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Overlay text

Meaning in social media & content creation, with examples

nounCommon term

In social media & content creation, overlay text means: Text placed over an image or video frame to add information within the visible picture.

In Turkish: görüntü üzeri yazı

How it is used

Editors add overlay text for prices, headings or reminders; it need not transcribe speech.

Example sentences

  1. Keep the overlay text clear of the speaker's face.

    The instruction concerns placement inside the video frame.

  2. The overlay text shows the ingredients during each step.

    The text supplies information while the demonstration continues.

Common collocations

  • add overlay text
  • readable overlay text
  • editTo cut, arrange and improve video clips or photos, for example by adding music, text, transitions or color changes, to create the final version.
  • subtitlesWritten text at the bottom of a video that shows what people are saying, either in the same language or translated.

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