Make animated captions from a transcript

Applies to 0.11Updated 25 Oct 20261 min read

After transcribing, press Captions from Transcript and choose a caption style. Word-by-word highlight styles are built in.

1. Transcribe the sequence in Text › Transcript.
2. Press Captions from Transcript.
3. Choose a caption style, for example Pill Highlight, Soft Pill Karaoke or Neon Glow.
4. Check the captions in the Text panel's Captions tab, where each line is listed with its timing.

Tidy the captions

• Set caption rules: characters per line, minimum duration and gaps.
• A reading-speed warning flags lines that are too fast to read.
• Use spell check for the caption language, and Find and Replace for names and terms.
• Save your own look under My Presets to reuse it.

Captions in right-to-left scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew are laid out from the right. To turn a caption into a full graphic, use Upgrade Caption to Graphic.

Prefer to watch? See Captions from a transcript and Animated caption looks.