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Adjusting SubCap Effect Parameters
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Adjusting SubCap Effect Parameters
The SubCap effect has a full range of parameter controls for adjusting the appearance of the caption
text and its background box.
You can also change the position of the caption text and its background box on the screen by
manipulating an anchor point directly in the Effect Preview monitor.
When you make adjustments to the parameter controls for a single SubCap effect in a sequence, you
might want to have your changes apply to other instances of the SubCap effect in the same sequence.
For more information on how to do this, see “Synchronizing SubCap Effect Parameters and
Information” on page 356.
To adjust a SubCap effect’s parameters in the Effect Editor:
1. Move the position indicator to the SubCap effect in the sequence, and ensure that the track
containing the effect is selected.
2. If it is not already open, open the Effect Editor, for example, by clicking the Effect Mode button.
3. Adjust one or more of the parameter controls in the Effect Editor.
For general information on working with parameter controls in the Effect Editor, see “Effect
Editor Controls” on page 69.
For reference information on the parameter controls for the SubCap effect, see “SubCap Effect
Parameters” on page 482.
Synchronizing SubCap Effect Parameters and
Information
In most circumstances, you probably want the formatting and the additional information stored in all
the SubCap effect clips in a sequence to be the same. When you change parameter values or global
properties in one SubCap effect clip, you want all the other instances on that caption track, or all the
other instances anywhere in the sequence, to update automatically.
The SubCap effect refers to such updating as synchronizing. You can customize how synchronizing
operates for each effect parameter in the Effect Editor and for each information item in the Contacts,
Custom, and Program tabs of the Global Properties dialog box.
To control how SubCap effect parameters and information items synchronize:
1. Move the position indicator to any instance of the SubCap effect in the sequence, and ensure that
the track containing the effect is selected.
2. If it is not already open, open the Effect Editor, for example, by clicking the Effect Mode button.
3. Click Edit Global Properties.
The Global Properties dialog box opens.
4. Click the Synchronize tab.