The reels we sent off to get captioned to https://captioning.lib.utexas.edu/ FOR use in AVID Media Composer REQUEST A .stl file Make .mxf exports of the reels or sequences using this wiki AVID - How to export a timeline as a MXF OP1a DNxHD .mxf file Then upload to the libraries website for captioning | |
Once the request is full-filled you will get an .stl file | |
Open your project in AVID and make sequences for the reels and or Duplicate your timeline that you already exported and load the timeline by double clicking it to load | |
Then right click in the record side of the composer window. Choose Sequence Report. | |
Change the Starting TC: to 00:00:00:00 Click Apply Changes> Then click on "Cancel" to close the window. | |
Make a new video track >Timeline>New>Video Track | |
Go into "Effects" mode by clicking on the left hand tabs and choose "Effects" | |
The Filters tab will open on the left hand side of the interface >Choose Generator>Subcap and drag the effect down to the new video track | |
When the effect is applied the "Effect Editor" will open and you will see >Caption Files the sub menu will have "Import Caption Data. . . Click that and navigate to where you saved the caption file | |
In our case we saved it to "desktop" Then choose Open | |
The captions will load on the timeline on V2 or the topmost video track you added the "subcap" effect | |
When you place the timeline indicator on the timeline you can then select the "effect editor" That will load | |
You can modify the captions appearance here | |
To modify the text click on Caption Text and modify here | |
The captions become master clips that you can move on the timeline just like any other video clip in AVID. |
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