You can create text script subtitles in any text editing software such as Windows Notepad. If you want to create text subtitle files, you can learn the specifics by choosing Help > Adobe Encore Help, clicking theĬontents tab and opening Working with multiple audio and subtitle tracks > Creating and editing script files. ManyĭVD producers rely on subtitle production companies to do this work more because it’s tedious. Since creating subtitle files for import into Encore DVD is a specialized task, we won’t go into too many details here. The Import Subtitles (Text Script) dialog box also lets you designate the track on which they will be placed, the language,Īnd the color set and group that will be used when displaying them.
You format and position the subtitlesĪs a group when you import them and you can later update those parameters on a subtitle-by-subtitle basis. Text scripts contain no screen position or formatting information. Unlike image-based subtitles, text script files include the subtitle text along with the timecode for the start and end pointįor each subtitle. The start and end timecodes of the subtitles. All three subtitle file types have information associated with them, either in separate script files or within the text file, that specifies Graphic and, once imported into Encore DVD, you cannot reposition the text or change its size or font. In those cases, the text position is set by its location on the Image and FAB use graphics that can be text or any shape. Encore DVD accepts three subtitle file types: text scripts, image scripts, and FAB image scripts.
Or in the blank area below the Audio tracks and choose Add Subtitle Track.