New in Aster 1.1
Aster for Claude
Ask Claude to caption your whole video. It reads what you said, looks at your frame and styles every line with Aster’s own tools.
Meet Aster for ClaudeFor DaVinci Resolve
Captions in
one click.
Aster captions your whole video inside DaVinci Resolve, every word on the frame you say it. Then make words big, change how they move and add your own sound effects.
Buy Aster · $69Launching this week. The first 100 pay $69, not $99.
One email at launch, the odd update before it. Unsubscribe any time.
The first 100 pay $69, then $99. Mac only for now. On Windows?For Mac and Windows: your key works on two computers.
00 Go on
Press it.
Every key goes down. Drag it round to see the back.
01 Timing
Every word lands when you say it.
Resolve writes down every word for Aster, on your Maccomputer. You never type a timing.
02 Editing
Change anything, right on the picture.
Drag it, resize it, or change just one word.
03 Big text
One switch makes a line big.
Six layouts. One click each.
04 Motion
Change the animation with one key.
Seven ways in, seven ways out. Turn the knobs until it looks right.
05 Sound
Your own sound effects, on the word.
Add your sounds once. Aster places them for you.
06 Styles
Style one line. Paste it on the rest.
Then save it for the next edit.
Real renders
Now press it for real.
Everything on this screen was rendered by Aster in DaVinci Resolve, on my own footage. Press a key under the screen (or 1 to 5) and the same moment changes.
01/08 Captions
One press captions the whole video.
Press Caption this video. DaVinci Resolve writes every word down on your Maccomputer, and Aster turns them into captions, each word on the frame you say it.
- More than 20 languages, or let Resolve tell
- Already made subtitles? Aster uses yours
- Nothing is uploaded: it all happens in Resolve
02/08 Editing
Change it right on the picture.
Click a line to choose it. Drag it, pull its corner to make it bigger, double-click a word to retype it. Every change can be undone.
- Lines snap to the middle, the safe area and each other
- One word on its own: its size, colour, timing and sound
- Undo and Redo for everything, with ⌘Z
03/08 Big text
One key makes a line big.
Big text builds the line round its biggest word. Pick a layout and Aster sizes the big and small words for you, clear of the app’s buttons.
- Six layouts: Over, Centre, Left, Beside, One line, Plain
- Any word can be the big one
- Small words up to 300%, on two rows when they need them
04/08 Moving styles
Styles that move with your voice.
Select sweeps a blue text selection across the big word. Highlight sweeps a colour from your video in behind it. Typewriter types each word out as you say it.
- Simple, Box first, Typewriter, Select, Highlight, Underline
- Finish: Flat, Shine or Glow
- On the whole line, or only on the words you choose
05/08 Motion
Choose how every word arrives.
Seven ways in and seven ways out, one key each. Shake, Bounce, Flicker or Flash on the big word, or on any word. Only the words move: your video is never touched.
- In: Rise, Fall, From left, From right, Focus, Fade, Instant, Box first, Typewriter
- Out: Cut, Fade, Rise away, Fall away, To the left, To the right, Blur away
- Every line, or just the ones you choose
06/08 Sound
Sound effects, placed for you.
Aster puts a sound on each big word as it lands, on a track of its own, so your own audio is never touched. Any word can have a sound of its own.
- 18 sounds built in, or your own files
- A sound for one word, or for every word
- Turn on Sound at the top to hear it
07/08 Your styles
Style one line. Paste it on the rest.
Copy style picks up everything about a line: its fonts, colours, motion and sound. Click the lines it should go on. Save it, and the next video starts in your last look.
- Your own saved styles, in every video
- Start each video in your last look
- Ready-made looks to start from
08/08 Any shape
Vertical, square or wide.
Aster reads the shape of your timeline and sizes and places every caption for it: clear of the app’s buttons on a Reel, a lower third on a YouTube video.
- 9:16, 4:5, 1:1 and 16:9
- Captions sized and placed for each shape
- A vertical timeline inside a wide project works too
No. 001 From a tester
“I’ve been using captions.ai for my shorts, and Aster can most definitely replace that.”
“The captions look amazing straight away, and the amount of customisation for each title is incredible.”
Resolve Studio 21.1.1
No. 002 From a tester
“Aster is really nice, and the big text feature is 🔥”
Resolve Studio 21
No. 003 From a tester
“It finally looks like my brand, not a template.”
“Exactly what we’ve all been missing and needed. Captions and big words timed to my voice, right inside Resolve, and SO customisable.”
Resolve Studio 21.1.1
No. 004 From a tester
“Transcription and captions in a few seconds.”
“The one-click flow is really handy.”
Resolve Studio 21.1
No. 005 From a tester
“I’ve used many other plugins with the same promise, but yours is definitely the best.”
“I’ve had no problems either buying or using it.”
Resolve Studio 21.1
07 Why it exists
My own captions pack was not enough.
I sold two caption packs and still did the same work by hand on every video. Aster is the tool I wanted instead. Amro Omar
- Needs
- DaVinci Resolve Studio 19.0.2 or later on a Maca Mac or a Windows PC. Not the free version. Version 21.1 or later has everything; on an older version Aster also needs Python 3, which it installs for you from python.org.
- Reads
- Resolve's own subtitles, made for you if there are none yet. No second plugin.
- Runs
- On your machine. Aster has no AI and uploads nothing. It needs the internet once, to activate your key.
- Pay
- Once. No subscription.
08 What it costs
One payment. Yours to keep.
Founding unitNo. 001 – 100
Still to be had of 100
$69once
After the first 100$99
- The whole panel, every tool
- Free updates for version 1
- Your unit's number, shown inside the panel
- Money back within 14 days if it does not work on your machine
Opens this week. You need DaVinci Resolve Studio (the paid version) on a Mac.
One email at launch, the odd update before it. Unsubscribe any time.
You need DaVinci Resolve Studio (the paid version) on a Mac. On Windows?a Mac or a Windows PC.
09 Questions
Before you ask.
Is there a tutorial?
Yes: an 8-minute video that goes through every key, one chapter at a time, at the top of the guide.
Does it work with DaVinci's own auto subtitles?
Yes, that is exactly what it uses. If your timeline has none yet, press Caption this video: Resolve Studio listens and writes every word down (its own Create Subtitles from Audio), then Aster captions them. Subtitles you made yourself are used as they are. There is no second plugin to install.
Does it come with sound effects?
It comes with 18 built-in sounds, and you can add your own files. Either way Aster places them on the words for you.
Does it work in the free version of DaVinci Resolve?
No. Resolve only lets panels like this run in Studio, the paid version.
Windows?
Not at launch. Aster is Mac only for now. If you're on Windows, flip "I'm on Windows" when you join: it tells me how many of you there are.Not yet. Aster is Mac only for now. Leave your email and you'll hear the day it runs on Windows.Yes, since Aster 1.1. The same Aster in DaVinci Resolve Studio on Windows, and one key works on two computers, Mac or Windows.
Premiere, Final Cut or CapCut?
No. DaVinci Resolve only.
Does it work on horizontal video?
Yes. Vertical 9:16, 4:5, square and 16:9: Aster reads the shape of your timeline and puts captions and big text where that shape needs them, in a lower third on a wide frame.
Is it a subscription?
No. One payment: $69 for the first 100 units, $99 after that.
Does it use AI, or need the internet?
Aster itself has no AI. It needs the internet once, to activate your licence key; after that it works offline. When a video has no subtitles yet, it asks Resolve Studio to make them with Resolve's own transcription, on your Maccomputer.
How many Macs can I use it on?
Two. Your key works on two Macs at once. Moving to a new one: press Free this Mac in Aster's Settings, or free it from your account, then activate the new Mac.
How many computers can I use it on?
Two, Mac or Windows. Your key works on two computers at once. Moving to a new one: press Free this Mac (Free this PC on Windows) in Aster's Settings, or free it from your account, then activate the new one.
Can I use my own fonts?
Yes. Any font installed on your computer.
Do I get updates?
Yes. Updates for version 1 are free.
What if it does not work for me?
If Aster does not work on your machine, you get your money back within 14 days. Reply to your purchase email and tell me what happened.