Convert transcript or srt to essential graphics

I was looking for a way to handle subtitles created in Adobe Premiere Pro as Essential Graphics. But it was only a very few ways. I also purchased srt2xml software that runs on windows. It is a great software and I am very satisfied with it.
But at the same time I wanted a casual conversion tool that worked on the web, so I developed it.
I still have to test it, but this web service allows me to convert srt files to xml files with just a drag and drop.
Adjustment of fps and image size will be done in the future.

https://srt2xml.com

Andy's point about being able to search for Master Graphics in the bins is a good one. You have to search by name or keyword in the EGP and Library, unfortunately those panels don't allow searching by usage. Which is often needed.

Especially with Master Graphics, because they do have a strength that is also a pain at times ... they are a "Master" item.

In Adobe speak, that means ... any change done to a Master Graphic is then rippled immediately to ALL other uses of that graphic.

So ... change anything, font, font size, alignment, color, the text itself ... and all other uses of that clip change immediately also. Which may not be what you want. As far as I can find, you can't even duplicate them and change something to save as a new MG. Once an MG, they can't be re-saved as a different MG.

So if you do ever change an MG ... it's good to know and check for where you've used it, to make sure it still works there.

And this one of the many frustrating things about graphics in Premiere Pro. Along with we need a basic shapes palette, like the Legacy had, and a way to create/save our own shapes.

Sigh.

Neil

openclosed,

Your idea is welcomed. My video does not show how to convert srt/scc files to Essential Graphics but it does demonstrate how to place the Essential Graphics into bins/folders for better organization. 

My post above is still the current state of affairs for the function you want: import .srt (or similar) to Graphics text.

That is what the AE script does.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/convert-transcript-or-srt-to-essential-graphics/m-p/11113505#M269269

The new captioning process, as described by Neil, will be a huge step forward. The Beta captioning is very early and not ready for real work. 

BUT it will import .srt (not sure what other caption formats) AND the captions are available as Graphics text. That is HUGE.

Stan

I think everyone is misunderstanding the simplicity of the OP's ask, or if I may ask for myself what I am trying to do (which i think is the same):

Take those .srt/scc/ttml/txt files (I am using a service called Trint.com - they allow srt, vtt, txt, stl, edl, html, xml, csv, docx,). How can we take this file and simply convert it to the Essential graphics text. And yes, this is for "burn-in" or maybe called "open captions". these do not need to reference the timecode after the video is complete. This is for upload to social media/select clients and we are choosing to marry/burn the graphics text onto the image. With that said, we usually do this by having a layer of Essential Graphics in adove premiere (which you can animate with keyframes, format and do whatever you want with it). Don't worry about what we do with it, just think simplyh it is a layer that sits above the video and you can cut at each spoken line. When building from scratch, we simply stretch the layer out for the whole duration and make cuts for each line. What we want to do is take a captions file (like all the ones mentioned above, ie. SRT), and upload import it into premiere so that it appears as a single layer of essential graphics INCLUDING each splice/cut which separates one spoken line from the next. Is there ANY way to do this? 

I have heard that this is a major ask for content creators because it really boosts their videos on YouTube to have such things. Currently, they have services which provide these custom srts for a small fee.

Stan,

I expected so ... but thought some clarity in the thread might be useful, captions being so oft misunderstood.

And the info about the Ae plugins and script are excellent suggestions! So much more automation and specialization is built into Ae.

Neil

Neil, I think he is just talking about regular animated text as "subtitles," not closed captions or the sort of export needed for "captioning." (Boy, does subtitle/caption labeling cause confusion.)

PR does not have a function for getting text files of whatever type (srt, plain text, Word documents etc) into graphics text. The scripts I have seen for this are in After Effects.

Here is a free plugin that uses a paid service for the transciption:

https://digitalanarchy.com/demos/SRT-importer.html

And here's another script:

http://scientificswede.blogspot.com/2012/07/importing-srt-subtitles-in-after-effects.html

Stan  

Closed Captions are a specific type of asset with the ability for down-line playback to select or not to display the caption.

Nothing from the EGP can include such interactive capability.

So if you are needing closed captions (a requirement for broadcast in many areas) you cannot do that with EGP graphics.

If you are talking about 'open captions' that are burned into the video file rather than included as an asset in the file ... then you could use the EGP to create them. However ... it doesn't have any in-built capability to handle large chunks of text except for instance as screen crawls for end credits. I don't know of any way to have it automatically separate a single massive text entry into different text boxes over time.

That would still need to be done with a Captions workflow. You could add graphics to the time point of specific text blocks to give arrows, highlights, surrounding-boxes, that sort of thing.

Neil

Neil