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AVID - How to export a timeline as a MXF OP1a .mxf file

Once the subtitles are generated, the

Choose Create from sequence transcript

Use Subtitle default

Format Subtitle

Click Create

Title the file and choose Save

Next step will be converting the .srt to an .stl for AVID and then bring into AVID for final delivery

How to convert a .srt to a .stl file that will import in AVID Media Composer as Closed or Open Captions

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Open Premiere 

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Go to Project Location

Pull down the menu and


Choose a location to save your file

Choose the location to save the Premiere Project

Choose to Create a New Project

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Click on the Media Browser tab and navigate to

the exported files location on the hard drive



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Right click the file and choose to Import into

the project

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Drag the imported file over into the Timeline area

this will create a sequence


Click Save on your project


>File>Save

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Create New Caption Track

Next open


Once you have your movie edited and are ready to export you can have Adobe Premiere auto generate the transcript and add a subtitle track to your timeline. 


Click on the Text tab in the Preview Panel.



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If you do not see the Text window choose

>Window>Text



The Text Panel will open.


Make sure that "Captions" tab is selected

Make sure the right sequence is loaded in the 

>Sequence Name

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Click on Transcribe Sequence

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Create captions from transcript.

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The captions preferences window will appear

Choose English

Speaker Labeling choose not to separate 


Audio track to caption pick Mix to get all the dialog


Click - Transcribe & create captions






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Transcribing will begin.  


When the transcribing is complete,  the captions panel will display each section of dialogue

in it's new format and a new track will be added on the timeline

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Click on "Create captions"

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Click on the 3 dot option button

Choose Export to SRT file

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If you need to edit the auto generated text, you can double click on the text you wish to edit inside the Captions tab in the Preview pane.   

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If you need to adjust the timing of when, or how long, the text is displayed on the screen you can adjust individual text blocks in the subtitle track on the timeline. 

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Now the you have the subtitle track ready there are two ways to deliver captions

BURT IN CAPTIONS.  This will have the captions on the image of the file.

Or

As a .srt file that will be the captions in a file that can be applied as hidden captions not burnt in but will be "closed captions" 

Be sure you know which way to deliver the captions!


How to export BURT IN CAPTIONS

File → Export → Media

In the Export settings window,

Under the CAPTIONS section:

Export Options = Burn Captions Into Video

File Format = SubRip Subtitle Format (.srt)

Frame Rate = Milliseconds





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You can now export your movie.

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How to export a .srt file

Go to >File>Export>Captions

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Choose SubRip Subtitle Format .srt


Include SRT Styling click OK

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Choose where to save the .srt file 

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