The end product for captions and subtitles is what is known as a sidecar file. It's a versatile, text-based file that you then add to your video by uploading the sidecar file to the online platform where your video is hosted. Viewers can toggle these captions and subtitles on or off. You'll receive these sidecar formats by default when placing a captions or subtitles order, but with the burned-in video add-on, you can download your captions or subtitles as a video as well.
Order Burned-In Captions and Subtitles
Click on whichever service you need below to open the checkout page:
Once your files are added to the order, check the box next to Burned-in Captions
Or next to Burned-in Subtitles, depending on which service you're ordering.
Navigate to your Order History on the left panel menu of your account.
Click on the order number to open the order information page.
At the bottom of that page, click on Order Burned-In Captions.
Follow the on-screen instructions to add the add-on service to your order.
Once the final version of your video is ready, you’ll receive an email with a link to download it. That link will be live for 7 days, but you can also re-download open-captioned videos from the download modal for any caption order where the burned-in add-on was ordered.
Download Burned-in Captions and Subtitles
Once your order has been completed, you can download or reprocess your burned-in video by following these steps:
Select your file from your Workspace page to open it up in our Captions and Subtitles Editor.
Click on the download button in the top right of the Customer Editor.
Navigate to your Order History on the left panel menu of your account.
Click on the order number to open the order information page, then click on Download to the right of the file you want to download.
Once you click on Download, the download options menu will open.
Remove the SRT option from the pop-up so that only video remains, then click download.
The burned-in video will not be downloaded instantaneously like the other caption output formats; instead, you will be notified via email once your burned-in video is ready, which takes roughly one-fifth of the length of the video (i.e. a 10-minute video may take about 2 minutes to burn the captions in).
Customize Burned-in Captions and Subtitles
In the download options menu you can customize the appearance of your burned-in text before downloading the file. Select Customize under Burned-video appearance and then click Next.
On the next screen you will fine burned-in caption customization options.
The options you have available are split into two sections:
Font Types
- Arial
- Noto Sans
- Nunito Sans
- Open Sans
- Poppins
- Roboto
- Futura
- Helvetica Neue
- Lucinda Grande
- Source Sans Pro
- STIX Two Text
- Times New Roman
- Tiresias Infofont
- Verdana
- Ubuntu
Note for Subtitle Orders: Not all listed fonts are available in each language, if ordering Global Subtitles.
Font Size
Font size can be adjusted from 8 to 30 pts.
Typographical Emphasis and Font Color
You can add Bold or Italic to your captions and subtitles text.
The font color palette will display three default color options: Black, White, and Yellow. It will also include a hex value input field for users who want a specific color.
Position
The position of the text on your burned-in video can be adjusted to align with the top, middle, and bottom of your video. You'll also be able to justify the text to the left, center, or right of the video. Please note that the positional options will apply to all your captions, and individual caption placement is not yet an option for our burned-in captions.
This short clip shows the various positional options:
Background Appearance
- None (no background color)
- Outline (text is outlined in the selected color)
- Wrap (caption group has a container in the selected color)
Background Colors
The background color palette will display three default color options: Black, White, and Grey. It will also include a hex value input field.
Default Appearance
The default settings for Rev’s open captions and subtitles are Noto Sans. The font will be white with 50% opacity black wrapped background, and the size will be determined by the dimensions of your video.
You may also set your preference for all Burned-In videos via the Order Preferences section of your Account Settings. Please note this applies to any future orders once added and will not change the settings of any active or completed orders.
Alternatively from the download options menu, check the box next to Save as default styling settings to assign the settings as default in your order preferences.
Manually Burn-in Captions and Subtitles
If you prefer to merge your video and captions or subtitles file yourself, you can use video editing software. While we don't have support for using external platforms, you can click on the links below to navigate to instructions for a few suggested platforms.
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Apple Final Cut Pro
- Vegas Creative Software
- If you're looking for a free alternative, we suggest trying HandBrake.