In video projects the timeline can generate captions: it mixes the audio, transcribes it, and writes timed caption segments you can edit and style.
Where: Studio timeline → Captions — Open the timeline header in a video project
Before you start
- Place and roughly finalize the voice/dialogue audio before transcription.
Key ideas
- Transcribe: The audio is mixed and transcribed into timed segments automatically.
- Editable segments: Caption segments land on the timeline where you can edit text and timing.
Steps
- Open the Studio timeline in a video project.
- Click Captions to mix + transcribe the audio.
- Edit the generated caption segments and timing.
Caption workflow
- The timeline mixes relevant audio into the transcription input.
- Speech is converted into timed caption segments.
- Segments can be edited for text and timing.
- Caption styling and burned-in export should be reviewed at the target aspect ratio.
Tips
- Transcribe after major timing edits to reduce rework.
- Correct names, punctuation, line breaks, reading speed, and safe-area placement manually.
Limitations and important notes
- Automatic transcription can be wrong with noise, music, accents, overlapping speakers, or specialist names.
- Burned captions become permanent pixels in the rendered video.