Closed Captioning in Vegas Pro 10
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1. 2 Inthe first column enter 80 00 22 in each of the cells as a placeholder You will set the actual position of each line during playback 3 Inthe second column enter TEXT in each of the cells to specify the command type 4 Inthe third column enter the text that you want to display as a caption Enter each line in its own cell Tip Ifyou have a script you can copy and paste individual lines into the cells 2010 Sony Creative Software Inc 8215 Greenway Blvd Suite 400 Middleton WI 53562 1 800 577 6642 sonycreativesoftware cenGHP gt lt CHP gt 11 In the fourth column enter a label to identify your captions An entry such as Line 861 can help you sort the captions once you paste them into your Vegas Pro project A B G D B i TEXT But soft What light through yonder window breaks Line 001 _2 00 00 00 00 TEXT It is the east and Juliet is the sun Line 002 _3 00 00 00 00 TEXT Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon Line 003 _4 00 00 00 00 TEXT who is already sick and pale with grief Line 004 _5 00 00 00 00 TEXT That thou her maid art far more fair than she Line 005 _6 00 00 00 00 TEXT Be not her maid since she is envious Line 006 _7 00 00 00 00 TEXT Her vestal livery is but sick and green Line 007 _8 00 00 00 00 TEXT And none but fools do wear it cast it off Line 008 _9 00 00 00 00 TEXT It is my lady O it is my love Line 009 _10 00 00 00 00 TEXT O that she knew she were Line 02. Captioning markup reference and examples Pop On Caption A pop on caption is displayed on the screen as a single element and is cleared or replaced with a new caption Pop on captions are most often used for prerecorded captioning RCL ENM R14In Wh TabOff1 First Row R15In Wh TabOff1 Second Row EDM EOC Tip Ifyou type captioning text in the Comment box of the Command Properties dialog and do not specify captioning markup a pop on caption is created Roll Up Caption A roll up caption scrolls onto and off the screen two or three lines at a time and is most often used for live captioning RU2 CR R15Ineewh TabOff1 First Row or RU3 CR R14IneeWh TabOFF1 First Row R15In Wh TabOff1 Second Row or RU4 CR R13In eWh TabOFF1 First Row R14In Wh TabOfFf1 Second Row R15In Wh TabOff1 Third Row Paint On Caption A paint on caption appears on screen one letter at a time and displayed like a pop on caption Paint in captions are most often used at the beginning of a program RDC R141In 4wh TabOfF3 First Row R15In 4wh TabOff3 Second Row Captioning Markup Caption Markup Description Usage Notes RCL Resume Caption Loading Starts a pop on caption RDC Resume Direct Captioning Starts a paint in caption RU2 Roll Up Captions 2 Rows Starts a two line roll up caption RU3 Roll Up Captions 3 Rows Starts a three line roll up caption RU
3. Background Black BgBlkSemi Background Semitransparent Black BgTran Background Transparent BIkTxt Black Text BIkUTxt Black Underlined 2010 Sony Creative Software Inc 8215 Greenway Blvd Suite 400 Middleton WI 53562 1 800 577 6642 sonycreativesoftware cormaCHP gt lt CHP gt 7 8 Caption Markup Description Usage Notes StdCharSet Standard Character Set You can use the character set commands to switch DSzCharSet Double Size Character Set between character sets in your captions For h h example if you needed to display Korean characters 1PCharSet First Private Character Set in an English captioned program you could use 2PCharSet Second Private Character Set KORCharSet to display Korean characters and CHNCharset People s Republic of China Character Set then use StdCharSet to switch back to English KORCharSet Korean Character Set captions 1RgCharSet First Registered Character Set TH Time Holder Not used when creating new captions When you re working with existing captions captioning data can be transferred ahead of the display time and TH can be used to adjust the display time 2010 Sony Creative Software Inc 8215 Greenway Blvd Suite 400 Middleton WI 53562 1 800 577 6642 sonycreativesoftware com Displaying closed captions in the Video Preview or Trimmer window You can preview your captions by using overlays in the Video Preview w
4. captions Service 1 captions will be imported as 608CC1 captions and Service 2 captions will be imported as 608CC3 captions DVD Architect Subtitles sub From the File menu choose Import and then choose Closed Captioning from the submenu 2 Inthe Open dialog browse to the file you want to use and click Open The markers appear as command markers on the timeline and you can move and edit the markers as needed Tip Captioning markers will be placed according to the timecode in the captioning file If needed you can adjust marker positions by applying a timeline ruler offset before importing the closed captioning 2010 Sony Creative Software Inc 8215 Greenway Blvd Suite 400 Middleton WI 53562 1 800 577 6642 sonycreativesoftware comCHPi gt lt CHPi gt 3 Synchronizing captions with video After you import captions you may need to adjust timing to synchronize the markers with your video 0 Na UAWN o Use the procedure described earlier in this chapter to import captions Position your video events as desired in the timeline From the View menu choose Edit Details to display the Edit Details window From the Show drop down list choose Commands Your captioning commands are now displayed in the Edit Details window In the timeline position the cursor where you want to start inserting captions Select a row in the Edit Details list to select the first caption you want to insert Click the Play button 2 to sta
5. 10 _11 00 00 00 00 TEXT Line 011 Note The final caption is displayed in the Microsoft Windows Media Player until the end of the video To clear the final caption sooner add a final command with no text as shown above Copying and pasting captions into Vegas Pro software 1 2 3 4 5 Select the cells in the spreadsheet and copy them Switch to Vegas Pro software and choose Edit Details from the View menu The Edit Details window appears From the Show drop down list choose Commands Right click the gray box in the upper left corner and choose Paste from the shortcut menu The spreadsheet data is pasted into the Edit Details window Click the column header for the Comments column This sorts the captions by line number Right click to paste the spreadsheet Click the Comments column header to contents into the Edit Details window sort the captions by line number Setting caption timing 1 2 3 4 12 Position the cursor shortly before where you want the first caption to occur Select the row for the first caption in the Edit Details window Click the Play button B to start playback When playback reaches the place where the first caption should occur press Ctrl K The first caption is inserted at the cursor position updates the Position setting in the Edit Details window and selects the next caption Press Ctrl K to insert each subsequent caption 2010 Sony Creative Software
6. 4 Roll Up Captions 4 Rows Starts a four line roll up caption EDM Erase Displayed Memory Cleans the display Required to remove roll up and paint on captions from the screen ENM Erase Nondisplayed Memory Cleans buffered captions from memory EOC End of Caption In pop up captions EOC ends the current caption and displays the next caption FlashOn Flash On Causes the caption to blink until new foreground attributes are set TabOff1 Tab Offset 1 For each row indent In plus tab offset TabOff plus the number of content characters cannot exceed 32 TabOff2 Tab Offset 2 TabOff3 Tab Offset 3 Backspace Backspace Used for live captioning DelEndRow Delete to End of Row Used for live captioning CR Carriage Return RyyWh Row yy 00 to 15 White Text RyyWhU Row yy 00 to 15 White Underlined RyyGr Row yy 00 to 15 Green Text RyyGrU Row yy 00 to 15 Green Underlined 6 2010 Sony Creative Software Inc 8215 Greenway Blvd Suite 400 Middleton WI 53562 1 800 577 6642 sonycreativesoftware com Caption Markup Description Usage Notes RyyBl Row yy 00 to 15 Blue Text RyyBlU Row yy 00 to 15 Blue Underlined RyyCy Row yy 00 to 15 Cyan Text RyyCyU Row yy 00 to 15 Cyan Underlined RyyRd Row yy 00 to 15 Red Text RyyRdU R
7. 8 Service 2 Parameter Displays the marker s captioning text BR indicates a line break 2010 Sony Creative Software Inc 8215 Greenway Blvd Suite 400 Middleton WI 53562 1 800 577 6642 sonycreativesoftware com Item Description Comment Type closed caption control commands here Commands must conform to standard caption markup and command strings are case and space sensitive For more information about captioning markup see Captioning markup reference and examples on page 6 Tip You can use your keyboard to create standard text and punctuation To insert special characters and punctuation use the Character Map Start gt All Programs gt Accessories gt System Tools gt Character Map For minor edits you can ignore the markup and edit the displayed text Ifyou change the length of the text be aware of the following R14lnO0Wh means Row 14 Indent 00 White text Row two digits ranges from 01 to 15 Indent two digits ranges from 00 to 28 but only in multiples of 4 TabOff1 means Tab offset 1 Possible values one digit are 1 2 or 3 Important For each row indent In plus tab offset TabOff plus the number of content characters cannot exceed 32 Position Type the time you want the command to occur in your project 2010 Sony Creative Software Inc 8215 Greenway Blvd Suite 400 Middleton WI 53562 1 800 577 6642 sonycreativesoftware comCHPi gt lt CHPi gt 5
8. Inc 8215 Greenway Blvd Suite 400 Middleton WI 53562 1 800 577 6642 sonycreativesoftware com 6 Render your file in Windows Media Video format For more information see Rendering a project on page 389 Displaying captions You can use one of two methods for displaying the captions when the video is played Instruct your audience to turn on captions In Windows Media Player 8 from the View menu choose Now Playing Tools and then choose Captions from the submenu In Windows Media Player 9 and 10 from the Play menu choose Captions and Subtitles and then choose On if Available from the submenu In Windows Media Player 11 and 12 from the Play menu choose Lyrics captions and subtitles and then choose On if available from the submenu e Create an HTML page with the Windows Media Player embedded in it See the online help for a sample HTML page 2010 Sony Creative Software Inc 8215 Greenway Blvd Suite 400 Middleton WI 53562 1 800 577 6642 sonycreativesoftware cexGHP gt lt CHP gt 13 14 2010 Sony Creative Software Inc 8215 Greenway Blvd Suite 400 Middleton WI 53562 1 800 577 6642 sonycreativesoftware com
9. Workflow Paper Revised October 27 2010 This information is excerpted from the Vegas Pro user manual For even more information about the software you can download the manual from http www sonycreativesoftware com download manuals Closed Captioning Vegas Pro software supports adding closed captions to video files and rendering those files as XDCAM HD and XDCAM HD422 MXF files You can also add captions to video files and render as Windows Media Video for use in Windows Media Player Adding closed captioning to video files Closed captions help make your video productions accessible to a wider audience Closed captions are widely used by viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing those who are learning to read or who are learning a second language Closed captions can be turned on or off by the viewer unlike open captions which are always displayed Closed captions display spoken dialogue and sound effects as on screen text Notes e Vegas Pro supports CEA608 captions and CEA708 containers containing CEA608 captions CEA708 captioning is not supported e When rendering to XDCAM HD HD422 CEA608 data is uplifted to CEA708 format so that CEA608 and CEA708 captions are available when playing via HD SDI CEA608 CC1 is uplifted to CEA708 Service 1 and CEA608 CC3 is uplifted to CEA708 Service 2 Please note that caption positions can be slightly different after uplifting to CEA708 e When you render to a format that does not support embedd
10. ce for quick editing You can even edit multiple captions at once For example if you wanted to change your 608CC1 primary language captions to 608CC3 secondary language perform the following steps 1 From the View menu choose Edit Details to display the Edit Details window if it isn t already visible 2 Inthe Edit Details window choose Commands from the Show drop down list Your closed caption markers are displayed 3 Select the captions you want to edit a Hold Shift and click in the Command column for the first caption you want to change b Hold Shift and click in the Command column for the last caption you want to change All captions between the first and last selected rows are selected Right click the Command column for any selected caption and choose Edit from the shortcut menu 5 Type a new value in the box in this case you d type 608CC3 and press Enter All selected captions are changed to 608CC3 10 2010 Sony Creative Software Inc 8215 Greenway Blvd Suite 400 Middleton WI 53562 1 800 577 6642 sonycreativesoftware com Adding captions to Windows Media Video WMV files Captions makes your final video accessible to a wider audience You can use text commands to add captions line by line to a Windows Media Video WMV file or for longer projects you can add captioning from a script Adding captions line by line 1 Position the cursor where you want the caption text to appear 2 From the Ins
11. e An scc file is also created using the base name of the rendered media file When you render to a format that does not support embedded captioning markers an scc file is created using the base name of the rendered media file Importing or rendering Line 21 closed captions Importing Line 21 captions Vegas Pro reads embedded Line 21 captions when you import a media file with a frame size of 720x486 pixels or taller and a frame rate of 29 97 fps When you add media to the timeline or Trimmer embedded captioning markers are displayed as media markers Markers are aligned with the start of captioning for paint on captions or with the display time for pop up style captions When the captioning markers are read Vegas Pro creates an scc file in the media file s folder using the same base name as the media file The scc file is used when you use the media in the future so the application doesn t need to scan the media again When you re finished editing your project you can promote the embedded captioning markers to the timeline 1 Select events with captions 2 From the Tools menu choose Scripting and then choose Promote Media Closed Captioning The markers appear as command markers on the timeline and you can move and edit the markers as needed Rendering Line 21 captions Line 21 captions are supported during rendering for any media format when using a frame size of 720x486 pixels or taller and a frame rate of 29 97
12. ed captioning markers an scc file is created using the base name of the rendered media file Importing or rendering closed captions in an MXF file Importing closed captions from an MXF file Vegas Pro supports closed captioning embedded in XDCAM HD XDCAM HD422 MXF When you add media to the timeline or Trimmer embedded captioning markers are displayed as media markers ist fei Je feos Markers are aligned with the start of captioning for paint on captions or with the display time for pop up style captions When the captioning markers are read Vegas Pro creates an scc file in the media file s folder using the same base name as the media file The scc file is used when you use the media in the future so the application doesn t need to scan the media again When you re finished editing your project you can promote the embedded captioning markers to the timeline 1 Select events with captions 2 From the Tools menu choose Scripting and then choose Promote Media Closed Captioning The markers appear as command markers on the timeline and you can move and edit the markers as needed 2010 Sony Creative Software Inc 8215 Greenway Blvd Suite 400 Middleton WI 53562 1 800 577 6642 sonycreativesoftware com 1 Rendering captions in MXF files You can export captions in rendered media and in standalone scc files When you render to XDCAM HD XDCAM HD422 MXF formats captioning markers are embedded in the media fil
13. ert menu choose Command The Command Properties dialog appears Command Properties ea Template Untitled MX Command TEXT Parameter Tobe or not to be That is the question Comment Position 00 00 10 00 Comic From the Command drop down list choose Text In the Parameter box enter the closed captioning text you want to display Click OK Repeat steps 1 5 for each line of closed captioning text you want to add N Qu sd w Render your file in Windows Media Video format For more information see Rendering a project on page 389 Tip Take steps to ensure that the captions are displayed when the video is played For more information see Displaying captions on page 13 Adding captions from a script Using a script to generate captions involves several steps First you must copy and paste the lines from the script into a spreadsheet You can create the spreadsheet from scratch using the steps that follow or use the sample shell Vegas Captioning Shell txt provided in the Sample Projects folder on the Vegas Pro application disc You can open this tab delimited shell with a spreadsheet application or in the absence of a spreadsheet application any text editor When the spreadsheet is complete you can copy and paste the lines into the Edit Details window You can set the position for each line of captioning during playback Creating a script spreadsheet 1 Create a four column tab delimited spreadsheet
14. es a RealText rt and smil file for each subtitle service The RealText file contains the captions and formatting and the smil file contains information that defines how captions will display on the media file The smil file links to a rm file that uses the same base name as your exported captions file by default You can edit the file to refer to the desired media file name Export Closed Captioning for Windows Media Player Creates a smi and asx file for each subtitle service The smi file contains the captions and formatting and the asx file contains information that defines how captions will display on the media file The asx file links to a wmv file that uses the same base name as your exported captions file by default You can edit the file to refer to the desired media file name Export Closed Captioning for YouTube Creates an srt file that can be used for YouTube captions and by some DVD authoring software For information about adding subtitles to your YouTube videos please see http www youtube com t captions_about Use the Save dialog to specify a file name and folder for your captions file and then click Save 2010 Sony Creative Software Inc 8215 Greenway Blvd Suite 400 Middleton WI 53562 1 800 577 6642 sonycreativesoftware coraCHP gt lt CHP gt 9 Editing multiple captions with the Edit Details window The Edit Details window allows you to see all of your project s captions at on
15. fps 2 2010 Sony Creative Software Inc 8215 Greenway Blvd Suite 400 Middleton WI 53562 1 800 577 6642 sonycreativesoftware com Importing or printing captions when using HD SDI Importing closed captions over HD SDI Vegas Pro reads embedded VANC closed captioning when capturing video over HD SDI During capture Vegas Pro creates an scc file in the media file s folder using the same base name as the captured file If capturing to XDCAM HD422 format closed captions are also embedded in the captured file Printing closed captions to tape over HD SDI When you print to tape over HD SDI closed captions are included as VANC data Importing closed captions from a closed captioning file If your media does not contain embedded captioning markers you can import markers from an external file The following file types are supported Scenarist Closed Caption scc Tip Ifan scc file matches the media file name the captions will be read automatically when you load a file For example if your video file is wildflowers avi naming your captioning file wildflowers avi scc will allow Vegas Pro to read the captions automatically RealPlayer Captioning Files rt SubRip Subtitles srt Windows Media Player Captioning Files smi e Transcript or QuickTime Captioning Files txt CPC MacCaption Files mcc Tip Ifan mcc file does not contain CEA608 captions its CEA708 captions will be converted to CEA608 pop up
16. indow Tip Overlay settings from the Video Preview window are also applied to the video monitor in the Trimmer window 1 Click the down arrow next to the Overlays button E and choose a setting from the menu to turn on the caption type that you want to preview 2 Play your project Exporting closed captions Some Webcasting formats require that captions be saved in an external file After creating your captions you can export them to several formats Create and edit your captions as described in this chapter From the Tools menu choose Scripting and then choose a command from the submenu Item Description Export Closed Captioning for DVD Architect Creates a subtitle sub file that can be used by DVD Architect software The sub file contains timecode values and text that will be used to create subtitle events in DVD Architect Export Closed Captioning for QuickTime Creates a text txt and smil file for each subtitle service The text file contains the captions and formatting and the smil file contains information that defines how captions will display on the media file The smil file links to a mov file that uses the same base name as your exported captions file by default You can edit the file to refer to the desired media file name Tip Ifyou re using QuickTime Pro you can create a QuickTime text track to embed captions in your video file Export Closed Captioning for RealPlayer Creat
17. ow yy 00 to 15 Red Underlined RyyYl Row yy 00 to 15 Yellow Text RyyYIU Row yy 00 to 15 Yellow Underlined RyyMa Row yy 00 to 15 Magenta Text RyyMaU Row yy 00 to 15 Magenta Underlined RyyWhl Row yy 00 to 15 White Italics RyyWhlU Row yy 00 to 15 White Italics Underlined RyylnxxWh Row yy 00 to 15 Indent xx For each row indent In plus tab offset TabOff plus 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 28 White Text the number of content characters cannot exceed 32 RyylnxxWhU Row yy 00 to 15 Indent xx 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 28 White Underlined WhTxt White Text WhUTxt White Underlined GrTxt Green Text GrUTxt Green Underlined BITxt Blue Text BIUTxt Blue Underlined CyTxt Cyan Text CyUTxt Cyan Underlined Rd Txt Red Text RdUTxt Red Underlined YITxt Yellow Text YIUTxt Yellow Underlined MaTxt Magenta Text MaUTxt Magenta Underlined ITxt Italicized Text IUTxt Italicized Underlined BgWh Background White BgWhSemi Background Semitransparent White BgGr Background Green BgGrSemi Background Semitransparent Green BgBl Background Blue BgBlSemi Background Semitransparent Blue BgCy Background Cyan BgCySemi Background Semitransparent Cyan BgRd Background Red BgRdSemi Background Semitransparent Red BgYI Background Yellow fBgYlSemi Background Semitransparent Yellow BgMa Background Magenta BgMaSemi Background Semitransparent Magenta BgBIk
18. rt playback When you re ready to insert your first caption press Ctrl K The first caption is inserted at the cursor position the Position setting is updated and the next caption is selected Press Ctrl K to insert each subsequent caption Adding or editing closed caption markers on the timeline You can edit closed caption markers on the timeline to adjust caption start times delete caption markers edit their contents or add new markers To add a new marker click to position the cursor on the timeline and then choose Command from the Insert menu or press C Tip To create a pop on caption quickly type your caption text in the Comment box in the Command Properties dialog Caption markup is added automatically You can use BR to indicate a line break To move a marker drag the marker tag on the timeline To delete a marker right click it and choose Delete from the shortcut menu To edit a marker double click the marker tag Use the Command Properties dialog to edit the marker 4 Item Description Command Choose 608CC1 for primary language captions Choose 608CC3 for secondary language captions Notes Vegas Pro also supports 608CC2 and 608CC4 commands for the CC2 CC4 channels When rendering to XDCAM HD HD422 CEA608 data is uplifted to CEA708 format so that CEA608 and CEA708 captions are available when playing via HD SDI CEA608 CC1 is uplifted to CEA708 Service 1 and CEA608 CC3 is uplifted to CEA70
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