Expressive caption presets · one style system, two behaviors
Captions stay the auto speech-synced transcript — but pour into designed presets (size + face + treatment + position + animation bundled), so they go from cinema-subtitle to big creative type. Color is the one quick tweak on top. Same style vocabulary the placed-Text layer uses.
The presets — same caption line, four looks, one frame
Cinema · default
This is a pano, wide screen selfie.
Cinema — small, white, shadow, bottom lane. The readable subtitle (today's default).
Clash · 16shadowbottomno anim
Statement
This is a pano,
wide screen selfie.
Statement — big editorial Clash, lower-third, phrase-at-a-time. Poster energy; the "extra big, designed" look.
Clash Semibold · 38shadowlower-thirdfade-in
Pop · active-word
wide screen selfie
Pop — big bold, the currently-spoken word highlighted (karaoke). Free with the word-level timestamps we just shipped — we already know each word's in/out.
Clash Bold · 34word-popcenteractive = vermillion
Card — phrase in a solid brand pill, condensed caps. Bold, blocky, very legible on busy footage.
Barlow Condensed · 26pill (brand)lower-thirdpop-in
Why one system — same vocabulary, two behaviors
The presets above are just bundles drawn from one style layer. That same layer powers placed Text too. We're NOT merging the behaviors (the transcript must stay a generated speech-synced track) — we're merging the style system, so you learn one vocabulary and captions can be as creative as stickers.
One shared style vocabulary
Face · Clash / Sans / Condensed
Size · S–XL
Color · ●●●
Treatment · plain/shadow/band/pill
Animation · none/fade/word-pop
Preset · Cinema/Statement/Pop/Card
Pick a preset (bundles the lot) or tweak any axis. Captions default to a preset; the active line is one tap from a restyle.
Two element behaviors
⌶ Caption track
0:00 This is a pano,
0:03 wide screen selfie.
0:06 It works.
auto from speech · many cues · synced · editable · wears any style above
Aa Placed text
golden hr.
typed · one element · drag / rotate / window-timed · wears the SAME style above