Bold Pop Captions

Everything below can be changed without touching the animation. Hand the list to an agent, or edit the values at the bottom of the component file.

• Srt

  srt · string

  Paste an SRT or WebVTT file's text. When it has cues it replaces `words`. Words inside a cue are timed by their length, so for word-exact timing paste per-word timings into `words` instead. A transcript longer than the clip plays as far as the clip runs; lengthen the video to show the rest.

• Words

  words · array

  Exact per-word timings in seconds, as any transcription tool exports them. Used when `srt` is empty.

  now: 22 items

• Max words

  maxWords · number

  How many words share the screen. Two is the punchy default; one is the fastest, loudest read; three calms it down for a slower speaker. A screen also ends early at a full stop, a new subtitle cue or a pause.

  now: 2

• Emphasis

  emphasis · array

  Words that land on their own: each one gets a screen to itself, set 30% larger, with a harder snap. Matched ignoring case and punctuation, so '6:48' also finds '6:48.'. Keep it to the one or two words the clip is really about.

  now: 1 item

• Position

  position · "lower" | "center" | "upper"

  Where the words sit. 'lower' is the usual short-form spot, just under the middle. On a vertical video the bottom 18% (the platform's handle and caption) and the right 12% (the like and share buttons) are always kept clear, whichever you pick.

  now: lower

• Uppercase

  uppercase · boolean

  Set in capitals, the loud version of this look. Turn off for sentence case, which reads calmer and fits more letters on a line.

  now: true

• Stroke

  stroke · number

  Thickness of the dark outline around every letter, as a fraction of the type size. 0.08 holds over a blown-out window; 0 removes it, which only works over dark footage.

  now: 0.08

• Shadow

  shadow · number

  Strength of the soft shadow under and around the words. It darkens the footage just behind the letters, which is what keeps them readable when a bright, busy background crosses the line.

  now: 0.7

• Size

  size · number

  Type size relative to the frame. Long words stack onto a second line and then shrink on their own to stay inside the safe area, so push this up freely.

  now: 1

• Ground

  ground · boolean

  Paint the brand's own dark ground behind the words when the stand-in scene is off. Off leaves the background transparent.

  now: false

• Stage

  stage · boolean

  Draw a stand-in shot, a gym at night lit by warm lamps, behind the words so the look can be judged on something. Turn it off, with `ground` off, to export the captions alone on a transparent background for your own footage.

  now: true

• Brand

  brand · string

  Brand token id, one of the keys of BRANDS. Its accent colours the spoken word and its display face sets the type.

  now: ember