Subtitles

[cconochalla]

I have the most updated version of Premiere CC trying to make SUBTITLES. All your tutorials say "oh yeah, super easy and visual, you get to choose background, font, color etc!!!!!" nope. When it actually displays on my video...... it's in ugly caption form and none of the style or type options function. What's the deal?

[Stan Jones]

I am assuming you are making captions/subtitles, and not creating "titles" as subtitles.

There are several types of captions/subtitles.

Did you import a subtitles/captions file?

Whether you did or created a new captions stream, what kind of stream is it? Open or closed, etc.

The methods for changing font colors, etc, varies based on caption type.

[cconochalla]

File>New>Caption>CEA-708>text color yellow (works)>background color transparent (does not work)>opacity control as per Adobe support instructions non existent

[cconochalla]

font styles, as per support instructions, non existent

[Ann Bens]

You need to select Open Captions to be able to change font, color etc.

[cconochalla]

did the same process for Open Captions, nothing functional

[cconochalla]

open captions doesn't display text on the video at all

[Ann Bens]

Make sure the video settings are the same as you sequence.

[cconochalla]

I will restart the software again. Why does it need to be open caption to change styles? Generally I get films with subtitles I can turn on and off. It is my expectation for the software.

[Ann Bens]

Open captions are the only ones you can adjust.

[Ann Bens]

Captions come in different flavor.

[cconochalla]

thank you for taking the time. I'm going to get some air, restart my system and go for it again

[Stan Jones]

If you want to be able to turn the subtitles on/off during playback (after export from PR), you need closed captions. The font, etc controls are more limited.

For example, Open Captions allow a full range of color, and have an opacity slider as well as color for the background (and an edge stroke). If you try Open Captions, be sure you pick that and not "Open Subtitling." They are not the same.

608 has only 8 font colors, and a background choice of the 8 colors, with transparent, translucent, or opaque background. (But there appears to be a bug and the background transparency does not stick. I don't know if this is remedied on export, or ultimately a choice for the end user.)

708 has more font and background colors.

Neither 608 nor 708 allow font size editing.

Open Captions are designed to be burned into the video on export, but it is true that you can export the caption stream as .srt or .xml. But there is no guarantee you can use that sidecar for your purpose.

What dot version of PR are you using? 2017 had 4 caption types; 2018 has 6.

[cconochalla]

I got my subtitles to finally go. Spent my entire day typing them, my producer is on her way and they have disappeared, what the absolute EFF?