How to make subtitles / captions in Final Cut Pro

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I got Final Cut Pro to make translated subtitles for a short 18-minute video, but am having a lot of trouble with it. I create a bunch of Titles but seems like I have to reposition that title to the bottom of the video manually for each Title and it's very cumbersome. Am I doing it right?

Thanks

Best Answer

There are two different ways to do this - the way you are doing it, and the other is by using a text track in QuickTime.

The advantages of the way you are doing it:

  • You get more exact control over the font
  • You can ensure they show up
  • It works 100% of the time.

The advantages of doing it the other way (with a text track in QuickTime):

  • The captions are optional, and can be turned on or off by the viewer.
  • A single video file can be captioned in different languages, and those captions can be selected by the user.
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