Text tool and subtitling

bubbski wrote on 1/25/2004, 9:32 PM

Is there a way to get the text tool to sync up with the timeline cursor? I have tried everything that I could, but have not been able to get the curson in the text tool to follow the video timeline, which, if it worked, would save about 50% of the headache in subtitling a 30 minute Spanish show into English.

Any ideas?

Comments

FuTz wrote on 1/25/2004, 10:31 PM

I think it's the same for all Generated Media.
I wanted to create clouds that "passed by" (from a plane's POV) a while ago and I did the same observation.

PeterWright wrote on 1/25/2004, 10:46 PM

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by synching to the timeline - I just subtitled a half hour prog and it was a breeze, even with my two finger typing.

I use the visual waveforms to decide where each caption begins and ends, restrict each caption to two lines, use Ctrl drag to make a new copy of each text event then paste or type the new text, and the whole process is very fluent.

TorS wrote on 1/25/2004, 11:35 PM

If you're adding a language you could copy the entire track with the original, mute it, and then write the translated bits into the events on the new track.
Tor

Jay Gladwell wrote on 1/26/2004, 4:50 AM

Couldn't you simply drop in Markers for in/out points and then add the subtitle text between the Markers?

Or have I totally misunderstood your question?

J--

richard-courtney wrote on 1/26/2004, 11:46 AM

Am I missing an upgrade?

Subtitles aren't supported in Vegas 4 and DVD A.

Jay Gladwell wrote on 1/26/2004, 11:51 AM

You simply add them manually as any other text might be.

PeterWright wrote on 1/26/2004, 4:39 PM

Yes, we're talking Open Captioning here - but, if the video takes up less than half a DVD, you can have two versions on disc and users can click Captioned or Uncaptioned.