🎬 Tutorial: How to Auto Caption (Free!) in Final Cut Pro
Ever wondered how to add automatic subtitles or auto caption in Final Cut Pro? Well, here it is! In under 2 minutes!!
🎬 How to Auto Caption in Final Cut Pro - Quick Guide:
1. Export Your Video from Final Cut Pro: Export the video you want to caption and save it as "for captioning" on your desktop.
2. Use CapCut for Captioning: Open CapCut (a free app available for Mac and PC). Import your video from Final Cut Pro into CapCut.
3. Auto-Generate Captions: In CapCut, navigate to "Text", "Auto Captions". Choose your language and press "Create" to automatically generate captions.
4. Edit Captions: Zoom into your timeline to view captions. To edit, go to "Captions" and make necessary changes, including adding emojis or customizing text.
5. Disable Video Layer: Back in CapCut, select your video and press 'V' to disable the video layer, leaving only the captions.
6. Export Captions: Go to "File", "Export". Keep the settings as is or match them to your Final Cut Pro version. Remember, don't choose caption exporting as it's a paid feature.
7. Import Captions Back to Final Cut Pro: Export the captions to your desktop. Then, drag them back onto your video in Final Cut Pro.
8. Remove Black Background: Use the "Luma Keyer" effect in Final Cut Pro to remove the black background from your captions.
9. Fine-Tuning: Adjust the opacity of your captions and consider adding a drop shadow for better visibility.
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The title should be How to use Auto Caption in CapCut :)
@EllevonEditing
6 ай бұрын
haha also true!🤪
@mrjamesflores
5 ай бұрын
😂
HUGE time saver. Thank you. And nice work keeping the video so short! 👏
@EllevonEditing
14 күн бұрын
Yaaas the way it should be!! Thank you!!
Awesome video! You've got yourself a new loyal follower. Thank you!
It's crazy that this isn't native to Final Cut yet. Apple just built it and shipped it then that's that! Thanks for sharing !
@EllevonEditing
Ай бұрын
hahahaha so true. like plz apple it’s not that hard we have ai now!!!
😅Thank you for providing the workaround. I hope Apple includes auto-captions as a built-in option in Final Cut Pro!
@EllevonEditing
Ай бұрын
Riiiiight!!! Where’s the update fcp?!?!
The title should include CapCut as this is where the captioning takes place and not in FCP.
@EllevonEditing
2 ай бұрын
good point!!
@mrmatteotrovato
2 күн бұрын
lol, that’s just a small detail bro
Thank you for this. Once I add the captions in CapCut why do I take it back to Final Cut Pro? Also once I closed the project in FCP I couldn't figure out how to open it again so I just went with the one from CapCut and I didn't see the black lines on the edge.
@EllevonEditing
Ай бұрын
You're right, you don't have to!! Just export it in Capcut if it's your last step!!!
Hey! Capcut recently gave limitations to auto caption uses because they made it a Pro feature now :') do you have an alternative to this method by any chance?
@EllevonEditing
7 күн бұрын
I just saw this!!! I’ll do some research!!
@RobNeves
5 күн бұрын
😢
Great tutorial Ellevon! One question, my auto generated caption on CapCut is all lowercase "it looks like this, i am so fruastrated." I have to manually change certain words to uppercase; however, in your video it looks legit with caps on "I've been using this brand..." it looks perfect. You didn't have the same problem with all lower case caption? Thanks!
@EllevonEditing
19 күн бұрын
I think you can make the letters all caps and select a box that says “apply to all” so everything capitalizes! it’s in the text editor!
Love this work-around! BUT as of today, 8.13.2024, the Auto-Captions feature is a Pro feature only, and you'll only be able to export a couple captions using the free trial of it. Not sure when this happened, or if I'm like the one exception, but I'm not surprised it's being paywalled given how prolific a feature it is. If anyone has a workaround for THIS I'd be so grateful, there are plenty of other paid plugins that do this, but the appeal for using CapCut was the freebie =(
@EllevonEditing
2 күн бұрын
In the last week I’ve gotten this comment a few times- they must have JUST changed it!!😭😭 I agree it was so easy. I may upload an updated version that is truly FREE!
THANK YOU
@EllevonEditing
23 күн бұрын
You are welcome!!
Incredible. Thank you so much.
@EllevonEditing
2 ай бұрын
You’re welcome so glad it helped!!
hello! thank you for the help~ the only difficulty when i did this was that the captions became blurry (not crisp and clear in FCP like they were in CapCut). Is there any way I can fix this? thank you so much!
@EllevonEditing
3 ай бұрын
You know, I also found if you disable the timeline in CapCut, place a green screen layer under the text captions, and export that, you can import it into Final Cut in a cleaner way by instead of using the luma keyer, use the green screen keyer and that works better!!
ayeeeee nice!
@EllevonEditing
24 күн бұрын
thank you!!
Thank you so much. This two minutes video cleared all my doubts. Love from India
@EllevonEditing
3 ай бұрын
I’m so glad it helped you!!!🥰🥰
This is an incredible tip, thank you!
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
Yay!! So glad it was helpful!!
I seriously cannot thank you enough for this!!!!!! What an amazing time- and money-saver!!!
@EllevonEditing
4 ай бұрын
Ahhh I love this!!! That’s why I make these I’m so glad it helped you!!
Great fast and on point. What I would like to know: How to add captions in a different language. As most of my videos are in German, I would like add captions in englisch for youtube.
@EllevonEditing
3 ай бұрын
good question! I suppose one way is to download the captions in german from CapCut, run them through Google Translate and add them to your video manually in the settings…
@EllevonEditing
3 ай бұрын
I looked into it further and you can check “bilingual captions” when you’re choosing the language!
Great video! I think you'd get a much cleaner result by applying the blend mode "Add" to the captions video in Final Cut. Using luma key will give you rough edges most times.
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
Yes! I tried that at first but for me “add” worked best with white text and I was using so many colors in my captions it was being wonky. But this is also a great tip!!👏🏼
@Reapertips
5 ай бұрын
@@EllevonEditing Oww, you are right! it does mess up any of the coloring :( I hope someday Capcut allows for exporting Alpha channel so we can just export this. I would happily pay for it cause it saves so much time!
gotta leave a comment here, thanks genius!
@EllevonEditing
19 күн бұрын
Thank you!!🎬🎬
This is AMAZING! I’ve been so frustrated that final cut doesn’t have even the basic captioning of an Instagram sticker. This is really helpful! Thank you so much!
@EllevonEditing
6 ай бұрын
RIGHT!?! They have to add this feature at some point. I totally agree!!! I’m so glad it was helpful!!
I love your desktop screen omg
@EllevonEditing
Ай бұрын
Thank you I made it on midjourney lolll!!
Great tips! Thank you so much, this video saved my life Ellevon!
@EllevonEditing
2 ай бұрын
Yaaaas love to know it helped!!!
Only issue I’m having is my Final Cut Pro video is no longer 4k is it any way to change that
@EllevonEditing
3 ай бұрын
To change your resolution? Yep you can modify your project’s resolution by selecting your project and then on the upper right hand inspector clicking the purple “modify” button!
Thank you so much! Super duper useful 🔥🙏
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
That makes me happy- I’m so glad!!!
Unfortunately not free anymore... after 5 or 10 auto-captions, you cannot export these without paying for Pro...
@EllevonEditing
7 күн бұрын
Wowwwww I just found out!! Thank you for letting me know!!!
Hi, we live in India and we don't have access to CapCut. Can you suggest an alternative that will help us generate auto caption for our reels? Thanks in advance! ◡̈
@EllevonEditing
2 ай бұрын
Yes! Have you tried Veed.io? Veed.io does captions too!❤️
You have some great tutorials! How am I only finding out about you now? Your videos are well-produced, full of information, and directly to the point. Why don't you have more subscribers? You have at least one new subscriber now :)
@EllevonEditing
3 ай бұрын
Thank you, that’s so kind of you!! I just try to make videos I needed a few years ago!! 🙏🏻
You are fantastic, you entered my life with these amazing and straight to the point tutorials. This one in particular just changed my life 🎉
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
That is so sweet thank you! I’m so so glad these videos help you out!!🤍🤍
@TheSmilingDiplomat
5 ай бұрын
@@EllevonEditing ❤️
That's a great tutorial! Really appreciate it !
@EllevonEditing
6 ай бұрын
Thank you!! So glad it was helpful!!
Format not really nice after import capcut caption into fcp !!! But why not use capcut after all ?
@EllevonEditing
4 ай бұрын
Agreed, it’s honestly a great app I recommend to most peeps, on mobile especially!
GAME CHANGER! THANK YOU :)
@EllevonEditing
2 ай бұрын
It is!!! You’re welcome!!🎬
thank you for this ! super helpful❤
@EllevonEditing
15 күн бұрын
I’m so glad!! Thank you!!
I may have missed something but could skip adding back to Final Cut and just add the captions in CapCut and then export from there?
@EllevonEditing
4 ай бұрын
Yes! haha you could also do that if it’s your last step :)
How do I move just one block of text if I want to reposition it? When I move one it moves every single caption
@EllevonEditing
4 ай бұрын
Just make sure to unselect “Apply to All” when editing individual captions!
Thanks and that was fast 😂
@EllevonEditing
3 ай бұрын
Haha yes I can’t stand long tutorials 🤪
@DerrickCByron
3 ай бұрын
@EllevonEditing hahaha 😆
@DerrickCByron
3 ай бұрын
@EllevonEditing I have another question if I may regarding your video. Instead of pressing V to just import the captions alone can you just export the whole video with the captions too by chance? Thanks
@EllevonEditing
3 ай бұрын
@DerrickCByron You can just export in CapCut if the edit only needed captions as a finishing touch! Going back to fcp is only if you have to edit more.
@DerrickCByron
3 ай бұрын
@@EllevonEditing thanks appreciate the response
this was soooo helpful! thank you
@EllevonEditing
15 күн бұрын
Yay!! Awesome I’m so glad!!
Perfect! Hooray! This is a great time saver!! Thank you 🔥😍
@EllevonEditing
4 ай бұрын
Yay I’m so glad!! Thank you!!
Thank you great job!
@EllevonEditing
19 күн бұрын
Thank you so much!!🎬
Auto caption is amazing, thank you so much for this!!
@EllevonEditing
3 ай бұрын
It really is!!
love that this is 2 minutes
@EllevonEditing
3 ай бұрын
Yes!!!
nice idea!!!! thanks!
@EllevonEditing
6 ай бұрын
I’m glad it was helpful!!
Great, fast video, thank you! ☺👍🏼
@EllevonEditing
6 ай бұрын
Thank you!! Yesss that’s the goal!!
the second heard export your video its no longer in fnal cut pro but its a cool tip. final cut pro are just behind natively unfortunately.
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
agreed they need to catch up 😭
What a smart idea! Thank you!
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
You’re welcome!! Glad it helps!!!
thank
@EllevonEditing
14 күн бұрын
you’re
Love this tip. Will try it. Thanks!
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
Yay I’m so glad!!
Wow... THANKS!!! I just watched a very confusing video, using Captionator, and your video just smoked it. SUBSCRIBING!!
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
Yay!! I’m so glad you’re here!! Thank you so much!
Thank you very much !
@EllevonEditing
3 ай бұрын
You are sooo welcome!!💗
Thank you so much !
@EllevonEditing
Ай бұрын
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@EllevonEditing
Ай бұрын
So glad it helped!!
SMART
@EllevonEditing
Ай бұрын
So glad it helped you!!
Isn't quality lost when rendering the video twice?
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
Nope! There won't be quality loss in your original video with that workflow. Exporting the video from FCPX to CapCut for captions, then importing only the caption layer back to FCPX, doesn't affect the original video's quality. You're simply adding a caption layer on top!
thank you so much mam
@EllevonEditing
2 ай бұрын
I’m glad it helped!!
life saver. 🔥video
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
Awesome!!🥰 Thank you!
Thank you lady good pro tip there
@EllevonEditing
6 ай бұрын
Yas so glad it helped you!!!
earned my sub lady thank you so much.. wow 🙏🏽🙏🏽 amazing
@EllevonEditing
6 ай бұрын
YAY I’m glad you’re here!!❤️❤️
Thanks a loooootttttttt ;)
@EllevonEditing
4 ай бұрын
No problem!! 🎬
This is cool. Will have to try it! Thanks Emily
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
this was a great idea and has helped me already. nice job!
@EllevonEditing
6 ай бұрын
Love to hear that!! Thank you!!
They've now made it that there's just a few limited free uses of the auto caption thing in Capcut :/
@EllevonEditing
7 күн бұрын
Ugh!! That’s not cool.. it’s an awesome feature!!
nice, thanks!
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
You’re welcome!!
very useful tip! thank you so much for the video! +1 more sub!!
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
I’m so glad!! Thank you!!
Cap cut is a big game changer
@EllevonEditing
3 ай бұрын
It truly is!!!
Thank you 🙏
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
So glad it helped!!!
Thank you!!!
@EllevonEditing
2 ай бұрын
Happy to help!!!!🤍
why does my V key does not work (to disable the clip)??
@EllevonEditing
2 ай бұрын
You can also right click it & press “deactivate clip”!
@Mitchief
2 ай бұрын
@@EllevonEditing tried that as wel, but there’s no such option i could find to deactivate.but i think its because i am using the web version..i’ll try the desktop app version to check if its there..
❤😍
Thank you
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
Glad it helped!
Great!
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
Yay I’m glad you enjoyed!!
This is what I do. But I only export the audio from FCP so it's faster.
@EllevonEditing
6 ай бұрын
Nice!! That’s a good idea!!
Muito Obrigado! Isso vai ajudar no meu canal 🙏🏽
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
I’m so glad!! I hope it does!
Why don’t we just export it out of CapCut instead of exporting it and import it back into Final Cut Pro and then export it again. That’s a lot of exporting and importing
@EllevonEditing
3 ай бұрын
Yes, you can totally do that too if captions are your last step!!😂
@Ez8Ken
3 ай бұрын
@@EllevonEditing man too many steps, I can't believe am paying for final cut pro iPad version monthly and no auto caption. Though their editing design layout is in my opinion the easiest and most fluid. Apple will you hurry up with the updates already,! Capcut is exceptional for a free platform however the fluidity and sometimes it lacks the ease of use in comparison to Final cut (once again my opinion)
@EllevonEditing
3 ай бұрын
@@Ez8Ken It is really crazy that fcp has no auto caption! Final Cut IS the most intuitive overall. They just need AI! 😭
Except that Capcut use terms are for personal use only...
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
You can still use this effect for personal projects!
Your intro is twice as loud as your voiceover - need to calibrate your loudness so the viewers don't have to adjust their volume during your video
@EllevonEditing
6 ай бұрын
I’ve been playing around with sound lately so thanks for the feedback!!
Better than having to pay for something from the Apple App Store.
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
Trueeeeee
@will4rmstrong
5 ай бұрын
@@EllevonEditingI almost did, but making automatic captions should honestly be free no matter your skillset. Thank you for this!
Too little, too late. Apple is not focused on the needs of professional editors.
@EllevonEditing
6 ай бұрын
I wish they had this feature too😫 They need more AI infused effects pronto.
@plasmalabtv
6 ай бұрын
That's the reason why Davinci is gaining a lot of market!
@EllevonEditing
5 ай бұрын
Honestly true!!