caption-styles

From the author

Seventeen animated caption looks for talking heads, podcasts, ads, lyric and short-form videos (karaoke fill, active-word pop and colour, sliding pill, word tiles, frosted glass, neon, serif italic, white card, bounce and tilted word cards and more), each with presets in exact numbers: font (OFL), size per format, words per screen, active-word timing 1-2 frames before the voice, 9:16 safe box, contrast, padding and easing. The rules come from the Netflix and BBC subtitle guides, the DCMP Captioning Key, ITU sync tolerances, eye-tracking research and short-form editors. Use when someone asks for TikTok, Reels or Shorts captions, word-by-word or highlighted subtitles, karaoke captions, or 'captions like Hormozi / MrBeast / podcasts'. NOT for transcription itself (use WhisperX or ElevenLabs speech-to-text first), translation, or plain SRT delivery without styling.