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Caption Track height

Explorer ,
Sep 21, 2021 Sep 21, 2021

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How can I adjust the Caption track height. It appears half size and I can't do anything to make it appear as it's normal height! Is it a bug?

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New Here , Oct 26, 2022 Oct 26, 2022

YEEEEEES ! (SOLVED)
Create new caption tracks and use ALT to mouse-scroll on the track that you wish to scale and you will get readable captions thumbnails. Oh this one was turning my head in. I those of you searching found this post quickly to alleviate you from the agony lol. Happy editing 🙂

 

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Sep 21, 2021 Sep 21, 2021

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Explorer ,
Sep 21, 2021 Sep 21, 2021

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@Ann Bens   Thank you but it didn't work. this is a bug issue or I don't know what it is! I still see the caption layer half normal size

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Community Expert ,
Sep 21, 2021 Sep 21, 2021

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If it were a bug more users would have reported it.

How large is your screen?

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Explorer ,
Sep 29, 2021 Sep 29, 2021

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My screen is 27inch imac/Mojave. Now in toher computers it is working just fine. I tried to hide caption layer and show it again it worked I can see the layer height correctly. But then again couldn't get the result with teh same procedure. Trash was reset using Alt+shift when launching the app, deleted all preferences, etc. So, not sure why. Anyway, thank you.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 01, 2021 Oct 01, 2021

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I think it is not your "track height" as much as the text size in the caption segments. But I can't find any way to make the text size in the segment in the timeline anything other than "regular." Very odd.

 

And yes, the Caption tracks have no adjustments for height or ven the subtitles section.

 

Stan

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Community Expert ,
Oct 01, 2021 Oct 01, 2021

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You can adjust the Caption track height by holding Shift or Option/Alt and scrolling with the mouse wheel. See if one or two clicks on the wheel restores the original size of the Captions track.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 01, 2021 Oct 01, 2021

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I think there is an issue with the track height and font size. You can alt+scroll but its not ideal.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 01, 2021 Oct 01, 2021

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Learn someting new every day. And yes, Ann, these track height adjustments do affect the font size of the text in the timeline segment box.

 

Alt-scroll appears to affect a single track. Shift-scroll appears to affect all tracks equally. 

 

If the timeline panel is "short" enough relative to the number of caption tracks, a scroll bar does appear. It overlaps these functions. Not quite sure.

 

I now assume, as I think you do, Ann, that Carlo accidentally discovered this adjustment!

 

Stan

 

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Explorer ,
Oct 01, 2021 Oct 01, 2021

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I know all about adjusting the track height. BUT IT IS NOT ADJUSTING that is the problem. anyway I found a solution to the problem as I mentioned earlier, so it's fine. But not counter intuitive. take care ya all

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New Here ,
Jun 14, 2022 Jun 14, 2022

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Try to click show all track then adjust. 

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Explorer ,
Jan 17, 2024 Jan 17, 2024

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Thanks, I've been looking a lot this command! It stayed on my neck that small subtitle track!

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 03, 2022 Jun 03, 2022

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I found this:
Add more caption tarck,(e.g. 4 tracks), You will get more space for tracks
Resize caption tracks alt+scroll in header area
Delete the caption tracks, just leaving one.

It could be easier if you hit ` (grave) key to enlarge selected panel (in this case timeline panel). Hit again to resize to a normal

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Oct 26, 2022 Oct 26, 2022

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YEEEEEES ! (SOLVED)
Create new caption tracks and use ALT to mouse-scroll on the track that you wish to scale and you will get readable captions thumbnails. Oh this one was turning my head in. I those of you searching found this post quickly to alleviate you from the agony lol. Happy editing 🙂

 

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Explorer ,
Apr 17, 2024 Apr 17, 2024

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Thank you all very much for finding a workaround.
This is obviously a mistake in UI programming and it should be addressed by Adobe. 
First: the subtitle tracks should have an area that's fully adjustable in height.
Second: no one needs crazy keyboard/mouse combos to resize single tracks: you've already got a working method in your video/audio tracks, just use that one.
I don't have time to submit a bug report yet, but I'll get to it eventually. Right now editing in somewhat frustrating.

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Apr 17, 2024 Apr 17, 2024

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Moderators - consider moving this post to "Bugs".

 

(In spite of the fact that it is 3 years old, it seems highly likely no one from Adobe has given it any attention.)

 

R.

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Explorer ,
Jun 18, 2024 Jun 18, 2024

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And it seems like the crazy keypad-mouse combination works only when you have your coursor pointed over the name of the caption track - in my case, C1.

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Community Expert ,
Jun 19, 2024 Jun 19, 2024

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@domnisoaracristina,

 

> keypad-mouse combination works only when you have your coursor pointed over the name of the caption track - in my case, C1.

I actually works if you hover over any part of the caption track header area:

 

PR Caption Track Header Area 24_4_1.png

 

@Incredible_hand16B8,

 

> consider moving this post to "Bugs".

Sorry; I missed this when you posted it. There are 2 other major threads on caption track height adjustment, all posted under Ideas (with only zero and 3 upvotes):

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-ideas/add-the-ability-to-resize-caption-tracks/idi-p/146...

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-ideas/make-caption-track-height-adjustable/idi-p/1347394...

 

The absence of a bug report is probably due to the fact that most users are focused on getting more than 25% of the timeline area, which is by design and therefore an Idea. Or they have not found the various controls for adjusting caption track heights and/or getting the full track(s) to show once adjusted.

 

With the controls, I can get easily readable, initial text of 6-8 tracks with the total timeline expanded to two thirds of the height of a 4K monitor. Five tracks in my more typical, 40% timeline area. And six tracks there are still readable. There are definitely workflows where users would like more room.

 

The bug-like issue here is that a) the caption track area cannot be adjusted within the 25% by dragging the caption track boundary and b) the boundary does not adjust to changes in the caption tracks themselves (but neither do the video and audio areas).

 

I have posts in the second thread giving my summary of the various commands and strategies. The first is fairly comprehensive and still accurate:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-ideas/make-caption-track-height-adjustable/idc-p/1349253...

 

The second updates the usefulness of adding the keyboard shortcut for Show Active Caption Track, and using it to expand the track area:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-ideas/make-caption-track-height-adjustable/idc-p/1383685...

 

The helpx page that should have all this info has only a screenshot and the caption "Click the CC icon to see options to hide or show all caption tracks, or to show just the active caption track."

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/working-with-captions.html

 

Stan

 

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