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Dadan video Intro Maker

Welcome to dadan video Intro Maker, a powerful tool designed to help you craft professional, eye-catching intros for your videos directly within the dadan platform. Whether you’re creating tutorials, presentations, or promotional content, Intro Maker streamlines the process of adding branded text overlays, customizable backgrounds, and dynamic elements to hook your audience from the first second.

Intro Maker allows you to experiment with fonts, colors, images, and timing without leaving your workflow. It’s perfect for quick enhancements or full custom designs, ensuring your intros align with your video’s theme and style. In this guide, we’ll cover the basics: getting started, adding and styling text, configuring backgrounds, and finalizing your intro.

Key Features:

  • Text customization (fonts, sizes, colors, alignment).
  • Background options (solid colors or uploading images).
  • Adjustable intro duration (3–5 seconds recommended for impact).
  • Easy element addition (text, images) and preview.

Access dadan Intro Maker #

Let’s dive into the step-by-step process to build your first intro.

  1. Open your video playback page.
Video playback page
  1. Navigate to the Edit Your Video section.
  2. Click on Intro Maker to open the panel.
Click on Intro Maker
  1. A video intro suggested template will appear, with auto-selected length (default: 5 seconds).
  2. Preview your changes in real-time.
Intro default template

Add and edit text content #

Text is the star of most intros; use it to display titles, credits, or calls-to-action.

  1. In the Intro Maker panel template, select the text you want to edit and either edit it directly or in the Text Content field.
Text Content field
  1. Click Add Text if you want to add another text block.
Click Add Text
New text block
  1. Change the text style: font, size, etc.
  • Font Family: Choose from options like “DM Sans” (default) via the dropdown.
  • Font Size: Adjust with the slider or input (e.g., 20px for subtitles, 64px for headlines).
  • Font Weight: Select Normal, Bold, or others to emphasize key words.
  • Text Color: Click the color picker to choose from a palette.
  • Background Color: Add a semi-transparent overlay for readability (optional).
  • Background Transparency: Toggle the slider (0–100%) for subtle effects.
  • Text Alignment: Use icons for left, center, or right alignment.

Configure background and visual elements #

A strong background sets the mood, keep it simple to avoid being distracted from your text.

  1. Under Background Source, toggle between Color and Image.
  • Color: Click the color swatch to open the picker.
    • Use HEX/RGB sliders (e.g., #93EEFF for a light blue) or the spectrum grid.
    • Preview opacity with the transparency circle.
Color Mode
  • Image: Upload your background image from your device.
Image Mode
  1. Set Intro Length (Seconds): Drag the slider (3s–5s) to control duration.
    • Shorter for fast-paced videos; longer for builds.
Intro Length
  1. Click Add Image to insert icons, logos, or illustrations.
Add Image
  • Resize & position the image.
  • Optional: adjust the Background (if applicable) and Background Transparency (0–100%).
Resize & position the image
  1. Use Remove Element to delete a selected layer.
Remove Element
Dadan video Intro Maker 1

Save your intro #

  1. When happy, click the big blue Save button.
  2. A confirmation message will appear.
Save your intro
  1. If this is your first time creating an intro for your video, click Save in the confirmation message.
  2. If an intro already exists, click Replace Old Intro (to update) or Save (to keep both intros).
Save your intro

Done! Your new intro is now attached to the video.

Are you still facing issues? Reach out to our support team for further assistance. You can reach us at feedback@dadan.io or via our website chat.