subtitle

[stefanocps]

hi

what tools can i use to insert subtitle?

is there a font and a size standard? what about th eproper position?

thanks a lot

[RobShultz · Accepted solution]

You can open the Captions Panel. Go to File New Captions and in the pop up menu go to the drop down for captions type and choose "Open Captions."

This will place a file in your project panel. You can take the file from your project panel and place it at above your other video layers.

When this is done you can type in the first sub title, set the start and end time of that sub title. You can click the plus button on the bottom of the Captions panel and add another sub title. You will need to set the start and end time for that sub title. You would stretch the sub title layer across all of the footage that you need sub titles on. You should do this with the selection tool/triim right edge of the caption layer.

This will place the standard closed caption look on the lower third your screen. You can change the back ground to a transparency or different color, you can also change the font and color and add an edge/stroke to your text. This is a standard look. Perhaps others may have suggestions on the text "look."

[Vidya Sagar]

Thanks RobShultz for the detailed explanation.

Thanks for posting in Adobe Forums stefanocps. Please check the help articles for more information

Create and customize subtitles |

Learn to work with captions in Premiere Pro

Thanks,

Vidya.

[stefanocps]

seems easy but can t get it to work

first thing

do i need to manually write the in and out time in each of the subtitle part or can i use in someway the playhead?

anyway...i cannot see  the subtitle disaplyed

i see it correctly in the timeline, i see the text inside the small box..but i cannot see it in the program monitor

[stefanocps]

ok i have found out the second question

when i create the track i accept the default CEA608

and this don t work, don t know why

if i choose OPEN SUBTITLE then it works

[RobShultz]

Yes,  you need to manually enter the time of the subtitles in the captions panel.

Open captions is for subtitles. The other options are for true closed captions for use with a device/player  that has a closed captions button.

[stefanocps]

for subtitles in vimeo what shall i use? open subtitles?

i don see in vimeo an option to open or not subitles if present...

anyone knows?

thanks

[stefanocps]

ok i see in vimeo i can upload a file for subtitles

Now i have created a subtitles track using open subtitles in premeire

And this will not let me export the subtitlres separately

I should create a cea608 track for it, right?

is there a way to quick copy all the subtitles from the opencaption track to the new one?