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Font Size: 14
Style: Default
Justification: Center
White Font on Black background
If the style is set to Default each caption text's style is taken from the style of the caption itself
instead of from the style pull down menu. If the justification is set to Default the justification of
each caption is taken from the position of the caption text itself instead of from the justification
pull down menu.
The default settings are as follows:
Horizontal size: 720
Vertical size: 160
Offset from left: 0
Offset from top: 480
Adjust the size and/or location of the text box and click Apply
When you are finished adjusting the text placement click Done
Open the exported smi file in QuickTime Player and play the movie while viewing the caption
text.
The following is an example of a ".txt" file generated by MacCaption.
{QTText}{font: Arial}{size: 24}{plain}{justify: center}
{textcolor: 65535, 65535, 65535}{backcolor: 0, 0, 0}
{timescale: 100}{width: 720}{height: 160}
[00:00:00.00]
[music][music]
[00:00:07.40]
I'M AT THE LEFT
OF THE SCREEN.
[00:00:09.17]
SO CAPTIONS
OF WHAT I SAY
[00:00:10.50]
APPEAR AT THE LEFT
OF THE SCREEN, TOO.
When you open the.smi file with QuickTime Player the text will display when your QuickTime
movie plays.
Sample examples are available on the MacCaption distribution CD.
Real Video
MacCaption produces text captions for RealVideo directly from the captions in the Caption Text
Area. Choose the RealText File option in the File Export Menu to export captions for RealText.