How to Create and Save Subtitle Styles In Adobe Premiere Pro Version 22.1.2 and Beyond

Summary

In this tutorial, David demonstrates how to create and save subtitle styles in Adobe Premiere Pro for a uniform workflow. He guides viewers through selecting a subtitle, customizing its appearance with background opacity and size, and saving it as a track style for reuse. The video also covers creating new caption tracks with the saved style and adjusting text direction for right-to-left languages. The aim is to streamline the process of adding subtitles to videos quickly and efficiently.

Takeaways

• 😀 Creating and saving subtitle styles in Adobe Premiere Pro ensures a uniform workflow and consistent subtitles across projects.
• 💡 In Premiere Pro, you can select an existing subtitle and customize it with a background opacity of 75%, a size of 2.7, and two lines of text.
• 📂 To save a subtitle style, click on the 'nan style' dropdown and choose 'Create Style', then name it accordingly (e.g., subtitles for YouTube).
• 🎨 Saved subtitle styles can be reused in future projects, allowing for consistent visual presentation.
• 🚀 To apply a saved subtitle style, delete the old subtitle track, add the new one, and select the appropriate style from the dropdown.
• 💻 When adding new caption tracks, choose 'Subtitles' instead of 'Closed Captioning' if you're not doing closed caption work.
• 🔠 The Universal Text Engine in Adobe Premiere Pro version 22.1.2 allows for easy switching between left-to-right and right-to-left text directions (e.g., for Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi).
• ✏️ You can adjust the direction of subtitles by selecting all subtitles and choosing the correct direction in the updated Universal Text Engine.
• 📊 Export options include SRT subtitles, with options to align them to source timecodes for accuracy.
• 🛠️ This workflow allows you to create and save subtitle styles quickly and efficiently, enhancing productivity when working on subtitled videos.

Q & A

What is the main purpose of creating and saving subtitle styles in Adobe Premiere Pro?

The main purpose is to ensure a uniform workflow and consistent subtitle appearance across different projects.

Who is the presenter of the video?

The presenter of the video is David.

What is the significance of having a uniform subtitle style?

Having a uniform subtitle style helps in maintaining a professional look and feel across all videos, which is crucial for branding and user experience.

How does one create a new subtitle style in Adobe Premiere Pro?

To create a new subtitle style, you select a subtitle, click on the dropdown to access the 'Create Style' option, and then define the style properties such as background, opacity, and size.

What is the name of the track style created for YouTube banding in the script?

The track style created for YouTube banding is called 'Subtitles for YouTube Banding'.

What does the term 'banding' refer to in the context of subtitles?

In the context of subtitles, 'banding' refers to the practice of adding a background band or shadow behind the text to improve readability, especially on complex or moving backgrounds.

How can you apply a saved subtitle style to new caption tracks in Premiere Pro?

To apply a saved subtitle style, you go to the 'Subtitles' option when creating new caption tracks, select the desired style from the list, and then proceed with the creation process.

What is the minimum version of Premiere Pro mentioned in the script that supports updated text engine features?

The minimum version of Premiere Pro mentioned is 22.1.2, which supports the updated universal text engine features.

How does the script instruct to handle right-to-left language subtitles in Premiere Pro?

For right-to-left language subtitles, the script instructs to ensure that the writing and reading direction is set to right-to-left using the updated text engine features in Premiere Pro version 22.1.2 or later.

What is the advantage of using timed SRT subtitle files in Premiere Pro?

Using timed SRT subtitle files allows for precise synchronization of subtitles with the video timeline, which is essential for accurate captioning.

What is the final advice given by David in the video script?

David advises viewers to stay safe, never stop learning, and implies the importance of continuous learning in mastering software like Adobe Premiere Pro.

Outlines

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🎥 Creating and Saving Subtitle Styles in Adobe Premiere Pro

David, the presenter, introduces a tutorial on creating and saving subtitle styles in Adobe Premiere Pro to ensure a uniform workflow. He demonstrates how to select a subtitle, adjust its background opacity, size, and line style. He then guides viewers on how to create a new style named 'Subtitles for YouTube Banding' by accessing the 'Text' menu and selecting 'Create Style'. After creating the style, he shows how to apply it to a new subtitle file by dragging and dropping the file into the timeline and selecting the appropriate style from the 'Subtitle' dropdown. David also addresses the need to adjust text direction for right-to-left languages in the latest version of Premiere Pro (22.1.2) using the 'Universal Text Engine'. The tutorial concludes with a reminder to use the saved styles for efficient subtitle management.

Keywords

💡Subtitle Styles

Subtitle styles refer to pre-defined formatting options for subtitles, including aspects like font, size, color, background, and opacity. In the video, the presenter emphasizes how creating and saving subtitle styles ensures consistency across projects. For example, the 'subtitle for YouTube banding' style is mentioned as a saved preset that can be reused for future videos.

💡Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro is a professional video editing software used to edit videos and apply effects. In the video, the presenter uses Premiere Pro to demonstrate how to create and save subtitle styles. It forms the primary tool for managing and editing subtitle styles within video projects.

💡Background Opacity

Background opacity refers to the transparency level of the subtitle background. In the video, the presenter explains using a background opacity of 75% to ensure that subtitles are visible while still allowing the video content underneath to be partially seen. This helps in maintaining a clear and non-intrusive visual experience.

💡Track Style

Track style is a predefined style applied to all subtitles within a specific video track in Premiere Pro. In the video, the presenter shows how to create a new track style, such as 'subtitle for YouTube banding,' which can be applied to multiple subtitles at once, ensuring uniformity across the video.

💡SRT File

SRT (SubRip Subtitle) files are plain-text files containing subtitle information such as the start and end timecodes and the subtitle text. In the video, the presenter mentions exporting subtitles as SRT files, which is commonly used for adding subtitles to videos on platforms like YouTube.

💡Universal Text Engine

The Universal Text Engine is a feature in Adobe Premiere Pro that enables users to work with multiple languages and text directions, such as left-to-right (LTR) and right-to-left (RTL) scripts. The video references this feature in version 22.1.2 of Premiere Pro, where the presenter adjusts subtitles for RTL languages like Arabic and Hebrew.

💡Right-to-Left Languages

Right-to-left (RTL) languages are languages where the text is written and read from right to left, such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Farsi. In the video, the presenter demonstrates how to switch subtitle orientation in Premiere Pro from left-to-right to right-to-left for RTL language support.

💡Subtitle Layer

A subtitle layer refers to a separate layer in the video editing timeline where subtitle text is placed. In the video, the presenter mentions deleting and dragging subtitle layers, which helps manage where the subtitles appear and how they interact with other elements in the video.

💡Timed Subtitles

Timed subtitles refer to subtitles that are synchronized with specific timecodes in the video. In the video, the presenter explains how to use timed SRT files, which contain specific timestamps, to ensure that subtitles appear at the correct time in the video.

💡Closed Captioning

Closed captioning is a type of subtitle that includes not only dialogue but also non-speech elements such as sound effects and speaker identification. While the video focuses on 'banded subtitles,' it briefly mentions closed captioning as a separate option for accessibility purposes in video editing.

Highlights

Introduction to creating and saving subtitle styles in Adobe Premiere Pro

Purpose of uniform subtitle style across videos

Selecting a subtitle style with a good background

Adjusting subtitle background opacity to 75 percent

Setting subtitle size to 2.7

Creating a two-line subtitle style

Creating a new track style called 'Subtitles for YouTube Banding'

Using the 'Create Style' option to generate a new style

Deleting an existing subtitle layer to apply a new style

Importing a subtitle file and applying the new style

Creating new caption tracks with the 'Subtitle for YouTube Banding' style

Using the 'Source Timecode' to synchronize timed SRT subtitles

Populating subtitles with the predefined style

Handling right-to-left language subtitles like Arabic, Hebrew, and Farsi

Updating text direction from left to right to right to left

Efficiently binding new subtitles to videos using saved styles

Conclusion and call to continuous learning

Transcripts

in this video i'll show you how to

create and save subtitle styles in adobe

premiere pro welcome to this video my

name is david and basically the reason

why you may need to create and save

subtitle style is because you want to

make sure that your workflow is uniform

your subtitles are uniform across the

board so

we're inside premiere pro i'll just

select that and you'll see i have some

subtitles here you can see them here

let's assume we want to go with the

style that i've created where we have a

good background and i'll just select one

subtitle

and we see the background 75 percent

opacity a size of 2.7 and also i have

the two line uh subtitle

so

if you don't have a track style for this

or basically for this what you can do

you can see here we have a nan style you

can click on the drop down and then

create style

once you click on that you're going to

get new textile so for example we're

going to call it

subtitles

for

let's say

youtube

band

in

so just click ok

once i click ok

we are going to have a track style

called subtitle for youtube banding and

you can always create others so that you

can use and reuse this so

let's do this let's come in here

we just look for

a subtitle file i want to use and then

let's remove this subtitle layer let's

just delete that track

and then we can just

i just need to know what particular one

i have and you see where it comes in

this particular style comes in here

and then let's come and drag and drop

this particular subtitle file

yeah here it is so once we do that

we can actually i just drag and drop it

inside here

and then

when you're creating new caption tracks

for the subtitle uh what you'll need to

do go for the subtitle don't go for

these other ones unless you're doing

closed captioning and all that but if

you're going to be doing banded

subtitles i'll just go with this or if

you want to export the srts just go with

this and then for the style click on

that and you'll see subtitle for youtube

banding i'll click on that and then the

start point since this is a timed srt

subtitle i'll just click on the source

time code and then click ok

once i click ok our subtitles will be

populated if i select on that then

you'll see that the style that we have

for these subtitles to have a background

and all that

uh the background.75 2.7 two lines atc

is available now the only difference

with some uh

right to left language subtitles for

example arabic hebrew farsi etc

is that you'll need to ensure that the

writing and the reading is right to left

this is in left to right so i'll just

click on this ctrl a to select all

subtitles and then with the updated

version of premiere pro version 22.1.2

the universal text engine has been

updated and these particular

uh buttons are active at the moment it's

in left to right if i click on these and

you look at the text on screen it's

going to change from left to right into

right to left so clearly this has been

changed and then

you can move on binding new subtitles to

your video super fast just by creating

and saving a style of subtitles that

you'd like to use so that's how you can

create and save subtitle styles in adobe

premiere pro thanks for watching my name

is david until next time stay safe and

never stop learning