Burned-in Captions
Captions permanently rendered into the video pixels, so they always show regardless of platform settings.
Burned-in (or 'open') captions are baked into the video file itself rather than supplied as a separate toggleable track. They always appear, look identical on every platform, and can be styled and animated freely — which is why creators prefer them for Reels, Shorts and TikTok.
The tradeoff is they can't be turned off or edited after export, so accuracy matters before you render.
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Captions
On-screen text of a video's spoken words, keeping viewers engaged when they watch with sound off.
Read →Subtitles (SRT)
A separate, toggleable text track (often an .srt file) that platforms can display over a video.
Read →Safe Zone
The central area of a vertical frame that stays clear of platform UI like captions, usernames and buttons.
Read →Transcription
Converting a video's spoken audio into written text, the basis for captions, editing and moment-detection.
Read →Stop reading, start posting.
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