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Participant
January 24, 2023
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Multiple caption tracks visible for accessibility

  • January 24, 2023
  • 170 replies
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In the previous version of Premiere Pro, I was able to add multiple captions and make them visible in order to have English/Spanish on screen. But in the latest version (Version 15.0.0) only one track of captioning is available.

This makes it hard for those of us who are working on making our videos accessible to multiple audiences. Please bring back the ability to have multiple tracks of captioning visible at the same time.

170 replies

Participant
January 24, 2023
This is really frustrating, I can't understand why you should decide for us after it was possible in the version before.
Multiple subtitles are necessary for multiple languages. For example in Switzerland english speaking movies are subtitled in french and german.
Participant
January 24, 2023
Really frustrating after creating two tracks and realising you can't export both. Need to deliver for a client today...
tharmine
Known Participant
January 24, 2023
I second that, I want to make that choice when I need to. Thank you
Participant
January 24, 2023
I have to chime in here, I really need to be able to have 2 tracks visible at the same time. I'm a professional, please treat me as such and don't baby me. I can make my own mistakes and learn from them myself thank you very much
Participant
January 24, 2023
Kind of weird isn't it? Why bother giving us the eye icon for visibility (giving me control) if you're going to essentially auto-disable the other one (taking away my control)?

Let the mistake making happen in my hands. If I publish a video with two tracks burned in it's my fault (or maybe I want it that way). You never babied us Adobe, don't start now! This is incredibly un-intuitive 😞
Inspiring
January 24, 2023
It seems like a pretty unanimous vote that people want this option, Adobe.
Twelli
Participating Frequently
January 24, 2023
Very common in places like Taiwan to have both Chinese and English on the screen. So yes, please make both tracks visible.

Alternatively, it would be great if two different languages on two lines in the same track could be edited separately, for instance different fonts and font size. This was possible in the old system.

It's still possible to copy and paste different a different font from a second track, keeping the formatting, but that is cumbersome.
Inspiring
January 24, 2023
Just throwing my hat in the ring for the necessity of this feature. If the worry is preventing people from burning in two tracks by mistake, couldn't that be solved with a checklist dialogue box? As in, check next to which tracks you want to burn in? Thanks!
Participant
January 24, 2023
I am among those who greatly needs to be able to have more than one track visible at the same time. In working with foreign languages, this is really indispensable, as people have been underscoring.
Can a distinction be made between active tracks (only one at a time for export) and visible tracks (multiple)?
My preference would be to be able to burn in two tracks at the same time, if needed, but my most pressing need is to be able to have more than one track visible at the same time.

Thanks, and thanks for the great improvements to the captions workflow!
Participant
January 24, 2023
I also would very much like the ability to have the resizing capability for caption tracks we had in previous versions. I personally need to caption almost all projects in 12 languages and to now make sure all my timing is correct, as well as still see my native language for reference is now severely hindered. My work flow and production is being limited and is making me hate my job - please Adobe fix this.