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Banshee Captioner & Echoe Scribe - Phantom Plugin Update: v1.2.9

Introducing Banshee Captioner and Echoe Scribe - Advanced animated captioning and AI transcription tools now integrated into Phantom Plugin.

Banshee Captioner & Echoe Scribe - Phantom Plugin Update: v1.2.9
Introducing Banshee Captioner and Echoe Scribe - Phantom Plugin v1.2.9

TLDR:

  • Version 1.2.9 of Phantom Plugin
  • NEW TOOL ⚒️ : Banshee Captioner - Animated Caption Generator with 12 different customizable presets
  • NEW TOOL ⚒️ : Echoe Scribe - AI Transcriber with unlimited local OpenAI Whisper transcription, and BYOK AssemblyAI transcription
  • Viral Spectre: Bug Fixes - Fixed an issue where 'clipped' clips had a 1-frame being cut out in the beginning
  • Reframer: Bug Fixes - Same issue fixed as Viral Spectre

Note that Banshee Captioner and Echoe Scribe will be released as individual non-subscription tools in the coming week. Stay tuned.

Phantom Plugin Version 1.2.9

This update introduces two powerful new tools to the Phantom Plugin ecosystem: Banshee Captioner and Echoe Scribe. These tools are designed to streamline your social media content creation workflow directly within Premiere Pro.

✅ New Tool: Banshee Captioner

Check out our video about it!

Banshee Captioner is an AI-powered Premiere Pro plugin that lets editors transcribe audio using AI and generate social-media ready captions directly inside Premiere.

Built by editors, for editors, Banshee Captioner is designed to be fast, flexible, with its own modern Transcription Window to make changes and edits.

Create modern subtitles for YouTube, TikTok, Reels, and Shorts without ever leaving Premiere.

Key Features & Specs

Transcription & Language Support

  • AI transcription powered by local OpenAI Whisper models (unlimited usage)
  • Bring Your Own API Key (BYOK) support for AssemblyAI
  • 99+ languages supported
  • Support for RTL languages (Arabic, Hebrew, etc.)
  • Custom font support for multilingual captions

Caption Creation & Editing

  • Launching with 12 fully customizable caption presets (more to be added)
  • Create modern, social-media-ready subtitles
  • Add and use your own fonts
  • Built-in transcription editor to adjust text, timing, and line breaks
  • Re-render captions instantly after edits
  • Import existing Premiere .json or .srt caption files

Performance & Compatibility

  • Extremely fast caption rendering directly to the Premiere timeline
  • No round-tripping to external apps
  • Works natively inside Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Compatible with macOS and Windows

✅ New Tool: Echoe Scribe

Echoe Scribe is an AI Transcription Tool that gives editors the ability to transcribe over 99+ languages via OpenAI Whisper and AssemblyAI, all in Premiere.

Key Features & Specs

Transcription & Language Support

  • AI transcription powered by local OpenAI Whisper models (unlimited usage)
  • Bring Your Own API Key (BYOK) support for AssemblyAI
  • 99+ languages supported

Improvements & Bug Fixes

🛠️ Viral Spectre & Reframer

  • Clip Accuracy: We've fixed a critical issue where 'clipped' clips were losing exactly 1 frame at the very beginning of the clip. Your exports and reframed clips will now be perfectly aligned with your intended edit points.

How to update: Head over to your user dashboard and download the new version!

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