diff --git a/docs/guides/captions-and-recuts.mdx b/docs/guides/captions-and-recuts.mdx index 6a85fbf07..f646583e5 100644 --- a/docs/guides/captions-and-recuts.mdx +++ b/docs/guides/captions-and-recuts.mdx @@ -31,9 +31,19 @@ quotes, statistics, lower thirds, or picture-in-picture. ## What should change? -- **Add captions** — keep the original clip and audio unchanged; add readable, timed words over it. -- **Add designed overlays** — keep the clip underneath and add titles, quotes, statistics, lower thirds, or picture-in-picture. -- **Change the footage** — use General Video when pauses, selected moments, or the spoken order must change. +This page covers two workflows. `/hyperframes` picks between them from what you +ask for, and you can name one directly if you already know which you want. + +- **Words on screen** — `/embedded-captions`. Readable, timed words over the clip. + Plain subtitles, or cinematic captions set behind the subject. +- **Designed cards on screen** — `/talking-head-recut`. Titles, pull-quotes, data + callouts, lower thirds, picture-in-picture, synced to the transcript. +- **Change the footage itself** — neither of these. Use + [General Video](/guides/general-video) when pauses, selected moments, or the + spoken order must change. + +Both leave the clip and its audio untouched: the first adds words, the second adds +graphics, and the footage plays the same underneath either way. Captions and designed overlays work best on a clear, single-subject clip with audible speech. Both keep the original footage and audio intact.