Caption tips & tutorials
for After Effects creators.

Most motion designers have years of saved animation presets. Here's why bringing them into your captions makes your work look like yours, and how to do it without rebuilding anything.

Late caption revisions are part of the job: a new font, bigger emphasis words, different line breaks. Here's how to plan for them so a style change takes minutes instead of a rebuild.

You already have subtitles from YouTube, CapCut or your editor. Here's why plain SRT and VTT files are a great starting point for animated captions, and what to check before you convert them.

AI transcription is accurate, but the mistakes it does make are the embarrassing kind: names, brands and numbers. Here's a quick proofreading habit that catches them before they become animated layers.

We analysed five years of Google Trends data on captions and subtitles. Interest in auto captions has grown more than tenfold since 2021. Here's what people are searching for, why, and how to solve those problems every day.

Why stacked captions with one oversized word hold attention on Reels, TikTok and Shorts, the design rules that make them work, and how to build them in After Effects without hand-placing every block.

Step-by-step guide to creating professional animated subtitle layers in After Effects — from audio transcription to finished animated text.

Which animated caption styles actually drive engagement on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube? We break down the formats that work and why.

AI caption generators have gotten very good. But is auto-transcription right for your workflow? An honest look at speed, accuracy, and when manual still wins.