

This is your typical run-of-the-mill Resolve text editor. The second menu in this panel is the track style. This will add a three-second subtitle (you can change the duration in the settings) from the play head position. All subtitles for the given track will appear in the subtitle list beneath the text editor, and you can jump to the beginning of any subtitle on the timeline by clicking on it. While you can still use the blade tool (B) to splice the subtitle clip and create a new subtitle, it’s now easier to hit the Add New button. But, this is the beta, so perhaps we’ll see this in the full release. I feel like the timecode boxes are supposed to be adjustable since the same boxes are adjustable on the ADR panel on the Fairlight page.

I don’t want to look a gift horse in the mouth, as I wanted to see this feature, but it would be great if you could adjust the in and out points on the inspector itself. Input your line of dialogue directly in the caption box, and adjust the specific in and out points on the subtitle clip in the timeline. This is where you’ll implement your subtitles or captions. If you open the inspector, two panels control the subtitle properties: Captions and Track Style. (Note: hiding the track does not remove the subtitles from the preview monitor.) If you decide to delete the subtitles, you have to do it manually in order to remove it from the timeline - or you can hide the subtitle track by opening the track view options and deactivating the subtitle track.

Instead, the subtitle appears above the top video track. On the edit page, open the Effects Library, and scroll through all the new additions to the library until you find subtitles near the end of the panel.ĭrag the subtitles to the timeline, and you’ll notice that (unlike a text layer) you can’t add this to the video track area. Well, Blackmagic must have been listening because Resolve 15 now offers a fully dedicated subtitle tool.

As we mentioned in the article, it’s always a pain to use an external program for something that should already be part of the software you’re using. We only recently published an article on how to work with subtitles in Resolve 14 - without the use of an actual subtitle tool. Let’s take a look at a few of the improved features.īlackmagic has been updating Resolve so steadily that sometimes it feels like we can’t put together a new features roundup before the next version comes out. Last week at the 2018 NAB Show, Blackmagic Design announced DaVinci Resolve 15.
