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Steve Grisetti wrote on 6/3/2020, 7:42 AM

What format are you saving your Jubler subtitles as? And are you adding these as titles in Vegas or as subtitles in DVD Architect?

Clare-Hugill wrote on 6/3/2020, 7:50 AM

I am adding them in Vegas, via the import subtitle from file. I am saving them as a SRT file. Is there something else I am supposed to save them as?

Turd wrote on 6/3/2020, 9:17 AM

I know a bit about this, but I'm not an expert by any means. I hope I can help get you started...

Here's what I do know: Subtitle information is like metadata. SRT describes a few things about subtitles and captions, but they aren't the actual characters that are displayed. Changing subtitles in the markers to any certain color doesn't determine the color they display. There are some tags that can be added to subtitles that force certain display features, such as how many rows, whether they roll off or cut off, their screen placement, and other functions.

Here's what I don't know: Is there a tag that determines character color? I suspect there is, since there is one for things like italics, but I don't know what that tag might be.

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Marco. wrote on 6/3/2020, 9:38 AM

The closed captions text color markup is:

{WhTxt} White Text
{GrTxt} Green Text
{BlTxt} Blue Text
{CyTxt} Cyan Text
{RdTxt} Red Text
{YlTxt} Yellow Text
{MaTxt} Magenta Text
Former user wrote on 6/3/2020, 9:38 AM

But this is about subtitles, not CC. Totally different beast. From what I know, it is like Turd said, an SRT is data, not really text. You have to set the colors for the subtiles in the program that will store and display them. If they are true DVD type subtiles, that would be your DVD authoring software. IF they are subtitles for online, that would be the html or whatever display information for that webpage. If your subtitles are going to be burned permanently into your video, then you set the colors in your editor, such as Vegas.

Marco. wrote on 6/3/2020, 9:45 AM

Oops, you are right, of course.

Turd wrote on 6/3/2020, 10:09 AM

@Marco. That's great information about CC colors! It's something I might use someday. Thanks!

@Former user I've noticed people often confuse CC with subtitles because they share many similarities. It's possible Marco. answered the question -- even though it would have been answered accidentally!

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