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mrianwebb1983
mrianwebb1983
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April 30, 2017
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Changing frame size of captions

  • April 30, 2017
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Hi there, I am importing SRT files that I'm using for subtitles, but they are importing at 720x480 and I cannot seem to change them. Can anyone help? Thanks!

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    Correct answer zackm93769261

    Set to frame size will only scale the footage, which will probably make it blurry.

    I found a solution for this.

    Right click on the .srt and choose:   modify > captions > and change the frame size & pixel aspect ratio

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    SMcreative3644190
    Inspiring
    March 18, 2021

    You can't modify the captions under the clip menu in the new release.

      R Neil Haugen
      R Neil Haugen
      Legend
      March 18, 2021

      No, because there's nothing from the old captions process that applies. It's a completely new system. For good and not so good.

       

      You modify captions/subtitles now in the Essential Graphics panel while in the Captions workspace.

       

      Neil

      Everyone's mileage always varies ...
      breelee1225
      breelee1225
      Participant
      November 30, 2022

      There literally is no option to change the font size. I don't know what to do.

      Stan Jones
      Community Expert
      Stan JonesCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 26, 2020

      samuelw, this is a frequent problem - changing a caption and the change not showing/updating in the program monitor (or source monitor). 

       

      The one time you can predict this is when you duplicate a caption stream. You can avoid that by exporting the stream, rename the file if it is identical to the original stream, then re-import as your "duplicate" stream.

       

      But such "no change" events occur for other reasons also. Following the method here (resizing) should not itself result in this problem.

       

      Stan   

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      Vivacious_Journey98A1
      Participating Frequently
      June 23, 2020

      I just had this problem. I had sent some .srt files to a friend to translate into Russian.

      When I imported them they came in at 720x480 - could not figure out why.
      In the end I ran dos2unix against the .srt file, imported it again and that fixed it. Bizarre, but it worked. This is on a Mac.

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        zackm93769261Correct answer
        Participant
        March 15, 2018

        Set to frame size will only scale the footage, which will probably make it blurry.

        I found a solution for this.

        Right click on the .srt and choose:   modify > captions > and change the frame size & pixel aspect ratio

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          Richard_el
          Participant
          March 22, 2018

          I love you.

          Thank you.

          R Neil Haugen
          R Neil Haugen
          Legend
          May 1, 2017

          Someone else posted that they'd tried "Scale to frame-size" for their imported captions clip, and it actually worked nicely. Give that or "set to frame-size" a try, perhaps.

          neil

          Everyone's mileage always varies ...
            mrianwebb1983
            mrianwebb1983Author
            Inspiring
            May 1, 2017

            Worked like a charm, thanks so much!!

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            R Neil Haugen
            R Neil Haugen
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            May 1, 2017

            Glad you're working away

            Neil

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