User guide

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Getting Started
Figure 2-4: Adding an empty subtitle timeline element
With this you will get an empty subtitle timeline element in the video
track. Then it can be filled with subtitles as described in section “Adding
Further Subtitles (via Subtitle Tracks)” on page 2-12.
2.3.2 Adding Further Subtitles (via Subtitle Tracks)
The subtitle timeline element visible in the timeline is just a container: It
can be used for up to seven different subtitles. These must be added to
subtitle tracks in the timeline element. This way you can add different
subtitle types to your project (e.g. main subtitle, main captions, closed
subtitle, or closed captions), all via a single timeline element. This sec-
tion describes how to add a new subtitle track to a subtitle timeline el-
ement as well as how to reference it to a subtitle file.
To add a subtitle via a subtitle track you have to use the timeline ele-
ment properties of the subtitle timeline element:
The subtitle effects operator can also be used as the other ef-
fects operators, i.e. it can be added to the effects list of a video
clip. However, then the subtitles will be valid for the clip only
and when the clip is trimmed the subtitles are trimmed as well.
The subtitle tracks of a subtitle timeline element should not be
used for different languages. For further information about this
see section “The Area ’Subtitle tracks’” on page 2-15.