How to Style Captions with a Template in Submagic

The animated, word-by-word caption styles you see on viral Reels and TikToks come from templates. Submagic ships with many, and you can tweak any of them to fit your brand. This guide shows how to apply and customize one.

• A Submagic project with captions generated
• Your brand colors (hex codes help)
• An idea of the vibe you want: bold, clean, playful

Step 1: Open the Templates panel

Click Templates in the editor. You will see a gallery of preset caption styles, each previewed with sample text and animation. Hover to see how the words pop in.

Step 2: Apply a base template

Click a template to apply it to every caption in the clip at once. The preview updates immediately so you can judge readability against your footage.

Step 3: Adjust font and size

Open the caption settings and change the font, then the size. On a phone screen, bigger and bolder usually wins. Keep text inside the safe area so platform UI does not cover it.

Step 4: Set your brand colors

Most templates let you set a primary text color and a highlight color used on the currently spoken word. Enter your brand hex codes so captions feel like part of your channel.

Step 5: Save as a preset

Once it looks right, save the configuration as a custom template. Future projects can reuse it with one click, which keeps every video consistent.

Result: a generic preset became an on-brand caption style with a yellow highlight and heavy outline, saved for reuse across the whole content calendar.