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title: "Preview and export your finished captions"
description: "Test the look for free, review the fixed render quote and download the finished output."
url: https://help.clipsubtitles.com/en/articles/3-preview-and-export-your-finished-captions
collection: "Export and files"
updated: 2026-10-15
language: en
---

# Preview and export your finished captions

Test the look for free, review the fixed render quote and download the finished output.

### Preview and export your finished captions

Use a preview before starting a final render. A preview is a short, low-resolution check of the current project version. It is free and rate limited.

### Choose your files

The released export choices are:

-   **MP4 with captions burned in** — a ready-to-post video;
    
-   **transparent overlay** — captions on transparency for use in an editor;
    
-   **SRT** — a widely supported subtitle file; and
    
-   **VTT** — a subtitle file commonly used on the web.
    

You can also choose resolution, frame rate and standard or high quality where available. Subtitle files do not add a credit cost.

### Review the quote

Choose **Review cost**. ClipSubtitles returns an immutable quote tied to:

-   the exact project version and content;
    
-   the selected outputs;
    
-   resolution, frame rate and quality;
    
-   the current price version; and
    
-   an expiry time.
    

Nothing is reserved at this step. If you edit the project, change the output settings or let the quote expire, request a new quote.

### Approve and render

Check the total and choose **Approve … credits and export**. Credits are reserved only after approval. They are charged once when the render succeeds and released if the render fails or is cancelled.

### Download the result

The render continues as a durable background task. When it succeeds, download the files from the project or **Exports**. Download links are signed and short-lived; the export itself remains available until its displayed retention date, and a new download link can be issued while the export exists.

![ClipSubtitles export page showing selected files and a fixed credit quote before approval.](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/6Gdk76aVCyMjHkz6VKULbLCly7YzL9JRrkCwbXssgKHUoHGbAmLoLjYJyrxN0BAClar113Ctg9r.png)

![A completed ClipSubtitles render with downloadable MP4 and SRT files.](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/nmTRcpWoICzTKfxaOSy6V3VerkiYVcC3aht756xNR0ZnAotSC6OlwAZ6qN3QvmZ14EhnOun5IeD.png)