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Free After Effects tool · v2.8

Turn speech into animated captions.

Automatically transcribe your voice-over into timed text layers, emphasize important words, add motion and drop shadows — without leaving After Effects.

Get Auto Captions — FREE

Free EliteNuggets account required. No payment required.

Editable
AE layers
Windows
After Effects
Local transcription
after setup
Beginner
guide included
COMPOSITION PREVIEW
HELLO CREATORS
WELCOME BACK
AE 1920 × 1080 · TEXT LAYERS
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Auto Captions v2.8

1
Select footageOne video or audio layer.
2
TranscribeSelect a range. Generate captions.
Transcribe + Generate
Caption styleAnimationEmphasis
Font
Your font ⌄
Text color
Emphasis
Outline
2 px
Shadow
↻   Rebuild from Last Transcript

Illustrative interface & caption preview

Stop building captions
one text layer at a time.

You already edit in After Effects. Your captions should too.

Generate editable text layers directly inside your workflow. Spend less time switching tools and more time shaping your edit.

THE MANUAL ROUTE
Transcribe elsewhere
Export subtitles
Import into AE
Style each caption
INSIDE AFTER EFFECTSSelect.
Transcribe.
Make it yours.

Transcribe faster

Choose the range you need and generate timed captions automatically.

Design your captions

Adjust font, tracking, line spacing, emphasis, outline, shadow and position.

Animate automatically

Animate full captions, individual words or emphasized words with ready-made motion styles.

YOUR WORDS. YOUR STYLE.

One transcript.
Endless styling.

Changed your mind about the animation?
Don’t transcribe everything again.

Auto Captions remembers your last successful transcript. Adjust the style, motion or emphasis and rebuild your captions from it.

↻   Rebuild from Last Transcript

Same timing. New design. Seconds instead of starting over.

CAPTION STYLE · ILLUSTRATIVE PREVIEW

HELLO CREATORS
WELCOME BACK
Animation
PopSlide UpBounceFade
Animation scope
Whole captionPer word · VO synced
Curve
SmoothSnappyEase OutCustom

Everything stays editable in After Effects.

From footage to animated captions.

01 Select

▸ Your video / audio layer

Select one imported video or audio layer. Choose its In/Out, the Work Area or Entire Source.

02 Transcribe

Transcribe + Generate

Refresh the range, confirm its duration and generate timed captions.

03 Style

COMPOSITION PREVIEW
YOUR CAPTIONS
YOUR STYLE
AE 1920 × 1080 · TEXT LAYERS

Customize your caption design, emphasis and motion to match your edit.

04 Rebuild

YOUR CAPTIONS
YOUR STYLE
↻ Rebuild from Last Transcript

Experiment with a new look without retranscribing your footage.

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CaptionsFREE v2.8
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editable, animated captions.

EliteNuggets Auto Captions v2.8Yours free.

Everything you need to create professional captions directly inside After Effects.

  • Timed transcription
  • Editable AE text layers
  • Multiline captions
  • Word emphasis
  • Automatic drop shadow
  • Per-word animations
  • Sentence animations
  • Motion presets
  • Editable easing curves
  • Rebuild without retranscribing
  • Beginner PDF setup guide
  • Windows setup included
$0Get Auto Captions — FREE

Create a free account or sign in on the asset page.

No payment required.

Read the beginner guide ↗

Built for editors, not subscriptions.

A familiar workflow.

Work inside After Effects, where you already edit.

Editable by design.

Generated captions remain text layers you can refine.

Experiment freely.

Change your style and rebuild from your last transcript.

Free to download.

Get it with a free EliteNuggets account. No payment required.

For Adobe After Effects on Windows. Run the included setup_windows.bat once, then install the ScriptUI panel. Internet access may be needed for the initial speech model download; transcription runs locally after setup.

Your captions shouldn’t
take longer than your edit.

Transcribe them. Style them. Animate them.
Keep editing.

Get Auto Captions — FREE

After Effects · Windows · No payment required

COMPOSITION PREVIEW
YOUR IDEAS
DESERVE GREAT CAPTIONS
AE 1920 × 1080 · TEXT LAYERS