Is it possible to make the background of open captions transparent? (Premiere Pro 14.9 and earlier)

[elkalamar]

I'm in Premiere Pro CC2019 13.1.4

I have a set of open captions imported from an SRT file. I can change the colour of both the text and the background, but what I want is for the captions to have no background (i.e. transparent background). How do I do this please?
I can only see how to change the background colour via the colour picker, but that gives me no option for transparency (or zero opacity).

thanks

[Stan Jones]

Confirm that PR has this as Open Captions.

Do you not see the opacity option?

[elkalamar]

this is what I see:

[elkalamar]

I've imported the SRT file, I assume they are open captions because of the options I see there (see screenshot). But I don't see any further settings or info screens.

[Stan Jones · Accepted solution]

The "100%" to the right of the ink dropper is opacity. Give that a try!

[elkalamar]

That's it! Thank you - solved.

Out of interest - do you know how to apply a specific set of changes to multiple captions in the captions panel? I have imported an SRT file with the captions for a 10-minute film (so quite a few captions). For each caption I need to change the font size, position, and background opacity - it's quite time-consuming, is there a copy and paste attributes function? cheers

[sebv47436954]

Hi,

I have the same issue, but the 100% disapeared! 😮

[Stan Jones]

>the 100% disapeared! 

Are you sure you have Open Captions?

Stan

[Stan Jones]

Two ways. Use the "Import Settings" button in the Caption Panel to set such things on import. Or you can select multiple captions in the Captiin Panel and change there.

[elkalamar]

Amazing thank you - all really straightforward. Appreciate the responses, cheers!