AVID - How to Import Captioning Text and Use the Subcap Tool

You will get your files back from Captioning and Transcription Services

How to Upload Files for RTF to Captioning and Transcription Services

Make .mxf exports of the reels or sequences using this wiki

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


Send files off to get captioned to 

https://wikis.utexas.edu/pages/resumedraft.action?draftId=390797783&draftShareId=202c2311-fce4-4942-807e-95229f82dc5c&

FOR use in AVID Media Composer REQUEST A .stl file


Once the request is full-filled you will get an .stl file

Or if you do not get an .stl file you can convert it to .stl using this wiki

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

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

The SubCap Effect parameters

Choose >Caption Files and expand the choices 


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

To modify all the captions looks and placement follow these steps:

Put the timeline indicator on the first caption in the timeline


When you place the timeline indicator on the timeline you can then select the "effect editor"

That will load the caption effect parameters

Under Text Appearance

>Choose Arial as the Font

>Font Size choose 100

>Double click on the Color Box to get the Select Color dialog


Choose the light yellow as shown here (optional) you can leave the captions white


Then click OK


Choose > Basic Shadow

>Center Align

Next set Box Appearance


Turn Opacity to 0

Anchor to Bottom of Text

Anchor Center


Also might want to add an Outline Weight and set that to 300

Next Set Anchor Position

>X = 0

>Y = 400

Fixed Width Wrap setting is default but leave it