ScreenFlow User Guide
Main Window : Properties — Text Properties

Text Properties

These properties control the look of the text in a Text Box.

ScreenFlow supports Rich Text inside of a Text Box.
This means that all of the properties, except for Backdrop and Margin, apply to a selection of text.

Backdrop and Margin apply only to the Text Box as a whole, and not to a selection of text.

For all of the descriptions below, if a Text Box is selected, but no sub-selection of text has been made, then the selected text is considered to be the whole text.

Properties

  • Font

    Changes the font of the currently selected text.
    See also Show Fonts from the Font menu.

  • Size

    Changes the size of the currently selected text.
    See also Show Fonts from the Font menu.

  • Alignment

    Changes the alignment of the text (left, center, right).

    This controls the alignment of the text inside of the Text Box.
    It does not control the placement of the Text Box in the ScreenFlow Canvas.

    Alignment is set per paragraph in the Text Box.
    Clicking anywhere in a paragraph and changing the alignment will change the alignment for the whole paragraph.

  • Fill

    Changes how the selected text is filled. There are three options:

    • Solid Color

      Click on the color swatch to choose a solid color to fill the selected text.

    • Image

      An image is used to fill the text.

      To change, press "Choose..." or drag-drop a new image to the image well.

    • Gradient

      A gradient is used to fill the text.

      The gradient is always from top to bottom in the text.

      To change the top color and opacity of the gradient, click near the top of the gradient color swatch.

      To change the bottom color and opacity of the gradient, click near the bottom of the gradient color swatch.

  • Outline

    Click on the Outline checkbox to apply outline to the selected text.

    To adjust the thickness of the outline, drag the slider or enter a number next to the slider.

    Click on the color swatch to change the color of the outline.

  • Backdrop

    Changes backdrop of the Text Box clip.

    • Solid Color

      Click on the color swatch to choose a solid color to fill the selected text.

    • Image Fill

      Select an image to fill the background of the Text Box.

      To change the image, drag and drop a new image to the Image Well or press the "Choose..." button.

  • Margin

    Changes the size of the margin around the text box.