Subtitle edit pro update#
Subtitle edit pro pro#

In the Inspector, yellow arrow below, is the feature 'Forced display'. Just to the right, blue box, are offset controls for vertical and horizontal positioning that move the line of text one pixel at a time for exact positioning. 'Vertical', offers top, center or bottom, for basic text placement. In the Formatting section in the Inspector you can select 'Horizontal', flush left, centered, and flush right. Best to keep the fade time short to around 15 frames or less. As shown in the red box below, you can apply a Fade In or Fade Out to the subtitle text.

Subtitle edit pro update#

As you select different fonts and sizes, the Viewer will update in real time to display the changes.īack in the Inspector, General tab we have additional control over our text subtitles. In order to produce readable text for your viewers you should work in font sizes of 24 point or larger and avoid using serif font styles for cleaner text edges.ĭrag through the text with the I-beam cursor to select the text. This will turn the text in the Viewer into a standard text selection box. To change the font and/or size of the font, double click on the yellow subtitle clip in the Track Editor. Below, the text is shown at the default font, size, color, color outlines and position. The text that you enter into the text box in the Inspector will be displayed on the yellow subtitle clip provided the Track Editor is zoomed out far enough.ĭVD SP has its own 'Spell Checker', Control click on the selected text in the Viewer.Īs you type into the text box in the Inspector, the text will appear in the Viewer window. Although the default is set here, you can easily change the font attributes in the Inspector and Font Palette. The default font style and size is controlled in the DVD SP Prefs, Text tab. You can copy and paste text into this box or you can Import text from a Text Editor by using the 'Import Subtitles' button found at the very bottom of the Inspector window. With the General tab selected, you can type directly into the Text box at the top of the inspector as I have done. There are several different ways that you can place text into the subtitle. Select the yellow subtitle clip in S 1 to open it up in the Inspector. It should be noted that a subtitle clip can not span a chapter marker, it will be clipped (cut off) at the upcoming chapter marker. You can also change the subtitle clip's duration in the Inspector. Placing the cursor on either end of the subtitle will turn it into an extension tool, you can shorten or lengthen the duration of the subtitle clip. You can click and drag to reposition the placement of the subtitle.

This will place your new subtitle, shown as a yellow clip, in the S1 track with a default duration of 5 seconds, this default can be changed in the DVD SP Prefs > General tab. To add a subtitle stream, control click in the S1 track and select 'Add Subtitle' or 'Add subtitle at Playhead'. You can have an unlimited number of subtitle clips per stream. The Subtitle streams (streams look like tracks in the Track Editor) are found in the Track Editor window, just below the audio tracks and are numbered from S 1 to S 32. In addition, you can create a subtitle stream that will display automatically when viewed (Forced Display).

Using the DVD remote control, the viewer can turn subtitles on or off and select from up to 32 different subtitle streams. Common uses for this feature are, foreign language subtitles, Closed Captioning, interviews, directors comments, instructional comments, different versions of text content, simple graphics, (like a logo), and interactive buttons which allow the viewer to make choices while viewing the movie.

Subtitle edit pro pro#

DVD Studio Pro gives us the ability to add subtitles, called Subtitle streams, to our video tracks, with up to 32 different subtitle streams per video track.