User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Overview
- Hardware Requirements
- Software Installation
- Caption/Subtitle Preparation
- A prepared final project
- The Captioning Process
- The Edit Window
- Now Let’s Get Your Feet Wet
- Retrieve Captions
- Roll-up Captioning
- Suggested Styles and Conventions
- Special Topics
- Import/Export Text & Caption/Subtitle Files
- ASCII Text (unformatted)
- ASCII Text (formatted)
- ASCII Text Files (Tab Delimited)
- Caption Center Files (.tds)
- Captions, Inc. Files (.cin)
- Cheetah Caption Files (.asc)
- Cheetah Caption Files (.cap)
- CPC-715 Online Files (.onl)
- DVD Caption Files (.scc)
- QuickTime/Podcast Closed Caption File (.srt)
- EBU Subtitle File (.stl)
- Ultech Files (.ult)
- Exporting ASCII Text Files
- Using International Character Sets with MacCaption
- Preparing Foreign Language Text
- Exporting Captions/Subtitles
- DV – 720x480 video
- NLE 720x486 Videos
- Avid Media Composer
- Notes on Animation Codec
- Add Captions using Avid ABVB Hardware
- Add Captions using Avid Express Pro
- Add Captions using Avid Meridien Hardware
- Add Captions using the Media 100
- Add Captions using Pinnacle Systems
- Add Captions using Pinnacle TARGA 3000 & Adobe Premier
- Add Captions using Blackmagic Design DeckLink Extreme
- MPEG-2 (DVD) 720x480 Video
- MPEG-2 (DTV/ATSC)
- HD Tapes
- HD/SD Captioning using Matrox MXO2
- HD/SD Captioning using AJA Kona
- Add Subtitles to Digital Videos
- Adding Captions to Videos for Webcasts
- Flash Video.
- YouTube/Google Video
- QuickTime Text Track
- QuickTime Movie
- Real Video
- Windows Media Video
- Importing Captions
- Captioning with an External Encoder
- Menus
- Preferences
- File Menu
- New Window/Close Window
- Edit Menu
- Display Menu
- Font
- Program A, B, C, D, E, F
- Show Caption Grid
- Show Safe Titles
- Show Time Code
- Display as Subtitles or Captions
- Caption Menu
- Encode Preferences
- Decode Preferences
- Set Caption Data Lowest Limit…
- Set Caption Data Lower Limit
- Set Decode Channel
- Attributes
- Convert Illegal Caption Characters
- Device
- Properties
- Initialize Device
- Close Device
- Send Caption
- Erase Caption
- Live Caption
- Live Caption Options
- Subtitle Menu
- Time Code Menu
- Format Menu
- Special Menu
- Windows Menu
- Help Menu
- Suggestions for Breaking Lines
- Selecting Multiple Caption Text Boxes
- Moving Caption Text in the Movie Window
- Suggested Styles and Conventions
- Copy to Program A
- From To
- Trouble Shooting
- Appendix
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Subtitling Digital Videos
Adding Subtitles to DV
MacCaption can add subtitle to a DV video and print the video to a tape via FireWire.
Adding Subtitles to DVD
MacCaption can generate subtitle files for use with DVD Studio Pro and Spruce, Sonic and
Scenarist DVD authoring systems.
Adding Subtitles to 720x486 NLE Video
MacCaption can add subtitles directly to a 720x486 NLE video, or transfer subtitles to a 720x486
NLE video using a 720x486 black video with subtitles.
Adding Subtitles to DV-2000 and DV-3000
MacCaption can generate subtitle files for use with Ultech DV-2000 (SD) and DV-3000 (HD).
Adding Subtitles using Apple XML file
With MacCaption software, you can export an Apple XML file, which can be brought into Final
Cut Pro to subtitle a video residing inside Final Cut Pro.
Adding Subtitles to Digital Video
With MacCaption-NLE you can add subtitles to a digital video. You can add subtitles to most
movies that can be displayed by MacCaption. Video can be of any size 320x240 to 720x480.
Features include multi-language capability, border around characters, translucent backgrounds,
proportionally spaced fonts, kerning, and line spacing.
Adding Subtitles to TI DLP using CineCanvas XML File
With MacCaption-NLE & MacCaption-HD you can add subtitles to a digital cinema using Texas
Instruments DLP Cinema Technology. MacCaption can export a CineCanvas XML file. This file
can be used to create very sharp subtitles on Digital Cinemas.
Feature Comparison
The chart below shows the details of the capabilities of all MacCaption versions. For an up-to-
date listing, check
www.cpcweb.com/caption_common/MacCaption-Features.pdf.