Transparent caption overlay
Keep the captions. Keep your edit flexible.
Export styled captions as a transparent video layer, then place that layer over your original footage inside your own editing workflow.
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Quick answer
What is a transparent caption overlay?
A transparent caption overlay is a video file that contains styled captions on an alpha channel instead of flattening them into the source footage. Place it above the original clip in a compatible editor to keep the picture and captions as separate layers.
How it works
Create a transparent caption overlay
Finish the caption work in ClipSubtitles, then keep compositing control in your editor.
01Caption and review
Generate timed captions and correct the transcript before styling.
02Choose the visual treatment
Select the caption style and motion you want carried into the overlay.
03Export the transparent layer
Download a ProRes 4444 caption overlay for compositing over the source video.
For flexible post-production
Styled captions without flattening the edit.
Transparent background
The export contains the caption layer rather than a duplicate of the source picture.
Editor-friendly output
Place the overlay in a compatible timeline and keep the original footage underneath.
Matching timing
The overlay and subtitle files come from the same reviewed captions.
Captions in context
Made to look at home in the video.
Questions
What you need to know.
What is a transparent caption overlay?
It is a video layer containing styled captions on transparency, designed to sit over your source footage in an editor.
Which format is the overlay?
ClipSubtitles uses a ProRes 4444 MOV for the transparent caption layer.
Will the overlay match my subtitle files?
Yes. They are generated from the same reviewed words and timing.
Your first minute is on us
Bring finished captions into your own edit.
Review the words once, then export a transparent layer ready for compositing.