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Add Captions

Add captions and background music to the site walkthrough video so non-technical stakeholders can follow the decisions…

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The same job, four prompts

do it · improve it · decide · become
AExecute — “help me do it”Add captions and background music to the site walkthrough video so non-technical stakeholders…+
Add captions and background music to the site walkthrough video so non-technical stakeholders can follow the decisions; export a captioned MP4 with burned-in subtitles.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
BImprove — “do it better”Make the walkthrough accessible and persuasive: add short explanatory captions for design…+
Make the walkthrough accessible and persuasive: add short explanatory captions for design decisions, use a calm instrumental track at low volume, time captions for readability, and include a title slide summarizing the video's purpose and duration.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

How to do it

the tool · the steps · what to avoid
The tool
Video Editor

The Video Editor in Adobe Express allows you to create, edit, and enhance video content for various purposes.

  1. 1

    Launch Adobe Express in your browser from your laptop or desktop.

  2. 2

    Select Edit video to begin a new project.

    Best practiceStart with a template to make better videos in less time.

  3. 3

    Upload your own media or select a YouTube video to get started.

    NoteYou can also select Add media in the timeline to upload more.

  4. 4

    Select your video scene in the timeline panel.

  5. 5

    Drag the trim handles to remove unwanted parts of the video.

    CautionAvoid cutting out the wrong part of the video.

  6. 6

    Select Text in the left panel and click Add your text.

  7. 7

    Type into the text box to add captions or other text.

    RecommendationEnsure enough lines of text are on screen for clarity.

  8. 8

    Adjust layouts, apply filters, and add animated effects as needed.

  9. 9

    Download your newly edited video.

Use the timeline panel to easily trim, split, and duplicate video scenes for precise editing.

Adobe Express offers web-based editing, but direct API automation for video editing tasks is not explicitly documented.

The real tasks

7 of them
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Add short captions to the product demo clip so buyers can watch without sound when I post it to social.
Add captions to a brief client education reel so viewers can follow along without sound while waiting in the lobby.

Who does this

7 roles
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Questions people ask

honest answers

Because you rarely think 'I want the redaction tool'. You think 'I have to share this without leaking the client's details'. Start from the need, and the feature finds you.

Real. Every job here was drawn from what people in real roles were actually seen doing in Express — not a feature checklist.

No. Each page gives you a ready prompt you can paste into an AI assistant, plus the plain steps to do it yourself. Start with either — the goal is the finished job, not the tool.