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Title

Title · screenshot coming soon

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What this node does

Title overlays a single block of text on a COMFYTV_VIDEO and re-renders it to a new video. You type the text, pick a font and color, choose where it sits and when it appears, then press ▶ Run; rendering is an ffmpeg pass on the server (not instant/browser-side). The output is a new COMFYTV_VIDEO. The card shows a live video player so you can preview placement, and the text supports substitution tokens #timecode#, #shorttimecode# and #frame#, which are replaced with the running timecode/frame as the clip plays. This node needs both a wired video input and non-empty text — running with either missing raises an error.

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When to use it

  • Add an opening title or end card to a clip.
  • Place a lower-third caption (name/role) with a stroke for legibility.
  • Reveal text with a typewriter effect for a kinetic intro.
  • Stamp a live timecode or frame counter for review copies.

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Parameters

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text

The title text to burn in. Supports the tokens #timecode#, #shorttimecode#, #frame#. Required (leave it empty and Run errors).

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font

Dropdown of fonts available on the server (from list_fonts(); falls back to default). Default is the first installed font.

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size

Font size in pixels. Range 8–400, default 48.

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color

Fill color of the text as a hex string. Default #FFFFFF (white).

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stroke / stroke_color

Outline thickness in pixels (0–20, default 0) and its hex color (default #000000). A small stroke keeps text readable over busy footage.

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anchor

Where the text sits: bottom, top, center, top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right. Default bottom.

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t_start / t_end

Start and end time in seconds. t_start default 0.0 (0–3600). t_end default -1.0, where -1 means “until the end of the clip” (range −1 to 3600).

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fade_s

Fade in/out duration in seconds, 0–10, default 0 (no fade).

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typewriter / type_step

Reveal mode: off, char, word, or line (default off). When not off, type_step is the seconds between each revealed unit (0.02–2.0, default 0.1).

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Outputs

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Tips

  • A stroke of 2–4px in a contrasting color is the cheapest way to keep titles legible over any background.
  • t_end = -1 is the “hold to end” default; only set a positive value to remove the title before the clip ends.
  • Fonts come from the server; install fonts (or add them to ComfyTV resources) if your choice is missing from the dropdown.

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Types and bridges

COMFYTV_VIDEO is a ComfyTV project snapshot, not a native ComfyUI VIDEO. To hand off to native ComfyUI nodes, insert a Bridge (ComfyTV/Bridge). See bridges.md.
  • Subtitles — burn timed SRT/VTT caption cues (many cues over time) instead of one title.
  • Subtitles · Speech-to-Text — auto-generate the subtitle text to feed into Subtitles.