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Title Behind Subject

When to use

• Your video opens on a person talking to camera and you want the title to feel like it lives inside the shot, not on top of it
• A product shot, a landscape, or a workspace deserves a title that sits in the scene's depth rather than floating over it
• You are making a channel intro, a course lesson opener, or a short-form hook where the first 2 seconds decide whether anyone keeps watching
• The subject is clearly separated from the background — a person against a wall, a product on a table, a building against sky — so a clean cutout is possible
• You want one strong title moment per video, not text competing with the subject for the whole runtime

Workflow

1. Pick the shot and the title (input: raw clip + title text → output: locked shot and title line)
   Choose a shot where the subject stays roughly in one place for at least 2 seconds and does not cross the area where the title will sit. A talking-head shot with the head in the upper third works; a subject walking across the frame does not. Write the title as 1–5 words — long titles cannot sit behind a subject without getting swallowed. Set the title in a heavy weight (700–900) at a size that spans 60–90% of frame width; thin fonts disappear behind the subject and defeat the effect. Decide the title's resting position now: centered behind the subject's torso, or lower-third behind the subject's shoulder. Lock it before you animate anything.
2. Cut out the subject (input: locked shot → output: clean subject mask)
   Duplicate the video layer and isolate the subject on the top layer. In most editors this is a mask, a rotoscope brush, or an auto subject-select tool followed by manual cleanup. Trace the subject's outline with a 2–4 px feather so the edge does not buzz against the text. The mask only needs to be accurate where the title passes behind the subject — spend your cleanup time on the head, shoulders, and any arm that crosses the title zone, and leave the rest rough. If the subject moves, keyframe the mask every 4–6 frames on fast motion, every 10–12 on slow motion; the eye forgives a slightly soft mask edge but never forgives text bleeding over a face. Export a quick preview of the mask alone (subject white, background black) and check for holes — a hole in the torso lets title text leak through the body.

Template preview

Title Behind Subject — Build Template

One title moment per scene. Fill this in before cutting any mask.

Shot: {clip name / timecode}

Subject: {person / product / building} | Subject position: {center / left / right} | Subject movement: {still / leaning / walking toward camera}

Title text (1–5 words): {TITLE HERE}

Font: {heavy weight 700–900} | Size: {60–90% of frame width} | Resting position: {centered behind torso / lower third behind shoulder}

Mask plan

Tool: {mask / rotoscope / auto subject-select + cleanup} Feather: {2–4 px, or 4–6 px for fine hair} Keyframe every: {4–6 frames fast motion / 10–12 frames slow motion}

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