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Once the change is made to the tab delimited file, it can be imported into MacCaption and
replace the existing line of text without compromising the timing or formatting. To do this,
simply drag and drop the new edited text file on top of your caption blocks on the left of the
MacCaption user interface. A window will pop-up asking if you would want to insert or replace,
Select replace. Finally, select “Replace caption text by sequence number” and press OK. You
will notice that line 11 now has the edited text according to the tab delimited file.
Assemble Captions
Assemble Captions is a feature that is very similar to an assemble edit feature in a non-linear
editing system. It is designed to import an edit decision list from Final Cut Pro via an Apple
Interchange Formatted XML file. With this function MacCaption can conform the caption edits
to the video edits in the Final Cut Pro timeline, provided that the original video clip being edited
has closed caption data.
Originally, this feature was conceived to solve the problem of editing digital video in the Final
Cut timeline without losing closed caption data. When editing video that contained closed
caption data, any rendering such as transitions, color correction, or compositing of graphics
would cause deletion of closed caption data. MacCaption’s Assemble Captions feature can find
the original captioning data and re-insert it into the final video after all the editing is completed.
Below is a list of practical applications of this feature:
- Editing previously captioned SD and HD video clips
- Combining two or more previously captioned clips in one timeline
- Adding graphics to a captioned video clip
- Editing a vendor master for web delivery without losing caption data
- Color enhancing or correcting a video master after it has been closed captioned
- Fixing flash frames in the final video master without losing caption data
- Cutting foul language or adult content in a video master without losing caption data
- Cutting video master to clock making space for more commercial time without losing
caption data
Assemble Captions will try to decode the captions from the QuickTime files in the Final Cut Pro
timeline. If SCC caption files are available with the same file name(s) as the source clips, they
can be placed either in the same folder the QuickTime files are located, or they can be placed in a
user selectable folder either on the network, or on the desktop of the MacCaption user.
Below are the steps which should be followed when doing the Assemble Captions option.
1. After editing 2 captioned clips Export an Apple Interchange Format XML Version 4 from
Final Cut Pro.
2. In MacCaption go to File>Import>Assemble Captions
3. Browse for and Open the Apple Interchange Format XML that was exported from Final
Cut Pro