Caption guides
Practical caption guides for short videos: best practices, safe zones on TikTok, Reels and Shorts, viewer retention and vertical clips.
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Caption best practices for short videos
Size, position, words per line, contrast and proofreading: the basics for captions that read well on TikTok, Reels, Shorts and YouTube.
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Caption safe zones by platform
Where to place captions so the buttons, username and description don't cover them on TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and YouTube.
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Why captions help you keep your audience
Many people watch videos with the sound off. Here is how captions help viewers understand, keep their attention and reach more people, including deaf viewers.
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How to make vertical clips from a long video
From long video to captioned vertical clip: pick the moments, crop to 9:16 with ClipSprint and add word-by-word captions with CueSprint.
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SRT vs VTT: which caption file should you use?
SRT and WebVTT both carry timed captions, but they are not interchangeable. What each format is, where each one works and which to download from CueSprint.
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How to upload SRT captions to YouTube Studio
Step by step: add an SRT file from CueSprint to your YouTube video in YouTube Studio, keep timings, fix errors and let viewers auto-translate your captions.
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How to import SRT captions into CapCut
Use CueSprint's SRT in CapCut: import caption files on the desktop app, restyle and animate them, or bring in the ready-made captioned MP4 instead.
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Import SRT captions into Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve
Bring CueSprint's SRT or VTT into Adobe Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve, style the caption track, and export it as a sidecar file or burned into the video.
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Upload SRT captions to Facebook, LinkedIn and Vimeo
Which platforms accept SRT caption files, how to upload them on Facebook, LinkedIn and Vimeo, and when you need burned-in captions instead (TikTok, Reels).
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Add captions to a video on your website with WebVTT
Use CueSprint's VTT file with the HTML5 track element to caption a video on your own website, with optional styling and a word-by-word highlight.
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Turn your video captions into posts, chapters and articles
Your SRT is a full transcript with timestamps. Use it to write YouTube descriptions and chapters, blog posts, show notes, social posts and translations.
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Why video quality helps your content get recommended
What TikTok, Instagram and YouTube have said about low-quality, reposted and watermarked videos, and why sharp, original, captioned video tends to travel further.
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The best export settings for TikTok, Reels and Shorts
Resolution, aspect ratio, frame rate, codec, bitrate and audio settings for vertical video, and how to keep quality from your editor to the upload.
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