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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The Text Display Options window will appear;
In the Text Box Size and Location areas, we recommend;
Font Size: 30
Style: Plain
Justification: Center
White Font on Black background
In the Text Box Size and Location area, you can adjust the size and placement of the text track
(not the video screen size- that can be done in QuickTime Pro)
The default settings are as follows:
Horizontal size: 720
Vertical size: 160
Offset from left: 0
Offset from top: 480
Adjust the size of the video screen and/or text track size
Open your exported movie in QuickTime Player to make sure that your features have been
enabled.
Open the movie’s properties by selecting Window (from the tool bar), then Show Movie
Properties (or by pressing the Apple button and the letter “J”). The Properties window will
appear. Using the Properties window you can further adjust the text track appearance if
necessary.
QuickTime Movie
MacCaption produces text captions for QuickTime directly from the captions in the Caption Text
Area. Choose the Export > Webcast > QuickTime option in the File Menu to export captions
for QuickTime.
MacCaption creates two files for Webcast > QuickTime: One is a file ending in ".txt" and the
other is a file ending in ".smi."
QuickTime Webcast also requires the name of a QuickTime movie to play. This movie can be
specified as the currently opened movie in MacCaption, a specific movie in the Macintosh file
system, or a default movie named 'video.mov'.
Choose the desired Font type from Display > Font before starting the following steps.
File > Export > Webcast > QuickTime
Name txt file and click Save
Name smi file and click Save
Choose the source of the QuickTime movie to play and click OK
The Text Display Options window will appear;
In the Text Box Size and Location areas, we recommend;