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Varun_Kapoor
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November 10, 2018
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Subtitling in Premier Pro + Ageisub

  • November 10, 2018
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Hello Folks,

Lately, I have been making subtitles in Ageisub. The default file format is Advanced Substation Alpha and the biggest benefit it offers is the styling options for the subs. I've done Italics, bold, has a black background etc. Now, Premier pro doesn't accept Advanced Substation Alpha format but SRT. However, when exporting the file to SRT, it is pone to loss of all the formatting. Now the only options available to me is to import SRT into the premier and do the formatting manually to each sub, which is a tedious process.

Is there anyway, I can preserve the formatting in the premier pro while importing file from Ageisub? Or is there any other file format which preserves the formatting and premier pro happily imports?

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks,

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Stan Jones
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Stan JonesCommunity Expert
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November 10, 2018

Played with this a bit. I'm sure there are advantages, but I use SubtitleEdit (latest version 9/8/18). Latest version of Aegisub is 2014.

Yes, PR does not import the Aegisub format. Will the forum let me say it is .ass?

I tried converting to .srt: yes, font formatting stripped (at the AEgisub export level). PR imports .stl, but there are issues (Imports as Open Subtitling).

In any event, the possible options depend on whether you are burning in, looking for a sidecar file, or wanting to embed Closed Captions.

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    Varun_KapoorAuthor
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    November 11, 2018

    Thanks, Stan for the comprehensive answer.

    I want to burn subtitles into the video file. So, Open captions would be preferred choice for me.

    Is there anything else I can try?

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    Varun_KapoorAuthor
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    November 11, 2018

    If you are formatting all your captions the same, it is as simple as my suggestion above. "Export as" .srt from Aegisub, import to PR, open in source monitor (or add to timeline), then in the captions panel, "...select all captions in a stream, and set font characteristics."

    If not, "save as" the Aegisub file to .stl. Import to PR. In the project panel, right click, Modify -> Captions -> Open Captions as type. The rest is important, and depends on your source footage/sequence settings. Set the size, framerate, and par. See how close that gets you.


    As far as my captions formatting is concerned, there are few italics words in there (last resort is to do it manually while exporting the .srt into PR). However, I wanted something in PR by which it import ageisub file directly with all the formatting.

    Stan Jones
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    Stan JonesCommunity Expert
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    November 10, 2018

    What specific dot version of Premiere? Things have changed in recent versions.

    I have been meaning to do some tests on this, but so far have not.

    But now, you can select all captions in a stream, and set font characteristics. If all your font formatting is the same for all captions, that may be an option.

    Are you burning in or exporting a sidecar? Are these open captions?

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