Guides

Practical, tested subtitle workflows. No fluff.

editors · 7 min

How to add subtitles in DaVinci Resolve (step by step)

The start-timecode setting that decides everything, adding the subtitle track, and inserting by timecode. With screenshots.

editors · 7 min

How to add subtitles in Premiere Pro

New Sequence From Clip, the captions drop zone, which caption type to pick, and burning captions in on export.

editors · 8 min

How to add captions in CapCut (auto captions and SRT import)

Generate and correct auto captions, or import an SRT with Local captions - including the hover-only + button everyone misses.

editors · 3 min

How to import an SRT into your video editor

What each editor needs from the file, compared side by side, and where the importer hides in each one.

basics · 5 min

How to add subtitles to a video (free, 2026)

Soft subtitles, burned-in, or a separate SRT: every route and when to use each.

formats · 4 min

SRT vs VTT: which one do you need?

Players, platforms, and styling support compared. Short answer: it depends where it plays.

deep dive · 7 min

Why forced alignment beats AI timestamps

What Whisper gets wrong about timing, and how phoneme-level alignment fixes it.

editors · 5 min

How to add subtitles in iMovie

iMovie can’t import SRT at all. The Titles method, the much faster route, and what to use instead.