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Subtitling for SD and HD Videos

MacCaption Detailed Feature Comparison (Mac)

CaptionMaker Detailed Feature Comparison (Win)



Import, create or convert to subtitles
CPC software allows you to import subtitles you already have, create them from scatch, or even convert closed captions to subtitles. Once you have them ready to export, there are a variety of workflows available to getting the subtitles on the video.

Creating subtitles for DVD and Blu-ray
CPC Software imports, edits and exports file formats that will import into all major DVD or Blu-ray authoring softwares.

Creating subtitles for Quicktime
MacCaption has a unique feature that allows you to create a separate subtitle track for subtitles in Quicktime that sits on top of the video as a separate track instead of burned in. This means that when the Quicktime movie is compressed to another codec, the subtitles are compressed separately and will come out sharper as a result.

Creating subtitles for all other formats
The simplest option for creating subtitles is to create a movie with just the subtitles and an alpha channel compressed using the Animation codec with Colors set to Millions+. When you combine the subtitles with your original video in an NLE, you will be able to export with burned-in subtitles to whatever final format you need.

What's the difference between captions and subtitles?
Subtitles and captions often overlap in their implementation, but they serve different puposes. Click here to learn more about the difference.

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