{"id":15189,"date":"2023-07-03T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/roll-up-vs-pop-on-captions-whats-difference\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T20:05:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:05:41","slug":"roll-up-vs-pop-on-captions-whats-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/roll-up-vs-pop-on-captions-whats-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Closed Captioning Types: Learn the Difference Between Pop-On, Roll-Up, and Paint-On"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-dark alignfull p-post-header has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background is-style-dark--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);background-image:url(&#039;\/wp-content\/themes\/core\/assets\/media\/backgrounds\/hero-wave-blog.svg&#039;);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-ghost is-style-reversed is-style-ghost--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/blog\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aligngrid\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-008400e6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:0;padding-top:0;\" class=\"is-style-category wp-block-tribe-terms\"><ul class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__list\"><li class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__term\"><span class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__link t-category\">Captioning<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n<h1 style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-title\">Closed Captioning Types: Learn the Difference Between Pop-On, Roll-Up, and Paint-On<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9116416d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/author\/3playmedia\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">3Play Media<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u2022<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-10-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2023-07-03T11:00:00+00:00\">July 3, 2023<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"alignfull alignfull wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Different-Types-of-Closed-Captions_header.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"border-radius:1rem;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Different-Types-of-Closed-Captions_header.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Different-Types-of-Closed-Captions_header-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Different-Types-of-Closed-Captions_header-1024x366.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Different-Types-of-Closed-Captions_header-768x274.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.3playmedia.com\/wp-ccguide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beginner\u2019s Guide to Captioning [Free eBook]<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When beginning the process of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/learn\/faqs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>ordering captions<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for your media, it can be easy to get bogged down with all the variations, customizations, and styles that can be applied to your captions. Even the decision of which captioning service to use (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/services\/livecaptioning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>live<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/services\/captioning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>recorded<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) can be daunting if you are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/learn\/video-accessibility-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>new to video accessibility<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good news? Captioning doesn\u2019t have to be complicated, because choosing between pop-on and roll-up captioning styles is simpler than you might think.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this blog, we will provide you with a comprehensive overview of the three main formats of captioning: pop-on, roll-up, and paint-on. We\u2019ll shed light on their applications, explore use cases, and discover the possibilities for customization within each type so that you\u2019re empowered to make informed decisions for your media.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pop-On Captions<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are they?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pop-on closed captions are what you\u2019re most used to seeing in recorded (non-live) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/cvaa-fcc-responsibility-tv-broadcast-video-programmers-distributors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>broadcast<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/nad-v-netflix-ada-lawsuit-requires-closed-captioning-on-streaming-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>streaming<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/web-captions-differ-from-608-and-708-broadcast-captions-heres-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>web<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> content. These captions are exactly what they say they are: they pop on your screen and then disappear when the next caption appears.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who uses them?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pop-on style is standard for recorded content because these captions can be highly customized to best fit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/go.3playmedia.com\/wp-best-practices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>the viewing experience<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and reflect aspects such as timing, tone, and location of speakers. Closed captioners have the ability to manipulate timing to closely synchronize with words as they are spoken.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pop-on captions are not used for live broadcast content. The nature of live captioning means that each word written is immediately <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/demystifying-caption-encoder-workflows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>sent to an encoder<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and encoders must wait for all text information before they can display a caption. If live captions utilize pop-on style, the text would be delayed, defeating the point of having <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/tuned-asr-how-3play-is-advancing-live-automatic-speech-recognition-for-closed-captions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>quick captions<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> delivered right to the viewer as the program is happening.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do they look like?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29707 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pop-on-600x322-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pop-on captioning example. A man and woman stand side-by-side. A pop-on caption in progress reads &quot;These are pop-on captions.&quot;\" width=\"600\" height=\"322\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the most optimal readability across viewing platforms, our captioning experts have found that recorded pop-on captions with the following style tend to share these qualities:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sentence case<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Center-placed and justified<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rest at the bottom of the screen, moving to the top to avoid lower-third graphics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use speaker dashes to differentiate speakers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Off-screen sound (such as voice-over narration, digitized speech, non-diegetic music) conveyed using italics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quotation marks utilized for works of art (movie, show, song titles)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound effects and music descriptors indicated on their own lines, surrounded by brackets<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cleanly broken into two lines at conjunctions, end of clauses, prepositions, articles, or grammatical breaks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Timed with ample load and reading time to align with spoken words<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29705 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pop-on-alt-600x323-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pop-on captioning example. A woman looks to the side. A pop-on caption reads &quot;(Eric) Whoa. I'm doing it. I'm voicing over.&quot;\" width=\"600\" height=\"323\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The above aspects of pop-on captions have helped inform 3Play Media\u2019s captioning style, but that is not to say that this is the only way to do pop-on captions; varying styles are commonly applied to the pop-on captions we create, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaker-oriented placement (this placement follows the speaker around the screen)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaker IDs, such as a name followed by a colon, or a name in parentheses<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No speaker IDs for on-screen speakers at all; IDs only for off-screen speech or captions containing dual speakers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All uppercase captions or all uppercase speaker IDs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Countless other options!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other considerations<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recorded <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/web-captions-differ-from-608-and-708-broadcast-captions-heres-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>web captions<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> always display in pop-on style, but due to the limitations of some players and other applications, these captions may lack certain stylistic elements (caption movement, italics, and music notes.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These captions are usually delivered in a sidecar caption file format, such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/go.3playmedia.com\/wp-create-srt-file\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>SRT<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Live captions are sometimes delivered in SRT format as well for video-on-demand (VOD) programming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29706 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pop-on-web-600x325-1.jpg\" alt=\"Zoom pop-on captioning example. A man and woman speak over a Zoom virtual meeting. A pop-on caption in progress reads &quot;Eric, you're on mute.&quot;\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Live captions on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/services\/integrations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>platforms such as Zoom and YouTube<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> only display captions in pop-on style, so viewers of live programs and events on these platforms could experience a slight delay as they wait for all the text to appear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-blue-blank\" href=\"https:\/\/go.3playmedia.com\/wp-ccguide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New to captioning? Our Beginner\u2019s Guide has the basics you need to get started \ud83e\uddd1\u200d\ud83d\udcbb <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roll-Up Captions<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are they?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roll-up captions continuously roll up onto your screen, one right under the next, allowing for more time for the viewer to read them. The very top line disappears each time a new line populates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Individual roll-up captions generally require less load time. However, they have a tighter <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dcmp.org\/learn\/captioningkey\/605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>reading rate<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> threshold when it comes to timing due because multiple sentences stay on screen for a longer period of time. One sentence will appear quickly but will stay on the screen longer than a pop-on caption would.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who uses them?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/how-to-elevate-your-broadcasts-live-captioning-quality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Live programming<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> uses roll-up style because of the time allowances and ability to quickly synchronize dialogue in real time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recorded programming can utilize roll-up captions, but the style is uncommon and outdated. Most producers and platforms prefer pop-on style for offline programming.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do they look like?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29708 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/roll-up-600x332-1.jpg\" alt=\"Roll-up captioning example. A man and woman stand side-by-side. The woman is doubled over and grinning at a joke she made while the man sighs. A roll-up caption in progress reads &quot;They're on a roll, am I right, folks?&quot;\" width=\"600\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roll-up captions vary in fewer ways than pop-on style can, but usually share these qualities in live programming:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uppercase<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two-line captions at top or bottom<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Left-justified<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two chevrons differentiate speakers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When speakers, show hosts, and announcers can be identified, chevrons will be followed by a first name and colon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quotation marks utilized for film\/show titles, segment titles, and works of art<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound effects and music descriptors indicated on their own lines, surrounded by brackets<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No italics used<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Line breaking of less concern<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Timing is slightly delayed and elastic due to a live captioner transcribing as they hear the content<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other considerations<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recorded, or offline, programming uses pop-on captioning styles, but certain types of content may be in roll-up format. Soap operas are a great example of a type of recorded broadcast content that may utilize roll-up captions for comprehension reasons. In soaps, specific name IDs are used to assist the viewer in keeping track of the multiple characters and storylines and to fit the steady, yet dramatic pace of storytelling.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paint-On Captions<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are they?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paint-on captions populate on screen, letter by letter, from left to right. In essence, you see the caption being typed out or \u201cpainted on\u201d as you read it. It happens very quickly, so it can be hard to notice this nuance unless an entire show is captioned in paint-on style.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who uses them?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paint-on captions are occasionally used for the opening caption of a recorded program to avoid the load-time requirements and slight delay that pop-on captions take to come on the screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do they look like?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29703 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/paint-on-600x338-1.jpg\" alt=\"Paint-on captioning example. A man and woman stand side-by-side. A paint-on caption in progress reads &quot;And paint-on c&quot;.\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paint-on captions are stylized in the same way as pop-on or roll-up captions, depending on the situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other considerations<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paint-on captions are considered nonstandard in the industry. However, some fast-paced programs, like reality shows, use paint-on captions for the top of their segments when speech begins quickly and producers wish to avoid a delay in the on-screen appearance of closed captions. Overall, it is not recommended to use paint-on style in live or prerecorded broadcasts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choosing live or recorded captioning doesn\u2019t completely dictate which caption style you can use. Still, both usually stick to one style as its standard based on the technical limitations that each type of programming presents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/why-3play\/3play-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>3Play Media\u2019s experienced captioners<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> usually recommend using roll-up style for live captioning and pop-on style for recorded captioning, making it easy for you to choose what\u2019s right for your media. These different types of closed captioning give you the freedom to customize your media accessibility features and create a positive user experience for your viewers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.3playmedia.com\/wp-ccguide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29702 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Beginners-Guide-to-Captioning_bw.jpg\" alt=\"Beginner's Guide to Captioning. 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