Bluesky has no AI overlay chrome
Bluesky draws no Shorts-style AI overlay. Captions and safe-area still matter; the keep-out is the player, not a sparkle.
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Captions on LinkedIn native video
LinkedIn autoplays muted. Burn-in still wins in the feed. 1:1 and 4:5 sit in a different chrome than 9:16.
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Top captions vs bottom captions
Bottom hits TikTok and Reels chrome; top can hit the username. Test both on a phone. Default bottom is a collision, not a spec.
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A caption preview is not the burn
Studio CSS preview is not the VEED burn. You still export the MP4. Pixels in the file are what the feed shows.
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Caption after lipsync, not before
A mouth pass rewrites timing. Burn captions last, on the lipsynced file, or the words will lead or trail the mouth.
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Captions are not the CTA card
Speech type is a transcript. A CTA card is an ask. An end screen is a last-seconds overlay. Do not make the caption do all three.
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Captions on faceless product demos
No face; type is the presenter. BASIC for the demo body, DYNAMIC only if a spoken hook still reads on mute.
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Captions on motion-control takes
The driving clip may already have speech. Caption the output once. Do not burn the driver and the generate as two transcripts.
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Caption native-audio generates too
Diegetic speech is still silent in a muted feed. Burn-in the native-audio take. Sound-on is a bonus, not the delivery.
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Captions should not cover the SKU
Move the type, do not crop the label. Safe area plus pack-shot: the carton is the product. Captions sit somewhere else.
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A new language is a new burn
165 codes transcribe; they do not translate. Dub first or caption-translate, then burn again. One English file will not serve Spanish.
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YouTube ads still want burn-in
Demand Gen and in-feed inventory often autoplay muted. An SRT is for the watch-page CC button, not the ad impression.
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Two-second lines on fast cuts
Jump cuts kill a caption hold. Re-time after the edit. A two-second line cannot sit on a half-second shot.
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Burn in captions after you generate
Generate is not captioned. Transcribe, pick BASIC or DYNAMIC, burn, then spot-check names.
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Check safe area before you caption
Preview TikTok, Reels, and Shorts chrome — including YouTube’s May 2026 AI overlay — then burn captions.
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Export SRT and a burned-in MP4
Burn the short-form MP4. Export an SRT sidecar from the same transcript. Two files, two jobs.
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Shorts overlay labels steal caption space
YouTube's Shorts AI overlay sits on the picture. Keep burned captions out of that zone or the label will cover the line.
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Burn-in captions for Reels and TikTok
Feeds do not enable a sidecar. Burn-in is the format for Reels, TikTok and Shorts. YouTube long-form can take an SRT.
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Captions on UGC ads are the hook
The first three words on screen are the ad. Caption style is a creative test, not a post-process. Same transcript, variants you actually score.
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A lower third is not a caption track
Name and title cards are graphics. Speech captions are a timed transcript. They fight for the same safe area; stack them and both fail.
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Platform captions vs burn-in on mute
TikTok, Instagram and YouTube auto-captions are a player overlay the viewer can ignore. Burn-in is in the file. Mute autoplay only shows pixels.
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SDH on paid social is a mute brief
Paid social is already watched muted. Write [music] and [door] only when the sound is the joke. Full SDH is a course and long-form job.
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Why captions stay at two lines
Three lines collide with TikTok, Reels and Shorts chrome. The two-line cap is safe area, not a taste rule. Split the cue; do not shrink the type.
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WCAG contrast for burned-in type
Contrast is type on a moving plate, not a player setting. Outline or a backdrop. WCAG AA is for UI; burned-in still needs a ratio you can see.
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