Subtitling > Timing and Timecode Editing > Entering and Modifying Timecode

Setting In- and Out-cues

The following shortcut keys are used for setting In- and Out-cues timecode of the current subtitle:

Num Enter – Sets the timecode of the current frame as In-cue value for the current subtitle.

Num Ins – Sets the timecode of the current frame as Out-cue value for the current subtitle.

Num Del - Sets both current subtitle's Out-cue and next In-cue. The command works in slightly different ways depending on the options selected in Preferences/Command options.

In-cue and recalc Out-cue - captures the In-cue and automatically calculates the Out-cue for the current subtitle based on text's length and reading speed parameters.

Num * – Recalculates Out-cue value based on the current In-cue, text length and reading speed (see Reading Speed Parameters).

Shift+Num * – Recalculates In-cue value based on the current Out-cue, text length and reading speed.

Num / – Shifts the previous subtitle Out-cue to the current subtitle In-cue and the time between them matches the minimum interval.

Shift + Num / – Shifts the next subtitle In-cue to the current subtitle Out-cue and the time between them matches the minimum interval.

Ctrl + Alt + Num Enter – Reset In-cue value to be at minimum interval from the previous Out-cue.

Ctrl + Alt + Num Ins – Reset Out-cue value to be at minimum interval from the next In-cue.

All of the above keys are located on the numerical keypad, Num Lock should be off, otherwise the commands will not work as expected.

There are two additional commands that don't have shortcuts assigned to them by default and which may provide useful:

Fit current In-cue - moves current subtitle's In cue to the minimum interval from previous subtitle.

Fit Current Out-cue - moves current subtitle's Out cue to the minimum interval from next subtitle.

Using the Space key

Another approach is while playing the video file in Preview mode, press and hold down Space to set the in-cue and then release Space to set the out-cue.

Adjusting In- and Out-cues, chained mode

Increment/Decrement cues

The following shortcuts are used to increment/decrement in- and out-cues by one frame:

Num + Increases the current In-cue value by one frame. The command works until the minimum duration is reached.

Num – Decreases the current In-cue value by one frame. The command works until the In-cue reaches the minimum interval frames from previous subtitle's Out-cue. If you want to continue further press the Control key and you will move both cues. See Chained Mode below.

Shift+Num + Increases current Out-cue value by one frame. The command works until the Out-cue reaches the minimum interval frames from the next subtitle In-cue. If you want to continue further press the Control key and you will move both cues. See Chained Mode below.

Shift+Num – Decreases current Out-cue value with one frame. Works until the minimum duration is reached.

Note: Num + and Num - are the plus and minus keys located on the numeric keypad.

In and Out cue + 1 frame - Offsets the whole subtitle, its in- and out-cue, 1 frame forwards.

In and Out cue + 1 frame - Offsets the whole subtitle, its in- and out-cue, 1 frame backwards.

The last two commands don't shortcuts assigned by default and you may need to do that first from Tools/Customize/Commands.

Chained mode

The above commands performed with Alt key pressed change the current cues and the corresponding neighboring subtitle cues:

Alt+Num + Increases the in-cue by one frame, the out-cue of the previous subtitle is also increased by one frame keeping the existing interval between the two.

Alt+Num – Decreases the in-cue by one frame, the out-cue of the previous subtitle is also decreased by one frame keeping the existing interval between the two.

Alt+Shift+Num + Increases the out-cue by one frame, the in-cue of the next subtitle is also increased by a frame keeping the existing interval between the two.

Alt+Shift+Num – Decreases the out-cue by one frame, the in-cue of the next subtitle is also decreased by one frame keeping the existing interval between the two.

Combined mode

The same commands performed with the Ctrl key pressed combine the two modes.

Ctrl+Num + Increases the in-cue by one frame. If the interval between it and the previous out-cue is larger that the minimum interval value the out-cue is not affected and the command is equivalent to Num +.

If the interval is equal to or smaller than the minimum, the previous out-cue is also increased by one frame and the command becomes equivalent to Alt+Num +.

Ctrl+Num – Decreases the in-cue by one frame until the minimum interval between subtitles is reached (as Num –). After that point this command starts decreasing both the in-cue and the out-cue of the previous subtitle by one frame keeping the existing interval between the two (as Alt+Num –).

Ctrl+Shift+Num + Increases the out-cue by one frame until the minimum interval between subtitles is reached (as Shift+Num –). After that point this command starts increasing both the out-cue and the in-cue of the next subtitle by one frame keeping the existing interval between the two (as Alt+Shift+Num –).

Ctrl+Shift+Num – Decreases the in-cue by one frame. If the interval between it and the next in-cue is larger that the minimum interval the out-cue is not affected and the command is equivalent to Shift+Num +.

If the interval is equal to or smaller than the minimum the next in-cue is also decreased by one frame and the command becomes equivalent to Alt+Shift+Num +.

Manually Editing Timecode

Editing timecode is often done manually, entering values in the corresponding in/out cue fields (navigating between them with Tab and Shift+Tab ) or with the keyboard shortcuts related.

Modifying the in/out-cue values is similar to a normal Windows text editing process with the difference that in EZTitles you must press Enter (main keyboard) to save the new in/out cue value.

If you prefer you can also use the small arrows located beside the in/out-cue edit fields (you don't need to press Enter when you use the arrows).

When an arrow is pressed, one frame is added to/subtracted from the TC (if you hold down Shift, the step is fixed at exactly 1 sec).

When you have your cursor located at the respective field the same can be done with up and down arrow or the mouse wheel.