Closed Captions > Working in Closed Captions Mode > Set Out-Cue and split text in subtitle chain command

There is a new powerful command very useful when creating closed captions - especially roll-up captions. It is named Out-cue and split text in subtitle chain and is placed in the Timecode group.

There is no shortcut assigned when EZTitles is installed for the first time but if you intend to use this command you can easily do so. The process is explained in Customize Keyboard Shortcuts topic.

The usage of the command involves a whole new workflow described below.

Typing continuous text in EZTitles

You can continuously type text in EZTitles without using any commands to create new subtitles. It will do it automatically for subtitles exceeding a specified number of text lines.

To enable the new behavior please go to the Edit->Preferences->Editing menu and enter an appropriate number of text lines that a caption may contain in Preferred number of rows field.

One or two is optimal for the majority of situations although you could put in any value between 1 and 10 for Open Subtitles and 1 and 14 for Closed Captions.

Please make sure that the Word Wrap option there is activated too.

Set Out-cue and split text in subtitle chain

A typical example of using the new functionality is to set the In-cue of the first caption where the speech begins and then start typing the text.

New captions will be created along the way when the Preferred Number of Rows limit is reached as described in the previous paragraphs.

Note: Captions created automatically this way are considered as “subtitle chain”.

Finally, when you finish translating or typing the text for this part of the material, position the video where the speech ends and execute Out-cue and split text in subtitle chain command.

The program will process (word wrap and split into individual subtitles) and auto timecode the captions you have typed.

The autotimecode is performed in accordance with the parameters configured in Project Setting: reading speed, minimum and maximum duration.

The word wrap and split algorithm is configured in Edit->Preferences->Command Options.