Polish Subtitles with HappyScribe’s Subtitle Editor (Full Transcript)

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Are you just generating subtitles and leaving them exactly how they are? Or do you want them to look clean, professional and ready to publish? Well you're in luck because I'm going to show you how to do exactly that using the HappyScribe Subtitle Editor step by step. Let's start off with the final step you'll be working towards, the hardcoding your subtitles. This is where you'll burn your subtitles directly into your video file. So once everything is ready, your timing, your style, your text, you can hardcode them directly into your video and it's ready to go. This is especially important for social media where your subtitles need to be visible at all times. Now before you get there, you'll want to start refining your timing and this is where the sound wave zoom comes in. You can zoom into the Wave 4 timeline and adjust exactly when your subtitles appear and disappear. Even small timing changes makes a big difference. So don't just rely on the automatic timing, fine tune it to your liking. Now let's look at how your subtitles actually look. Because it's not just about what they say, it's how they're presented too. With Subtitle Style Customization, you can change fonts, colors, size, background and positioning. This is key if you want your subtitles to stand out or to match your video style. It's really important to do this for your social media. Now as you're working, you'll also be using the different settings and options panels inside the editor. This is where you can adjust the formatting, behavior and how your subtitles are displayed. So just take a moment to explore all these options. This is how you really tailor the editor to your workflow. Another important feature is the shot change handling. When your video cuts between scenes, subtitles can sometimes overlap quite awkwardly. The editor will flag these moments for you so you can quickly fix them and keep everything looking clean across all cuts. Now there's also a few smaller features that can save you a lot of time. You can use the bold and italic text to emphasize certain words. You can import subtitle files if you're working across different tools and you can find and replace to quickly fix repeated words or errors across your entire subtitle file. Once you've gone through all of that, your timing, your style and your edits, you're ready to explore. Just hard code your subtitles like we did at the start and your video will be ready to publish. That's how you take your subtitles from looking basic to now looking polished using the Happyscribe Subtitle Editor.