Fix Captions and On-Screen Text

Edit and restyle captions and on-screen text overlays in the Bevyl editor so they are accurate and easy to read before you export your video.

Who: Brand marketers reviewing an edit before export
Plan: All plans
Device: Desktop browser
Time: 3-5 minutes

Setup

Sign in to the workspace that owns the project, and open the project in the editor.
Required files or assets: none. The project needs captions, text overlays, or spoken audio that can generate captions.

Step by step

1. Open the Text panel

Click Text in the left toolbar.

The panel shows Add Text Overlay, Text Overlays, and Autocaptions.

Editor Text panel with Text Overlays and Autocaptions sections

2. Fix a text overlay

Expand Text Overlays.

Set Font Family and Font Size, and adjust the text and outline colors with the pickers. Select a text clip in the timeline to restyle it, or click Add Text Overlay for a new one.

3. Fix autocaption style

Expand Autocaptions.

Use the same Font Family, Font Size, and color controls to keep captions legible over the footage.

If something blocks you

Text is missing: you are on Home or a project card, not in the editor.
A text clip ignores your changes: select it in the timeline first.
Autocaptions is empty: the project has no generated captions — check that the audio source contains spoken dialogue.

Done

Captions and overlays read clearly in the preview.

Next actions:

Play the full edit from the first hook.
Click Export when captions, text, pacing, and audio are ready.

Text still hard to read?

Contact Bevyl support if captions or text overlays do not update in the preview after you change them.