Add text overlay to video

Add text overlay to video in CapCut — with the four heights of help laid out: do it now, make it easier for the next person to accept, work out the right move when you are stuck, and learn the pattern so it stops coming back.

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The four heights

The same task, four distances: today's deadline, the next reviewer, the stuck moment, the pattern.

Execute — do the immediate task

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Add a text overlay that introduces the speaker and their title at 00:03, stays readable on small…
Add a text overlay that introduces the speaker and their title at 00:03, stays readable on small phones, and uses the brand font and white on 30% black rectangle. Time it to appear at first word and disappear after the sentence ends. Export a 9:16 proof and share with Priya in social for accessibility and copy check by Friday. Ladder":"L1"

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Before I hand this to Priya, make the text overlay easy to approve: move the speaker's name and…
Before I hand this to Priya, make the text overlay easy to approve: move the speaker's name and title into a single line for quick reading, scale so it remains legible at half‑screen, show three frames where the text overlaps busy background and add the semi‑opaque box there, and flag any tracking or line breaks that could confuse the message. Ladder":"L2"

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

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I added the name/title overlay at 00:03 and it looks fine on my laptop but illegible on an iPhone…

The overlay reads fine on my laptop but not on phone test

I added the name/title overlay at 00:03 and it looks fine on my laptop but illegible on an iPhone 12 screen test. The stakeholders are Priya in social and viewers on small phones; I can't tell whether to increase type size, shorten copy, or change placement. Which is the most likely fix and what quick test proves it? Ladder":"L5"

Become — change the pattern

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I repeatedly deliver text overlays that look fine on my workstation but break on small phones, then…

I keep failing legibility on small screens because I design only for desktop

I repeatedly deliver text overlays that look fine on my workstation but break on small phones, then scramble last‑minute fixes and frustrate clients. Where is this habit costing me most, what routine should I change at edit start, and what two checks would prevent this recurring problem? Ladder":"L6"

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