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jonathanp68678337
jonathanp68678337
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June 18, 2018
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Subtitles will not export out of Premiere Pro (Premiere Pro 14.9 and earlier)

  • June 18, 2018
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Hello,

 

I imported a .srt file I was given to make changes in Premiere. The file imported fine and I was able to open it under the Captions window and make the changes I needed. But when I go to export the captions, the option under export is grayed out. (See screen grab) I can only export it as media, which i do not want. I have tried everything from starting a new project to new sequence and even starting a new captions file. Any reason why I can't export the captions.

 

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    Correct answer Stan Jones

    I can't tell from the screenshot in your original post, but you must select the .srt file in the project panel (not the timeline), then File -> Export -> Captions.

    I do not see this explained in the help file. The section on "Export Captions" is part of the closed caption options.

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    W
    WPP-CCE
    Participant
    January 2, 2022

    My issue was that the captions were not appearing in the exported video. When I selected "Match Sequence Settings" in the export window, (see attached) it worked like a charm. 

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    defaultt3imm50u5nnv
    Participant
    May 11, 2022

    When I nest all of the clips it works most of the time.

    - Select all the clips in the timeline, right click, nest, name the nested sequence, and then export the nested sequence.

    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
    Community Manager
    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.Community Manager
    Community Manager
    June 18, 2018

    Hi jonathanp,

    Here's the documentation. Let us know what exactly does not work for you: Learn to work with captions in Premiere Pro

    Thanks,
    Kevin

    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
    jonathanp68678337
    jonathanp68678337Author
    Participant
    June 18, 2018

    Hi Kevin,

    Unfortunately I have tried that route as well. The only option it gives me under the captions tab in the Export window is "none" or "burn captions into video", which is something I definitely do not want to do. See Photo.

      K
      KatarinaRankovic
      Participant
      July 20, 2021

      I have similar issue except , my is open caption, I have been able to export to .srt file using this trick i found

      1. create new seq

      2. select caption file

      3. export

      this has been working fine. I was able to export > caption and save the .srt file

      but now,

      when I save , without warning message. it does nothing. the save file is not save. it just click with nothing happening

      Please help


      I had the same issue - I created open captions in PP 2020 and couldn't work out how to export an .srt file.

       

      This worked for me:

      1. Right-click the captions file in the project panel

      2. Click 'Export Media...'

      3. Ignore the video export options (or tick off 'video' if you like) and go down to the Captions tab
      4. Under 'Export Options', click Create Sidecar File

      5. Under 'File Format' select SubRip Subtitle Format (.srt)

      6. Export

      This can't be the best method, as it exports both a video file and an .srt file, but at least you get the .srt file! I then managed to upload the subtitles to YouTube without a problem.

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