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Captions are your words, written on the video as you say them. Lots of people watch videos with the sound off, so captions help everyone follow along. Cutaway makes captions from your transcript, on your Mac.
The Captions panel with the Hide transcript switch, size and style choices

Turn captions on

1

Open the Captions panel

Click the Captions icon in the right sidebar (or press Command + 4).
2

Switch off Hide transcript

When Hide transcript is off, your captions show on the video.
3

Pick a style

  • Style: Pill, Outline or Bold.
  • Position: Bottom or Top of the video.
  • Transcript size: drag the slider to make the words bigger or smaller.

Fix a wrong word

Captions sometimes mishear a word. Press Edit transcript, select the word and click Fix spelling. Only the caption changes. Your video doesn’t.

Captions file

A captions file (an .srt file) holds your captions as text, timed to your final cut. You can upload it to YouTube, so viewers can turn captions on and off themselves. It works even when the captions aren’t shown on the video. There are two ways to get one:
  • From the Captions panel: press Export transcript. Cutaway saves an .srt file named after your project.
  • With a YouTube package: when you export a YouTube package, the folder includes a captions.srt file. See Export.
A normal video export (a single file) doesn’t include a captions file. Use Export transcript to get one.
Want to see this in action? Watch Add captions and music.