Subtitle Pop Help

Subtitle Pop Help

Subtitle Pop is a pack of 25 animated caption templates built to work directly with Final Cut Pro’s built-in auto-subtitle feature. Instead of manually styling and timing captions word by word, Subtitle Pop styles your auto-generated subtitles instantly, just pick a template and generate.

General Workflow

Here’s your game plan for using Subtitle Pop. Trust me, it’s really easy!

1. Right-click the Subtitle Pop template you want and select Make Default Subtitle.
2. Right-click the audio you want transcribed and select Generate Subtitles.

That’s it. Your captions appear already styled and animated.

Where to Find Subtitle Pop

Subtitle Pop templates live under your Titles browser in Final Cut Pro, filed under the Subtitle Pop category.

How Templates Are Organized

Subtitle Pop templates are grouped into two types, based on how many words appear at once:

• Long — designed for longer subtitle chunks, three or more words shown at a time.
• Short — designed for shorter chunks, typically one word at a time.
• Both — works well with either short or long chunks.

Both Long and Short templates will still work fine with either long or short subtitles, this grouping is just a starting point to help you pick a style faster, not a hard rule.

Changing Default Subtitle Duration

FCP’s auto-subtitle timing can be adjusted to change how many words are on screen at a time. As a general guide:

• 0.1 second — best for one-word-at-a-time style
• 1 second — best for 2-3 word chunks
• 2 seconds — best for 4-5 word chunks

Adjusting duration to match keeps captions feeling well-paced instead of rushed or sluggish.

Customizing All Generated Subtitles at Once

Once your subtitles are generated, you can select all of them by selecting one and then pressing Command A. Next, adjust shared settings, like font, color, or position, in one pass instead of editing each caption individually.

End Offset

Use the end offset control to change the animation’s duration and fine-tune its timing so it syncs up with the words as they’re being spoken.

Quickly Swapping Styles

Already generated your subtitles but want to try a different template? Select all your subtitle clips, then double-click a new Subtitle Pop template to apply it across all of them at once, no need to redo anything from scratch.

Adjusting the Text Box

Double-click the text in the Viewer, then click and drag the sides of the bounding box to resize it. This is useful if your captions are wrapping awkwardly or running outside your safe area.

Using the Emoji Template

Open the Title Inspector and click into the emoji text box. From there, you can press the emoji key on your keyboard (the globe icon) to open the emoji picker, or go to Edit > Emoji & Symbols from the menu bar.

Note: the template won’t select emojis for you automatically, you’ll need to add them manually.

Using Box Templates

For templates that use a background box, make sure your font selection matches across all instances, mismatched fonts between box templates can cause inconsistent spacing or sizing across your captions.

Still Need Help?

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