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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IMPORT/EXPORT TEXT & CAPTION/SUBTITLE FILES ............................................ 56
ASCII Text (unformatted) ........................................................................................................ 56
ASCII Text (formatted)............................................................................................................ 57
ASCII Text Files (Tab Delimited) ............................................................................................ 57
Caption Center Files (.tds) ........................................................................................................ 58
Captions, Inc. Files (.cin) .......................................................................................................... 59
Cheetah Caption Files (.asc) ..................................................................................................... 60
Cheetah Caption Files (.cap) ..................................................................................................... 60
CPC-715 Online Files (.onl) ..................................................................................................... 60
DVD Caption Files (.scc) .......................................................................................................... 60
QuickTime/Podcast Closed Caption File (.srt) ......................................................................... 61
EBU Subtitle File (.stl) ............................................................................................................. 61
Ultech Files (.ult) ...................................................................................................................... 61
Exporting ASCII Text Files ...................................................................................................... 62
Using International Character Sets with MacCaption .............................................................. 63
Preparing Foreign Language Text ............................................................................................ 63
EXPORTING CAPTIONS/SUBTITLES ......................................................................... 65
DV – 720x480 video ................................................................................................................. 66
NLE 720x486 Videos ............................................................................................................... 68
MPEG-2 (DVD) 720x480 Video .............................................................................................. 73
MPEG-2 (DTV/ATSC) ............................................................................................................. 74
HD Tapes .................................................................................................................................. 75
HD/SD Captioning using Matrox MXO2 ................................................................................. 78
HD/SD Captioning using AJA Kona ........................................................................................ 81
Add Subtitles to Digital Videos ................................................................................................ 86
Adding Captions to Videos for Webcasts ................................................................................. 88
Flash Video. .............................................................................................................................. 88
YouTube/Google Video ............................................................................................................ 90
QuickTime Text Track .............................................................................................................. 91
QuickTime Movie ..................................................................................................................... 92
Real Video ................................................................................................................................ 93
Windows Media Video ............................................................................................................. 95
IMPORTING CAPTIONS ............................................................................................... 97
Retrieve Captions from a DV Movie ........................................................................................ 97
Retrieve captions from an NLE 720x486 movie ...................................................................... 97
Retrieve captions from a MPEG-2 movie ................................................................................. 98
Retrieve captions from HD movie ............................................................................................ 98
Capture Video ........................................................................................................................... 99
CAPTIONING WITH AN EXTERNAL ENCODER ....................................................... 100
Hardware Encoders Supported by MacCaption ...................................................................... 100
What to do if your Mac doesn’t have a Serial Data Port ........................................................ 101
Tape to Tape with a Transcript ............................................................................................... 101
Live Captioning ...................................................................................................................... 101