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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*NDF
Indicates the time code values in this file are to be interpreted as non drop frame time
codes.
Example: *NDF
This command causes subsequent absolute time code data to be interpreted as non drop
frame time code values.
*POPON
Indicates the subsequent text lines are to be interpreted as Pop-on closed caption data.
Example: *POPON
This command causes subsequent closed captions to be displayed with Pop-on mode.
*PAINTON
Indicates the subsequent text lines are to be interpreted as Paint-on closed caption data.
Example: *PAINTON
This command causes subsequent closed captions to be displayed with Paint-on mode.
*ROLLUP2,*ROLLUP3, ROLLUP4
*RU2, *RU3, *RU4
Indicates the following text lines are to be interpreted as Roll-up closed caption data with
a window size of 2, 3, or 4 rows.
Example: *ROLLUP2
This command establishes Roll-up 2 as the current closed caption mode.
*LEFT r[, c]
*L r[,c]
*LEFTLEFT r[, c]
*LEFTCENTER r[, c]
*LEFTRIGHT r[, c]
Indicates left edge alignment of caption information at position r,c. Row numbers range
from 1 to 15 and column numbers range from 1 to 32. The left keyword must precede the
actual text data. If the column number is omitted the previous column number is used.
Example: *LEFT 4,6
This command places text so that its left edge is located at Row 4 and Column 6.
The left center and left right directives will cause the longest row to be left justified and
the remaining rows to be center justified or right justified respectively around the longest
row.
*RIGHT r,[c]
*R r[,c]
*RIGHTRIGHTr[, c]
*RIGHTLEFT r[, c]
*RIGHTCENTER r[, c]
Indicates right edge alignment of caption information at position r,c. Row numbers range
from 1 to 15 and column numbers range from 1 to 32. The right keyword must precede
the actual text data. If the column number is omitted the previous column number is used.