Caption style · Still

Plain captions.

White text with a dark outline.

plain captions on a sample clip, rendered by Captuno.

What it looks like

White lines with a dark outline, a phrase at a time, with no animation. They read on any background and keep the attention on you, the way broadcast subtitles do.

When you upload you can also choose how the words come in. It works in vertical and widescreen video, in any of the 14 languages Captuno knows.

Good for

  • Interviews, tutorials and widescreen YouTube videos
  • Brands that want captions to stay out of the way
  • Viewers who find moving text distracting

How to get it

  1. Open the uploader in plain and drop in an MP4 or MOV, up to 15 minutes and 2 GB. No account or credit card needed, just an email address.
  2. Captuno writes down what's said, times every word and renders the captions, then emails you a link.
  3. Watching the preview is free. The full-quality video and its .srt file cost $1.99 for every 3 minutes of video, or less with a pack of seconds.

Caption a video in plain

Other still styles

  • minimal: Small light text on a soft dark bar.
  • editorial: Magazine title: one giant lowercase serif word, the rest small around it.
  • cover: Editorial's giant word, always behind you, like a magazine cover.
  • documentary: Small spaced capitals with a thin line above.

Or see all 17 caption styles.