Add and customize captions in Heygen: step-by-step guide

# Editing

Add and customize captions In Heygen with our step-by-step guide, learn how to choose styles, edit timing, and improve video accessibility in minutes.

Captions are a simple yet powerful way to make your videos more engaging and accessible. With HeyGen, you can easily add captions directly from your script and customize their appearance to match your video style.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to add captions, adjust their design, and apply them across your scenes.

What’s covered in this guide

Adding captions to your video

Customizing caption style

Recap

Adding captions to your video

To add captions to your HeyGen video, first make sure your script is added in the Script panel. If you’re new to scriptwriting in HeyGen, check out How to Write and Use Video Scripts in HeyGen .

Next, navigate to the Captions tab and choose your style. Your captions will automatically populate based on the text you've entered in the Script panel.

Captions will appear exactly as they are written in your script. To fine-tune pronunciation without affecting your captions, use the Pronunciation tool instead of typing phonetic spellings directly into the script box. This ensures your captions stay clean and professional.

Customizing caption style

HeyGen allows you to customize the look of your captions so they fit seamlessly with your brand or video aesthetic. You can adjust the font size to make captions more prominent or subtle, choose a font color that contrasts well with your video background.

These styling options help ensure your captions remain readable while complementing your overall video design. You’ll be able to preview your changes live, making it easy to select a style that enhances both clarity and visual appeal.

When adding captions, you have two flexible options. You can apply captions to the current scene only, so that only the active scene will display them. Or, you can choose to apply captions to all scenes, which ensures captions automatically appear across your entire video. This gives you full control over where captions are shown, based on your storytelling flow or accessibility goals.

Recap

Now you’re ready to add captions to your videos and make your content even more engaging and accessible! Explore different caption styles and find the best look for your projects.

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