If you feel that adding subtitles or captions to a video is a crazy notion, mind you it is never! There might be many reasons to do this. But the approach maybe hugely time taking and challenging. There are times you probably feel the need to add subtitles to your video after you download subtitls from website, but end up dropping the idea for not be able to handle this burdensome responsibility. To ease out the burden, tools like Premiere Pro can save our neck. Today's post will stress upon using Premiere Pro for subtitles/captions to save your time. Please carefully read and follow the steps.
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Part 1: How to Add Subtitles in Premiere Pro
If you're looking to add subtitles in Premiere Pro, you're in the right place. In this guide, we'll walk you through the steps to create and sync captions easily, so you can enhance your video with ease. Let's get started!
Step 1: Build a Subtitle File in Premiere Pro
To begin, click the New Item button at the bottom of the Project panel, then select Captions. Adjust the width, height, frame rate, and pixel aspect ratio before creating a new caption file.
Six options will appear: "CEA-608," "CEA-708," "Teletext," "Open Subtitling", "Australian", and "Open Captions." It is recommended to choose the second option, "CEA-708." Next, in the Program Monitor, navigate to Closed Captions Display and enable it. Choose the appropriate caption type, then drag the caption file into the timeline from the left panel.
Step 2: Change Setting of your Subtitle
Using the Caption panel (can be found in Window menu by selecting Captions), add the text, time and format the text. Now, hit on the Plus button in order to bring the fresh text box. Notice the "in" and "out" points and adjust them according to the video.
To view the captions in the timeline, you can expand the video track. Now, work with formatting options like caption type (pop-on, paint-on, 2-4 roll-up line) and positioning options in the Caption panel. There are other options as well that you can adjust as per your requirements.
Step 3: Export your Video with Subtitles
Go to File menu and choose Export. Tap "Media and in the Export Settings, make use of the "Caption" tab. Choose either Burn-in or sidecar file. The first one will burn the Premiere Pro subtitles in the clip where viewers can't disable them. On the other hand, with the latter option, you get an extra ".ssc file" which can be uploaded or delivered with your clip.
Part 2: What you should Know About Subtitle Panel
The Premiere Pro Captions panel offers you various options to let you create and add text overlays. In the text box provided in the Captions panel, start entering the subtitles that you want. An essential to be remembered for captions is the timing setup. There are In and Out timestamp in the panel with the help of which, you can set the timings of your subtitle according to which it should be displayed and matched on the screen.
After typing in the first caption or subtitle, you could notice the captions thumbnail in the Project panel. You need to drag and drop the thumbnail to the timeline for adding the caption to the video that you have just created.
In order to make alterations with the Premiere Pro subtitles, go back to the panel and modify the text or timestamp as per the need.
You're done with the very first caption now. When you want to add more captions, the process will be almost same. Hit on the plus button and start adding further captions. Type text, set timestamp with In and Out and add into timeline. This is how you should be using Premiere Pro subtitle option.
Part 3: A Quick and Easy Way to Add Subtitles
Now that we've covered how to add subtitles in Premiere Pro, let's explore a simpler, faster solution without compromising quality. Wondershare Filmora offers several convenient ways to add subtitles to your videos—whether you prefer the speed and convenience of AI-powered automatic subtitle generation, or the flexibility of manually adding and customizing them. Next, let's explore how Filmora lets you add subtitles using both AI technology and manual tools.
Method 1: How to Add Subtitles with Speech-to-Text Feature in Filmora
Step 1Open Wondershare Filmora and Create a Project
Download Wondershare Filmora on your device and open it after installing the software. On the main window, click the "New Project" button to get started with the video making.
Step 2Access Speech-to-Text Feature
Right-click and find the feature Speech-to-Text.
Step 3Generate Subtitles Automatically
To generate subtitles, click the "Speech-to-Text" button at the top to open the relevant menu. Once the window opens, select the language for the transcript. After choosing the desired language, click "Generate", Filmora will automatically create the subtitle file for you.
Step 4Edit Subtitles in the Timeline
Drag the generated subtitle layer to the timeline. Right-click and click "Advanced Edit". From Subtitle to Animation, you can customize the subtitles and save your changes.
Method 2: How to Add Subtitles to Your Videos Manually in Filmora
Step 1Choose Title Effects and Templates
Browse Filmora's extensive library to select your favorite Title Effects and Title Templates. Download them for immediate use in your project.
Step 2Customize Titles in the Editing Panel
Once downloaded, go to the editing panel on the right to further personalize and adjust your titles as needed.
Conclusion
This guide covered how to add subtitles in Premiere Pro and two methods for adding subtitles in Filmora—using AI technology or manual editing. We hope our clear steps helped you achieve what you were looking for. Feel free to share your thoughts on whether this information was helpful.
