Suggestions for lower third GFX at the same time as subtitles.

[Mark Suszko]

You could use the alternate position for subtitles, at the top of the screen. Or shrink the screen size and move it up, creating a new, “lower”, lower-third space for just the captioning. That second idea is what I’d do.

[James Dow]

Mark,

Thanks for the suggestion. I’m never a fan of the subtitles at the top of the screen. I’m thinking of putting the talking heads in a “shrunken frame box,” either screen left or right, and putting a graphic in the black space opposite the box…then room for subtitles at the bottom.

Thanks,
JPD

JPD

[Mark Suszko]

One last thought; Leave it as-is, and whenever you get to a section where there is a lower third, do a little DVE squeeze, like a lady lifting her skirt just a little bit, and only for the duration of the lower third, then let it stretch back to full screen after the lower third is done. Unless this program has a ton of lower thirds, it may be a good compromise?

[Adam Taylor]

[Mark Suszko] “do a little DVE squeeze, like a lady lifting her skirt just a little bit”

has to be one of the best and most accurate analogies i have read in a long time!
Good one, Mark.

adam

Adam Taylor
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[James Dow]

I like the idea, as well as the analogy. Thanks Mark.

JPD

JPD