Smart Captions Engine is a flexible and powerful caption system for After Effects designed for content creators, vloggers, social media videos, podcasts, reels, shorts, promos and any project that needs dynamic animated subtitles.
Create clean, modern and fully customizable captions without manually animating every word. Simply paste your text, choose the caption and timing mode, and let the engine automatically split, animate and highlight your subtitles.
FLEXIBLE CAPION MODES
Choose the workflow that fits your project:
- Words Mode – Automatically creates caption blocks using a fixed number of words
- Characters Mode – Automatically fills each caption block up to a selected character limit without splitting words
- Smart Width Mode – Automatically calculates the real visual width of the text and creates the largest caption block that fits inside your selected maximum width
- Lines Mode – Use each line from your source text as an individual caption block
SMART TIMING SYSTEM
Smart Captions Engine includes three different timing workflows:
- Equal Timing – Distributes the total duration evenly between all words
- Natural Timing – Automatically adjusts the duration of every word according to its length, creating a more natural reading rhythm
- Manual Timing – Gives you complete synchronization control. Simply place markers on the Timing Markers layer to define the exact start and duration of every word
ACTIVE WORD EFFECTS
Bring attention to the currently spoken word using a modular effects system. Combine:
- Color
- Opacity
- Scale
- Lift
- Background Box
- Underline
CAPTION TRANSITION EFFECTS
Add smooth transitions between caption blocks using:
Smart Captions Engine gives you the speed of automatic captions with the flexibility of a fully customizable motion graphics system.
PERFECT FOR:
- YouTube videos & Shorts
- TikTok
- Instagram Reels
- Podcasts
- Interviews
- Talking-head videos
- Vlogs
- Promos
- Explainers
- Tutorials
- Social Media Content