Subkick Caption settings: every option in ⚙ Settings explained

Where are the settings?

Click ⚙ at the right of the top bar. The page has three tabs at the top:

• ⚙ Settings — every option of the plugin, in 7 tabs on the left: General, Display, Generation, Presets, Update, Coming soon, Plugin status.
• 📘 Help / Tutorial — the built-in help.
• ✉ Contact — write to us and read our replies.

At the bottom of the page, the version number and a badge show your plan (PRO, MAX, Trial or Payment ⚠ — see Tour of the panel). There is no Save button: every change applies right away and is remembered.

General: language, license and reset

Option	Where	What it does	When to use it
Language	General › Language	Changes the language of the whole panel and of the help. 12 languages.	To work in another language than the one picked up from Premiere Pro.
License	General › License	Shows your plan and email, for example ✓ Active (Pro) — your@email, or a warning if something’s wrong.	To check which plan is active, for example right after a payment.
Deactivate on this PC	General › License	Removes the key from the panel on this computer, after a confirmation. It does not unlink the license on our side.	Before lending or selling the computer. To move your key, see below.
🔄 Reset everything (like a fresh install)	General › Reset	Puts every setting back to default and restores the bundled presets and sounds; the panel reloads. Your license is kept.	When the panel looks or behaves oddly after many tweaks and you want a clean start.

To use your key on another computer, don’t deactivate it here: on the new computer, click 💻 Use the plugin on this computer and confirm with the code we email you — step by step in Activate your license key.

Warning: Reset everything can’t be undone. The window Reset everything? asks you to click twice (⚠ Click again to confirm). Tick Also delete my saved presets (keep only the bundled ones) only if you also want your own presets gone.

Display: how the panel looks and how the preview behaves

Option	Where	What it does	When to use it
Theme	Display › Appearance	Dark (default), Deep black, High contrast, Light gray or Light.	Visual comfort.
Accent color	Display › Appearance	The highlight color of the panel; ↺ goes back to the theme’s color.	Readability, or taste.
Interface size	Display › Appearance	Large, Medium (default) or Compact. Smaller = more information on screen.	On a small screen or a narrow panel: Compact.
Checkbox style	Display › Appearance	Checkbox, Switch (default) or LED dot.	Pure preference.
Number style	Display › Appearance	− / + buttons (default), Draggable value (drag the number sideways, click to type) or Arrow field.	If you prefer dragging values, as in Premiere Pro.
Show styles	Display › Display	Shows the font, size and color on the style cards and word labels. On by default.	Off for a plainer panel; placement previews always show the style.
Colors: match the Premiere monitor	Display › Display	On Mac wide-gamut displays, Premiere Pro shows vivid colors more saturated: this makes the preview match. On by default on Mac.	Turn it off on a Mac connected to a standard external monitor, to see standard colors.
Follow playback	Display › Display	The preview follows the Premiere playhead and highlights the current word while you play or scrub. On by default.	Keep it on.
Preview smoothness	Display › Display	Auto adapts to your computer, Economy spares modest computers, Smooth, and Maximum aims for 60 fps on powerful machines.	Economy if the panel feels slow; Maximum on a powerful computer.
Video background quality	Display › Display	Quality of the video background made by Create background: Low (fast), Medium (default), High (heavier). Applies to the next background you create.	Low for long sequences, or when the panel says Background too large.
Alignment guides	Display › Display	Markers behind the placement previews: No guide, Light guide (default), or one of two guides showing the interface zones of the main vertical-video apps.	Use an app guide when you place captions for Reels or Shorts, to keep them clear of buttons and descriptions.

More on the preview and the video background in Layout and word placement.

Generation: how captions are built on the timeline

These options are saved with each sequence.

Option	Where	What it does	When to use it
Method	Generation	The first option (default) puts all your captions in a single sequence (everything inside): lighter and faster. The second creates one sequence per caption.	Keep the default unless you need one separate sequence for each caption.
Cut on each cut	Generation (single-sequence method only)	Razors the captions sequence on the timeline at each caption, so you can move or delete one block like any clip. On by default.	Keep it on; turn it off if you want one uncut clip.
Right-to-left writing (Arabic, Hebrew)	Generation	Off by default: Premiere Pro writes Arabic and Hebrew correctly on its own. When ticked, the plugin joins the Arabic letters itself, with a compatible font (Arial, Tahoma, Geeza Pro, Adobe Arabic).	Only if your Arabic letters come out detached from each other after generating.
Last word before the block ends + Min frames	Generation	Makes the last word of each block appear at least N frames (3 to 10, 6 by default) before the block ends, so viewers have time to see it. Words shift back proportionally only when needed.	Keep it on; raise Min frames if last words flash by too fast.

Where the captions arrive and how to update them: Generate your captions on the timeline.

Presets: reset one part, open the folder

Option	Where	What it does	When to use it
Styles · Animations · Sound sets · Word placement	Presets › Reset	Each button puts one part back to its defaults, leaving the rest untouched. Word placement resets the positions and sizes set on the words. It acts right away.	When one part has gone too far and you want to start it over without losing the others.
📁 Open the presets folder	Presets › Presets	Opens Documents/Subkick Caption/presets. Each preset is a .json file, shared by all versions of the plugin.	To back up your presets, share one with a colleague, or add one by hand.

Creating and organizing your own presets: Save and reuse your presets.

Update: check and install a new version

The Update tab shows your Current version and the Version history. 🔄 Check for updates answers You have the latest version, or New version available with a ⬇ Install button. The panel also checks at launch: a red dot on ⚙ and a banner at the top (Update N available — click here to install it) tell you a version is ready.

⬇ Install opens a 4-step guide:

1. Download the update — ⬇ Download now puts the installer in your Downloads folder.
2. Close Premiere Pro completely.
3. Open the downloaded zip and run the installer (install.bat on Windows, the .pkg on macOS).
4. Reopen Premiere — the plugin is up to date.

Your settings, presets and current texts are kept through the update.

Coming soon and Plugin status

Coming soon lists the features we’re planning. Your feedback helps us prioritize: if something matters to you, tell us through ✉ Contact.

Plugin status checks at a glance that everything is ready to generate:

Line	Meaning
✓ Connected to Premiere Pro	The panel talks to Premiere Pro normally.
✓ N templates loaded	The caption templates are installed (otherwise: Template not found — reinstall the plugin).
✓ N font(s) detected	The fonts the panel can use.
✓ N caption(s) imported / ✗ No caption imported	Whether the current sequence has text in the panel.

Copy diagnostics copies a technical report (versions, license state, storage) to paste into a message to us. The legal notice sits at the bottom of this tab.

Help / Tutorial: the built-in help

📘 Help / Tutorial holds 12 help pages, from Overview to Generate, grouped by step (1 · Style, 2 · Text, 3 · Layout), plus ⚙ Settings and More. The Overview page ends with 💡 Tips to discover, a carousel of Subkick Caption tips and Premiere Pro tips. The yellow ? in the corner opens the right page for the screen you’re on.

Contact: write to us and read our replies

✉ Contact has two tabs:

• Inbox — Messages from the Subkick team: our replies and announcements. A yellow dot on ⚙ means a message is waiting; opening ✉ Contact marks it as read.
• Send — Your e-mail is filled in with your license email (that’s where we reply). Pick a Subject (Bug, Feedback, Feature request, Question, Other), write in Your message…, tick Attach technical diagnostic (helps fix a bug) if something went wrong, and click Send.

Why it matters: the diagnostic tells us your versions and what the panel was doing, without anything else from your computer. It usually spares several back-and-forth emails — we reply to everyone. More fixes in Troubleshooting.

Frequently asked questions

Where are the settings in Subkick Caption?

Click the ⚙ gear at the right of the top bar of the Subkick Caption panel, then the ⚙ Settings tab. The settings are sorted into 7 tabs: General, Display, Generation, Presets, Update, Coming soon and Plugin status.

How do I reset Subkick Caption to its default settings?

Go to ⚙ › Settings › General › Reset and click 🔄 Reset everything (like a fresh install), then click again to confirm. All settings go back to default and the bundled presets and sounds are restored; your license is kept. Tick Also delete my saved presets only if you want to remove your own presets too.

Where are my Subkick Caption presets saved?

Each preset is a .json file in Documents/Subkick Caption/presets, shared by all versions of the plugin. Open the folder from ⚙ › Settings › Presets › 📁 Open the presets folder to back up, share or add a preset by hand.

How do I update Subkick Caption from the panel?

When a red dot appears on ⚙, open ⚙ › Settings › Update and click ⬇ Install. A 4-step guide downloads the installer for you; close Premiere Pro, run it, and reopen Premiere Pro. Your settings, presets and current texts are kept.

Why do the colors in the Subkick Caption preview look different from the Premiere Pro monitor?

On Mac wide-gamut displays, Premiere Pro shows vivid colors more saturated. The setting Colors: match the Premiere monitor, in ⚙ › Settings › Display, makes the preview match that look; it's on by default on Mac. Turn it off on a Mac connected to a standard external monitor.

How do I contact Subkick Caption support from the plugin?

Click ⚙, then ✉ Contact and the Send tab. Choose a subject, write your message, tick Attach technical diagnostic if it's a bug, and click Send. Our reply arrives in the Inbox tab, and a yellow dot on ⚙ tells you it's there.