Subtext

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Import a caption file to get started

or drag and drop a .srt, .vtt, or .csv file here

Recent edits

Subtext

Welcome back

You have a previous session:

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Set a default anytime in ☰ → Settings → On launch.

Settings

On launch

What happens to your previous session when the panel opens.

Export into a Subtext bin

Push to Premiere files captions inside a “Subtext” bin in the Project panel. Turn off to place them at the project root instead.

Caption save location

Paste a folder to save every pushed caption SRT inside it. Leave blank to save in a “Subtext” folder beside your project file (or the temp folder if it’s unsaved).

UI size

Scale the whole panel — buttons, text, and captions — from 100% up to 200%.

100%

Import button

The toolbar button that imports a caption file. Hiding it still leaves drag-and-drop import working.

Play button

Space plays/stops, so this button is hidden by default. Turn it on if Space ever stops working after dragging a file into a cold panel — clicking Play re-activates the panel window.

Export SRT button

The toolbar button that saves your captions to an .srt file on disk.

Cleanup bar

The bar under the caption list with Remove gaps, Remove line breaks, and Remove punctuation.

Theme

Dark matches Premiere and is the default. Light is there if you prefer it.

Accent color

The highlight color for buttons, selections and toggles. Click the swatch to pick any color.

H 0 S 0 B 0

Hex R G B

Subtext

A caption editor for Premiere Pro. Import an SRT, refine the cut and the wording right in the panel, then push the result back to your timeline.

Getting started

Click Import, or drag a .srt, .vtt, or .csv file onto the panel (a CSV with frame timecodes asks for your frame rate once).
Already imported into Premiere? Drag the SRT from the Project panel onto Subtext.
Captions appear as editable lines, each with its timecode.

Editing captions

Single-click a line — moves Premiere's playhead to that caption.
↑ / ↓ — walk the selection through the captions (the playhead follows); Enter edits the selected line; F flags it for review.
Double-click a word — edit just that word. Press Space while editing to split the line into two captions at the caret; Enter commits, Esc cancels.
Double-click the empty area of a line — edit the whole line as one field.
Click a “/” between words — split the line there. The trailing “/” merges a line with the next one.

Review & search

Flag for review — click the flag icon on a caption to mark it; a note field appears where you can jot why. Use the flag button in the toolbar to jump between flagged captions.
Find & Replace (magnifier, or Ctrl+F) — matches are highlighted as you type, with the first one selected; Enter / Shift+Enter step through them. Open the replace row to swap the selected match (Replace, then it moves to the next) or change every match at once (Replace all). Toggle Aa for case and W for whole-word (so “at” won’t match inside “procrastinating”). Flags and notes are Subtext-only and never touch the exported SRT.

Playback & sync

Play / Stop button or the Spacebar toggles timeline playback.
Sync highlights the caption under the playhead as the sequence plays.

History & output

History reopens your recent edits — work is auto-saved. On launch Subtext can reopen your previous session, start fresh, or ask (set it in ☰ → Settings → On launch).
Undo / Redo (or Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y) adjust your edits. Panel size lives in Settings → UI → UI size.
Export SRT saves the edited file to disk (you choose where); Push to Premiere places the captions on a new caption track and files a versioned copy (named after your sequence, e.g. Sequence_v2.srt) in a Subtext bin in the Project panel. The SRT is saved to disk in a Subtext folder beside your project file — or set your own folder in ☰ → Settings → Caption save location.

Subtext — CEP extension for Premiere Pro 2023–2026.

Activate Subtext

Enter the license key from your purchase receipt to activate Subtext on this computer.

Your key is in the receipt email from your purchase and on your Gumroad download page. One license activates Subtext on up to 2 computers. Need help? Email support (see the receipt).