Subtitle display


In this article:

Overview

Timecode display

Check error lights
Navigating the subtitle display

Display settings

Overview

Subtitles are represented by subtitle displays which may take different forms.

 

Wincaps Q4 uses the following subtitle display to show the text, timecode and status of each subtitle in the Timeline and List Views:

 

 

 

 

Q-Live uses a simplified subtitle display in the News View:

 

 

The text of the subtitle is shown along with its colours and any bold/italic/underline markup.  If the current subtitle has a comment it will be displayed above the subtitle text.  

 

The controls function as follows:

 

Timecode display

The In time and Out time of the subtitle are displayed as HH:MM:SS:FF (hours:minutes:seconds:frames).  The background colour indicates the timecode status as follows:

 

 

The duration value will turn red if Wincaps Q4 detects a timecode overlap.

Check error lights

The check error lights indicate if the subtitle has failed one or more checks as follows:

 

 

If no checks have failed for a particular category the corresponding light will be grey.

Navigating the subtitle display

The subtitle text and comment fields and the three timecode fields may all be edited directly.  Simply click inside the desired field or use the Tab key and Shift Tab key to cycle the input focus through the available fields.

 

Note that the Tab key can be optionally reconfigured to reformat the subtitle text instead of navigating the subtitle display.    

Display settings

The WYSIWYG option (accessed via the right-click menu) allows you to view the subtitle text in one of two ways:

 

1) With the WYSIWYG option enabled, text is displayed with the actual point size and position, as shown below:

 

 

2) With the WYSIWYG option disabled, all text is displayed with a uniform point size and is left-aligned/justified:

 

 

The non-WYSIWYG display mode is useful in situations where the WYSIWYG font size and/or positions make the text difficult to see, most noticeably when using high definition video.

 

Note that the video window will always show the current subtitle overlay in WYSIWYG mode, irrespective of this setting.

 

You can change the size of the font used to display non-WYSIWYG text via the Text Increase / Decrease options.  Selecting Default returns the text size to its default setting.  

 

Wincaps Q4 automatically remembers your choice of WYSIWYG / non-WYSIWYG display mode and text size between sessions.

See Also:

Checks basics

Comments

Editing basics

Screen layout basics

Timecode basics