This is by design. We always keep captions within safe margins (10%). Would an option to defeat this restriction be useful or is it better to remove this safeguard all together. Opinions welcome.
Adding to the chorus. I just updated to Premiere 2021 and I'm more than annoyed that I can't put the captions all the way at the bottom of the screen. Web content comes in all shapes and sizes, this is unacceptable. I now have to create a work around to solve this until it's updated. Please don't make our lives harder.
Please give an update for when this will be fixed.
Just sent lock 1 of project after battling with subtitles. Nightmare.
This is an online project and the idea that Premiere is telling me to be careful of CRT overscan is laugable. And frustrating.
There used to be a work round in 14.x that meant you could get the subs further down the screen, it was still rubbish but this new system seems to have killed even that off.
Please, allow us to select 'broadcast or online' for our captioning system.
In today's world, so much different type of content are being created. Adobe still thinks everyone editing video are only for broadcast use? Come on. Just give editors the freedom to create. There should option to disable the restriction of captions.
Might be useful to enable users to be able to define the safe margin percentage, so if you wanted to enable use of the full screen, you would set the safe area to 0%
I often find myself wanting to adjust this based on the video application
I think it would be good to give the user the option - when trying to add subtitles to a video file to be used online where I will burn the subtitles onto the video and need to move the positioning to suit the screen design (speaker, logos and presentation slide with text just on the presentation slide).
I think having safe guards are useful but should also be optional
Yes! Pleaaase! Safe margins should be an optional. Working with web and social media content requires us to place subtitles in a great variety of positions, so we need the flexibility,
Yes, in my opinion, having edited for 20 years, I would prefer the ability to create however I'd like without any restrictions. Give the option to uncheck "within safe margins" or something. Thanks!
Yes, definitely, I'm a video editor - I work for many brands each have different style guides for subs etc. It would be so much better to have total freedom to position captions exactly where you need them so they adhere to whatever branding requirement or style guide you're working with.
I would say, we are not "defeating" the restriction. Rather, it is allowing creators all the options and creative freedom for placement and design. If there is really a need to safeguard users who are unaware of the idea of safe margin, add warning tooltip for them and allow us to override the placement restriction. And yes, I mean all restriction, not just the bottom.
It's fine to "keep the captions within a safe margin". This can simply be the default that will be used by a lot of people I'm guessing. The current version allows us to "Set Vertical Position" to a positive number....the Captions just don't respond. Please fix this.
@Francis Crossman The idea is to keep the captions free so that Social media stuff can be created more systematically.
I have been using the same concept for my client for a long time and they prefer the balanced look over the look set by margins.
V.14.9 allows the captions to free flow all across the screen. But Version 15 and above do not have that facility. Even I am stuck here and forced to use 14.9 for quite a long time now.
Please see the screenshot of my active workflow for a better understanding.
It's been almost 4 months since Francis Crossman, Sr. Product Manager, Adobe DVA posted his explanation of this restriction and asked for our opinions. 100% of the opinions expressed here have asked for the position restriction to be removed.
Safe margins are mostly a legacy TV standard based on CRT screens. For social media these restrictions do not make sense as you use almost the totality of the frame. I agree with other users, set ir by default but let users change it at will to fit their workflow. I my case to fit a client's template I had to export the subtitles and then paste them back as a video file just to be able to position it slightly lower. far from ideal.
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