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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 12, 2018

    While I'm pondering, how many total captions in the stream? How many/what proportion have italics?


    Let's just say there are total 600 lines (some files extend up to 800 lines) of subtitles, each line having, on an average, 50 characters with 2 italic words. This is just an average. However, there are lines with no italics at all, and some lines with more than 2 italics (Comprises of words that are foreign to the English language)

    Anyhow, how does the percentage of italics affect the formatting in the end result?

    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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