Creating And Editing Script Files - Adobe ENCORE 2 Manual

Note: Image scripts (except FAB files) contain a path to the image files. Before you import a script, make sure that the
image files are in the location it specifies.
To import subtitle image files using scripts
1 Open the timeline to which you want to add subtitles.
Choose Timeline > Import Subtitles > FAB Images Script or Timeline > Import Subtitles > Image Script.
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You can import directly from the timeline by right-clicking the Subtitle track header and choosing the appropriate
import option from the menu.
3 Locate and select the file you want to import, and click Open.
For FAB script files only, locate and select the folder containing the image files; then click OK.
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5 In the Map Colors dialog box, select an eyedropper, position it over the appropriate area in the image, and click
to select the color. Repeat for all three eyedroppers. Each eyedropper controls the color mapping of the image to the
subtitle color set as follows:
Maps to the transparent area of the subtitle overlay. Place the eyedropper over the background of the
Background
subtitle image.
Maps to the fill of the type. Place the eyedropper over the body of the type (or for nontext subtitles, over
Fill/Color 1
the object you want mapped to Color 1).
Maps to the outline of the type. Place the eyedropper over the outline of a character (or for nontext
Outline/Color 2
subtitle files, over the object you want mapped to Color 2).
Note: Any additional colors in the image become transparent.
6 Click OK. Adobe Encore DVD displays the Import Subtitles dialog box.
In the Subtitle Settings area, specify the appropriate settings for the following options, and click OK:
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From the Track menu, specify the subtitle track to which these subtitles should be placed and identify the language
of the subtitle.
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From the Color Set menus, choose a color set and subtitle group to use for the subtitles. The color set you select
is used for all the subtitles on all tracks in the timeline. The color group applies to all subtitles in this script.
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Select Relative to offset the timecode of each subtitle. You specify the offset in the adjacent box. Select this option
if you have trimmed the video since you created the subtitles.
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Select Absolute to import the subtitles at the exact timecode specified in the subtitle file.

Creating and editing script files

About editing script files
Script files are text-only files that are easy to write and edit in a text-editing application. For large projects, subtitling
is generally handled by a subtitling house or service, which may create either text- or image-based scripts. If you want
to create your own scripts or modify an existing script, it is important to understand the structure of script files.
Important: Regardless of the type of script (text or image based), always save a script as a text file (TXT). To ensure that
all the characters are correctly interpreted, choose Unicode UTF-8 or UTF-16 encoding when you save. This encoding
option is available for text files in most text editors, such as Microsoft Notepad
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