PixelDojo adds animated captions in your own brand font

A video can use all the right colours and still feel off-brand when its subtitles switch to a generic font. PixelDojo’s October 23 update lets creators supply their own font when asking Sensei to caption a clip. The options include animated individual words, a moving karaoke highlight in a brand colour, and a plain subtitle line. Dated release note.

That gives a creator a useful styling choice. A quiet interview might benefit from a steady line of text. A short spoken hook may work with one highlighted word at a time. Choosing the busiest treatment automatically can make the message harder to follow.

Try the hardest sentence first

For an illustrative first pass, use one approved clip containing the product name, a price and a sentence break. Those details give you something concrete to inspect. Check that the correct word receives emphasis and that a number stays visible long enough to read. This is a proposed review, not a generated example.

Watch the result on a phone at normal speed with sound off. Keep the captions away from the platform’s interface and from anything important happening in the shot. A font that looks good in a logo may become hard to read when its letters are small or moving.

Read the charge as part of the job

The announcement lists 1 credit per 30 seconds of video, charged when the captioned clip reaches the Library. It does not establish how a partial 30-second block is rounded or whether a separate subtitle file can be exported.

The pricing page lists Lite at $10 monthly with 160 credits and describes other generation charges plus a Sensei fee. Check the running total for the actual request before treating the caption rate as the full cost of a larger project.

Start with a clip you already intend to publish, then approve its words, timing and phone layout. Our short-form caption guide helps you judge whether a style supports the message.