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Forum: Subtitling
Topic: Ask me anything about subtitling
Poster: Max Deryagin
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[quote]Francesco Zignani wrote:

Hello, here's the question:

i made an EBU stl subtitle file with Subtitle Edit and i need to justify with left alignment the dialogue subtitles, but this software can't do it.
So i downloaded Subtitle Next demo, imported the file, left-aligned the dialogues and then exported again in ebu stl, either open or teletext, but when i open it with Next the dialogues are still centered.

Subtitle Next has the default option in the style menu that automatically left-align the subtitles begging with "-"
So when i open the subtitles made with next, i see the dialogues left-aligned but it's only cause there is that option turned on, in fact when i deselect it the dialogues return centered.

The question is how can i save that ebu stl file with left-centered dialogues and how can i be sure that are aligned when i open them with next

thanks hope you understood [/quote]

Hi Francesco,

Subtitle Edit actually supports alignment for its EBU STL export. Here's what you can do:

1. Download the latest version of Subtitle Next.
2. Open your subtitle file in it.
3. Go to File>Save as...
4. Choose EBU STL from the drop-down list of formats.
5. Click Save.
6. In the new dialog box, go to the Text and Timing Information tab.
7. In Justification code, choose Left justified text.
8. Click OK.

(Note: the EBU STL format doesn't support aligning a subset of your subtitles — you can only choose to align or not align the whole file.)