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The Premiere Pro parts nobody enjoys, explained

Captions, zooms, chapters and B-roll, written for editors cutting YouTube, Shorts, Reels and TikTok. Every guide includes the manual way first — so it's worth reading whether or not you ever install the panel.

How-to7 min readGet captions that hit on the word, not a second after itPremiere's built-in captions land in blocks, not words. Here's how to get word-timed animated captions on a Reel or Short — by hand, and the faster way — without leaving Premiere Pro.Workflow8 min readCut the episode and the clips in one sittingA repeatable Premiere Pro workflow for cutting a long-form podcast episode and the six vertical clips that come out of it — chapters, silences, captions and zooms — from a single transcription.

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