Getting subtitles/transcript into PrP as a TEXT file?

[Steve Brame]

Probably the easiest way is to use the products from EZTitles. If the price of their subtitling products puts you off, notice that they have a very affordable monthly rental plan as well.

Conversely, you can convert your Word document into a standard subtitle format such as SubRip(.srt), then use the ‘pt_ImportSubtitles’ script available at aescripts.com to import the .srt file into After Effects very easily, with only a very few mouse clicks.

Here is a description of the SubRip format…

https://videosubtitles.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/subrip-srt-subtitle-format/

There may be other methods, but these are the ones we’ve used for quite some time.

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[Steve Brame]

Just realized that your current Word doc probably has timecode listed for the in/out point for each subtitle. SubRip uses milliseconds instead of timecode, so if you are manually converting your Word doc to a subtitle format instead of using a tool like Subtitle Workshop or Jubler, you might want to use the Adobe Encore format, which uses timecode.

https://videosubtitles.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/adobe-encore-text-txt-subtitle-format/

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[Max Frank]

Steve,

Thanks a lot.

I took a look at the EXTitle site – and I’m not sure if their products do what I need.

I don’t want subtitles, in the usual sense of the term. What I need is to end up with a series of individual TEXT/Title clips on my timeline, that
I can go in and copy/edit, etc after the fact. Each sentence of time-stamped text in the Word doc should end up as a different title on the PrP timeline.

As I said, a product like Inqscribe does this perfectly – but only for FCP.

Was there a particular EXTitle product that does what I need? I’ve sent them an email, too.

Thanks,

Wayne

[Steve Brame]

We’ve used the standalone version of EZTitles, which actually burns the subtitles into the video. They also have a Premiere plugin, but I’m not clear on how it works – if it burns in the text on encode, or creates individual title clips for each line. Guess you’ll have to wait to hear from them. The have free trial versions for you to test with.

Now, ‘pt_ImportSubtitles’ script actually reads your subtitle file(either SubRip or Encore formats) and creates individual text clips, placing them end to end in a comp in the exact lengths needed. The text attributes(font, color, size, etc.) are fully editable, and if you want to edit them directly in the comp, you can. Or, possibly easier would be to edit the subtitle files directly in any text editor, and simply rerun the script – recreating the entire comp.

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[Massimo Alberto croce]

Have you look at this?
https://www.cpcweb.com/solutions/adobe.htm

Massimo Alberto Croce
Video Editor, Colorist, Pro Tools Editor
massimoalberto.croce@gmail.com

[Max Frank]

Folks,

Thanks for the reply.

Am investigating and will feedback my findings if I get to a solution.

Thanks,

Wayne

[Grant Van zutphen]

Hi Wayne, here is my workflow for creating subtitles in After Effects and importing into Premiere via dynamic link.
This process is for PC however a similar approach should work for mac. You’ll need to use Adobe After Effects CS6 & Premiere Pro CS6 (not CC or CS5) and the pt_ImportSubtitle script from aescripts.

You mention you have the transcription as a word doc, however this workflow will require either a UTF-8 plain text (.txt) file or an Adobe Storyline Script (.astx) file. You can transcribe audio to text with Premiere via Adobe Media Encoder, but it’s only accurate if you have the transcript in the formats specified (containing dialogue only, no timestamps).

Adobe Media encoder will create an .xml with timecodes which you can then use to create an .srt file, ready for use in After Effects with pt_ImportSubtitle.

• Download Subtitle Edit here: https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/subtitleedit/releases
Tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZjBLlLPMaU

• Download pt_ImportSubtitles script here: https://aescripts.com/pt_importsubtitles/
Demo video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axhq0LjT_Eo

• Additional language models for Adobe Speech Analysis can be found here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/installing-additional-speech-libraries.html#cc_cs6

1. Import MP3 or MP4 file with audio into Premiere CS6 (must be MP3 or MP4 format in order to store speech as metadata)
2. Select the MP3/MP4 in the project panel, right click > Analyze Speech (or go to Window > Metadata, and Under Speech Analysis, click Analyse). Ensure MP3/MP4 is writeable (ie. not read-only) to allow metadata to be written to file.
3. Ensure Speech checkbox is checked. Select correct language. Set Quality to High.
4. Add Reference Script (must be either a UTF‐8 Plain Text file (.txt) or an Adobe Story Script (.astx) file.
5. Check ‘Script Text Matches Recorded Dialogue’ checkbox. Hit Ok > Ok.
6. Adobe Media Encoder will launch automatically. When analysis is finished, right click on the output file and select ‘Reveal Output File’.
7. Open Temp folder (C:\Users\*USERNAME*\AppData\Local\Temp).
8. Ensure windows explorer is in ‘details’ view, and sort files by ‘Date modified’.
9. Locate the newest file with suffix ‘_stt.xml’
10. Launch Subtitle Edit and drag in .xml file (must be version 3.3.12 or later containing Flash Cue Point capability).
11. Go to Tools > Merge short lines. Leave ‘Max characters in one paragraph’ at 43, and set ‘Max milliseconds between lines’ to 400. Hit ‘OK’.
12. In List View, select all lines (Ctrl + A) and click ‘Unbreak’.
13. Go to Tools > Fix common errors > Next > Apply selected fixes > OK.
14. Go to Spell Check > Spell Check and make spelling corrections if needed.
15. Ensure video and waveform windows are visible. Go to Video > Show/Hide Video and Video > Show/Hide Waveform. Drag video or audio file into video window.
16. Click in Waveform window to build waveform. Hit play in video window and check timing of subtitles. Drag handles in waveform window to adjust duration of text visibility to match video/audio.
17. At top of the main window in the Format dropdown select SubRip (.srt). For Encoding select Unicode (UTF-8).
18. Save the .srt file in the same location as the video/audio with the same filename.
19. In Premiere, locate the video in the project panel and drag to the ‘New Item’ button create a new sequence.
20. Click the New Item icon again and create a new adjustment layer. Drag adjustment layer from the project panel to the timeline on the uppermost video layer.
21. Extend adjustment layer to the end of video sequence. Right Click > Replace with After Effects Composition (After Effects will launch automatically if the same version is installed as Premiere – ie. Premiere CS6 & AE CS6).
22. In After Effects, go to Window > pt_ImportSubtitles. Set format to SubRip.srt, Text Flow to Center, Vertical Alignment to Bottom.
23. Select the Type tool. Draw a rectangle in the center of the composition high enough for two lines of text, and no wider than the Title Safe area. Ensure paragraph alignment is set to Center Text.
24. With the text frame still active, hit Import Subtitles.
25. Format the text and position as required.
26. With the selection tool, ensure the text box is selected and align to horizontal center of comp (Windows > Align > Align Layers to Composition > Horizontal Center Alignment
27. Save After Effects project. Return to Premiere where After Effects text should now be visible over base video layer via Dynamic Link.
28. If the Premiere edit is still a work-in-progress, locate the sequence in the project panel and drag to the New Item icon. This will nest the text and video layers within a new sequence, which can then be treated as a single clip.
29. If at any time you need to make style changes to the text, do so in After Effects and save to update in Premiere.
30. When edit is complete, export video from Premiere or Adobe Media Encoder.

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