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September 15, 2018
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Can't change captions color (Premiere Pro 14.9 and earlier)

  • September 15, 2018
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I imported captions from an .srt file. I wanted to change the color, but while the captions preview shows the color change—the change isn't reflected in the Source or Project window. This is driving me bonkers.

 

You'll see I've changed the color from white to red. And while on the captions preview on the left it shows up in red. In the source file, it's not reflected.

 

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Correct answer Stan Jones

I have not been able to discover a pattern as to when these display correctly and when they don't. The more complex the project or use of multiple caption streams are, the more likely to get things out of sync.

Sometimes saving, closing the project, and reopening works. Other times simply changing focus from different panels may work. I also had a recent situation where it required cleaning the media cache and then the correct appearance displayed.

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travisb35662258Author
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September 28, 2018

Saving, closing, restarting all seem to work — but the main problem I think is with the .srt file. Next time I'll have to convert to another file format. Thank you all!

Kevin-Monahan
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Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
Community Manager
September 27, 2018

TravisB,

Still having trouble with captions? Please let us know.

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
joel_1234
joel_1234
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November 26, 2019

I can tell you this is still a huge issue with Premiere

Stan Jones
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Stan JonesCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
September 15, 2018

I have not been able to discover a pattern as to when these display correctly and when they don't. The more complex the project or use of multiple caption streams are, the more likely to get things out of sync.

Sometimes saving, closing the project, and reopening works. Other times simply changing focus from different panels may work. I also had a recent situation where it required cleaning the media cache and then the correct appearance displayed.

    Stan Jones
    Community Expert
    Stan JonesCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 15, 2018

    Another option: reset workspace. But that has not worked for me the last time I tried it.

    This morning, for me, the appearance in the Captions Panel, Source Monitor, and Program Monitor are staying in sync. That is the way I think of this, as a sync or display problem. The actual .srt file you have imported does not change. PR keeps track of the caption streams being used in the project in the project panel. It flags a stream as edited by user or not. And sometimes, apparently, PR loses track and does not show the same thing in different places (e.g. caption panel, source monitor, program monitor). It appears to me that the correct information is always in the project file (once saved), and that getting back "in sync" should be as easy as closing and reopening.

    Let us know what appears to work for you.

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