Media & tools

Add anything to your captions

Emojis, icons, and your own footage, all without leaving the panel. On Pro, stock photos, video, and audio join them. Batch tools handle the busywork.

MotionCaption · Media
Emojis

Emojis without leaving your editor

No web search, no downloads, no dragging a file onto your timeline. Browse the full library in the panel, set a skin tone, and drop one in a click.

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Click an emoji to drop it on the caption. Above the line, or between words in After Effects.

No hunting the web for emojis

Skip the search, the download, and dropping a file onto your timeline by hand. Browse the full emoji library in the panel and add one at the playhead in a click.

Skin tones and styles

Set a skin tone for people emojis, then switch between the Google, Google Animated, and X styles to match your look.

Shape layers in After Effects

X emojis import as native After Effects shape layers. Recolor them, scale them with no quality loss, and animate them like any vector.

Icons

17,300+ built-in icons, ready to use

Browse 17,300+ icons across 13 libraries. Search by name, recolor to match your captions, and insert at the playhead.

A small sample of the library. Search the full set by name and recolor any icon.

17,300+ built-in icons

Browse 17,300+ icons across 13 libraries, including Font Awesome, Bootstrap, Feather, Tabler, and more.

Search and recolor

Find an icon by name in a fast search, then set its color to match your captions and brand.

Insert at the playhead

Drop the icon straight into your timeline at the playhead, ready to place and animate.

Your media

Your own clips and images

Hover a clip to play it in the panel, then click to drop it on the timeline.

Hover to play it

Point at a clip and it plays right there in the panel. No hunting through folders to remember what a file is.

One click to the timeline

Click it and it lands on your timeline, already timed to the caption you selected.

Project, folders, saved media

Browse your open project bin, any folder on your computer, and the media you saved to reuse. Video, images, and audio, all in one place.

Stock

Stock photos, video, and audio

On Pro, search stock libraries for whatever your edit needs.

PexelsPixabayOpenverse

Photos and videos

On Pro, search Pexels and Pixabay for photos and videos, then insert them straight from the panel.

Sound effects and music

On Pro, search Openverse for royalty-free sound effects and music, then add them to your timeline.

Insert from the panel

Browse media and drop it into your timeline in a click. No downloads to manage by hand.

Grab

Pull media from a link

Turn videos from supported sites into footage and captions for your project.

MotionCaption · Grab

Paste a link

Paste media links, one per line, to pull video, audio, or images in.

Pick format and quality

Choose the format and quality you want, then insert the result into your timeline.

Manage downloads

Search your downloads, then open one in the browser, insert it into the timeline, or transcribe it.

Tools

Batch tools for the repetitive caption work

Adjust timing, keyframes, selection, and animation across every caption at once in After Effects. In Premiere, render tracks and bring them straight back.

Timing

After Effects

Batch-adjust caption layer timing in your comp.

  • Trim Layers to Markers
  • Extend Layers
  • Overlap Text Layers
  • Fill Time Gaps

Texts

After Effects

Restructure and prep your caption text layers.

  • Pre-compose
  • Separate Texts
  • Add Responsive Width
  • Reverse Layers Order

Keyframes

After Effects

Batch keyframe operations across layers.

  • Offset Keyframes to In/Out
  • Adjust Keyframe Duration
  • Duplicate Keyframes

Selection

After Effects

Select across many layers at once.

  • Select Same Property
  • Select Keyframes by Index

Animation

After Effects

Make any layer follow the box that highlights each word.

  • Sticky Layer to Highlight Box

Render Tracks

Premiere

Render specific tracks and bring them straight back into your project.

  • Render to MOV
  • Render to MP4
  • Render to PNG sequence
  • Import back to timeline
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Easing editor

One easing curve across your keyframes

Open the easing editor to shape the timing of your keyframes in a single curve graph. Start from a preset like ease or overshoot, or drag your own curve.

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