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467Final Cut Pro User Guide
Create captions in Final Cut Pro
You can create captions in Final Cut Pro—for example, to deliver your project with subtitles
or closed captions.
In Final Cut Pro, captions are assigned special caption roles. To create a new set of
captions, you first choose a caption format (CEA-608, iTT, or SRT), then you create a
caption role specific to that format and a subrole for each language version.
Captions are always connected clips. Captions can also be connected to other connected
clips.
Create caption roles and subroles
1. To open the Final Cut Pro role editor, do one of the following:
• Choose Modify > Edit Roles.
• In the Roles pane of the timeline index, click Edit Roles.
2. Click Captions at the top of the role editor to open the Captions pane.
3. To create a caption role, click the Caption Role button, then choose a caption format
from the pop-up menu: iTT, CEA-608, or SRT.
A new caption role appears in the Caption Roles list in the format you chose. You can
change the name of a role at any time by clicking it.
By default, Final Cut Pro creates a caption language subrole based on the preferred
language setting in macOS System Preferences. For example, if macOS is set to English,
Final Cut Pro creates a subrole for the English language. To change the preferred
language setting, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Language &
Region.
4. Type a name for the caption role.