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Burn Subtitles into Video

Burn Subtitles into Your Video

Bake styled captions straight into your video so they play everywhere, on every platform and player, with no separate subtitle file to switch on. Generate them automatically, style them your way, and export a finished video.

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How It Works

Burn In Captions in Three Steps

Go from raw footage to a captioned video with the text baked into the picture, no manual timing required.

01

Upload Your Video

Drop in an MP4, MOV, MKV, or WebM file. The spoken language is detected automatically, or you can set it yourself.

02

Generate and Style

The speech is transcribed with word-level timing. Choose caption or karaoke highlighting, add a background box, and set the font and size.

03

Burn In and Export

Render the video with the captions baked into the picture, sized for landscape, square, or vertical.

Capabilities

Permanent Captions, Styled Your Way

Captions that are part of the picture, so they show for every viewer on every platform, with full control over how they look.

Always Visible

Burned-in captions are part of the video, so they show on every platform and player without the viewer turning anything on.

Word-Level Timing

Every word gets a precise start and end time, so the captions stay in sync with the speech even on fast-paced footage.

Caption or Karaoke Highlighting

Show each line as a clean caption, or highlight every word as it is spoken for a karaoke effect that holds attention.

Background Boxes

Add a background behind the text so captions stay readable over bright or busy footage.

Any Aspect Ratio

Export the captioned video for landscape, square, or vertical, sized for the platform you are posting to.

Sidecar Too

Prefer to keep a separate file as well? Export an SRT or VTT alongside the burned-in version from the same project.

Before You Burn In

Get It Right Before You Render

Burned-in captions become part of the picture, so they cannot be edited once rendered. A quick pass before you export saves a re-render later.

Edit the words

Fix wording, casing, and punctuation now. After burn-in, the text is baked into every frame.

Check the timing

Play the captions against the video so each line lands with the speech before you commit.

Lock the style

Set the font, size, and placement so captions stay readable over your footage on every scene.

Keep a backup

Also export an SRT, or keep the original video, in case you need a clean version or different text later.

Exports

Export to Any Format

Burn captions into the video, and still export a sidecar file, an After Effects project, or a transparent overlay from the same project.

Video with burned-in subtitles

The full video exported with styled captions baked in, sized for landscape, square, or vertical.

SRT file

Standard SRT sidecar file, ready for Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut, YouTube, and every major editor and platform.

VTT file

WebVTT sidecar file for web players and HTML5 video, with styling cues supported.

After Effects (.jsx)

Export captions as an After Effects script that rebuilds every line as editable text layers with the original timing.

Transparent overlay (MOV / WebM)

Export the captions on their own as a clip with a transparent background, ready to drop as an overlay onto any timeline.

Burn captions into your first video free, right in the browser.

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Where Burned-In Captions Win

Social Media Videos

TikTok, Reels, and Shorts autoplay without sound, so burned-in captions make sure the message lands with every scroll.

Ads and Promos

Keep the message readable in a silent feed, with captions styled to match the brand.

Platforms Without Caption Support

Post captioned video anywhere, including players and sites that do not support separate subtitle files.

Accessibility

Make sure captions are always on for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers, with nothing for them to toggle.

Course and Training Videos

Ship lessons with captions locked in, so learners see them on any device or player.

Reshared Clips

Cut captioned clips that keep their subtitles wherever they get reposted or embedded.

FAQ

Common Questions

Burning in subtitles renders the caption text permanently into the video picture, so it is part of the footage itself. Unlike a separate SRT file, burned-in captions always show and cannot be turned off by the viewer.

Burned-in subtitles are part of the video and always visible on every platform. A separate SRT file sits alongside the video and can be toggled on or off, but only where the player supports it. Voice Creator Pro can do either, or both from the same project.

Yes. The captions are transcribed automatically, and you can edit the wording of any line or regenerate one before you render the final video.

Yes. Because the captions are part of the video, they display on every platform and player, including feeds that autoplay without sound.

Yes. You control caption or karaoke-style word highlighting, background boxes for readability, fonts, and size, and you can save a preset to reuse the same look across videos.

No. Burned-in captions are permanent once rendered. Keep your original video, or also export an SRT or VTT sidecar, if you think you may need a version without captions or with different text later.

Yes. Voice Creator Pro Cloud has a free tier you can start with no credit card. For heavier use there are paid Cloud plans, or the desktop app for unlimited offline rendering.

Yes. Videos you create with Voice Creator Pro, on the desktop app or in the Cloud, are yours to use in commercial projects with no extra licensing.

Get Started

Burn Subtitles into Your Video

Generate captions, style them, and render a video with the subtitles baked in. Start free in your browser, or work offline with the desktop app.