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title: "Create your first captioned video"
description: "Upload a short clip, generate captions, review the result and export the files you need."
url: https://help.clipsubtitles.com/en/articles/1-create-your-first-captioned-video
collection: "Start here"
updated: 2026-09-02
language: en
---

# Create your first captioned video

Upload a short clip, generate captions, review the result and export the files you need.

### Create your first captioned video

ClipSubtitles turns the speech in a short video into timed captions you can correct, style and export.

### 1\. Start a project

Sign in, open **New clip**, and give the project a title if you want one. You can:

-   ![ClipSubtitles New clip page with file upload, direct URL import and example clip options.](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/c6k93o06zgKzJv1i3LOQbfwkNHoxHnFsXL6KWbkqGwE7RNCXVK7R6bRdXX0JyASwI5jOjikK2gN.png)
    
    choose a video or audio file from your device; or
    
-   import a direct, publicly accessible media URL.
    

The current upload limit is 500 MB and 10 minutes. Supported source formats include MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM, MKV, MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC and OGG. A webpage, cloud-drive sharing page or sign-in-only link is not a direct media URL; download that file first and upload it instead.

### 2\. Generate captions

When the source is ready, choose **Generate captions**. ClipSubtitles transcribes the speech, creates word timing and groups the words into caption screens. Longer jobs run in the background, so you can safely wait while progress updates.

### 3\. Review every word

Open the editor and play the clip. Select a caption screen to correct a word, adjust timing or change how the words are grouped. ClipSubtitles does not silently rewrite what the speaker said: every text change is explicit.

![ClipSubtitles editor showing caption screens beside the video preview and editing controls.](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/cmJINwT2jVGAtHKy6I10xIjqUsvdX4qy67uLbY5Mj9tFW6TRBbUx6I11YPp754QnD6iqb7SRkbi.png)

### 4\. Choose the look

Open **Style** to choose a preset, motion and placement. Use a preview to check readability against the real video before exporting.

### 5\. Export

Choose the files you need. ClipSubtitles shows the exact credit cost before a paid video render starts. Check the settings and approve the quote only when you are ready. Subtitle-file exports are free.

Finished files appear in the project and in **Exports** until their retention window ends.

> Tip: Correct the words before spending time on styling. A strong workflow is words first, look second, files last.