Adding Voice Overs to Videos – Pictory Online Video Editor

So, you’ve signed up for Pictory’s video editing software and have started creating your project.

Firstly, congratulations!

Pictory’s online video editor makes video creation easy, and with a FREE trial available, you really can’t go wrong.

After you’ve uploaded your content into one of our project styles and let our AI software storyboard create your project for you, our range of video editing tools means anyone can easily edit their content.

Let’s look at voiceovers.

Whether AI-generated or recorded, either personally or by a voice actor, narration helps engage a wider audience with added accessibility and also gives us extra details that might not be on screen.

Think of all those “get ready with me” social media videos, a good voice-over deepens the connection between the audience and the content creator.

Pictory has multiple tools you can use to add professional voice-over clips to your videos in just a few clicks.

AI Voice Narration

Any captioning in your video projects can be seamlessly turned into AI Voice Narration, giving an added layer of accessibility to any project!

1. In your video project, navigate to the Audio tab and click Voice Over.

   

2. Browse the list of AI narrators available; Pictory has both male and female voices in a number of accents.

   

3. Choose the speed you want your narrator to speak at and click apply when the right audio track has been selected.

   

4. Please note, applying voice-over to an existing video will replace the audio of the video, but this can be altered in the settings tab at the bottom of the video screen.

   

5. The AI Video Narration will read all captioning on every scene of your video, but not Headings or Body Text not included on the storyboard.

   

A combination of narration and captions is a great way to give your viewers a range of accessibility options when it comes to engaging with your content.

Recording Voice Overs

If you want to add a more personal touch to your video, there are two ways you can add your own voice to your video content.

1. Record your voice-over on your home device.

2. Upload your audio file to Pictory through Audio > My Uploads.

   

   3. You can add a voice-over to a single scene, or auto-sync to the entire video.

   

   4. In the settings tab at the bottom of the video scene, you can choose to mute or unmute any uploaded video audio.

   

OR

1. Select the scene you wish to add voice-overs to.

2. Click the microphone under the scene preview and select ‘record voice over’.

   

3. You can then start recording a voice-over directly into the desired scenes.

Both of these options allow you to have a mix of the original video audio and quality audio voice-over, which can either match or differ from the captioning.

Helping you add voice-over to your content is just one of the ways you can utilize Pictory’s tools to easily edit videos.

For more insight, try one of our other editing features:

• Auto Add Visuals to Video

• Adding Music to Videos

• Auto Transcribing and Captioning Videos

• Adding Branding and Elements to Videos

• Utilizing Your Video Editing Toolkit

If you’re deciding how to get the best quality audio for your video clips, why not read our article on The Best Benefits of Using an AI Voiceover?

There’s no right answer, different voiceovers will work better for different projects, and Pictory makes creating a voice-over video easy, whatever the choice.

Sign up for a FREE account and begin recording your next voice-over today!