Installation
Get MotionCaption into After Effects and Premiere, then activate your license on first launch.
Choose an install method
MotionCaption installs from a .zxp. Use the free aescripts ZXP installer, or copy the files in with the manual steps.
Get a ZXP installer
A .zxp needs an installer app to add it to your Adobe apps. The free aescripts one works for both After Effects and Premiere.
Get the aescripts ZXP installerInstall the extension
- Download
MotionCaption.zxpfor your OS. - Open your ZXP installer.
- Drag and drop
MotionCaption.zxpinto the window. - Wait for installation complete.
- Restart After Effects and/or Premiere.
Unpack the package and copy the extension folder into your user CEP extensions directory.
- Download
MotionCaption.zxpfor your OS. - Rename
MotionCaption.zxptoMotionCaption.zip. Windows hides file extensions by default, so turn on File name extensions in Explorer's View menu first. - Extract the ZIP. You should get a folder named
MotionCaption. - Copy that MotionCaption folder into the path for your OS below.
C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CEP\extensions\MotionCaption
- Restart After Effects and/or Premiere.
Manually installed extensions are unsigned, so Adobe only loads them when the CEP debug flag is on. Enable the CEP debug flag, then restart your Adobe app.
Open the extension
In After Effects or Premiere, open Window → Extensions → MotionCaption. Don't see MotionCaption in the menu? See enable the CEP debug flag in troubleshooting.

License activation
On first launch, sign in with your account or enter your license key.
Move your license to another device
Your license activates on up to 2 devices at once. To free a slot, open MotionCaption on the device you no longer use and click Deactivate, then activate on the new device with the same license. No longer have the old machine? Contact support and we will reset your activations.
Update to the latest version
MotionCaption tells you inside the panel when a new version is available. Click the update prompt and it downloads the latest version for your OS. Follow the prompt to update, then restart your Adobe app. You can always re-download from the Download page.
Uninstall
Delete the MotionCaption folder from your CEP extensions directory, then restart your Adobe apps:
- Windows:
C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CEP\extensions\MotionCaption - macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/MotionCaption