Forum: Subtitling
Topic: What subtitling free software?
Poster: José Henrique Lamensdorf
Post title: Burning software
[quote]Przemek Kalemba wrote:
I have spent endless hours (and eventually had to refuse a project) trying to find a piece of software that would allow me to burn in subtitles and edit their appearance the way the client requested it. This time they insisted on having a ghost box (a dark semi transparent box) around the subtitles. I know EZ Titles allows you to do that but it costs a small fortune and on top of that you need additional specialised equipment to burn them in. This is true for most paid "professional" software.
That's why I totally agree with what you said that more often than not free software can be better (meaning so much easier to use) than all the advanced paid software that's out there.
I have tried Sony DVD Architect and Sony Vegas Pro as you suggested but no luck there either. Could you please suggest something?[/quote]
Serwus, Przemek!
I suggest you use the FREE [url= [url removed] ]VirtualDub[/url] with Lee Avery's "Subtitler" filter (aka plugin), an additional download and install. If you need the ghost box, you can apply it using the "Logo" filter (included), by drawing it in the right size as a TGA file in any graphic editing software.
BTW, you can apply both in one step, just be careful on which is applied first on the filters list, so the ghost won't be over your subs. Aldo, you'll be working on AVI files, and with SSA subtitles. You'll need a good lossless converter, if your files are in any other format.
Another tip... After you get the finished AVI, if the client wants an MP4, just rename yourvideo.avi file as yourvideo.mp4. If you used a compatible codec (it's usually in the name), it will work fine.
You may find tutorials for subtitling with it (plus megatons of DV info) at [url removed]
However... this is not for the weak! As it is solid, authentic freeware, you will have to find the right way to do things there on your own. It would be like flying with the aircraft your neighbor - a retired dentist - invented and built. :-D (Nothing against dentists, but they are quite distant from the flying industry; an ornithologist would be much closer.)
I have both Sony Vegas and Sony DVD Architect, but the "cheap" version, surprisingly named "Studio HD Platinum". Subtitling is exclusive to the (much) more expensive versions of both. More expensive than platinum? The only thing that comes to my mind is paint jet computer printer ink!
Dobre szczęście! (my folks were from Krakow, but this is from Poltran)
Jose
Topic: What subtitling free software?
Poster: José Henrique Lamensdorf
Post title: Burning software
[quote]Przemek Kalemba wrote:
I have spent endless hours (and eventually had to refuse a project) trying to find a piece of software that would allow me to burn in subtitles and edit their appearance the way the client requested it. This time they insisted on having a ghost box (a dark semi transparent box) around the subtitles. I know EZ Titles allows you to do that but it costs a small fortune and on top of that you need additional specialised equipment to burn them in. This is true for most paid "professional" software.
That's why I totally agree with what you said that more often than not free software can be better (meaning so much easier to use) than all the advanced paid software that's out there.
I have tried Sony DVD Architect and Sony Vegas Pro as you suggested but no luck there either. Could you please suggest something?[/quote]
Serwus, Przemek!
I suggest you use the FREE [url= [url removed] ]VirtualDub[/url] with Lee Avery's "Subtitler" filter (aka plugin), an additional download and install. If you need the ghost box, you can apply it using the "Logo" filter (included), by drawing it in the right size as a TGA file in any graphic editing software.
BTW, you can apply both in one step, just be careful on which is applied first on the filters list, so the ghost won't be over your subs. Aldo, you'll be working on AVI files, and with SSA subtitles. You'll need a good lossless converter, if your files are in any other format.
Another tip... After you get the finished AVI, if the client wants an MP4, just rename yourvideo.avi file as yourvideo.mp4. If you used a compatible codec (it's usually in the name), it will work fine.
You may find tutorials for subtitling with it (plus megatons of DV info) at [url removed]
However... this is not for the weak! As it is solid, authentic freeware, you will have to find the right way to do things there on your own. It would be like flying with the aircraft your neighbor - a retired dentist - invented and built. :-D (Nothing against dentists, but they are quite distant from the flying industry; an ornithologist would be much closer.)
I have both Sony Vegas and Sony DVD Architect, but the "cheap" version, surprisingly named "Studio HD Platinum". Subtitling is exclusive to the (much) more expensive versions of both. More expensive than platinum? The only thing that comes to my mind is paint jet computer printer ink!
Dobre szczęście! (my folks were from Krakow, but this is from Poltran)
Jose