Styling Captions and Subtitles with Premiere Pro

When it comes to video editing, adding captions and subtitles to your projects can be a crucial step in making your content more engaging and accessible to a wider audience. In this article, we'll take a closer look at how you can use Adobe Premiere Pro to style captions and subtitles for your videos.

In Premiere Pro, there are several ways to add captions and subtitles to your video project. One way is by importing an SRT sidecar text file or embedding the text in a QuickTime or MXF file. When your video is ready, you can export the captions as burned-in, project-specific subtitles.

To get started with styling your captions and subtitles, you'll need to use the design tools found in the Essential Graphics panel. This is where you can customize the look of your captions and subtitles using a range of options, from font styles to color schemes.

Once you've added your captions and subtitles to your project, you can fine-tune and edit them along with the rest of your video content. The text can be edited in the new Text panel or directly on-screen in the Program Monitor.

Caption segments reside in a dedicated Captions Track on the Premiere Pro timeline, where they can be adjusted using the editing tools just like any other media. You can also import an SRT transcript file or manually type the captions in.

One of the key benefits of the new Captions workflow in Premiere Pro is that it allows editors to speed up the creation process by connecting text with the timeline directly. This means you can export your captions and subtitles in all supported formats, including burned-in, project-specific subtitles.

The new Captions workflow also gives motion designers working in After Effects a new real-time 3D rendering engine that generates instant feedback on 3D scenes in the Composition panel. This allows for faster and more efficient design and editing of graphics and animations.

In addition to captions and subtitles, Premiere Pro version 15.0 also includes support for media replacement in Motion Graphics templates. This feature allows you to swap out media assets such as images, videos, or audio files with new ones without having to recreate the entire template.

The Adobe 2021 releases of Premiere Pro version 15.0 and After Effects version 18.0 are now available, featuring a range of new tools and features that can help take your video editing and motion graphics skills to the next level. Whether you're looking to add captions and subtitles to your videos or create complex animations and effects, these latest releases have something for everyone.

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