The last time I did an update while working on a project, my film got ripped apart and it took the Adobe problem solving team three months to fix. I just want to finish the last 20 minutes of captions, then I can update or move onto a different editing software.
/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/captioning-issue/m-p/10668785#M231647Oct 14, 2019
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You mean the black background of closed caption in the program monitor or in the closed caption panel you don't see the box to write the closed caption. Also, let us know the version of premiere pro your using and closed caption format.
I face sometimes issues with closed caption panel, so I try to maximize the caption panel using the key "~" or srub the timeline to refresh the closed caption panel.
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My screen is the standard set up, upper left, where source material blah blah is, next to that is the window where the footage I am working on, shes the clip from my timeline.
trying again, captions have a black background, with white lettering, nothing changed. Every once in a while, the background just changes from opaque to transparent. But I can't change it back to opaque. Why does this happen, I didn't change anything?
sorry, missed this, closed caption format, is what shows up when I added the caption line to my project. CEA708 was the choice I made and it's the same in both areas. I can see the captions but I have used the black box for 45 minutes and now the captions just show up as white letters. When I click on the background choice box, in the captions with the black box it says opaque, in the background choice without the black box it says translucent. It will not allow me to chose the opaque setting. I didn't chose to change any settings, it just happened. It's annoying!
/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/captioning-issue/m-p/10668915#M231665Oct 14, 2019
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This is my first time doing closed captions and my last,lol. I am afraid to update because of what I went through in the past. One time on a prior project, I updated and the version of the film I was working on, just wouldn't open. I had to start over. I am only doing captions because it is required for exhibition.
Staff has just reported it is fixed in the upcoming release, but that won't help you.
An alternative is to create a file of the captions (e.g. using Subtitle Edit), then import them with the import settings set for the correct background.
There are 2 issues: if the entry of the captions is proving too difficult, then you can do the entry in another program, like Subtitle Edit. You export your video and then do the entry in that other program. You save a caption file in that program, and import it to PR.
The other issue is getting the closed caption background you want, opaque or tranparent. Get the setting you want when you import the caption file.
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