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Movavi Video Editor: Generating AI captions and subtitles

Demo summary

The video demonstrates the 'Auto Subtitles' tool, which transcribes dialogue and generates animated, timed captions that can be styled within the design tab.

Step-by-step

  1. Hold down the Command key and select all clips to be captioned
  2. Go to Tools and choose Audio
  3. Select Auto Subtitles
  4. Set the number of lines per caption
  5. Click Generate
  6. Select a pre-made caption style or go to the Design tab to customize the look

Options

  • Use pre-made caption styles
  • Design your own custom caption style
  • Manually edit or delete transcribed text

Watch out for

  • If clips with only ambient sound are selected, the tool may generate captions naming those sounds

Tips

  • Tweak the design in the Design tab until it matches your specific project aesthetic

Highlights

With just a few clicks, I've got animated captions ready to go for my video.

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