How do I add subtitles to a movie?
If you have Professional Edition you can easily add simple subtitles to a movie as follows:
- Import the movie you want to add the subtitles to (with the scene analysis options turned off in Preferences).
- Select the resulting clip and open the Verbatim Logger.
- Play the clip, then press the Mark button (or use the configurable keyboard shortcut) at the point you want the subtitle text to appear. Type in the text you want for the subtitle.
- When you close the Verbatim Logger, new sub-clips are created in your window starting at each point you marked. The text you entered appears in the Notes field.
- Select all the sub-clips that were created then bring up the Export As Movie(s) dialog. Under Batch Options select "Single movie combining all clips". Under Extra Tracks check the "Add text" box and select the Notes field from the drop down. Select the size, position and duration for the subtitles then press OK to export the movie with a text track added containing your subtitle text.
Convert To Text is the "opposite" of Verbatim Logger. With this command you can convert the name, notes and timecode values of selected clips to a textual list which you can copy and paste into a word processor, for example, to create a transcript or for further editing. When you are finished in your word processor, you can copy and paste this text back into the Verbatim Logger to create separate clips again.