How to Get Hormozi and MrBeast Style Captions on Your Video
Get the bold, word-by-word caption look on your own footage: upload a clip up to 3 minutes, fix the transcript, pick one of seven presets and render.
You get the style by uploading a talking clip to AI Captions, correcting the transcript, and choosing a preset: Hormozi pill for heavy caps on a coloured block, MrBeast bold for huge tilted words, or Word pop for a single word at a time. A job can run up to 3 minutes and 300 MB, costs 2 credits per source minute with a 4-credit minimum, and includes three renders so you can try two styles and keep one.
Updated October 2026.
What the look is
The look is not one font. It is a set of decisions that make text readable at speed on a phone: very large type, heavy weight, one to three words on screen at a time, capitals throughout, and a single accent colour on the word being spoken. The rest of the frame stays quiet so the text can carry the energy.
The versions people recognise add one more element. One style puts a coloured rounded block behind the words, so the caption reads as a pill rather than a line. Another tilts the text a few degrees, uses a comic-style face and flashes a bright colour on the active word. Both are designed for a viewer who is scrolling with the sound off, where the words are the performance.
VdoBloom names the presets after the look, not after a working relationship. Named after the look, not affiliated with anyone. What you get is the visual pattern, applied to your own transcript.
Upload up to 3 minutes and fix the transcript first
Choose a video file from your device. The upload must be 3 minutes or shorter and under 300 MB; anything longer is refused before any charge. Set the spoken language, or leave it on Auto-detect for a clear single-language recording. The tool then transcribes every word with its timing and shows the transcript as editable lines.
Fix the words before you touch the style. A bold caption style magnifies mistakes: a brand name split in two, a number written as a word, or a product term transcribed as something else will be the most visible thing in the clip. Read the whole transcript once, correct it, then read the first line and the last line again.
Line breaks fall on pauses, sentence ends or about seven words. Longer blocks are harder to read in a large font, so split any line that fills more than two-thirds of the frame width. The timing follows the audio; editing text changes what is shown, not when the highlight moves.
The seven presets, with a short use note
The picker has seven presets. Each is a fixed combination of font, weight, size, words per group and highlight colour. There is no font picker and no colour picker, which is deliberate: the presets are tuned to stay readable, and a custom combination is easier to get wrong than right.
| Preset | Look | Use it when |
|---|---|---|
| Hormozi pill | Three words or fewer, heavy caps, coloured rounded block per word | Direct, high-energy talking-head clips |
| MrBeast bold | One or two words, very large, tilted, bright active colour | Fast hooks and reaction-style clips |
| Word pop | One word at a time with a pop and a keyword colour | Short, punchy statements where every word counts |
| Karaoke highlight | A full line with the spoken word lighting up in turn | Conversation and slower explanation |
| Emoji accents | Bold text with emoji marks on key words | Light entertainment and lifestyle clips |
| Keyword colour | White text with selected keywords in a second colour | Tutorials with one important term |
| Clean minimal | Smaller bold text with a soft outline | Professional, educational or interview footage |
Which style for which clip
The choice follows the content, not the trend.
- Talking head: Hormozi pill or Word pop. The speaker is already the visual, so the caption can be loud without competing with a busy frame.
- Podcast cut: Karaoke highlight or MrBeast bold, depending on pace. A calm exchange reads better with the full line; a rapid argument suits the bigger treatment.
- Tutorial: Keyword colour or Clean minimal. The viewer is reading for information, and a giant word-by-word caption hides the thing you are demonstrating.
- Hype clip: MrBeast bold or Emoji accents. These are built for a short burst of energy rather than a sustained explanation.
One practical rule: the faster the speech, the fewer words should be on screen. If a line runs longer than about three seconds, the viewer has time to read a full sentence and the word-by-word treatment slows them down. Our guide to adding captions with AI covers the wider workflow.
Layout and safe zones for 9:16 versus 16:9
The layout picker starts with Keep shape, which renders in the source aspect ratio. For a vertical source, that is the right answer. For a horizontal source, the 9:16 options reframe it: Smart picks a layout, Follow face tracks the speaker, Blur fill keeps the wide frame on a blurred background, and Two speakers stacks two people. Caption sizes are tuned per canvas, so the same preset is smaller in relative terms on a landscape frame and larger on a portrait one.
Safe zones matter more with large text. On a vertical feed, the platform interface covers the right edge and the bottom of the frame, and the caption block sits in the lower middle for that reason. On a 16:9 video embedded in a page, there is no overlay, so the caption can sit lower. Check each platform’s current safe-zone guidance rather than a fixed number from an older guide, especially before a paid campaign.
If you want more views on the result, the placement and the first frame matter as much as the caption. See YouTube Shorts views and the Submagic alternatives comparison for the surrounding decisions.
Three renders per upload: try two styles and keep one
One charge includes three renders for the same upload. That allowance is the whole reason to experiment: render the same clip in Hormozi pill and Clean minimal, watch both on a phone, and keep the one that reads faster. Then use the third render for a corrected transcript or a reframed layout.
A render usually takes under a minute per minute of video. The button shows how many renders are left, and when they are gone you start a new job with the video. A failed render is refunded. The credit cost is shown before the job starts.
For a clip longer than three minutes, the same caption presets are available through Clip Studio, which accepts up to 90 minutes and applies a style to every clip in the batch. Buy credits when you need them: one-time packs never expire, and the options are on the pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
Do these styles work with non-English audio?
Yes. The language picker includes Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam, Arabic, Russian and Japanese, and non-Latin scripts are drawn with fallback fonts. A script the renderer cannot draw is refused before charging.
What if the transcript gets a name wrong?
Edit it in the transcript before rendering. The render uses your corrected words, and every line is editable.
Can I make a video longer than 3 minutes?
Not in AI Captions. Use Clip Studio for sources up to 90 minutes; the same caption styles are available there.
Can I change the font or colour?
No. The seven presets are fixed looks, with no font or colour picker. That keeps a batch consistent and prevents combinations that read poorly.
Are these styles affiliated with the people they are named after?
No. Named after the look, not affiliated with anyone. They are visual presets applied to your own transcript.
Open AI Captions, upload a clip under three minutes, fix the transcript, then render it twice in two different styles and compare them on a phone. New accounts start with 10 free credits and no card required, which covers a 2-minute clip and its included renders.
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