# On-screen text editing brief

Use with https://valmera.io/tools/add-text-to-video
Updated: 2026-09-08

This is a planning template. It does not create an edit or promise an agent result.

## Project and delivery

- Project:
- Selected edit/version:
- Current preview duration:
- Output shape and viewing size:
- Must speech captions remain visible continuously?
- Intended final MP4 and branding requirements:

## Repeat for each text item

- Add a new item, replace an existing item, or remove an item?
- Existing wording and preview window, if revising:
- Exact approved wording, punctuation and capitalization (maximum 200 characters per item):
- Template: title / subtitle / lower third / callout / big number / quote / chapter
- Start and end in the EDITED PREVIEW clock:
- Source moment used to locate this passage, if relevant (label it separately):
- Placement and areas to keep clear:
- Bundled font and approximate size:
- Text/accent colors and backing box:
- Entrance, fully readable hold and exit (typewriter is entrance-only):
- Requested change, if any:

Example request structure:

In the selected edit, [add/replace] a [template] reading “[exact words]” from
preview [start] to [end]. Use [placement/style/motion]. Keep clear of [areas].
Show the revised preview and flag any speech-caption gap during the text window.

## Review before final export

- Confirm the exact wording, names, numbers and quote context.
- Read the complete line at the intended viewing size.
- Inspect entry, middle and exit for clipping, overlap and sufficient reading time.
- Check speech captions before, during and after each text window. Designed text
  normally suppresses transcript captions during its window; the audio continues.
- Review timing after cuts, inserts or speed changes and placement in each output shape.
- Confirm replaced wording is gone and no duplicate item remains.
- Wait for the current preview to finish, then create the final MP4 in Studio.
- Inspect the downloaded file through its ending. Later project edits do not
  update an existing download.

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