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Place captions around the product and face

A caption box must stay readable without hiding the explanation it supports. Place it on the finished video, then inspect it through the complete action. Choosing a position from an empty opening frame can fail when a hand, face or product label enters that same region later.

Map the moving subjects

Imagine a twelve-second skincare-bottle presentation. The creator’s face occupies the upper part of the frame; the bottle starts low and rises toward the center. A caption box across the center might look clear at first, then cover the identifying label at the moment viewers should inspect it.

Pause at the opening, the highest bottle position and the ending. Mark the face, mouth, hands and label in each. Seek a region that stays clear throughout the clip. If no region remains usable, a smaller box may help only if the words are still readable; otherwise the composition itself needs another decision.

Use the live box as a whole-video setting

In fairytale video’s caption editor, move and resize the text box on a live preview. The selected box, font and animation determine the captioned render. Plan for that box across the whole clip; do not assume the studio lets you assign a different independently timed caption position to each shot.

For the bottle example, a clear region below the mouth might work if the bottle remains to one side. If the bottle crosses that region, adjust the creative in a future version or use a deliberate external editing workflow. Keeping the words visible should not require hiding the product’s central feature.

Run a collision check

  1. Play the preview with the longest phrases visible.
  2. Check the mouth while the creator speaks.
  3. Check the label during the closest product view.
  4. Check finger contact during any demonstration.
  5. Inspect the intended publishing or advertising preview for interface overlap.

The actual destination preview matters more than an assumed universal safe area. Avoid fixed pixel rules unless you verify them for your chosen placement. Leave some spare space around important content so minor composition changes do not immediately create a collision.

Save the placement and inspect the copy

Add captions transcribes a finished clip only when chosen and uses no extra credits. Review the heard words before choosing placement, font and animation; the studio has no transcript-word editing control. Render captioned video produces a separate H.264 MP4, preserving the original and the settings used for that copy.

Download the captioned file and inspect it at phone size. A layout that works in a large editor can still obscure a small label or wrap a phrase awkwardly in normal viewing. Keep the original file as a separate option rather than overwriting your release record with an ambiguous filename.

Use font selection when legibility is the problem, word checking when the text is wrong, and repurposing decisions before using the same placement in another format.