Importing SRT files into PREMIERE PRO

Report · Dec 07, 2023

Hi.

I have a question.

I´m trying to import an SRT file into Premiere, that was made by another person on another software.

When importing the SRT file Premiere changes the font from Arial to Helvetica. And it won´t respect the italics.

Is there a way around this in order to import correctly the SRT file?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!!

Gustavo.

Report · Dec 07, 2023

Gustavo,

I don't have a problem importing italics from SRT.

Does the SRT specify the font? There are some styling that is not part of the basic SRT specifications, but there are extended specs that may be honored. I don't think PR will import a font family, but that is easy to change in the style.

Pasting a few lines of the srt file here, including the beginning, might help.

Stan

Report · Dec 07, 2023

Hi Stan, thank you for your answer.

The SRT should be in Arial font.

However when importing and adding the SRT file to my timeline, PREMIERE reads it as if it was Helvetica font.

I manage to correct the subtitles manually -changing it to Arial font. When I do that italics are back.

But then, when I export the SRT file from PREMIERE the problem remains.

Here are some lines from the SRT file.

THANKS!

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PRESENTS

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I was a film child.

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Undoubtedly.

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I watched a lot of movies
in my childhood,

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because my mother often
went to the cinema.

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At that time,

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my older sister

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came up with this idea,

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of writing to Hollywood

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to the artists

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since they sent photos.

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I still had bad handwriting

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for my age.

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She wrote the letters

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and I signed them.

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Of the photos I received

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in my childhood,

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I still keep some.

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Between them,

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this photo of Kim Novak.

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This is the envelope
she used to send it

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with my address.

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I remember it perfectly.

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In Calixto García,

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number 1245.

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Guantánamo, Eastern Cuba.

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And it's signed by her.

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There are many photos like hers.

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What's interesting is

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I brought this photo from Guantánamo

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to Santiago de Cuba, where I studied.

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From Santiago de Cuba to Havana

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and from Havana in a suitcase,

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to Miami when I left the country.