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What We Mean By NLE (SD)
CPC's NLE workflow for professional SD video uses the 8-bit Uncompressed 720x486 codec and is compatible with most NLEs (FCP, Avid, Premiere Pro, etc).
Typically this workflow is used by someone who will output their SD master (i.e. Beta SP, Digibeta) from their non-linear editing system via SDI or analog (component, composite, etc).
What You Will Need
The first thing you need in order to get something closed captioned is a transcript. There are several ways to create one, and CPC also offers a transcription service.
You will also need a proxy movie. Even though the final product is 720x486, a much smaller video such as Quicktime (H.264 320x240) is sufficient to make caption files (and easier to send!).
Once CPC has both these items, we can start the closed captioning process.
What You Get From
us
After the captioning process is complete, we will email you a small .zip file that, when unzipped, will be an 8-bit uncompressed video file. This is your Black Movie.
A Black Movie is a full-frame 720x486 video of just the caption information, which appears at the top of the frame as white dotted lines.
How To Use The Black Movie
The Black Movie can be put directly into your NLE timeline. Once it is lined up, simply crop it 98% from the bottom and it is ready for output.
Animation codec with alpha channel is also available for those customers who don't want use the cropping method, although NLEs typically cannot play Animation in realtime.
Other Options
Repurposing Captions: It is also possible for CPC to extract closed captions from video and repurpose them by encoding to another format.
Physical Media: While eCaptioning allows you to keep quality control in-house and makes it unncessary to mail tapes, we understand this may not work for everyone. If it suits your workflow we can also work with a tapes you send us and then mail you back a new tape with closed captions. We can do this with every format from DVD to BetaSP.
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