How to Add Animated Captions to Social Media Videos

After you work hard to create a video for social media that’s valuable and will resonate with your audience, you probably want it to perform well and get in front of the most eyes possible. And one of the best ways to do that is by adding dynamic captions.

Want to learn how to add animated captions to your social media videos in just 4 steps? Keep reading!

How to Add Animated Captions to Social Media Videos

Adding captions is essential for success on social media. After all, over 80% of social media videos are watched on mute. So you’re very likely to lose out on a huge portion of your audience without captions. And, these days, even basic captions might not be enough. To get the most views, you need your captions to be eye-catching. Especially knowing that the average person scrolls through a whopping 300 feet of social media content daily.

And that’s why animated captions are so effective. They’re immediately attention-grabbing, making your audience more likely to slam the brakes on their quick-scrolling and notice your content.

Animated captions can get your videos more views and engagement (compared to standard subtitles), help your viewers follow along with the video more easily (which increases watch times), and help you stand out from the ever-increasing crowd on social media AND look like a pro (without a fancy editing team).

Here at Zubtitle, ​​we’ve created a way for you to make videos with animated captions just by clicking one button. Follow the simple walkthrough below to add dynamic captions to your videos for social media!

1. Create a Zubtitle account

If you already have one, just sign in!

2. Upload your video

Just click the yellow Add New Video button on the right-hand side of the screen. In just a few seconds, our state-of-the-art software will generate automated captions for your video!

3. Go to the Text Motion menu

As soon as the video is uploaded, you’ll be automatically navigated to the Text Editor menu where you can view and edit your captions and headline. If you look at the menu on the right-hand side of the screen, you’ll see the Text Motion menu.

4. Add animated captions

Once you’ve clicked on the Text Motion menu, you’ll see a dropdown menu with two options for caption animation styles. The Appear option animates your captions to show up one after the other as you speak each word.

OR you can choose the Highlight option, which adds a pop of color to each word, allowing you to customize both the Text and Fill colors. Whichever option you choose, you can preview the animation styles in real-time as you edit.

5. Download your video for social media

Once you’re happy with your animated captions, just resize your video for the platform you’ve chosen and it’s ready for download!

Pro tip: Don’t forget to use our Duplicate feature so you can easily resize and repurpose your content for other platforms!

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