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May 29, 2023
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How do I resize the scale of the upgraded graphics text flexibly?

  • May 29, 2023
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(it's the first time posting stuff here and my english might be broken sry guys)

 

Hi there.

I use the automatic transcription system recently added and that's very helpful.

 

However, When I upgrade these transcribed captions to graphics text on the menu - Graphics and Titles These created captions are all contained inside the text box. The problem is I can't resize the scale of them dragging the text on the preview and the box are rescaled instead. I wanna change the size directly on the screen rather than changing the numbers.

 

Is there any way to get rid of the box or make it fixed?

 

Thank you.

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Correct answer Stan Jones

Got it.

 

No, there appears to be no way to convert a paragraph text box to point or vice versa. Upvote this feature request:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-ideas/convert-point-text-to-paragraph-text-and-visa-versa/idi-p/13467691#M447845

 

Stan

 

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Participant
July 10, 2023

Try this.
https://srt2xml.com/
convert your .srt into .xml then drop it into PR
Open it as a sequence then you can get the graphics and the transform way you want.

Stan Jones
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 29, 2023

I assume you are trying to change the font size without dragging the bounding box.

 

No, you can't get rid of the box, and I don't think you can change the font size with the mouse in the Program Monitor.

 

You can use a keyboard shortcut, such as "Increase Font Size by 5 units" - Ctl+Alt+Shft+Right arrow. This does not change the bounding box, but if you don't change the bounding box, you get other problems.

 

There are two types of text boxes. Point text is created by clicking with the Text tool and typing. The bounding box expands as you type, but does not word wrap. So the box (and text) will run off the screen to the right if you type enough. The Text/Transform “position” is the bottom left of the TEXT, not the bounding box. And the Anchor Point is the same (a zero, zero adjustment from position).


Paragraph text is created by clicking and dragging the bounding box before typing text. This word wraps as you type, but the box does not change. If you type until the text fills the last row of the box, the text scrolls out of the box and out of view. The Text/Transform “position” and Anchor Point is the left/top position of the bounding box.


Caption text is “paragraph” text, and inherits that characteristic when using Upgrade Caption to Graphic.

 

How you address this depends on what you are trying to do.

 

Stan

 

YMKWTRKAuthor
Participant
May 29, 2023

Thank you for your reply.

 

I actually want to change the scale of the text on Align and Transform section of Essential Graphics menu but not the font size. I usually set scale unlock to make it possible to be resized flexibly so dragging the bounding box is sort of easier way than doing the numbers.

 

Sorry for my misleading explanation I added some GIF as visual information, and I just didn't know the name - point text -  so my wanted solution was how to transform pragraph text into point text.

 

"Caption text is “paragraph” text, and inherits that characteristic when using Upgrade Caption to Graphic."

So it means there's no way to transform them...?

Stan Jones
Community Expert
Stan JonesCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
May 29, 2023

Got it.

 

No, there appears to be no way to convert a paragraph text box to point or vice versa. Upvote this feature request:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-ideas/convert-point-text-to-paragraph-text-and-visa-versa/idi-p/13467691#M447845

 

Stan