Answers.Body: <p>You can use <code>ffmpeg</code>. Make your subtitles with <a href="http://www.aegisub.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Aegisub</a> or manually with a text editor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubStation_Alpha#Advanced_SubStation_Alpha" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ASS</a> subtitles are fancier, but <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubRip" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SRT</a> are simpler if you want to manually make them.</p>
  
  <h1>Alignment &amp; Margin</h1>
  
  <p>The default settings will likely work, but you can control the general location, or <em>alignment</em>, using the "keypad" coordinates. For example, <code>2</code> is bottom center. For more granular control you use the vertical <em>margin</em>. In Aegisub these options are available in <em>Subtitles</em> > <em>Style Manager</em> > <em>Edit</em>.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/YrA9u.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/YrA9u.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>You can also choose the font and font size in this screen.</p>
  
  <h1><code>ffmpeg</code> examples</h1>
  
  <p>Now run <code>ffmpeg</code> with the <a href="https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#subtitles" rel="nofollow noreferrer">subtitles filter</a> to make your hardsubs:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ffmpeg -i input -filter_complex "subtitles=subs.ass" output
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Or if you want to avoid using Aegisub you can use the <code>force_style</code> option:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ffmpeg -i input -filter_complex "subtitles=subs.ass:force_style='Fontname=Arial,Fontsize=20,Alignment=2,MarginV=10'" output
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Resulting in:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/JYMHy.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/JYMHy.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>If you do want to use <code>ffmpeg</code> make sure to output from Premiere using a lossless format, such as <a href="http://umezawa.dyndns.info/archive/utvideo/?C=M;O=D" rel="nofollow noreferrer">UT video</a>, because <code>ffmpeg</code> will re-encode it which is required when filtering.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Very cool. Thanks! And I'd never heard of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ut_Video_Codec_Suite Interesting. Thanks.
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Answers.Text: @Ryan It's a decent format and works well as an intermediate file. It's main advantage on Windows is the ease of installation and easy integration into Premiere.
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Body: <p>How can I easily create captions that look like this?</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/4n76a.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/4n76a.png" alt="enter image description here"></a>
  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CoachMatthewHussey/videos/1373545812664485/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">(Click to see a video that shows a good example.)</a></p>
  
  <p>I have a video that is 1280 x 720 pixels but converted to a square of 1280 x 1280 pixels so that there is empty space above and below.</p>
  
  <p>Using Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017, I've then added a "Default Still" Title to the top.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Given an <code>.srt</code> or other file of captions, how could I import them to be shown in the bottom band of the video at the appropriate time?</strong></p>
  
  <p>I want them "burned in" so that they are always visible regardless of the device used to play the video.</p>
  
  <p>(So maybe they're called "open captions" instead of "closed captions".)</p>
  
  <p>I want to be able to choose the font style and size.</p>
  
  <p>I want to avoid creating a "Default Still Title" for each sentence of text manually—that would be a lot of hassle for a long video.</p>
  
  <p>I have Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017 but could buy other software if necessary or could use <code>ffmpeg</code> if that is capable.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Can be easily done with ffmpeg. But Premiere, IIRC, can do it too.
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Tags: <premiere><ffmpeg><subtitles><closed-captioning>
Title: How can I import subtitles/captions into a letterboxed video like this?
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ThreadText: # How can I import subtitles/captions into a letterboxed video like this?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-04-19)
  
  How can I easily create captions that look like this?
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/4n76a.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/4n76a.png)
  [(Click to see a video that shows a good example.)](https://www.facebook.com/CoachMatthewHussey/videos/1373545812664485/)
  
  I have a video that is 1280 x 720 pixels but converted to a square of 1280 x 1280 pixels so that there is empty space above and below.
  
  Using Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017, I've then added a "Default Still" Title to the top.
  
  **Given an `.srt` or other file of captions, how could I import them to be shown in the bottom band of the video at the appropriate time?**
  
  I want them "burned in" so that they are always visible regardless of the device used to play the video.
  
  (So maybe they're called "open captions" instead of "closed captions".)
  
  I want to be able to choose the font style and size.
  
  I want to avoid creating a "Default Still Title" for each sentence of text manually—that would be a lot of hassle for a long video.
  
  I have Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017 but could buy other software if necessary or could use `ffmpeg` if that is capable.
  
  **Tags:** premiere, ffmpeg, subtitles, closed-captioning
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Can be easily done with ffmpeg. But Premiere, IIRC, can do it too.  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-04-19. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  You can use `ffmpeg`. Make your subtitles with [Aegisub](http://www.aegisub.org/) or manually with a text editor. [ASS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubStation_Alpha#Advanced_SubStation_Alpha) subtitles are fancier, but [SRT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubRip) are simpler if you want to manually make them.
  
  # Alignment & Margin
  
  The default settings will likely work, but you can control the general location, or *alignment*, using the "keypad" coordinates. For example, `2` is bottom center. For more granular control you use the vertical *margin*. In Aegisub these options are available in *Subtitles* > *Style Manager* > *Edit*.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/YrA9u.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/YrA9u.png)
  
  You can also choose the font and font size in this screen.
  
  # `ffmpeg` examples
  
  Now run `ffmpeg` with the [subtitles filter](https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#subtitles) to make your hardsubs:
  
  ```
  ffmpeg -i input -filter_complex "subtitles=subs.ass" output
  
  ```
  
  Or if you want to avoid using Aegisub you can use the `force_style` option:
  
  ```
  ffmpeg -i input -filter_complex "subtitles=subs.ass:force_style='Fontname=Arial,Fontsize=20,Alignment=2,MarginV=10'" output
  
  ```
  
  Resulting in:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/JYMHy.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/JYMHy.png)
  
  If you do want to use `ffmpeg` make sure to output from Premiere using a lossless format, such as [UT video](http://umezawa.dyndns.info/archive/utvideo/?C=M;O=D), because `ffmpeg` will re-encode it which is required when filtering.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Very cool. Thanks! And I'd never heard of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ut_Video_Codec_Suite Interesting. Thanks.  
  > **username_2**: @username_0 It's a decent format and works well as an intermediate file. It's main advantage on Windows is the ease of installation and easy integration into Premiere.  
  
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