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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Hardware Requirements
Operating System Required
• Macintosh OS X “Leopard” 10.5
• QuickTime 7.0
CPC Protection Key (Key)
A CPC Protection Key (USB type) is supplied with MacCaption software. The Key must be
attached to a USB port on the computer for MacCaption to work. MacCaption is protected by
this hardware.
Warning: If you lose the CPC Protection Key, you will not be able to run the software!
You will have to pay a hefty price to replace it. You may move the Protection Key from
computer to computer, allowing different users to operate the MacCaption software on
different computers, but only one user may run the software at a time.
Compatible DV Decks & NLE Systems
MacCaption-DV
MacCaption-DV works with both DV25 and DV50 video. You can create your DV video in any
NLE system or simply import from a video tape format.
Up-to-date List: For most recent list of caption compatible DV decks, please check
www.cpcweb.com/dv/dv-hardware.htm.
After you caption a 720x480 DV video sitting on your hard drive, using Windows or Mac CPC
software, you need to dump the video to a tape format via FireWire using any DV or mini-DV
deck
Caption data sits in the VAUX Data area of a 720x480 DV video. On the other hand, caption
data sits in Line 21 of NTSC (525 lines) video. When you transfer the DV video to NTSC, you
must use a deck which can transfer the caption data from the DV VAUX data area to the NTSC
Line 21.
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