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March 30, 2021
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Feature Request: Multiple Lines of Captions or Subtitles

  • March 30, 2021
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One thing that could be done easily (although with the old clunky workflow) in the 14.9 version of the captions workflow, but which seems to be impossible in Premiere 15, is perhaps only of use to those of us working with transcriptions of multi-party conversations in video: namely to have multiple lines of captions/subtitles, probably placed differently on a single screen, representing the talk of multiple participants.  In vers. 14, since the captions are output into a project as simple video overlays, you can set these up as you need.  However, in the new, otherwise much better captions workflow of version 15, apparently only ONE caption line can be selected (and thus output)at a time, if I understand the system properly.  Why not add what should be the simple abiltiy to allow multiple simultaneous caption lines (which may be synchronized differently one from another).  It seems a pity to have to do what I have now done, namely keep a separate version or Premiere 14.9 available just to be able to do that with my previously multiple overlapping .srt files,.   

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Stan Jones
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 31, 2021

See "Show Multiple Caption Tracks" in my post here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/workaround-nesting-to-apply-effect-controls-to-caption-track/td-p/11935335

 

I hope we see additional features as you suggest. The old caption workflow allowed some workarounds, for example your situation.

 

You can still work around this using nesting.

 

Stan

 

Participating Frequently
March 31, 2021

Thanks for the suggestions--I"ll try the nesting trick (which as I thought about it had seemed a reasonable option, just a bit of extra work).  It seems too bad to have to "work around," however, when all the necessary data are already there from the start of a project build, and thus just need to be rendered together.

Stan Jones
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 31, 2021

Completely agree.

 

In a recent search of uservoice fetures requests/bug fixes, I only found one that made this request. Upvote it:

https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro/suggestions/42970134-multiple-caption-tracks-visible-for-accessibility

 

Stan

Kevin-Monahan
Community Manager
Community Manager
March 30, 2021

Sorry, JB. You can make a feature request here: https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro Hope the team can get that to you soon. In the meantime, I believe that you can use nesting to workaround the issue. Let's see if we can find a link for you.

 

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio