text? You can do that too.Few readers
  • Changing your font size
    You can change the font size by clicking on the text, then choosing the resizing tool. There are 5 standard options for font size: Tiny, Small, Medium, Large, and Huge, and clicking on one will apply it to your scene: There is also a slider option you can select if the 5 standard options aren't quite right. The slider lets your adjust the font size gradually, until the text looks pFew readers
  • Changing the position of text
    When editing your text, you'll find a text position button (the grid icon) in the editor bar. Click on this to expand the options for 9 different quadrants to position your text. Note: Some scene designs will only allow certain text positions, so you may see some options crossed out.Few readers
  • How do I add superscripts or subscripts to my text?
    Lumen5 videos can render any unicode characters, so the trick to inserting a subscript or superscript is to copy and paste those characters onto your scenes. You may notice that pasting in a subscript or superscript from another source doesn't work properly, but never fear! Refer to the links below to find the character that you need in a superscript or subscript, and then just copy and paste it into the relevant scene. Superscript & subscript characters (https://symbl.cc/en/collections/supersFew readers
  • Animated Captions
    Step 1: Create a video Animated captions are a special type of overlay that automatically time the words on screen to appear as they are spoken. To use animated captions, you'll first need to create a video with a voiceover or talking head scene. Step 2: Create or select an overlay Voiceover videos will have overlays generated automatically and you can change the scene design on any scene by cliFew readers
  • Adding a new line
    You can add a new line while typing by pressing .  If you want the text to animate out and the new text to replace it, add a sub-scene.Few readers
  • Deleting sub-scenes
    To delete sub-scenes, click on the trash bin icon next to the sub-scene!Few readers
  • Can I bold or italicize my text?
    Right now it's not possible to use bold or italics inside Lumen5. Instead, try emphasizing your text by highlighting key words.Few readers

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