Adding Captions for One Clip

[efficient_person1243]

Problem: There is no way to transcribe a specific clip in a sequence, and select one block of transcript to create captions from that specific block of text.

The CC button creates an entire sequence of captions, ignoring the in/out points set by the user. I have a 10-minute video, I only want captions for a specific 15 second clip. There is no way to isolate that 15 second clip to be transcribed and captioned.

Steps to encounter the bug:
1. Create in-out points on your timeline.

2. Transcribe the entire sequence because Premiere will ignore your in-out points.

3. Highlight a specific paragraph of transcribed text.

4. Click "closed-captions" for that specific block of transcribed text, while you have your in-out points set.

5. Create captions for the entire sequence because Premiere will ignore your in-out points.

6. ???

7. Pay $35 every month.

Software: No 3rd party functions installed. Running the latest version of Premiere Pro 2024.
Hardware: Windows 11, version 23H2, Asus Creator Laptop K6502VJ.

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hi @efficient_person1243,

Thanks for the bug report. I am almost certain this is possible. However, you might need to create a static transcript first.

@Stan Jones, can you please take a look here?

Thanks,
Kevin

[Stan Jones · Accepted solution]

@efficient_person1243,

You are correct; you cannot create captions for an in/out section, only for the entire TRANSCRIPT. It would be a feature request to provide for captions by in/out.

A workaround would be to set the in/out, create a static transcript for the in/out, and then create captions.

If you already have a static transcription, you must select the sequence in the PROJECT PANEL to retranscribe, and then, when you pick in/out, do not pick "merge output."

I might have more ideas depending on why you want a limited section of captions.

Stan

[efficient_person1243]

Thank you so much for the reply Stan; that is unfortunate and I have added a feature request in the discussion board for this.

My main reason for wanting a limited section of captions is, as all things are, a client requesting captions for a specific section and my computer being too slow and cumbersome for caption creation for the entire 10 minute sequence. We have one clip where a client is speaking and the wind takes the voice away or multiple people are speaking that creates a jumbled caption mess- I would prefer to have only 15 seconds of that mess instead of 3 minutes.

Do you have any advice for that kind of specific sad scenario?

[lauriw4142879]

My work around for this is to matchframe the clip you want captions for... copy the text from the transcript.

Go back to the sequence, duplicate an existing caption, place it above your clip, double click the caption and edit the text - pasting in what you copied from the transcript.

It should certainly be easier than this, but once you do it a couple of times you get used to it and it doesn't take that long at all.

[Jeff5CEA]

You can always create a new sequence, copy what you want to transcribe, place it within the new sequence, copy the CCs along with the clip, and then paste them back in the original sequence. I just had to do this.