Devices and software able to read captions will display the subtitles. They are added as metadata to the video file. As embedded captions: similar to the previous one, but subtitles are not a parallel file.We always need a separate subtitle file: film festivals usually ask for it, it’s also need it add subtitles to a DCP, it allows to export a single master, and have different parallel subtitle files, in different languages, etc. As a separate file: instead burning subtitles on the image, generates a parallel subtitle file, in the.Burn into video: burns the subtitles on the image.In Render Settings, where we customise format, quality, etc., we now find options to export the subtitles: We go again to the Inspector, and click Track Style, where we find access to the regular text properties: font, style, alignment, colours, size, shadow, etc.Īny change we do here will be automatically applied to every subtitle on the same Subtitle Track.Įxample, if we want to make every subtitle yellow and big, we select any subtitle and change the properties.Ĭhanges are applied to the the whole track.Īs you may know, to export in DaVinci Resolve 15, we go to the Deliver tab. That said, if we need to, we can change the style and properties of every subtitle on the same Subtitle Track.
It has the look and characteristics of professional subtitles. The subtitle template in DaVinci Resolve 15 is great.
STEP 5: CHANGE SUBTITLE STYLE (IF NEEDED) They are displayed on the Inspector like this: Subtitles are displayed on the Timeline like this: Right clicking directly on the Subtitle Trak also does it.Īnd we continue like this, adding every subtitle we need.
To add more subtitles, we just need to have the play-head in the desired position, and click Add New. Subtitles operate in the Timeline like regular video clips, so we can of course manipulate them there: change position, duration, etc. In the Inspector, we go to Captions and edit/write our own subtitle. To edit the subtitle, we just need to select it, and open the Inspector window. To add the subtitle to our Timeline, we just need to drag it to the desire position:Īs you can see in the image, this generates, automatically, a Subtitle Track, called Subtitle 1. STEP 2: DRAG SUBTITLE TEMPLATE TO TIMELINE In the EDIT tab, where we find all of the editing tools, we go to the Effects Library, top-left, and go to Titles.
srt file.Ĭonsidering DaVinci Resolve 15 happens to be free, why not use it? HOW TO CREATE AND EXPORT SUBTITLES WITH DAVINCI RESOLVE 15 STEP 1: LOCATE SUBTITLE TEMPLATE I’m not trying to convince you here! That said: If had to add subtitles today to one of my projects, I would totally do it with DaVinci Resolve.Īs I always say, even if you don’t use DaVinci Resolve to edit or grade your projects, the software offers you numerous tools like this one, that can be of great help to accomplish some tasks, stuff you’re gonna need to do.Įxample: you can export a master file from your editor (Premiere Pro, Avid, FCP X), import that master into Resolve, add subtitles in Resolve, and then export a subtitle. Mind you: I teach all main editing softwares, Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, FCP X, and Resolve.
Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer offer the possibility of adding Captions, but no other solution is as simple and elegant as the one found in DaVinci Resolve 15. This is a question I get a lot from my students: what’s the best way to do subtitles? If you are a filmmaker, you know how painful and complicated is to handle subtitles: on one hand you need to create every subtitle, on the other hand there’s separate subtitle files, then you sometimes need to change the style… It can be complicated.
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I publish this series of free article and tutorials as a complement to my upcoming Online DaVinci Resolve Workshops, hosted in Zoom. Upcoming davinci resolve zoom workshops, autumn 2021.