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How to Create Trending Shortform Caption Effects

Updated over 2 months ago

  1. Open a new project in Premiere Pro and prepare your audio and video files in the sequence.

  2. Go to [Window] > [Extension] > [Cutback] to launch the Cutback panel.

  3. Select the [Edit Captions] menu and generate the transcription.

    • Need help generating captions? Check out our guide.

  4. After reviewing the transcription, click [Apply to sequence] > [Animated Captions].

    Pop up to choose animated captions or premiere pro captions without motion preset

Want to apply motion captions to specific segments only? Select the section, then click [Animated captions].

Tip

  • For short videos or clips that don’t require fine editing, you can apply motion captions directly from the [Animated captions] menu.

Choose from a list of presets or select a custom animated caption style.

List of animated captions presets for word by word captions in premiere pro

Click a word to preview how it looks before applying. "PREVIEW" will be displayed behind captions while in preview mode.

preview of how to add auto caption in premiere pro

Click [Apply] to finalize and add the animated captions.

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