# Edit the opening hook

The title card a clip opens on: turn it on or off before a job, rewrite its words, set how long it stays on screen and move it on the video.

- Page: https://www.snipri.com/docs/edit-the-opening-hook
- By [Cihan Düzgören](https://www.snipri.com/about) · November 2, 2026 · 2 min read
- Section: Editor, in [the Snipri docs](https://www.snipri.com/docs)

The hook is a short title on screen as a clip starts, so a viewer knows in the first moment what the clip is about. It starts as the title Snipri wrote for the clip when it chose the moment.

## Before a job

In the Studio, the **Captions** card holds the **Hook title** switch, on unless you turn it off. It rides on the captions, so it is off while captions are off, and **One clip** jobs have no title to show.

## Rewrite it

Open the clip in the editor and choose **Hook**. With **Hook title** on:

1. Type your own words in **Hook text**. The field starts with the title the card shows now.
2. Under **Hook length**, set **Seconds**: how long the title stays on screen.
3. Drag the card on the video to place it, and pull its corner to resize it.

The hook title takes up to 120 characters and stays on screen for 1 to 10 seconds.

Clearing **Hook text** brings back the title Snipri wrote. A clip that has no title of its own needs words in the field before the card can show.

## When the switch is locked

The hook cannot show with the captions at the top of the frame, where the card sits, or with the captions turned off. The switch says which it is: move the captions on **Captions**, or turn them on, and it unlocks.

## Save your edits

The new hook waits until you press **Save changes**. [Change a clip's caption style](https://www.snipri.com/docs/change-caption-style) covers the captions the hook rides on, and [Edit a clip](https://www.snipri.com/docs/edit-a-clip) shows where every other tool is.

Previous guide: [Add an intro and an outro](https://www.snipri.com/docs/add-an-intro-and-outro)

Next guide: [Add B-roll to a clip](https://www.snipri.com/docs/add-b-roll)

Still stuck? Write to [hello@snipri.com](mailto:hello@snipri.com) with the name of the video and what the screen said.