Caption templates that follow the voice.
87 animated subtitle styles in 9 groups, from plain essentials to karaoke, typewriter and big type. Each one reads along with the voice, word by word. Type your own words and see any of them on dark or bright footage.
A preview film: the Karaoke caption look reading “A voice for every word.” aloud, word by word.
Follow the voice
16 caption templatesThe word being said is marked as it is spoken: lit, boxed, underlined or filled like karaoke.
Follow along
The spoken word lights up
Pop
Each word lands with a bounce
Tracker
A box follows the voice
Marker
A highlighter swipe, word by word
Underline
A hand-drawn line under the spoken word
Karaoke
Colour fills as the line is spoken
Glass
A frosted bar that reads along
Zoom
The spoken word grows, the rest make room
Focus
Only the spoken word is sharp
Bouncing ball
A ball hops from word to word
Pointer
A cursor arrow glides from word to word
Progress line
A line under the phrase fills as it is said
Heavy word
The spoken word turns heavy
Brackets
Square brackets snap round each word
Lift
The spoken word rises off the line
Slant block
A slanted block behind the spoken word
Multicolour
10 caption templatesMore than one colour at work: key words picked out, a colour for every word, or a line in each tone.
Punch
Key words in green, red and yellow
Two lines
A white line over a line of colour
Candy
A new colour for every word
Neon
Cyan and magenta glow
Sunset
A warm gradient on the spoken word
Split
Every word cut in two tones, top and bottom
Colour blocks
Each word on its own block of colour
Keynote
Key words heavy, each over a flat bar of colour
Misprint
White type with an offset colour print
Ombre
The phrase steps through one colour, word by word
Big type
11 caption templatesA few words at a time, large enough to carry a short on their own.
One word
A single word, large and fast
Trio
Three words at a time, the spoken one brightest
Letter tiles
One word at a time, a tile for each letter
Tower
Words stacked and fitted to one width
Kicker
A small line above one very large word, set left
Hollow
Outlined type that fills as it is said
Long shadow
Heavy rounded type with a long flat shadow
Echo
The spoken word leaves outlined echoes
Swerve
Big type that leans in depth, left then right
Slam
Slab words that land hard
Big keyword
The key word jumps to a large line of its own
Boxes and labels
11 caption templatesCaptions on bars, chips, tapes and notes, which stay legible on any footage.
News bar
A full-width bar with a colour tab
Paper labels
Each line on its own white label, a little askew
Chips
A chip for every word; the spoken one fills
Speech bubble
A white bubble with a tail
Label maker
Embossed strips from a label maker
Sticky note
Handwriting on a yellow note
Caution tape
Yellow tape with striped ends
Ribbon
A folded ribbon behind the phrase
Viewfinder
Corner marks frame the phrase
Lower third
A heavy line over a light one, beside a colour rule
Closed caption
Black boxes that roll up, broadcast style
Entrances
11 caption templatesWords that arrive: typed, dropped, flipped, wiped in or gathered from scattered letters.
Typewriter
Typed letter by letter, with a caret
Mask rise
Words rise from behind the line
Flip board
Words flip down like a departure board
Drop in
Words fall into place and bounce
Blur in
Words drift in from a blur
Slide in
Italic words streak in from the side
Reveal
Each word fades up as it is said
Swing
Words swing down on a hinge
Assemble
Scattered letters gather into words
Ink wipe
A colour bar wipes each word in
Stretch
Tall type that snaps in from wide
Editorial
7 caption templatesSerifs, small capitals and pull quotes for interviews, essays and film.
Italic turn
A serif whose spoken word turns italic
Small caps
Small capitals between two fine rules
Pull quote
A large quotation mark and a set serif
Headline
A heavy display serif with colour key words
Serif accent
Sans type with key words in an italic serif
Newsprint
Black serif on paper strips, highlighted as said
Cinema
Film subtitles in warm yellow
Playful
8 caption templatesComic, sticker and chalk lettering that does not sit still.
Comic
Comic lettering with a burst behind the word
Sticker
Rounded words with a thick white edge
Wave
The spoken word's letters ride a wave
Handwritten
Pen script with a drawn ring
Jitter
Marker lettering that shakes when said
Block 3D
Solid letters with depth that jump
Cut-out
Each word a scrap cut from a different page
Chalk
Chalk lettering on a slate
Screen and retro
5 caption templatesPixels, terminals, video tape and dot-matrix signs.
Pixel
Eight-bit type that moves in steps
Terminal
Typed at a prompt in a dark window
VHS
Tape type with colour fringes and scan lines
Glitch
Each word breaks into slices as said, then locks
Dot matrix
Lit dots on a dark sign
Essentials
8 caption templatesPlain subtitles that stay out of the way: bold, outlined, on a strip or in a soft box.
Studio bold
Large heavy type on a black box
Classic
A smaller, lighter line on a black box
Soft box
A subtitle in a fully rounded dark box
Clean
Plain white type with a soft shadow
Light
A lighter, tighter sans with a soft shadow
Impact
Big, tight capitals with a deep shadow
Bright strip
Dark type on a bright strip
Fine outline
Heavy type with a hairline dark edge
87 caption templates
Put one on your own video.
Open the editor, add your footage and let it write the captions from the speech. Then choose any of these 87 looks, set its colour, size and position, and export the film or the subtitles as SRT or VTT.