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Captions are generated automatically and timed word by word to the narration. Most viewers watch with the sound off, so captions do a lot of the work — Crealix makes them easy to style. Open Captions in the tool rail.

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Pick a style

The Caption Style panel with the library

① Library / Custom · ② Position · ③ My Captions · ④ Use a library style

  1. The Library tab (①) is where you browse; Custom is where you design.
  2. Position (②) — Top, Center or Bottom. Bottom is the safe default for TikTok and Reels; Center works well for story formats where nothing else is in the middle of the frame.
  3. My Captions (③) shows the styles you’ve saved, marked Yours. The active one shows On. Click + New style to start a new one; the ⋮ menu on each card has more options.
  4. The Library has 48 ready-made styles — from clean (Default, Ariel, Elegant) to bold short-form looks (Beast, Umi, Wrap, Tiktok, Neon, Marker). Each is previewed on a real word from your video. Click Use (④) to apply one.

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Design your own

Switch to Custom to change every detail of the current style. The preview at the top updates as you go.
Editing a caption style: typography and colors

① Live preview · ② Typography · ③ Colors · ④ Save

Caption effects and layout settings

① Highlight · ② Shadow · ③ Stroke · ④ Layout

  • Font — clean sans-serifs for readability or display faces like Playfair Display for character.
  • Weight — how bold the letters are (for example 400 - Regular).
  • Size — in pixels, measured on a 1080p frame so it looks the same at every export resolution.
  • Transform — None, UPPERCASE, lowercase or Capitalize.
  • Active word — the word being spoken right now.
  • Inactive word — the other words on screen.
  • Background — an optional box behind the caption.
How words appear: None, Pop, Beast Pop, Bounce In, Karaoke Fill, Hormozi Box, Box Trail, Whip Slide, Shake, Earthquake, Heartbeat, Wave, Spin Stamp, Slot Roll, Blur Focus, RGB Glitch, Typewriter or Clean Fade.
Caption animation options
  • Highlight for the active word — Color, Box, Underline, Glow or Marker.
  • Shadow — None, Soft, Heavy, Neon, Outline glow or 3D extrude, with its own shadow color (or Auto).
  • Stroke width — an outline around every letter, in pixels.
  • Position from bottom — the exact height, as a percentage of the frame.
  • Words per batch — how many words are on screen at once. 1 gives the punchy one-word-at-a-time look; 3–5 reads more naturally for long videos.
At the bottom of the panel:
  • Update ”…” saves your changes to the style you’re editing.
  • Save as new style adds it to My Captions as a new style you can reuse on any video.
  • Reset returns to the original settings.
Set your favourite caption style as a default in My Brand and every new video will start with it. Manage all your saved styles in My Captions.

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Captions from your own audio

When a video’s sound comes from uploaded media rather than Crealix narration — for example a Split Video or a Music Video — the panel offers Generate captions. Crealix transcribes the audio (for songs it separates the vocals first and captions the lyrics). It’s free.

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Remove captions

Some formats work better without captions — for example when the text is already on screen, as in Fake Text Messages. Use Remove captions in the panel, or switch captions off in the creator form.