Content Lab: Change Caption Position and Style

Learn how to customize the position and style of your captions.

Content Lab automatically generates captions for your video clips. You can customize these captions to match your branding by modifying the position, font style, size, colors, highlights, and more. 

Captions menu

Open Content Lab and select the clip you want to edit. Click Captions on the Clip Customizer menu to the right of the clip. 

 
Select your preferred caption style from the styles available. 

Next, click the caption on the video clip to highlight the editing menu. 

Click the Caption to view the Editing Menu

Position

To change the caption’s position, drag and place it anywhere on your video. Alternatively, you can use the Placement button to position the caption at any of the three pre-fixed spots on the video: top, middle, or bottom.  

Change Caption Position

Style

Use the Style dropdown to change the caption’s appearance. You can choose from several options, such as Basic, Outline, and Background.  

Change Caption Style

Font

Use the Font dropdown to change the font typeface. 

Change Caption Font

Size

Use the Size dropdown to change font size. You can choose from:

  • Small
  • Medium
  • Large
  • Extra Large
Change Caption Size

Pro Tip: You can also resize the caption by clicking and dragging the handles around it. This allows you to adjust the size to suit your design or layout perfectly.

 

Letter case

Toggle between Sentence Case and Capitals using the Letter Case icon. 

Change Caption Letter Case

Color

Use the Color Palette icon to change the caption’s main text and highlight color.   

Change Caption Text and Highlight Colors

Highlight

Click the Animations icon to choose a box or text highlight for the caption. 

Change Caption Animation


Edit

The Edit Captions icon allows you to correct, delete, or hide specific words in the caption. 

Edit Caption Text



Delete 

Finally, click the Delete icon to remove the caption from your clip. 

Delete Caption

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