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Subtext

A fast caption editor for Premiere Pro. Import an SRT, clean up the timing and wording, and push it to your timeline.

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Description

Subtitling usually means bouncing between a text editor, a subtitle file, and your timeline. Subtext keeps all of it in one docked panel inside Premiere Pro. Import a subtitle file, fix the wording and the timing by clicking directly on the words, then push the finished captions straight onto your timeline. Your captions and files stay on your computer the whole time.

It is built for editors and subtitlers who already have a transcript or an SRT and just need to clean it up and get it onto the timeline quickly.

The Subtext panel in Premiere Pro with a caption list loaded

Edit captions by clicking, not retyping

Fix a word by double clicking it and typing. Split a caption in two by clicking the mark between two words. Merge two lines by clicking the mark at the end of a line. Add or delete a caption anywhere in the list. You shape the whole file by clicking where you want the change, so you are never scrubbing a timeline to find the line you meant.

Click to split a caption, double click to edit a word, alt click to merge

Clean up a whole file in one pass

Three cleanup buttons act on every caption at once: remove gaps, remove line breaks, remove punctuation. A messy export becomes consistent in a click instead of line by line.

Find and replace across every caption

Search the whole file and replace with match case and whole word options, so a name spelled three different ways gets fixed in one step without touching the words you did not mean.

Push finished captions to your timeline

One button places your captions on a new caption track and files a versioned SRT copy in a Subtext bin in your Project panel, so you always have the exact file you pushed. You can also export an SRT to anywhere on disk.

Make it fit your setup

Scale the whole panel with a UI size control, set your own accent color, and switch to a light theme if you prefer one. Settings persist between sessions.

Jump to any caption on the timeline

Click a caption and Premiere's playhead moves to it. Turn on Sync mode and the caption under the playhead highlights as the video plays, so you can read along and catch timing that drifts.

Flag lines for a second look

Mark any caption for review and attach a note, then jump between flagged captions. A pass you cannot finish now is waiting exactly where you left it.

Your work is always saved

Sessions save continuously and survive a panel reload, with full undo and redo and a history you can step back through. You will not lose an edit to a closed panel or a misclick.

Quickstart Tutorial

A complete run through in the panel, from importing a subtitle file to pushing the finished captions onto the timeline.

  • 0:00 Intro and importing subtitles
  • 0:15 Timeline sync and caption editing
  • 0:35 Cleanup tools, history, and settings
  • 1:07 Find and Replace
  • 1:26 Push to Premiere and export SRT
  • 1:47 Launch behavior and theme settings
  • 1:57 Wrap up

Before you buy

  • Will it work with my version? It runs in Premiere Pro 2023 and later on both Windows and macOS
    • Can I try it first? Yes. Install the trial from the aescripts and aeplugins manager Account menu.
      • Does it upload my scripts or footage? No. Subtext never uploads your captions and collects no analytics or telemetry. Its only network use is license validation, and it works offline once activated.
        • Is it maintained? Yes. See the changelog for the current version and update history.

          Subtext is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Adobe. Adobe and Premiere Pro are trademarks of Adobe Inc.

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          Version History

          1.0.0 -

          Jul 28, 2026

          First release. Subtext is a caption editor that runs as a panel inside Premiere Pro. Import an SRT, VTT or CSV file, fix wording and timing by clicking on the words, clean up gaps, line breaks and punctuation across the whole file, then push the finished captions onto a caption track. Works on Windows and macOS with Premiere Pro 2023 and later.

          Compatibility

          Premiere Pro

          2026, 2025, 2024, 2023

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