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5 If necessary, you can now edit the clip to better fit the dialog that’s being spoken or the
sound that’s being described, by dragging the clip to the left or right, or dragging the
beginning or end of the clip to resize it.
6 While the new subtitle clip you’ve created is selected, use the Captions panel in the
Inspector to type the text for that particular subtitle. The text appears on the subtitle
clip as you type it.
Editing the text of the subtitle we just created
Every time you add a subtitle, an entry is added to the subtitle list at the bottom of the Captions
panel in the Inspector. This list gives you another convenient way of navigating the subtitles in a
given track (using the Prev and Next buttons) and making selections.
Editing Subtitles and Captions
Subtitle clips can be selected singly or together, and slipped, slid, resized, rolled, and rippled
just like any other clip in the Timeline, using the mouse or using keyboard commands, with
either the Selection, Trim, or Razor tools. You can select subtitle clips in their entirety, or just
their edit points, in preparation for nudging or dynamic trimming. In short, subtitle clips can be
edited, in most ways, just like any other clips.
Styling Subtitles and Captions
When it comes to styling subtitle text, there are a wealth of styling controls in the Track Style
panel of the Inspector.
To modify the styling of all titles on a particular subtitle track:
1 Click on the header of the subtitle track you’ll be working on, or select a clip on a
particular subtitle track either in the subtitle track or in the subtitle list of the Captions
panel in the Inspector.
2 Open the Inspector, and then open the Track Style panel that appears within.
3 Edit whatever parameters you need to set the default style of all subtitles and closed
captions that appear on that track. The Track Style panel has many more options than
the Captions panel, including a group of Style and Position controls over Font and
FontFace, Color, Size, Line Spacing, and Kerning, Alignment, Position X and Y, Zoom X
and Y, Opacity, and Text Anchoring.
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