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Improved Workflow For Captions and Subtitles In Adobe Premiere Pro 2021

May 21, 2021 by Florence Wright

The caption and subtitle workflow has been greatly improved in Adobe Premiere Pro 2021. Follow these quick and simple steps to add professional quality captions or subtitles to your videos.

Create New Caption Track

  1. Click on Captions Button at top
    If it is not visible, go to Windows > Workspace > Captions.Captions adobe premiere pro 2021
  2. In the Text panel, choose Create New Caption Track button.
  3. Choose Subtitle or Caption
  4. Click on Plus sign button.New Caption adobe premiere pro 2021
  5. Manually type text. It will become a segment in your timeline.Caption Text adobe premiere pro 2021
  6. Extend and trim the caption with click and drag of the segment edge, and move the caption as you move all other segments with click and drag of entire segment.Extend Trim MoveThe caption and subtitle workflow has been greatly improved in Adobe Premiere Pro 2021. Follow these quick and simple steps to add professional quality captions or subtitles to your videos. Create New Caption Track Click on Captions Button at top Or if that is not visible, click on Windows > Workspace > Captions (Insert click on Captions) In the text panel, click on Create New Caption Track button. Choose Subtitle or Caption Click on Plus button. (Insert New Caption) Manually type text. It will become a segment in your timeline. (Insert CaptionText) Extend and trim the caption with click and drag of the segment edge, and move the caption as you move all other segments with click and drag of entire segment. (Insert extend-trim-move) Create another caption by moving the blue line to the end of the caption segment, click in the empty area, then click on the plus sign. Change Caption Appearance Select a Caption segment. In Essential Graphics panel (which should already be open), you can: Change the font size and type Change the position by choosing a zone, and fine tune location within the zone by adjusting the numbers Note: Usually Subtitles are placed at bottom center of videos. Change the color of the font, with the Fill tool Add Background by selecting background color, opacity and how much space it fills around text. Add Shadow (which improves visibility of the text) (Insert Essential Graphics Panel with letters marking each option) Change Appearance Through Entire Timeline Go to Essential Graphics Panel > Track Style Change to create style Name it, if you want to. Click OK This will set the style for all your caption segments in your video (Insert Tracks Style) Importing Captions Created Separately (Importing SRT file) Click File > Import. Choose your srt file. Click Import Find it in your Project panel. Drag it into your timeline. (Insert ImportDrag) Choose when captions will start. Source timecode - indicate time on track Playhead position - where Playhead (blue line) is placed Timeline start - beginning of video (start time) Hiding and deleting an existing caption track is the same for all other tracks: Hide - click on track, click on eyeball icon, track will be grayed out Delete - right-click on track, choose Delete Track Modifying Segment Text Split text into two segments: Select the segment. Split it with the caption split tool. Modify the text (because splitting it duplicates all the text) (Insert split Text) Merge text into one segment Select multiple segments. Click caption merge tool. (Insert merge text) Export As SRT File For YouTube you will export the video file and the srt file and upload them as separate files, to provide the option for viewers to turn captions on or off. Click the three dot at the top of the text panel (if not visible increase the panel size) Click Export File > SRT file Choose a folder and name the file. Click Export (Insert Export) Burn SRT File Into Video For social media sites like Facebook, twitter, Tik Tok, etc. burn the captions into the video. This will result with one MP4 file with captions and no way to turn them on or off. Click anywhere in the timeline. Go up to File > Export media Format: h 264. Click Preset > Match Source - High bitrate Captions tab > Burn captions into video Click Export Button (Insert BurnCaptions) Leave a comment if this tutorial was helpful, or feel free to ask questions. If you would like to keep up to date on my tutorials, please click on the subscribe button on my YouTube channel. Keep learning and growing! YT code: d_tzRy_9oyo adobe premiere pro 2021
  7. Create another caption by moving the playhead (blue line) to the end of the caption segment, click in the empty area, then click on the plus sign.

Change Caption Appearance

  1. Select a Caption segment.
  2. In Essential Graphics panel (which should already be open), you can:
    a. Change the font size and type
    b. Change the position by choosing a zone, and fine tune location within the zone by adjusting the numbers
    Note: Usually Subtitles are placed at bottom center of videos.
    c. Change the color of the font, with the Fill tool
    d. Add Background by selecting background color, opacity and how much space appears around text.
    e. Add Shadow (which improves visibility of the text)

Essential Graphics Panel adobe premiere pro 2021

Change Appearance Through Entire Timeline

  1. Go to Essential Graphics Panel > Track Style
  2. Change to Create Style
  3. Name it, if you want to.
  4. Click OK
    This will set the style for all your caption segments in your videoTrack Style adobe premiere pro 2021

Importing Captions Created Separately (Importing SRT file)

  1. Click File > Import.
  2. Choose your srt file.
  3. Click Import
  4. Find it in your Project panel.
  5. Drag it into your timeline.
  6. Choose when captions will start.
    a. Source timecode – indicate time on track
    b. Playhead position – where Playhead (blue line) is placed
    c. Timeline start – beginning of video(Insert start time)Import Drag adobe premiere pro 2021
  7. Hiding and deleting an existing caption track is the same for all other tracks:
    a. Hide – click on track, click on eyeball icon, track will be grayed out
    b. Delete – right-click on track, choose Delete Track

Modifying Segment Text

Split text into two segments:

  1. Select the segment.
  2. Split it with the Caption Split tool. This will duplicate the entire text field
  3. Edit the text manually to split between two segmentsSplit Text adobe premiere pro 2021

Merge text into one segment:

  1. Select multiple segments.
  2. Click Caption Merge tool.Merge Text adobe premiere pro 2021

Export As SRT File

For YouTube you will export the video file and the srt file and upload them as separate files, to provide the option for viewers to turn captions on or off.

  1. Click the three dots at the top of the text panel (if not visible increase the panel size)
  2. Click Export File > SRT file
  3. Choose a folder and name the file.
  4. Click ExportExport SRT adobe premiere pro 2021

Burn SRT File Into Video

For social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok, etc. burn the captions into the video. This will result in one MP4 file with captions and no way to turn them on or off.

  1. Click anywhere in the timeline.
  2. Go up to File > Export media
    a. Format: h 264
    b. Click Preset > Match Source – High bitrate
    c. Captions tab > Burn captions into video
  3. Click Export Button

Burn Captions adobe premiere pro 2021Leave a comment if this tutorial was helpful, or feel free to ask questions. If you would like to keep up to date on my tutorials, please click on the subscribe button on my YouTube channel.

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