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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Cheetah Caption Files (.asc)
You can import/export Cheetah ASCII files from File >> Import/Export menu.
Here is a sample example:
** Caption Number 2
*T 01:00:06:06
*TopDown
*C116
The Office of the Ombudsperson
exists\E
** Caption Number 3
*T 01:00:07:28
\AI\solely\AW\ to provide service
to American Express people.\E
** Caption Number 4
*T 01:00:12:22
*BottomUp
*Cb16
We have no agenda of our own.\E
Cheetah Caption Files (.cap)
You can import/export Cheetah .cap captions files created by Cheetah Caption software from
File >> Import/Export menu.
CPC-715 Online Files (.onl)
You can import/export CPC-715 online file (*.onl) from File >> Import/Export menu. The CPC-
715 file looks like the following. This file was generated for Pop-On captions. It is a binary file.
It is actually a long string of characters that is broken up here into different lines.
CPC-715 Online CaptionMaker Datafile →☻ ♠☺ ♥☺3 2 F1♪
9 01:03:24:22¶.¶ ¶PI'M AT THE LEFT¶pOF THE SCREEN.|¶, ¶/
4 01:03:26:21¶.¶ ¶PSO CAPTIONS¶pOF WHAT I SAY|¶, ¶/
A 01:03:28:01¶.¶ ¶PAPPEAR AT THE LEFT¶pOF THE SCREEN, TOO.|¶, ¶/
DVD Caption Files (.scc)
You can import/export DVD binary file (*.scc) from File >> Import/Export menu. The DVD
Caption file format is universal for all DVD authoring systems. Some authoring systems call for