In order to be able to add captions to your videos, you need to take advantage of some pieces of software. One of the pieces of software is Adobe Premiere Pro. How do you use Premiere Pro to add captions? In this video, author Richard Harrington demonstrates how to export captains as a sidecar file from Premiere Pro.
- The sidecar file is a additional file,…typically a very small text file,…that is written next to the movie.…This is a file that you can directly upload…when going to different sites,…like Facebook or others.…It will allow you to actually take the content,…the captions, and upload them…for the other website.…Now, if you're going to a site like YouTube,…these uploaded captions would take the place…of the auto-generated ones.…And, with a site like Facebook,…these captions would then become available.…
You need to upload captions to Facebook, really,…to truly enable them as part of the video stream.…Let me show you how to create the sidecar file.…When you're inside of Premiere Pro,…simply invoke the Export Settings window…by choosing File, Export, Media.…The shortcut is Command or Control + M.…Now, choose a format that you want for the web.…I'll go with H.264 here.…And simply choose an option that's web-friendly,…such as YouTube 720.…
Now, from the Captions area,…I'm gonna create a new sidecar file.…Let's click the output here,…
Author
Richard Harrington
Released
9/10/2018- What is accessibility?
- Understanding accessibility needs and issues
- Working with scripts and transcripts
- Optimizing video for visual impairment issues
- Optimizing video for audio impairment issues
- Captioning in Adobe Premiere Pro
- Captioning in Digital Anarchy Transcriptive
- Captioning in Final Cut Pro X
- Including captions and transcripts on web and social media video
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome5m 44s
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1. What Does Accessibility Mean?
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Why accessible video matters3m 14s
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2. Scripts and Transcripts
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3. Optimizing Video for Visual Impairment Issues
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What is descriptive audio?4m 20s
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4. Optimizing Video for Audio Impairment Issues
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5. Adobe Premiere Pro Captioning Workflow
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6. Digital Anarchy Transcriptive Captioning Workflow
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Advanced workflows2m 51s
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Exporting transcripts6m 32s
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7. Final Cut Pro X Captioning Workflow
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8. Understanding Captions and Transcripts for Web and Social Media
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 3s
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Video: Exporting captions as a sidecar file from Adobe Premiere Pro