With the majority of us watching videos in silence on social media, captions are very important when it comes to your own content creation.
This step-by-step guide will show you how to use the transcription feature in Adobe Premiere Pro to create closed captions for your video projects.
Step One
With your project open, click 'sequence' and scroll down to 'auto transcribe sequence'.
The 'create transcript' window will appear. Here you can configure the settings for the transcription of your video.
Step Two
Under 'transcription settings', select 'audio on track'. By selecting the dropdown, you can choose between mix or tracks.
- 'Mix' will analyse all audio within the project.
- 'Tracks' will analyse a singular track within the project. For example, if you have dialogue on one track, you can tell Premiere Pro to analyse that one track.
If you have in and out points on your sequence, you can tell Premiere Pro to only analyse the audio within that area by selecting 'Transcribe in point to out point only'.
If you have multiple speakers, you can select 'Opt-in to recognizing when different speakers are talking'. This will tell Premiere Pro to note when Speaker 1 is talking and when speaker 2 is talking.
With your settings configured, click 'transcribe'. Adobe Premiere Pro will begin to analyse the audio of your project. The length of time this takes will depend on the length of your project.
Step Three
The transcription of your audio will appear. Although Premiere Pro is mostly accurate, there may be some errors along the way. I recommend you play through your video whilst reading the transcription to remove any errors. You can edit the transcription by double clicking on the text.
Once you are happy with your transcription, click 'create captions'.
Step Four
The 'Create Captions' window will appear, here you can customise how your captions will appear.
Select 'create from sequence transcript' and choose a caption preset. If you don't have a caption preset, leave this as 'subtitle default'.
Set 'format' to 'subtitle' and choose a style if you have one. If you don't have a style, leave this as 'none'.
'Minimum length in characters' determines how many characters each card should have. For a 16:9 video I typically set this between 25-35. If you are editing a 9:16 video, I recommend using 15-20.
'Minimum duration in seconds' determines how long each card should appear for. If you want fast captions, reduce this figure. If you want slow captions, increase this figure. I typically set this to 3 for 16:9 videos.
'Gap between captions (frames)' determines if there is a gap in between your caption cards. I typically leave this as 0.
'Lines' determines how many lines your text covers. You can select either single or double depending on what your project needs.
Choosing single will give you quick and snappy captions, choosing double will give your slower captions.
With these settings configured, choose 'create'.
You will now see your captions generated in the text window and will also see captions cards on the timeline of your sequence.
Step Five
To change the style, font, size and positioning of your captions; select the entire captions track.
Open the 'Essential Graphics' tab. You can access this via Window > Essential Graphics.
Here you can customise the text, align and transform and appearance of your captions.
With the transcription generated and captions edited, you can now go ahead and export your video from Premiere Pro.
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