Found some answers to my own questions... Q: Is there a way to edit captions, on 'C1' caption track, from source to program? A: Yes they are inserted/overwritten when source is set to use individual clips, rather than nests. To edit in *just* subtitles you need to enable an empty track on the source side. To avoid overwriting subtitles, lock the C1 caption track on timeline + clean up unwanted subtitles on new C2 track post edit. Q: Is there a recommended workflow for converting v14 open captions (ie on a V track in timeline) to v15? A: Only way I found was to either drag the subtitle file from v14 project or export/import SRT. Q: Is there a way of moving saved caption-subtitle styles between sequences (in different projects within the same production) in v15? A: The styles are saved in the project they are created, copy to different project to access them in style drop down in that project. Q: Is there a way of having captions on a video track in v15 (like open captions in v14), without retyping? (eg 'convert C1 captions to V2 titles'?). A: No I don't think so, more I got used to v15 captions the less I wanted this. Q: anyone else still seeing GUI anomalies when pancaking timelines (eg mark in/out not updating in one timeline without restarting app) A: just me then. -- some detail-- Dealing with a rough cut that was made from a flattened, subtitled MP4 made on v14.x with open captions. I have the 14.x project file, imported to my 15.4.1 production, but the track with the open captions is empty. There's an icon, with ? in a box, representing a media file in the project, which turns out to be the open captions file. I can drag that to a track in a timeline and it offers various flavours of caption import (eg subtitle/Teletext etc) + creates a caption track. I have to get the start code for those subs by opening the 14.x project in v14 PP. Also I have to delete the caption track in the v15 seq, then create a new caption track + format it correctly with a temp caption before adding the open captions, otherwise I get words cropped from the subs + the essential graphics reformatting doesn't seem to work. Now I have the source file, with v15 captions, ready to overcut the sync pull. But there's no way of patching caption track to caption track, from source to record, that I can see? So workaround is to pancake and copy captions from caption track in one timeline and paste to the other. This shows up GUI anomaly where the marks in one timeline don't update. GoToIn/Out work as expected but tricky to check correct section is marked. PP 15.4.1 Win10 z840 Dual Xeon P5000
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