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Subtitles

Gareth Casey Updated by Gareth Casey

If your video project contains speech, you can add subtitles so that viewers can read what is said instead of listening to it.

You have the choice of allowing Flashback Express 7 to generate the subtitles for you, manually creating them yourself or importing them from a subtitles files if you already have one.

Any subtitles that you add will be included when you export your video.

Adding Subtltles

Auto-Generating Subtitles

To create your subtitles, go to the Subtitles tab of the Media Panel and then click the Auto-generate subtitles button. Then select which video or audio clip to transcribe the subtitles from and the language of the speech in that selected clip and click Generate to begin.

Because the auto-generating subtitles is powered by A.I., it is not currently possible for us to allow unlimited use of it so Feature Credits are required to use it. See Feature Credits for more details.

If there are multiple video or audio clips in your video project and you want the speech from all of them to be subtitles, you will need to auto-generate the subtitles for one clip at a time until they have all be done.

The generated subtitles will be broken into the blocks that will be displayed on your video project along with the timestamps of when each block will appear in the video. Clicking a block will jump you to that time in the video so you can see how that block appears on top of your video.

If any of the auto-generated subtitles need correcting, simply click the relevant block of text in the transcript and make the requried changes to the text.

Manually Entering Subtitles

To manually create your subtitles, go to the Subtitles tab of the Media Panel and then click the Create manually button.

3 placeholder subtitle blocks will be added to get you started. Simply replace the placeholder 'New subtitle text' text in each of those with the text that you want to be displayed.

Extra blocks can be added by clicking the button to add a new block following the currently selected block or by clicking the Add Subtitle button to add a block at the end.

When the text has been entered for a block, use the In and Out times to set when that block will appear and disappear. The timings of blocks cannot overlap so you will not be able to set an In time that is before the Out time of the previous block or an Out time that is later than the In time for the following block.

You can toggle whether the timings are diaplayed by clicking button and clicking the Show timings or Hide timings option.

Importing Subtitles

If you have used another application to generate subtitles for one of the video or audio clips that you want to add subtitles for, you can import the SRT file containing those subtitles by going to the Subtitles tab of the Media Panel and then clicking the Import subtitles file button. Then select which video or audio clip the subtitles should be matched to and click Import SRT file to select your subtitles file.

Alternatively, if you have already added some subtitles for one clip in your project and then need to import subtitles for another video or audio clip, you can import those subtitles by clicking the button on the Subtitles tab and then selecting Import Subtitles File in the menu that appears.

Customizing Subtitles Style

When the Subtitles tab in the Media Panel is selected, the subtitle's style properties will appear in the Style Panel allowing you to custom the following:

Text Font and Size - By default, Arial at size 35 is used for subtitles but you can change both the font and the size.

Text Color - By default, subtitle text will be white but you can also pick from a selection of preset colors or create your own color.

Position - By default, subtitles will be added in the Center bottom postion, which is the standard location for subtitles to be displayed. However, you can adjust the display location to be left, center or right and top, center or bottom.

Background - By default, the background option is enabled and adds a semi-opaque colored background behind the subtitle text.

Box color - By default, a black blackground is used but you can pick from a selection of preset colors or create your own color. (Only displayed when Background is enabled)

Padding - Allows you to adjust the amount of space between the subtitle text and the edge of the background box. Adding more padding will increase the size of the background box. (Only displayed when Background is enabled)

Corners - Allows you to adjust how rounded the corners of the background box are. Increasing the value will make the corners appear more rounded. (Only displayed when Background is enabled)

Downloading Subtitles

You can export a copy of the generated subtitles by clicking the button and clicking the Download (.srt file) option in the menu that appears. The SRT file that is saved is a standard format for subtitles so will be be compatible with other applications that support subtitles.

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