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Subkick Caption tutorials
Animated, word-by-word captions in Adobe Premiere Pro — every screen and every setting, explained step by step.
Subkick Caption is a plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro 2025 and later, on Windows and macOS. It turns speech into animated captions, word by word, right in your timeline: it transcribes the audio with AI (or imports your captions), gives each word the style that fits its importance, places it, animates it, adds sound effects, then generates everything on your timeline in one click — no After Effects needed.
These guides follow the panel exactly as you see it: where to click, what each option does, and what it brings to your edit.
Start here
New to Subkick Caption? These three pages take you from download to your first animated captions.
- 1How to install Subkick Caption in Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows and macOS)Download Subkick Caption, install it on Windows or macOS and open the panel in Premiere Pro 2025+ from Window › Extensions. Requirements and fixes included.
- 2How to activate your Subkick Caption license key in Premiere ProGet your free Subkick Caption key, activate it in the Premiere Pro panel, confirm your email, recover a lost key and move your license to another computer.
- 3How to make animated captions in Premiere Pro: your first video in 5 minutesMake word-by-word animated captions in Premiere Pro with Subkick Caption: pick a preset, transcribe or import your text, check the layout and generate.
Subkick Caption at a glance
- Works with
- Adobe Premiere Pro 2025 or later, Windows and macOS. Nothing else to install: no After Effects needed.
- What it makes
- Animated captions, word by word, generated directly in your Premiere Pro timeline — and still editable afterwards.
- Where the text comes from
- AI transcription from the audio (100+ languages, word-level timecodes), an .srt file, the captions already in your Premiere project, or text you type.
- Styles
- Ready-made presets, or your own: several styles in the same caption so each word gets the importance it deserves; saved and reused in seconds.
- Formats
- Vertical, square or 16:9 — Reels, Shorts, short-form clips, YouTube.
- Interface languages
- 12: English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Hinglish, Indonesian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Russian, Japanese, Thai.
- Free
- Every feature for your first 1,000 generated words, then unlimited words in simple mode, plus 10 min of AI transcription. No credit card.
- Pro
- €19/month or €186/year: unlimited generation, every feature, 3 h of AI transcription per month.
- Max
- €29/month or €288/year: everything in Pro, 15 h of AI transcription per month, priority support.
Getting started
Install the plugin, activate your key, and get the big picture of the panel.
- How to install Subkick Caption in Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows and macOS)Download Subkick Caption, install it on Windows or macOS and open the panel in Premiere Pro 2025+ from Window › Extensions. Requirements and fixes included.
- How to activate your Subkick Caption license key in Premiere ProGet your free Subkick Caption key, activate it in the Premiere Pro panel, confirm your email, recover a lost key and move your license to another computer.
- How to make animated captions in Premiere Pro: your first video in 5 minutesMake word-by-word animated captions in Premiere Pro with Subkick Caption: pick a preset, transcribe or import your text, check the layout and generate.
- How Subkick Caption works: a tour of the Premiere Pro panelThe Subkick Caption panel step by step: the 1 Style, 2 Text, 3 Layout bar, the bottom bar, ⚙ Settings, help, undo and redo, and automatic saving per sequence.
Step 1 · Style
The plugin opens on Style: pick a preset, then shape it — fonts, colors, several styles per caption, animations, sounds.
- How to choose an animated caption preset in Premiere Pro (63 ready-made styles)Pick one of 63 animated caption presets in 9 families, search and filter the gallery, keep favorites and preview them with your own words in Premiere Pro.
- How to customize a caption style in Premiere Pro: font, color, background, shadow and glowChange the font, size, color, gradient, background box, drop shadow and glow of your animated captions in Premiere Pro, style by style, with Subkick Caption.
- How to highlight keywords in captions: several styles in one subtitle in Premiere ProGive important words their own style in your Premiere Pro captions: up to 10 styles, roles, and Compo Auto to style and place every word automatically.
- How to animate captions word by word in Premiere Pro: fade, slide, zoom, blur and karaoke highlightAnimate captions word by word, line by line or all at once in Premiere Pro: fade, slide, zoom/pop, blur, blink and a karaoke-style active word highlight.
- How to add sound effects to animated captions in Premiere Pro (pop, whoosh, click)Add pop, whoosh or click sounds that play in sync with each caption word in Premiere Pro: 73 built-in sounds, your own files, volume, variations and timing.
- How to save and reuse your own caption presets in Premiere Pro (one style per client)Save your caption style as a preset in Subkick Caption, reuse it on every video, keep one preset per client, back it up or share it with a colleague.
Step 2 · Text
Bring in your words: AI transcription, .srt import, captions from your project or typed text — then fix lines and timecodes.
- How to transcribe a video automatically in Premiere Pro and get word-by-word captionsTranscribe your Premiere Pro sequence with AI in Subkick Caption: spoken language, audio tracks, In/Out range, credits and a timecode for every word.
- How to import SRT subtitles or your Premiere Pro captions and turn them into animated captionsImport an .srt or .vtt file, or the captions already in your Premiere Pro sequence, into Subkick Caption and turn them into animated captions. No credits used.
- How to write or paste your own caption text and time it in Premiere ProNo voice, on-screen text or a script? Type or paste it in Subkick Caption, one line per caption, then set each start and end at the playhead in Premiere Pro.
- How to edit caption text and timing word by word in Premiere ProFix words, split or merge blocks, set each word's timecode, re-split the text and export an SRT from the Text step of Subkick Caption in Premiere Pro.
- How to keep captions in sync after cutting your edit in Premiere ProWith Subkick Caption, transcribed words stay anchored to your clips: cut, move or trim in Premiere Pro and the captions follow. How 🔗 re-sync works.
- How to remove silences automatically in Premiere Pro with Autocut (beta)BetaSubkick Caption's Autocut finds the silences in your Premiere Pro sequence and cuts them, leaves gaps, mutes or marks them, with optional zoom punch-ins. Beta.
Step 3 · Layout
Place every word on the real image of your video, customize one word, then generate on the timeline.
- How to position and lay out animated captions in Premiere ProPlace every word of your animated captions in Premiere Pro: drag words, set margins, height, spacing and size for all blocks or one, with your edit behind.
- How to change the style of one word in your Premiere Pro captionsRight-click a word in Subkick Caption to give it its own color, font, size, background, animation or sound in your Premiere Pro captions.
- How to place captions under the speaker's face in Premiere Pro (beta)BetaBelow the face (beta) in Subkick Caption finds the speaker's face and puts each caption just under it, so the text doesn't cover it. Steps and settings.
- How to add your animated captions to the Premiere Pro timelineSend your animated captions to the Premiere Pro timeline with Subkick Caption: choose the track and the scope, generate, then update only what changed.
- Captions for vertical, square and 16:9 videos in Premiere Pro (Reels, Shorts, YouTube)Subkick Caption fits animated captions to vertical, square and 16:9 sequences in Premiere Pro: supported sizes and what to adjust for Reels, Shorts, YouTube.
Plans & settings
What Free, Pro and Max include, every setting of the panel, and fixes for common issues.
- Subkick Caption Free, Pro and Max: what each plan includesWhat the Subkick Caption free plan really includes, what simple mode is, how transcription credits work, and what Pro and Max add, monthly or yearly.
- Subkick Caption settings: every option in ⚙ Settings explainedEvery Subkick Caption setting in Premiere Pro: language, license, display, generation method, presets, updates, plugin status, built-in help and contact.
- Subkick Caption troubleshooting: common problems and how to fix themPanel missing in Premiere Pro, key refused, transcription or generation errors: what each Subkick Caption message means and how to fix it.
Frequently asked questions
How do I add animated captions in Premiere Pro with Subkick Caption?
Install the plugin, open it from Window › Extensions › Subkick Caption, then follow the three steps at the top of the panel: 1 Style (pick a preset), 2 Text (transcribe the audio with AI, import an .srt file or type your text), 3 Layout (place the words, then click the generate button at the bottom). The animated captions land on a track of your timeline.
Do I need Adobe After Effects?
No. Subkick Caption builds the animated render itself, inside Premiere Pro. You only need Adobe Premiere Pro 2025 or later, on Windows or macOS.
Can I try Subkick Caption for free?
Yes. The Free plan unlocks every feature for your first 1,000 generated words and includes 10 minutes of AI transcription. After that you keep generating with no word limit in simple mode (one style, one animation, basic placement), or move up to Pro or Max.
Does it work for vertical videos like Reels and Shorts?
Yes. It works on vertical, square and horizontal (16:9) sequences, so the same workflow covers Reels, Shorts and YouTube videos.
Can it caption videos in my language?
AI transcription handles more than 100 languages, with a timecode for every word. Importing an .srt file or your Premiere captions uses no credits, whatever the language. The panel itself is available in 12 languages.
Try Subkick Caption for free
Just your email: key and download right away, every feature unlocked for your first 1,000 words, no credit card.