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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Example: *RIGHT 12,28
This command places text so that its right edge is located at Row 12 and Column 28.
The right left and right center directives will cause the longest row to be right justified
and the remaining rows to be left justified or center justified respectively around the
longest row.
*CENTER r[,c]
*C r[,c]
*CENTERCENTER r,[c]
*CENTERLEFT r,[c]
*CENTERRIGHT r,[c]
Indicates center alignment of caption information around the indicated row and column.
Row numbers range from 1 to 15 and column numbers range from 1 to 32. The center
keyword must precede the actual text data. If the column number is omitted the previous
column number is used.
Example: *CENTER 15,16
This command places text on row 15 in such a way that the horizontal center of each
caption line is located at Column 16. Row numbers range from 1 to 15 and the 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.
The center left and center right directives will cause the longest row to be center justified
and the remaining rows to be left justified or right justified respectively around the
longest row.
*IMMEDIATE r,c
*I r,c
Forces the left edge of the next caption to be positioned at row r column c. Both the row
and column must be specified. Row numbers range from 1 to 15 and the column numbers
range from 1 to 32. This command must immediately precede the actual text data. The
row and column numbers are in effect for this operation only.
Example: *IMMEDIATE 10,4
This command positions the left edge of the next caption at Row 10 Column 4.
*CAPTIONGROWDOWN
*GROWDOWN
Indicates that the caption row grows down from a row number.
Example: *GROWDOWN
*CAPTIONGROWUP
*GROWUP
Indicates that the caption row grows up from a row number.
Example: *GROWUP
*ITVLINK
*ITV