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Applying the SubCap Effect
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The following illustrations show two examples of this information in the “Select a file that
contains caption data” dialog box. In the first case, timecode values correspond and the import
will be successful; in the second case, timecode values are inconsistent and no import will occur.
Applying the SubCap Effect
The SubCap effect is available from the Caption category in the Effect Palette. You can apply the
effect in any of the standard ways, for example, by dragging the effect icon from the Effect
Palette onto the Timeline. For more information, see “Applying Effects” on page 33.
You apply the SubCap effect to a video track above all the other video material in your sequence.
In some circumstances (for example, for translations into more than one language) you might
apply different instances of the effect to different tracks, and then turn the tracks on or off as
necessary to create different language outputs.
Depending on how you plan to add text to the effect, you might need to divide the video track
into segments using Add Edits:
• If you are adding text by typing it in directly, you must divide the video track at the points
where you want the text to appear and disappear. To add captions to an entire sequence in
this way, you must divide the video track into a series of segments that correspond to the
points in the video material where you want each caption to begin and end.
• If you are adding text by importing a caption file, you only need to divide the video track at
the points where you want the captions as a whole to begin and end. If you want captions to
appear for the entire length of the sequence, you do not need to divide the track. When you
import the caption file, your Avid editing application further subdivides the segment to
which you apply the effect, based on the timecode information for each text item in the
caption file.