Step 1
Upload your footage
Add the recording you want to create a TikTok from. Editly handles long recordings and extracts the right segment.
Editly AI
TikTok Captions
Does Editly generate TikTok captions automatically?
Yes — include 'add captions' in your prompt and Editly generates captions from the spoken content in your footage. You can specify the style: 'bold white captions at the bottom' or 'yellow captions centered on screen.'
TikTok Caption Methods: Post-Upload vs Burned-In
Comparing the main approaches to adding captions to TikTok content.
| Decision | Other Apps | Editly |
|---|---|---|
| Visibility | TikTok native captions: only visible if viewer has captions enabled — many viewers never see them | Editly burned-in: always visible to all viewers regardless of their caption settings |
| Style control | TikTok native captions: fixed TikTok styling — limited font and position options | Editly: specify font style, color, size, and position in the prompt |
| Accuracy | TikTok auto-captions: good but struggles with accents, technical terms, and fast speech | Editly (Gemini AI): handles accented speech and domain vocabulary better than generic captioning |
| Workflow | Post-upload captioning: separate step after editing — additional time per TikTok | Editly: captions in the edit prompt — no separate step, included in the output |
Adding Captions to TikTok Content With Editly
Step 2
Include caption instructions in your prompt
'Extract 30 seconds about [topic]. 9:16 format. Add bold white captions with black outline in the lower third. Start with a hook.'
Step 3
Review captions in the AI-edited output
Editly returns the clip with captions burned in. Check accuracy, readability, and positioning.
Step 4
Post to TikTok
Download and upload to TikTok. The captions are part of the video — no additional captioning step required.
Try Editly's Caption Generation Free — 3 TikTok-Ready Exports
Test AI-generated burned-in captions on your footage. Upload, write a prompt with caption instructions, download a captioned TikTok-ready clip.
- 3 free captioned TikTok exports — burned-in, not post-upload
- Specify caption style in the prompt
- Pro $28/month for consistent captioned TikTok production
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