How to Stitch Subtitle Screenshots into One Long Image (5 Steps)
Learn how to combine multiple subtitle screenshots from a movie or video into one shareable long image. Step-by-step guide with screenshots. Free, browser-based, works on all devices.
I get asked this a lot, in slightly different ways. How do you turn ten screenshots of the same line into one image. How do you stack a movie quote so it reads in order. The answer is the same tool, and the same five steps. Here is the whole thing.
Stitching subtitle screenshots is one of those tasks that sounds fiddly until you actually do it once. The first time took me maybe four minutes. The second time took forty seconds. The work is the same either way — five steps, two of which are basically "drop the files in". This is the version I wish I had when I started.
The five steps
Step one: take the screenshots. Use the player on your laptop, the screen-record tool on your phone, or the screenshot keyboard shortcut. Save them as JPG, PNG, or WEBP. If you name them 01.png, 02.png and so on, the tool sorts them in order. If you do not, capture time is the fallback.
Step two: open Subtitle Stitch in any browser. Go to subtitlestitch.com. No login, no pop-up asking for your email. The page is the tool.
Step three: drag the screenshots into the upload area. Or click and pick. Up to six on the free plan, sixteen on Pro. The first screenshot keeps its full frame. The rest get cropped to the subtitle strip.
Step four: adjust the layout. Each image has a toggle for full-frame or stacked. The default is stacked, which saves vertical space. The global stack height slider goes from 5% to 30% — leave it at 15% unless the captions are unusually big or small.
Step five: export as JPG, PNG, or WEBP. Pick 1x for normal sharing, 2x for printing or 4K displays. The file downloads to your machine. No waiting on a server, no email with a link.
What trips people up
Two things. First: file naming. If your files are random captures from a phone camera roll, the order will be the order of capture — the tool sorts by filename first, and falls back to capture time. Rename to 01.jpg through 09.jpg if the order matters to you.
Second: stack height. Below 10% tends to cut off the bottom row of subtitle text on a high-DPI phone screen. Above 25% eats vertical space without making the dialog more readable. 15% is the sweet spot for most films and series.
Why it is the same output every time
If you stitch the same source video twice, you get the same output. The tool does not do any OCR or smart detection — it just crops the bottom 15% by default. That is a feature, not a limitation. You can see exactly what you are going to get before you export.
Want a different crop? Move the slider. Want a different order? Drag the thumbnails in the preview. Nothing is locked until you click export.
Where to go next
The merge subtitle screenshots page is the longer version of what this tool does and why it exists. The best subtitle screenshot tools 2026 roundup covers the alternatives. The rest of this page is the FAQ.
Frequently asked
Can I reorder the screenshots after uploading?
Yes. Drag any frame to move it up or down in the preview. The order updates immediately.
What stack height should I use?
Default 15% works for most subtitles. Go higher if the captions are unusually small, lower if they are large.
Are there export limits?
Free is 5 exports a day, Pro is unlimited. Both plans export JPG, PNG, and WEBP.
Will different aspect ratios break the stitch?
No. The tool normalizes widths and aligns them. You can switch alignment mode between min, max, and original.
Does it work on iPhone Safari?
Yes. The interface is mobile-first. The drag-and-drop becomes a tap-and-pick in Safari iOS.
Try it
Drop your screenshots into Subtitle Stitch and see what comes out. The first stitch takes about a minute once you have your images lined up.