3D caption styles Volume and shadow that lift the text off the video.

3D styles give captions physical weight. 3D Block extrudes the text into a solid block, Long Shadow casts a flat diagonal shadow, and Retro 3D sets fat retro lettering with pink depth. Pop Out pairs a white outline with a hard colored shadow, and Layered stacks three offset colored layers behind the words.

Use it on my video Best for: Hooks, announcements, kids content and bold brand clips

8 styles · This preview was recorded with the same renderer that burns captions into your clip, so what you see is what you get.

3D Block Text with solid 3D volume

Long Shadow A long diagonal flat-design shadow

Retro 3D Fat retro lettering with pink depth

Sign Block A block sign with depth and square corners

Flip 3D The phrase turns in 3D and lands with volume

Pop Out Letters with a white outline and a hard coloured shadow

Layered Three offset coloured layers behind the text

Echo Trail Transparent echoes trailing below the phrase

Specs of every style

Font, size, words per line, outline and entrance animation of every style in this category, read from the same style that burns the captions into your clip.

Style	Font	Size	Words per line	Outline	All caps	Entrance
3D Block	Archivo Black	92 px	2, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	pop, 220 ms
Long Shadow	Montserrat Black (900)	88 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Retro 3D	Shrikhand	92 px	3, up to 2 lines	3 px	No	None
Sign Block	Bungee	80 px	2, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Flip 3D	Rubik Black (900)	92 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Pop Out	Titan One	90 px	3, up to 2 lines	9 px	No	None
Layered	Anton Bold (700)	110 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Echo Trail	Montserrat Black (900)	88 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None

Step by step

How to apply a style to your clip

How to choose and save a caption style In the Download clip window, open Captions in the right menu. On the Styles tab, filter by category or search and click a style: the caption shows up in the preview. After adjusting the font and effects, Save caption style keeps everything under a name, and Use as default applies that style automatically to your next clips. See the steps → How to customize the clip captions With a style chosen in Captions, use the Font tab to change the font, size, weight, colors, outline, shadow and line breaks, and the Effects tab for position, caption backdrop, keywords and word styles. Drag the caption in the preview to move it. See the steps → How to use your brand's font in captions Inside a video, open Library in the menu, go to Fonts and click Add font to upload a TTF or OTF file. The font stays saved in your account and shows up in every caption font picker, in the Your Fonts group. Only use fonts you're licensed to use. See the steps →

Terms worth knowing

Animated captions Captions that light up, change color or appear word by word at the exact moment each word is spoken. Burned-in captions Captions rendered into the video image itself: they show in every player and the viewer cannot turn them off. Safe zone The part of a vertical video the app interface does not cover, where captions and text stay visible. Characters per second (CPS) A caption's reading speed: how many characters the viewer has to read for every second it stays on screen.

Frequently asked questions

Do 3D captions slow down the export?

No. The depth is part of how the style is drawn, and the clip renders the same way as with any other style.

How many words fit with a 3D style?

Most 3D styles show two or three words per line, up to two lines, because the volume takes space. You can change words per line in the clip editor.

Pick a style. We handle the timing. Every word synced to the speech.

Upload a video or paste a YouTube link. We transcribe every word with its timing, you choose the look, and the clip comes out captioned.

Try it on my video

See the result on your own recording before adding a card.