Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 - Manual (Page 463)

Note: It’s easy to enter an offset value that makes the text disappear completely. If you
cannot see the text, enter 0 for the horizontal and vertical offsets.
Importing Graphics Files for Subtitles
You can use graphics files, configured as overlays, to create individual subtitles. These
graphics can be drawings or text created using a graphics application. See
Creating
Overlays for information on creating overlay graphics. You must also use the correct frame
size when creating your graphics. See Understanding Pixel Differences in Graphics and
Video for information on square pixels and a list of frame sizes to use when creating the
graphics.
You can also use graphics in conjunction with typed text. Because the same color mapping
settings are used for both the text and graphics, you need to create the graphics with
the mapping setting for the four overlay colors in mind.
Importing a Graphics File
There are two approaches you can take to import a graphics file into a subtitle stream:
• Add a subtitle to a stream and import the graphic through the Subtitle Inspector.
• Drag a suitable graphics file directly to a subtitle stream.
In both cases, the graphic uses the normal color settings in the Colors tab in the Subtitle
Inspector.
To import a subtitle graphic using the Subtitle Inspector
1 Create a subtitle or select a previously created text subtitle. See Creating a Subtitle Clip .
2 Click Choose in the General tab in the Subtitle Inspector.
3 In the dialog that appears, select the graphics file to use, then click Open.
The graphic appears in the Viewer tab, using the current settings in the Colors tab.
To import a subtitle graphic by dragging
1 Locate the graphics file in the Assets tab, the Palette, or a Finder window.
2 Drag the graphics file to the subtitle stream at the approximate position where it should
start.
A new subtitle is created with the duration and color mapping set in the Colors pane in
DVD Studio Pro Preferences.
Using Graphics Files to Create an Animation
While subtitles are most often used to present text, the ability to import graphics files
into subtitle streams makes it possible to use them for other purposes. For example, the
video stream might show a mountain while the subtitle shows the route taken to climb
it with a line that gradually grows from the start of the trail to the mountain top.
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