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How to change outline color in captions
I imported a “.itt” type caption file into FCP. I would like to be able to add an outline. I don’t see anywhere how to do that. Am I missing something?
I did find an Apple article (see link below) where it seems that captions of type CEA-608 have more options within FCP X.
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH26868?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US
Need this for an event tomorrow so hopefully someone can shed some light.
Thanks!
Xavier
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2 Replies
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You are describing closed caption files, not open captions, aka subtitles. Are closed captions what you want? If so, they have very limited formatting options, which vary with the file type (eg SRT, SCC, etc). The way the captions are displayed is also very dependent on the player – your TV, QT Player, VLC, Switch, etc. I don’t think any of these options include shadows or borders.
If you want to turn your .itt file into subtitles, you will need a third-party app, such as one of these from Spherico:
https://www.spherico.com/filmtools/
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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As Oliver said, for Closed Captions there no real options to modify appearance.
To convert FCP closed captions (SCC, SRT, iTT) to Open Captions e.g. Motion titles you can use my X-Title Caption Convert or X-Title Export.
https://www.spherico.com/filmtools/TitleExchange/XTCC/index.html
https://www.spherico.com/filmtools/TitleExchange/XTE/index.htmlSpherico
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