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The captions you would build by hand, in minutes
Everything an animated caption needs, transcription, timing, style, and the edit around it, generated inside After Effects and Premiere.
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By hand, or in the panel
Both put animated words on screen. They differ in how long it takes and how much of it you do yourself.
| What matters | By handThe manual way, in your editor | MotionCaptionIn the same panel |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic transcription | Cloud or offline, 99 languages | |
| Every word timed to the audio | ||
| Ready-made animated styles | You build each one from scratch | 330+ in After Effects, 80+ in Premiere on one MoGRT |
| Fixing the timing of one word | Nudge keyframes or clip edges yourself | Drag the word's edges on the Retime timeline, snapped to frames |
| Cutting dead air, filler, and repeated takes | Scrub and cut every one by hand | Found for you, reviewed, then ripple-deleted |
| Finding your best moments to clip | Scrub the whole recording yourself | Ranked from your transcript, then marked or cut into new comps or sequences |
| Editing a caption later | Anything, all manual | Native text layers in After Effects, restyle from the panel in Premiere |
| Time to a finished result | An afternoon of typing and keyframing | Minutes, from audio to styled captions |
| What it costs | Free, paid in hours | One-time license, optional Pro |
By hand
The manual way, in your editor
Automatic transcription
Every word timed to the audio
Ready-made animated styles
You build each one from scratch
Fixing the timing of one word
Nudge keyframes or clip edges yourself
Cutting dead air, filler, and repeated takes
Scrub and cut every one by hand
Finding your best moments to clip
Scrub the whole recording yourself
Editing a caption later
Anything, all manual
Time to a finished result
An afternoon of typing and keyframing
What it costs
Free, paid in hours
MotionCaption
In the same panel
Automatic transcription
Cloud or offline, 99 languages
Every word timed to the audio
Ready-made animated styles
330+ in After Effects, 80+ in Premiere on one MoGRT
Fixing the timing of one word
Drag the word's edges on the Retime timeline, snapped to frames
Cutting dead air, filler, and repeated takes
Found for you, reviewed, then ripple-deleted
Finding your best moments to clip
Ranked from your transcript, then marked or cut into new comps or sequences
Editing a caption later
Native text layers in After Effects, restyle from the panel in Premiere
Time to a finished result
Minutes, from audio to styled captions
What it costs
One-time license, optional Pro
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