Chat and social post captions Captions that look like a message.

Chat styles turn each line into something people recognize from their phones. Message Blue puts the caption in a blue message bubble that alternates sides like a text thread. Post sets dark text on a white post card, and Comment uses a translucent dark card with an emoji. They work well when the clip is a conversation or a story.

Use it on my video Best for: Storytime, conversations, Q&A clips and social commentary

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

Message Blue A message bubble alternating sides, like a chat

Post A white post card with dark text

Comment Comment: a translucent dark card with an emoji

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
Message Blue	Inter Bold (700)	70 px	4, up to 2 lines	None	No	None
Post	Inter Bold (700)	68 px	5, up to 2 lines	None	No	None
Comment	DM Sans Bold (700)	66 px	5, up to 2 lines	None	No	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

Can I make a clip look like a text conversation?

Message Blue alternates bubbles like a chat. For the full look, the Leaked Chat and Blue Bubbles templates frame the whole clip as a messaging app.

Do chat styles work with two speakers?

Yes. The bubbles alternate sides, which reads naturally as a back-and-forth.

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.