Premiere Pro caption guides

Written by the maker of Captions Gen. Native Premiere workflows first, plugin where it earns it.

How to add captions in Premiere Pro

Add captions and subtitles in Premiere Pro step by step: transcribe, create captions, style them, and export. Plus when closed captions make sense.

Auto captions in Premiere Pro, the fast way

Turn on auto captions in Premiere Pro with the built-in speech to text, improve accuracy, and learn when a caption plugin is worth it. Nothing uploads to the cloud.

Animated captions in Premiere Pro: the three real options

Get CapCut-style animated captions in Premiere Pro three ways: manual keyframing, the CapCut round trip, or a caption plugin. What each one costs you in time.

Premiere Pro captions not showing: six fixes

Captions not showing in Premiere Pro? Check the CC toggle, caption track visibility, the export burn-in setting and three more causes. Most fixes take seconds.