Burn in captions
Add captions to a Videospan video from its transcript, then style them with word-by-word highlighting, fonts, colors and placement.
Burned-in captions are part of the video itself, so they show on every platform, even in social feeds with the sound off.
Steps
- Open a video and select Edit.
- Select Captions in the tool rail, then Add Captions to Timeline.
- Play the video to see your captions.
- To change how they look, select the captions track, then Make Detailed Edits, and open Style & placement.
- Turn on Word-by-word highlight so each word lights up as it's spoken.
- Select Done, then Publish. The captions are rendered into the new version of the video.
Good to know
- Fix the transcript first. Captions are made from the transcript, so correct any wrong words there before you add them.
- Style tabs. Text, Highlight, Box and Motion control the font, colors, background box and animation.
- Safe area. Keep inside safe area stops captions running into the edges of the frame.
- Reuse a look. Select Save as new style to keep your caption style for other videos.
Video transcript
Burned-in captions are part of the video itself, so they show on every platform, even in social feeds with the sound off. Open the video and select Edit. Select Captions, then Add Captions to Timeline. They are made from the transcript, so fix any wrong words there first. Play the video to see your captions. To change how they look, select the captions track, then Make Detailed Edits, and open Style and placement. Turn on Word-by-word highlight, and each word lights up as it is spoken. The Text, Highlight, Box and Motion tabs control the font, colors, background box and animation. Keep inside safe area stops captions running into the edges. Select Done. When you publish, the captions are rendered into the new version of the video.
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