supports closed captioning embedded in XDCAM HD/XDCAM HD422 MXF files.

When you add media to the timeline or Trimmer, embedded captioning markers are displayed as media markers:

Vegas Pro captionmediamarkers Adding Closed Captioning to Video Files

Markers are aligned with the start of captioning for paint-on captions or with the display time for pop-up style captions.

When the captioning markers are read, creates an .scc file in the media file’s folder using the same base name as the media file. The .scc file is used when you use the media in the future so the application doesn’t need to scan the media again.

When you’re finished editing your project, you can promote the embedded captioning markers to the timeline:

  1. Select events with captions.

  2. From the Tools menu, choose Scripting, and then choose Promote Media Closed Captioning.

    The markers appear as command markers on the timeline, and you can move and edit the markers as needed:

Vegas Pro captioncommandmarkers Adding Closed Captioning to Video Files

If your media does not contain embedded captioning markers, you can import markers from an .scc file. Scenarist Closed Caption — or .scc — files are the industry standard in captioning files.

Vegas Pro tip Adding Closed Captioning to Video FilesIf an .scc file matches the media file name, the captions will be read automatically when you load a file.

For example, if your video file is wildflowers.avi, naming your captioning file wildflowers.avi.scc will allow to read the captions automatically.

  1. From the File menu, choose Import, and then choose Closed Captioning from the submenu.

  2. In the Open dialog, browse to the .scc file you want to use and click Open.

    The markers appear as command markers on the timeline, and you can move and edit the markers as needed.

Vegas Pro tip Adding Closed Captioning to Video FilesCaptioning markers will be placed according to the timecode in the .scc file. If needed, you can adjust marker positions by applying a timeline ruler offset before importing the closed captioning.

You can edit closed caption markers on the timeline to adjust caption start times, delete caption markers, edit their contents, or add new markers.

  • To move a marker, drag the marker tag on the timeline.

  • To delete a marker, right-click it and choose Delete from the shortcut menu.

  • To edit a marker, double-click the marker tag.

  • To add a new marker, click to position the cursor on the timeline and then choose Command from the Insert menu.

    Use the Command Properties dialog to edit the marker.
     

    Command

    Choose 608CC1 for primary-language captions.

    Choose 608CC3 for secondary-language captions.

    Vegas Pro note Adding Closed Captioning to Video Files also supports 608CC2 and 608CC4 commands for the CC2/CC4 channels.

    Parameter

    Displays the marker’s captioning text.

    Comment

    Type closed caption control commands here.

    Commands must conform to standard caption markup, and command strings are case and space sensitive. For more information about captioning markup, please see “Captioning markup and examples” in this help topic.

    Vegas Pro tip Adding Closed Captioning to Video FilesTips:

    • If you type captioning text in the Comment box and do not specify captioning markup, a pop-on caption is created.

    • You can use your keyboard to create standard text and punctuation. To insert special characters and punctuation, use the Character Map (Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map).

    For minor edits, you can ignore the markup and edit the displayed text.  If you change the length of the text, be aware of the following:

    {R14In00Wh} means Row 14, Indent 00, White text.  

    Row (two digits) ranges from 01 to 15.

    Indent (two digits) ranges from 00 to 28 but only in multiples of 4.

    {TabOff1} means Tab offset 1.  Possible values (one digit) are 1, 2, or 3.

    Vegas Pro warning Adding Closed Captioning to Video FilesFor each row, indent (In) plus tab offset (TabOff) plus the number of content characters cannot exceed 32.

    Position

    Type the time you want the command to occur in your project.

Pop-On Caption

A pop-on caption is displayed on the screen as a single element and is cleared or replaced with a new caption. Pop-on captions are most often used for prerecorded captioning.

{RCL}{ENM}{R14In00Wh}{TabOff1}First Row{R15In00Wh}{TabOff1}Second Row{EDM}{EOC}

Vegas Pro tip Adding Closed Captioning to Video FilesIf you type captioning text in the Comment box of the Command Properties dialog
and do not specify captioning markup, a pop-on caption is created.

Roll-Up Caption

A roll-up caption scrolls onto and off the screen two or three lines at a time and is most often used for live captioning.

{RU2}{CR}{R15In00Wh}{TabOff1}First Row

—or—

{RU3}{CR}{R14In00Wh}{TabOff1}First Row{R15In00Wh}{TabOff1}Second Row

—or—

{RU4}{CR}{R13In00Wh}{TabOff1}First Row{R14In00Wh}{TabOff1}Second Row{R15In00Wh}{TabOff1}Third Row

Paint-On Caption

A paint-on caption appears on screen one letter at a time and displayed like a pop-on caption. Paint-in captions are most often used at the beginning of a program.

{RDC}{R14In04Wh}{TabOff3}First Row{R15In04Wh}{TabOff3}Second Row

Captioning Markup

Caption Markup

Description

Usage Notes

{RCL}

Resume Caption Loading

Starts a pop-on caption.

{RDC}

Resume Direct Captioning

Starts a paint-in caption.

{RU2}

Roll-Up Captions-2 Rows

Starts a two-line roll-up caption.

{RU3}

Roll-Up Captions-3 Rows

Starts a three-line roll-up caption.

{RU4}

Roll-Up Captions-4 Rows

Starts a four-line roll-up caption.

{EDM}

Erase Displayed Memory

Cleans the display. Required to remove roll-up and paint-on captions from the screen.

{ENM}

Erase Nondisplayed Memory

Cleans buffered captions from memory.

{EOC}

End of Caption

In pop-up captions, EOC ends the current caption and displays the next caption.

{FlashOn}

Flash On

Causes the caption to blink until new foreground attributes are set.

{TabOff1}

Tab Offset 1

For each row, indent (In) plus tab offset (TabOff) plus the number of content characters cannot exceed 32.

{TabOff2}

Tab Offset 2

{TabOff3}

Tab Offset 3

{Backspace}

Backspace

Used for live captioning.

{DelEndRow}

Delete to End of Row

Used for live captioning.

{CR}

Carriage Return

 

{RyyWh}

Row yy [00 to 15], White Text

 

{RyyWhU}

Row yy [00 to 15], White Underlined

 

{RyyGr}

Row yy [00 to 15], Green Text

 

{RyyGrU}

Row yy [00 to 15], Green Underlined

 

{RyyBl}

Row yy [00 to 15], Blue Text

 

{RyyBlU}

Row yy [00 to 15], Blue Underlined

 

{RyyCy}

Row yy [00 to 15], Cyan Text

 

{RyyCyU}

Row yy [00 to 15], Cyan Underlined

 

{RyyRd}

Row yy [00 to 15], Red Text

 

{RyyRdU}

Row yy [00 to 15], Red Underlined

 

{RyyYl}

Row yy [00 to 15], Yellow Text

 

{RyyYlU}

Row yy [00 to 15], Yellow Underlined

 

{RyyMa}

Row yy [00 to 15], Magenta Text

 

{RyyMaU}

Row yy [00 to 15], Magenta Underlined

 

{RyyWhI}

Row yy [00 to 15], White Italics

 

{RyyWhIU}

Row yy [00 to 15], White Italics Underlined

 

{RyyInxxWh}

Row yy [00 to 15], Indent xx [00|04|08|12|16|20|24|28], White Text

For each row, indent (In) plus tab offset (TabOff) plus the number of content characters cannot exceed 32.

{RyyInxxWhU}

Row yy [00 to 15], Indent xx [00|04|08|12|16|20|24|28], White Underlined

 

{WhTxt}  

White Text

 

{WhUTxt}

White Underlined

 

{GrTxt}

Green Text

 

{GrUTxt}

Green Underlined

 

{BlTxt}

Blue Text

 

{BlUTxt}

Blue Underlined

 

{CyTxt}

Cyan Text

 

{CyUTxt}

Cyan Underlined

 

{RdTxt}

Red Text

 

{RdUTxt}

Red Underlined

 

{YlTxt}

Yellow Text

 

{YlUTxt}

Yellow Underlined

 

{MaTxt}

Magenta Text

 

{MaUTxt}

Magenta Underlined

 

{ITxt}

Italicized Text

 

{IUTxt}

Italicized Underlined

 

{BgWh}

Background White

 

{BgWhSemi}

Background Semitransparent White

 

{BgGr}

Background Green

 

{BgGrSemi}

Background Semitransparent Green

 

{BgBl}

Background Blue

 

{BgBlSemi}

Background Semitransparent Blue

 

{BgCy}

Background Cyan

 

{BgCySemi}

Background Semitransparent Cyan

 

{BgRd}

Background Red

 

{BgRdSemi}

Background Semitransparent Red

 

{BgYl}

Background Yellow

 

{BgYlSemi}

Background Semitransparent Yellow

 

{BgMa}

Background Magenta

 

{BgMaSemi}

Background Semitransparent Magenta

 

{BgBlk}

Background Black

 

{BgBlkSemi}

Background Semitransparent Black

 

{BgTran}

Background Transparent

 

{BlkTxt}

Black Text

 

{BlkUTxt}

Bla
ck Underlined

 

{StdCharSet}

Standard Character Set

You can use the character set commands to switch between character sets in your captions. For example, if you needed to display Korean characters in an English-captioned program, you could use {KORCharSet} to display Korean characters and then use {StdCharSet} to switch back to English captions.

{DSzCharSet}

Double Size Character Set

{1PCharSet}

First Private Character Set

{2PCharSet}

Second Private Character Set

{CHNCharset}

People’s Republic of China Character Set

{KORCharSet}

Korean Character Set

{1RgCharSet}

First Registered Character Set

{TH}

Time Holder

Not used when creating new captions.

When you’re working with existing captions, captioning data can be transferred ahead of the display time, and {TH} can be used to adjust the display time.

You can export captions in rendered media and in standalone .scc files.

  • When you render to XDCAM HD/XDCAM HD422 MXF formats, select the Save project markers in media file check box in the Render As dialog to embed captioning markers in the media file. An .scc file is also created using the base name of the rendered media file.

  • When you render to a format that does not support embedded captioning markers, an .scc file is created using the base name of the rendered media file.

Adding Closed Captioning to Video Files

 

Closed captions help make your video productions accessible to a wider audience. Closed captions are widely used by viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing, those who are learning to read, or who are learning a second language.

Closed captions can be turned on or off by the viewer (unlike open captions, which are always displayed). Closed captions display spoken dialogue and sound effects as on-screen text.

Vegas Pro note Adding Closed Captioning to Video Files supports CEA608 captions and CEA708 containers containing CEA608 captions. CEA708 captioning is not supported.

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