Adobe ENCORE 2 Manual page 160

To create subtitles manually
Using the Monitor panel, you can step through your video and type subtitles where needed. Just as when you type
text on a menu, you can enter subtitle text either freely or constrained to a bounding box. If you first create a
bounding box for the subtitles, the lines of text automatically wrap to the next line when they reach the edge of the
box. You can resize the box to reflow the text. If you enter subtitles without a bounding box, the text is not
constrained, and you must use the Enter key to break the text between lines.
1 Open the timeline to which you want to add a subtitle.
Do one of the following:
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To add a new subtitle track, choose Timeline > Add Subtitle Track.
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To add subtitles to an existing track, click the Track Selector (to the left of the track name) of the desired subtitle
track.
Choose Window > Monitor to open the Monitor panel, and click the Show Safe Area button to display the safe
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area guides.
In the timeline, drag the current-time indicator to the first frame in which you want to add a subtitle.
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Click either the Horizontal or Vertical Text tool.
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The pointer changes to an I-beam within a dotted box. The small horizontal line near the bottom of the I-beam
marks the position of the baseline, the line on which the type rests.
In the Monitor panel, do one of the following:
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Drag the I-beam pointer to define the bounding box for the subtitle.
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Position the baseline of the I-beam pointer where you want the subtitle to begin, and click to set the entry point
for the type. The insertion point appears.
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Click the Add Subtitle button at the bottom of the Monitor panel.
In the Character panel, select the type attributes and alignment options you want for this subtitle. (See "Character
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panel" on page 97.)
Type the desired text.
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To reposition the subtitle text without switching tools, Ctrl-drag the text as needed. When you release the Ctrl key,
the text cursor returns.
To change subtitle properties, select the subtitle clip you just created, and then set options in the Properties panel.
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(See "To set subtitle properties" on page 156.)
10 Move the current-time indicator to the next frame to which you want to add a subtitle, and continue adding
subtitles.
When you click the Add Subtitle button
paragraph attributes as the previous subtitle on the track.
You can place only one text box per clip. You cannot place subtitles in separate areas of the frame unless the text is
all within the same bounding box.
See also
"To customize a button to select audio or subtitle tracks" on page 168
"To play back timelines in the Monitor panel" on page 137
in the Monitor panel, the new subtitle includes the same character and
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