Operation Manual

ENCORE CS3
User Guide
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2 Change any of the following options in the Properties panel:
• Choose the desired color group from the Highlight Group menu. (See “About subtitle colors” on page 147.)
• Set the desired width option from the Stroke menu. The stroke outlines the type to increase the contrast and
improve readability.
• Change the duration of the subtitle. (See “Change the display time of subtitles” on page 139.)
• In the Alignment text box, type a value from 0% to 100% and press Enter. For horizontal text, 0% aligns the text
with the top of the bounding box, 100% aligns it with the bottom, and 50% aligns it with the horizontal center of
the bounding box.
Edit, reformat, or move subtitles
You can edit subtitles that you typed in Encore or imported from a text subtitle script. You can modify either
individual clips, a range of clips, or all the clips on a track.
Subtitle text is either constrained to a bounding box or typed in freely. (Subtitles that you import using a text subtitle
script are placed in bounding boxes.) If text is constrained to a bounding box, you can change the line breaks by
resizing the bounding box. If text is typed freely, you must manually change the line breaks.
Note: Subtitlesimportedfromanimage-basedscriptcannotbechangedbecausetheyareimportedasrenderedimages
instead of text.
1 Open the timeline containing the subtitle you want to change.
2 Make sure that the Track Selector on the track you want to edit is selected, and then select the subtitle clip.
3 Choose Window > Monitor to open the Monitor panel.
4 In the timeline, move the current-time indicator over the selected clip. You do not need to land on the first frame
in which the clip appears; anywhere within the clip is fine.
To select all the subtitles on a track to make global changes (such as changing the font or color group), double-click
the track name. Then make the desired changes in the Character or Properties panel. To select several subtitle clips,
either Shift-click the desired clips in the track or drag a selection box around them.
5 Do any of the following:
• To edit the subtitle, using the appropriate text tool, click an insertion point in the text or highlight the words you
want to change. Then, type the new or replacement text.
• To restyle the text, using the appropriate text tool, highlight the words you want to change. Then, select the type
attributes you want for the text in the Character panel.
• To reflow the subtitle, using the appropriate text tool, click an insertion point in the text. Then, place the cursor
over a handle of the bounding box. When the cursor changes to a double-headed arrow, drag the handle to resize
the bounding box. The text reflows as necessary to fit the new bounding box dimensions. (If you do not see a
bounding box after you click an insertion point, you entered the text freely without a bounding box. You must
manually change line endings in free-flow text.)
Note: Be sure to use a text tool when resizing the text block. If you drag a bounding box handle using a selection tool, it
scales the text as if it were an object and the text does not reflow.
• To reposition the subtitle, click a selection tool, and place the cursor over the subtitle text. When the cursor
changes to a black arrow, drag the subtitle to the desired location in the Monitor panel.