Insert captions
Choose a caption track and position, then insert lightweight placeholder captions.
Use the transcript and Caption options to review wording and grouping.
Video track
Choose a dedicated video track above your footage. If it does not exist, the panel tells you and offers to create the missing tracks when supported. If the target contains overlapping clips, review any replacement prompt carefully.
Insert placeholders
Insert placeholders opens a confirmation with the clip count and a preview. Adjust Horizontal offset and Vertical offset to position the captions. These values also become the starting position for styled captions.
Placeholders are lightweight captions for editing. Their current word is highlighted without the heavier style effects. They do not receive S_Shake or the sequence pre-render option used during styling.
A caption can contain multiple timeline clips so its active word or line can change with speech. The clip count can therefore be larger than the number of caption segments.
During and after insertion
Progress shows the current operation. Stop ends further placement; already placed clips can remain. Inspect the caption track before restarting an interrupted operation.
Move to Style & Tools to apply the design. Reapplying a style after changing grouping rebuilds the styled captions directly, without an intermediate placeholder pass.
Export saves your transcript. Clear clears panel data for the sequence without removing the caption clips already on the timeline.