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.
Yes, please remove the safe margins. I'm going to have to go back to using version 14.9 because this messes up my entire workflow. Not sure why this can't be changed.
The only way to do this is making an empty sequence with just the captions and later you add this sequence to the sequence you want to export and just adjust the position of the sequence with the captions and voila!
I have a good perfect solution: 1. Set the subtitle position is bottom; 2. Set it as subscript;(This is the key step) 3. Set the font size;(subscript is too small, so we need to enlarge it) 4. Change the vertical position (normally too low, negative number to put it higher) 5. Save this for use later.
Please remove this restriction. Now with the new Captions in 21, it adds even more steps to a workflow that needs captions lower than 10%, which is most projects.
I like the subscript workaround however, there is still an issue. Since the subtitle track must be at the top and does not have the same effect controls as a video layer, you cannot transition to them or from them. Including fading them up from black or to black. Another big problem.
Francis, your definition of 'safe margins' being 10 % is outdated and not valid anymore within the industry. For example the whole European Broadcasting Union changed the specification of title safe margins to 5 % years ago. Please update your people accordingly and let us decide where we want to place subtitles. To restrict the placement is NOT your responsibility - the more when you are years behind current developments.
Meanwhile a big shout-out to ZONGWEI GONG three messages below. His subscript workaround really … works 🙂 ... and saved the day!
We need the ability to turn safe margins off. We are editing videos that require subtitles to be at the bottom. The workarounds for this take ages and therefore resources. It is such an easy fix for you.
Fix this please. I do a lot of subtitling and I'd like to place them where I want. including half outside the screen if I find it funny. I'm in charge. The client will blame me not adobe, don't worry.
Yes. Why would you restrict this. There are legitimate reasons why you would want to position text outside of a safe area. Just add an enable unsafe positioning button. F******g nanny state!
We're currently working in a special super tall format for projection with a 1:3 aspect, and need to put captions along the top edge of the frame. The 10% margin makes this simple thing impossible. Please remove this unnecessary restriction.
The 10% restrictions for safe margins is not justifiable since tube monitors are gone IMHO. An option to defeat this restriction would be great.
The workaround to put the same timeline with everything invisible but the subtitle track into a timeline duplicate just to repostition the subs does not restrict me, but slows down my work.
YES! Remove this restriction. In the days of YouTube, smartphones and millions of other ways to watch content on NON-overscan screens, forcing a safe margin on us is completely idiotic! Please make it an on/off setting in the Preferences window.
I don't recall if I commented before; I up-voted a long time ago. a) I'd be happy with an override option. b) Other workflows, including easy conversion of caption text to graphics text (and vice versa) would also help. I believe these are being worked on.
Note that the ACTUAL limitation here is only 5%, not 10%. This was a big improvement over the pre-2021 workflow which was 10% The caption bounding box can be moved down to 1026 out of 1080 pixels. And this does not limit descenders (which vary by font and size).
Yes, please remove the restriction. I often have videos that are for web only so I'm not concerned about title-safe area and the captions are laying over some text on screen so I need to move them lower. This would also be a problem for anyone burning in captions over things like PowerPoint presentations, etc. that have text/ charts/etc. that shouldn't be obscured by captions.
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