You can add captions in Canva by uploading your clip and using their text overlay tools.
If you have a short video and want perfect accuracy, you can create a file yourself using a basic text editor like or TextEdit . Open a text editor: Use Windows Notepad or TextEdit on Mac. Follow the SRT format: Number the subtitle (e.g., 1 ). Add the timecode: 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,000 . Type the text on the next line. Leave a blank line before starting the next number. The Ex subtitles English
Save the file with the .srt extension (e.g., mysubtitles.srt ). Ensure the encoding is set to UTF-8 . 🤖 Option 2: Using AI Auto-Generators You can add captions in Canva by uploading
AI tools can save hours of manual typing by transcribing your audio automatically. Follow the SRT format: Number the subtitle (e
You can even upload a video or transcript to ChatGPT and ask it to format the text into an SRT file for you. 📺 Option 3: Platform-Specific Tools
so they can't be turned off.
Similar to SRT but used mostly for web-based video players (like HTML5) as it allows for more styling.