How To Add Subtitles Adobe Premiere Pro Cc
Based on the method you mentioned in the comments, here are my thoughts. Consider the captioning tools. The captioning tools in Premiere are pretty comprehensive, but depend greatly on your workflow. You can make quick edits (much faster than round tripping to PS), adjust sync, etc. How to Add Grids and Guides in Premiere Pro CC. Create a sequence with your footage in it. Go to the point where you want to add in your grid. Go up to file-new-transparent video. Find the transparent video where your other footage is. Drag it on to the timeline. Go to effects and find the “grid” effect. Drag this effect on to the transparent video.
Creating captions can be a tedious process — but with Adobe Premiere Pro, you can easily create both open and closed captions, all from within the program.
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Captions are simply text over video. You can create closed or open captions, the main difference being that viewers can turn off closed captions, while open captions are always on screen. Whichever option you go with, captions are always a good idea.
Adobe’s latest update adds the ability to easily create open captions from within Premiere. Let’s take a look at how to add captions in Adobe Premiere Pro with a few simple steps. Watch the video tutorial directly below and then follow the step-by-step directions to add the technique to your skill set.
Step 1: Create a New Caption File
Click the New Item button at the bottom of the Project Panel and select Captions. The new caption file will be a video file, and the settings will match with the current sequence you have open. You can manually adjust width and height, frame rate, and pixel aspect ratio before creating your new caption file.
You have four choices of captions, including three options for closed captions. For the purpose of this tutorial, we’ll create a CEA-708 closed caption file. Be sure to Enable the Closed Captions Display in the Program Monitor and select the correct caption type. Drag the Caption video file onto the timeline.
Step 2: Adding, Timing, and Formatting Your Captions
Select the Caption file and use the Caption Panel to add text, time, or to format your text. If you can’t see the Caption Panel, simply go to the window menu, and select Captions. Click the Plus button to add a new text box. Make sure your In and Out points match up with the spoken word.
You can view the captions in the timeline by expanding the video track. You have a few formatting options, including the type of caption (pop-on, paint-on, 2-4 roll-up lines) and some simple positioning options. With open captions, you have a few extra options, such as additional fonts and size adjustments.
Step 3: Export
In the Export Settings dialog box, use the Caption tab to export the captions as Burn-in or as a Sidecar file. A Burn-in will naturally “burn” the captions into the video file, and viewers will not have the option to turn them off. When you export as a Sidecar file, you will be provided with an additional .scc file which you can upload or deliver with your video files.
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Streamline your workflow and expand your YouTube audience by exporting Youtube subtitles straight from your Premiere Pro project.
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Adding subtitles to your Youtube videos can help you significantly increase your video’s reach. There are a variety of different ways to add subtitles to your videos, including adding them directly on YouTube. Premiere Pro also offers many tools that let editors quickly add and export captions in various methods. One of those methods includes exporting a caption file that is perfectly formatted and prepared for upload to YouTube. Let’s take a closer look at how we can create a caption file in Premiere Pro and then upload it directly to YouTube.
Create a New Caption File
I have a 10-second test clip in Premiere I’ll be using. To create a caption file, I’ll first click on the new item button in the Project panel and select Captions. I have four different options from which to choose when creating a new caption file. Both CEA-608 and Teletext work best when exporting for Youtube, so I’ll go with CEA-608 and select OK. Premiere will create a new caption file in the Project panel, which I can then drag over my clip in the timeline. Now I’m ready to add text.
Add Text
Working with captions in Premiere Pro is quite nice once you get everything properly set up. In order to add text to my new caption file, I first need to open up the Captions panel. I can do this by simply double-clicking my caption file, or I can go to Window > Captions. Now I can begin to type in text and add additional captions with the plus button. I can time and position each caption by dragging the black slider bars on the caption clip in the timeline panel. To view the captions in the Program monitor, I need to click on the wrench icon and select Closed Captions Display > Enable. After this, I need to go back into the same display settings and make sure to select CEA-608.
Export
Now that I have all of my captions in place, it’s time to export my files. I’ll press command+M to bring up the export settings dialog box. There’s a Captions tab in the middle of the dialog box where I can specify how I want to export my files. For Export Options, I’ll select Create Sidecar File and for File Format I’ll choose SubRip Subtitle File (.srt). This file format is one of many formats YouTube accepts. Once it’s exported, I’ll have a separate sidecar (.srt) file ready for upload.
Upload to YouTube
After I’ve uploaded my video to Youtube, I’ll go to the Subtitles/CC section, where I can select Add new subtitles or CC. Once I select English, I get a window prompting me to Upload a File. I’ll specify Subtitles File and then choose my .srt file. Youtube has already autogenerated some captions for me, so I’ll need to overwrite these with my own file. After the upload, I can see my captions in the Transcribe and set timings window in Youtube. Here I can choose to further edit and retime any captions.
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