Closed Caption effect

[Karlton Wu]

I am not sure I understand your need. Are you talking about
Paint-On style Closed Captioning?

A Paint-on Style markup will look like
{RDC}{R14In04Wh}Row 1 Text{R15In04Wh}Row 2 Text
If needed, you can insert {TH} to emulate typing delays,
like
{RDC}{R14In04Wh}R{TH}o{TH}{TH}w 1 Text{R15In04Wh}Row 2 Text

You can save it as template so you do not have to type
the markup again.RDC stands for Resume Direct Captioning.

Nowadays, people use Pop-up style most.Vegas does auto
Pop-up markups if users input only texts.

[Phillip Grey]

I’m referring to something like this.

[Karlton Wu]

Then you are talking about Roll-up Style Closed Captioning.

Your Markup will look like:

{RU2}{CR}{R15In00Wh}{TabOff1}New Text

{RU3}{CR}{R15In00Wh}{TabOff1}New Text

{RU4}{CR}{R15In00Wh}{TabOff1}New Text

The one in your picture is {RU4}, i.e. you see three lines.

[Phillip Grey]

You’ll have to forgive me; I’m not quite sure what you mean. Is this some type of script I have to write?

[Mike Kujbida]

Philip, Karlton is referring to doing actual closed captioning but what I think you’re looking for is an FX to allow you to recreate that look.
The short answer is no, you can’t do that in Vegas.
You’ll need to recreate it in an app like Photoshop, use Pan/Crop or Track Motion to move it up the screen and use the cookie cutter to limit it’s upward visibility.

[Phillip Grey]

In that case, how do you do actual closed captioning? My plan is to take some video (with closed captioning) and then shoot it off the TV so if there’s a way to make closed captioning that would work, as well.

I’ve been experimenting with the cookie cutter method in the meantime. For the most part, it does the job but it’s painstaking and not 100% satisfactory. Thank you.

[Mike Kujbida]

“In that case, how do you do actual closed captioning?”

The latest update to Vegas Pro 9 added this feature and that’s what Karlton was referring to.
I’ve done subtitles in DVDA but never real closed captioning.

“I’ve been experimenting with the cookie cutter method in the meantime. For the most part, it does the job but it’s painstaking and not 100% satisfactory.”

If you don’t mind a small black bar going all the way across the screen instead of stopping at the end of each line, then you could do it very easily in Vegas.

[Phillip Grey]

Alright, I updated to 9.0D and I see that command feature now but I still can’t get it to work.

I chose:

Command: WMClosedCaption*
Parameter: {RU4}{CR}{R15In00Wh}{TabOff1}New Text

I rendered this and watched it in Windows Media Player with the Captions and Subtitles option turned on but to no avail.

*I also tried the TEXT command.

[Karlton Wu]

Not that one, try 608CC1. A kind reminder: 9.0d supports
Closed Captioning only for HD XDCAM MXF.