.srt caption file imports as 720x480 and I need it at 1920x1080 (Premiere Pro 14.9 or earlier)

I put the srt in my timeline, same issue. None of the below work arounds worked. Created a new subtitle track, copied and pasted from the srt track below and boom - done. Worked like a charm 🙂 

1- right click on your .srt file> modify > caption:

in opened dialog(make sure caption tab was selected) go to video setting and change width and height to 1920 and 1080.

Drag the srt file from the finder/windows explorer directly to the timeline you wish to conform the caption.

More observations from working with captions in Premiere.

If you import a .srt file, then change your import settings, then delete the .srt file and re-import it, Premiere will apply the settings that were in effect when you originally imported the .srt. It doesn't seem to matter how many times you delete and import, Premiere stores the original settings someplace, ignores your current settings and applies the original settings instead.

I found that I had to change the .srt filename - EG adding a "2" to the filename - before Premiere would finally "forget" the original import settings and apply my current import settings. This behavior is the reason I thought changing my import settings had no effect at all on importing .srt files - because it doesn't if you try re-importing a file that Premiere has already imported - even if that file is no longer in your project.  

I also just experienced the "no-changes-take-effect" issue - wherein changes I make in the "Captions" window - EG font size, background opacity, etc. - aren't reflected on the timeline until after I quit Premiere and restart.

So if you're pulling your hair out with frustration, please know that you it isn't you, it is in fact the application. Maybe some of these tips and workarounds will help alleviate your frustration. 

This solution applies to the latest version of Premiere Pro:

- Go to "Window", and open the "Captions" window

- Click the "Import Settings" button

- Under "Video Settings", enter 1080 into the "Height" value and 1920 into the "Width" value

- CAUTION, the values are shown as height/width instead of width/height, which is the norm in all other frame size settings. This tripped me up for a few hours, because I didn't read the labels properly and was transposing my width and height values.

- BONUS, Under "Alignment Settings" and change the "Line Spacing" value from 50% to 100%. This will move your text up against the background color instead of bottom-justifying the text to the background color. This is an acknowledged bug in Premiere Pro, which can be up-voted here  - Vertically align Open captions text against background box. – Adobe video & audio apps

- BONUS 2 - Under "Style Settings", uncheck the "Proportional" box to the right of "Font Size", and enter your desired font size instead. A font size of 48 to 52 usually works well for a 1920 x 1080 frame size.

I figured it out. This method currently works using CC2017.1.2.

Import your .srt file into your bin. Right click on the file / Modify / Captions. Under video settings you can change the video size to 1920x1080. Then double click on the captions file, make all the text larger or any edits and there you go.

There's still some bugs around this method. Sometimes I have to repeat the method above to restore the preview of captions. No need to change settings, seems just opening up the modify window fixes the preview. Output of burning captions into the video seem to only work by using export, not queue.

I'm not yet using CC2018 as it was way too buggy on release when I tried it to be able to trust for professional work. I'm continually disappointed year after year with the price increases and adobe still can't release a working piece of software. Lets get one version working properly please before trying to add features no one will use.

Hope this method works for someone else also.

I am having the issue of when importing an SRT file that is longer than about 1.5 to 2 minutes, it only shows the captions for the first 1.5 or so minutes. For example, if I have an SRT file with 5 minutes of open captions, and I import than into Premiere Pro 2017.1.2 on the Mac, the length displayed next to the file name in the Project window will be something like 1:36:04. And sure enough, when I edit the captions, it is missing all of the captions after 1:36:04. The rest of the file is just lost. There is NO ERROR MESSAGE. Just captions are missing. Like it is truncating the file on import somehow.

For me the Scale menu option works sort-of. Sometimes the text is cut off at the beginning, end or both of a line. Shrinking the font can help with that.

I am more upset about losing over 3 minutes of captions!

Has anyone else seen this?

John

I too have wasted hours trying to understand how Adobe can put such a buggy unpredictable mess into what is an otherwise outstanding editing suite.

Between imported captions not working or turning out tiny in size and breaking upon editing, and newly created ones just randomly being invisible on the timeline or not responding to edits at all, this is the worst Adobe experience I can remember at a time when quick and easy captioning is becoming an essential workflow requirement.

Sometimes the feature works perfectly, other times, for no apparent reason, it is a complete mess. Too often though, a piece of crap basically. The kind of feature that you wish didn't exist at all, then it wouldn't temp you to try it just one more time. Tried updating to the latest Creative Suite version, tried all the fixes above.

Instead of in-program solutions, can we talk about alternative programs? Video Converter from Wondershare (https://videoconverter.wondershare.com/​) seems quite well featured, except it doesn't allow subtitles to sit on top of an opaque background. Any other suggestions?

Tried to use the Open Captioning tool of Adobe Premiere Pro again, and another couple of hours wasted with no billable work at the end of my efforts. CC 2017.1.2. v11.0

I have a SRT file with time codes and Open captions that I was handed from an external partner in the SRT format. I have imported it, and it defaults to a 720x540 anamorphic setting.

I add the file to the project sequence I want to subtitle. But as soon as I start to change the time codes of the subtitles and change the font size or modify the caption contents, the entire file caption file stops working in the preview pane. Subtitles simply stops updating when previewing, frozen on what ever caption I was displaying last.

Also changes made to Font size and transparency applied to multiple selections do not kick in often, even if I have shift-clicked all frames I wanted to modify properties for.

So, at the end of it all, Open Captioning and SRT files are still so unpredictable and frustrating to use that I give up and use Camtasia to add open captions to my project.

Yes, Adobe. I use Camtasia. Because Premiere Pro cannot deliver. Camtasia works. It eats SRT files, it makes subtitles.

Hi. I have the same issue. Did you come up with a fix/did Adobe find a fix for this?