How to Move Captions Up in Camtasia

[@RobtheMaritimer]

How important do you think it is to put captions or subtitles in your videos?? Let me know below!! 👇👇

[@ALPHA_MEDIA]

Amazing but I really lost the part of changing the colour of the text background I didn't see the tools you used

[@ALPHA_MEDIA]

I really liked the concept but my screen is just black with no subtitles after Ive exported the subtai3and the shape

[@ALPHA_MEDIA]

Please help

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Try moving the playhead to a place in your video where there are subtitles. Perhaps that's why you aren't seeing any?

[@sarahemmott5610]

@@ALPHA_MEDIA You go to Visual Effects / Remove a Color, then drag that onto the screen and select black to remove. Or you can crop the black screen down to the subtitles, then move them up together.

[@nogoodkeister9251]

Absolutely ridiculous that this is what’s required. Thanks for making this video!

[@RobtheMaritimer]

You bet!

[@cameronmcnz]

Was coming in to comment the same thing. Not a good solution.

[@devinschirm3395]

Dude, absolute life saver. This has been frustrating me for months now and has been the main reason I haven't been as keen to make videos. Thank you so much for this, I'm so glad you figured this out.

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Great! Happy to help :)

[@sarahemmott5610]

I've just found this video and THANK YOU!! I had some videos where the subject had slumped in his seat and the subtitles were right across his face, with burned-in captions required! As an aside, I've found that if you leave the black background up and instead crop the subtitles, they stay on a black background which can be easier to read.

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Great idea! Glad it helped :-)

[@alfredodejesuszeroncruz9928]

Thanks a million! This was the only video on the whole interned that really helped me 😀

[@cruzi4592]

Thank so much for this, very hepful and well explained. Subscribed

[@TheSkjoldborg]

That was a clever work-around. Thank you!

[@Simon.Freund]

Very helpful Rob! Appreciate the video lots :)

[@RafaelSousa-pj1ok]

GENIUS! Thanks for this video! Incredible! Amazing! Best regards from Brazil!

[@vsninternational]

You, sir, are a legend. This was exactly what I needed.

[@linkedvideo4068]

Absolutely brilliant, thank you Rob.

[@strongman-frank]

Thanks, I was always searching for something like this. Though I would prefer having more options, that is at least working! Thanks!

[@lehsu]

Amazing. Thanks so much for this tip. I would of liked you to go into detail about keeping the background of the cc partially transparent, but this is good. Camtasia needs to add this ability to the next release to make our lives easier.

[@RobtheMaritimer]

I am working on a video now that goes over how to keep the opaque background for the subtitles as well. Stay tuned :)

[@lehsu]

@@RobtheMaritimer That’s fantastic. Also, is it possible for the width of the opaque background to adapt to the width of the cc? Do you have an estimate of when this tutorial will be published? I’m subscribing to your channel and enabling notifications now.

[@RobtheMaritimer]

I'll be publishing that video early next week (Monday or Tuesday). In the meantime, YES it's possible to vary the width of the background so it exactly matches any background you had before raising the subtitles :)

[@lehsu]

@@RobtheMaritimer Don't see your new tutorial yet. Do you have a new estimated date of when you will publish? I appreciate your help.

[@RobtheMaritimer]

@@lehsu Sorry for the delay... I'm just editing the video now, and probably have a couple hours left to go. It's a more complete tutorial showing how to move the captions AND the captions' background up, while still being able to keep the background semi-transparent (or not, your choice). I'll link to the video as soon as it's ready :)

[@vertigostudio5074]

Hey Rob. Thanks so much for posting this video. I will certainly be using this. You Rock!!

[@901coryowens]

Next time you decide to do this, add a full screen green box behind the captions and chroma key that color out to keep the black border behind the captions on import. When you import, add the visual effect "remove a color", then use the color picker to pick the green, set the Tolerance to 0%, Softness to 46%, Hue to 0%, and Defringe to -100%. You should be good to go after holding alt to trim the top of the clip down to the top of the caption box.

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Thanks for sharing! I actually redid this video a few months later showing a similar method to move the captions background... you can check that video out here :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rafPkpWYrpJ5pZI

[@hielcra5939]

Thank you, it's very helpful

[@arezooabasian320]

This is greaatt. Thank you so much, it was really helpful.

[@salvadorvelasco1734]

Very cool technique.

[@GlennJimerson]

Thank you! I can't imagine how long it took you to figure this out. I'm damn glad you did.

[@RobtheMaritimer]

LOL! It did take some time ;)

[@saeidalizadeh1554]

Wow! You are amazing! Thank you so much.

[@KenRobinsonCoach]

Excellent video - great work!!!

[@MariaGonzalez-ti5ch]

You save my day. Thanks!

[@perlesdesagesses]

You are a Legend, thanks a lot!

[@Beto99PY]

Thanks a lot!

[@rmfreytag]

This is awesome! Thankyou!

[@mentoringcb]

That is a smart trick. Thanks for sharing

[@perlesdesagesses]

Hi Rob, I'm actually trying to do this but whenever I use the visual effect to remove the black background it also removes the captions, do you what I'm doing wrong? Thanks

[@RobtheMaritimer]

You have to make sure you remove the right color... so make sure black is selected as the color (if your background behind the subtitles is black), and then remove it. That should work :-)

[@perlesdesagesses]

@@RobtheMaritimer Thanks a lot it worked!

[@InsightfulReviews24h]

it was great. Thanks from Vietnam

[@Hahahahahahahahaha466]

You are the best thank you for awesome explaining and the trick.

[@RobtheMaritimer]

No problem! Glad it helped :)

[@karimnikoonegar1598]

thank you, that was what i need to know...and how can I add transparent black fill behind of the subtitle?

[@RobtheMaritimer]

To add the transparent fill behind subtitles that have been raised up is a little trickier. You can add a rectangle shape "annotation" behind the subtitle. However, to get the "varying widths" that you see in actual subtitles, you'd have to create a separate rectangle annotation for each subtitle, and size it appropriately. That could be quite time consuming if you have a lot of subtitles. If you don't need varying widths, then you could just create one annotation, and make sure it's wide enough to account for your longest subtitle. If you'd like me to show this in a future video, let me know :)

[@RockNRollForeverR69]

You are the Man, you helped me a lot! Thanks!

[@Nimando]

You are Awesome bro. you do a great job to me, thank you so much.

[@danielubaldoantonio6223]

You save me! Thank you!

[@kameel28]

Subscribed, thanks buddy!

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Welcome!

[@HowToAnalyst]

Thank you Rob, great video

[@Facu_87]

Grande peladooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Me salvaste la vida

[@annalubaszewska6625]

Thank You.

[@howyadoing9103]

This worked really well, except that if you need the black background for your cc, then removing black, removes the cc background as well. I have attempted using a different colored annotation box but to no avail. Any suggestions?

[@RobtheMaritimer]

It's definitely trickier if you want to keep a subtitle background. There is no easy way (that I'm aware of) to keep it automatically, so what I do is I add a background using Annotations. The one I find looks exactly like the automatic captions background (with the slightly rounded edges) is under Annotations, choose "Basic" then the third choice is a black rectangle. Choose that one. Once you have your subtitles in place, put the new annotation "under" your subtitles, and resize to fit. You can also make it semi-transparent if you like. This is a quick fix if you don't mind the annotation being a constant width all the way through... just make sure to size it large enough to encompass your longest subtitle. If you do want varying widths to match your subtitles, then that's going to be a lot more work as you'll have to split up the annotation and resize each one. Should I make a video to show this process?

[@howyadoing9103]

Thank you for your quick reply. A video for me won't be necessary as I understand your directions. Thanks again!

[@TheHebrewHub]

THANK YOU!!!

[@liamcodes]

Cleaver thinking to get around that issue! Great video keep it up :)

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Thanks! That's the only downside I see to the Camtasia captioning system. Other than that small issue, it's the best captioning system I've used for quickly getting captions into your videos. I'll go into the captioning system in more detail in a future video ;)

[@edwinpagani]

Wow, you just solved my problem, thank you!

[@edwinpagani]

The idea has to be implemented a bit different for this to work on a MaBook Pro, Camtasia 2021. So I din't get a separate track for the Captions. Captions will only show when my Movie track is visible. My work around it was to hide everything else except the video. Also, a shape or element with the caption didn't work to export. So first I hid every other track and only exported the video with the caption. I then imported it, used the crop tool to leave out the video and only the caption visible. The caption had a black background, so I used the Remove Color tool. That's it, working perfectly! Hope this helps others as an option to solve this new issue. Thanks for your tip Rob, just paying it forward.

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Great tip… thanks for sharing!

[@FlansisYogu]

thanks you!

[@gisele-grenier]

How would you do this with Camtasia 2022. I don't have the "export -> custom production" option

[@RobtheMaritimer]

In Camtasia 2022, you go to "Export > Legacy Local File" and that will bring up the Production Wizard.... hope that helps! :-)

[@dangkhanhlinh476]

it would be great to be able to integrate a location option for each caption. I hope 2023 will have an update

[@RobtheMaritimer]

I hope so too!

[@gsalty6517]

you're a genius, thank you so much!!

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Hey, thanks for watching!

[@rendaonlinetutorial5812]

Thanks a lot. You are my life save

[@kellykay9145]

Best camtasia videos. Can you cover your video setup … lights, camera Also, can you cover how you edit your videos of your voice and picture … the you part , not the screen. Thanks

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Thank you for the suggestions... Yes, I plan to cover all of that in future videos. I have covered it in my live streams to some extent, but proper videos on my setup and also voice editing are definitely in the works ;)

[@RodrigoMazoliniImberti]

Awesome! Thank you a lot! Impressionante! Muito obrigado!

[@yassertaherkhani2646]

Nice 👍. You broke my brain!

[@yassertaherkhani2646]

And if we want the highlight around the caption, just put a rectangle behind the caption and make it full screen and remove the rectangle after rendering.

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Exactly... and I redid this video to show just that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rafPkpWYrpJ5pZI

[@heatherg4950]

I have followed your steps but after I render the video, the subtitles are not showing up. What am I doing wrong?

[@RobtheMaritimer]

I'm not sure... could it be that you have your subtitle track "hidden" in the timeline? Could be a few things but I would have to look at your file to know for sure..

[@allisonlanghill4633]

I tried this twice and had no luck. the first time I went to render the video, it did allow me to select MP4, not sure if that changes anything. I liked your video, just not sure what I am doing wrong on my end.

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Hi Allison... sorry you're having trouble! I'm not exactly sure what the issue is you're having, but perhaps it's because you have no "visual" components to your video when you render. When you hide the video and just try to render the subtitles only, it won't work unless you have something visual on the screen. I usually just put in a black square annotation, as then it won't show up at all... but Camtasia recognizes it as "something" on the screen and will therefore allow the render to happen. It's a way to trick Camtasia into rendering only the subtitles. Does that help?

[@allisonlanghill4633]

@@RobtheMaritimer thank you. I did try that, but I won't give up. Thank uou for taking the time out to reply, I appreciate it.

[@HosseinZareiJaliani]

Good Trick 👍

[@DrAbigailPamich]

when I bring in the rendered video, there is nothing that shows. I have to press CC when watching it as a video- how do I get the captions to show when I pull the video into Camtasia?

[@RobtheMaritimer]

I'm not sure I fully understand your issue. "When you bring in the rendered video"... are you referring to the render of just the subtitles/captions? If so, once you put that in the timeline, be sure to crop it from the top down so that the background "main" video shows. THEN you can use the "remove color" tool to remove the black and only leave the subtitles. If you don't see any subtitles at all, then perhaps there are no subtitles where your playhead is... in that case, move your playhead in the timeline to a spot where there are subtitles. Does that help?

[@DrAbigailPamich]

@@RobtheMaritimer Hi Rob, sorry for not being clear. I followed your video I had my main timeline. I created the captions and the black square. I followed it all and rendered out the captions and the black square (with the other items on the time line invisible). However when I went to watch it as an mp4 , once rendered, it was just a black square with no writing However - When I pressed CC at the bottom of the MP4, the captions appeared. I then imported this rendered captions video into my time line. It was just the black square again. I did this three times but the captions were not showing (when I brought it to the timeline). I am thinking there is something I am missing? I scrolled it through the whole rendered MP4 of captions and none were showing once it was in the timeline (they were white writing on pink background). I am stumped as to why, in this project they are not showing. Could it be Im using an earlier version of camtasia? Is it something to do with closed verses open captions? I love your videos BTW and really appreciate your responding to me.

[@RobtheMaritimer]

When you say you "pressed the CC at the bottom of the MP4" that confuses me a little... did you perhaps render the video "with controls"? Because if you just render as a pure mp4 video file, there should be no CC option at all... the new text video you rendered should just show the text, always. You should have rendered a video that has the text at the bottom, burned in, and the rest of the video would be blank or have your black square in it. Then when you bring that video into your project, you can crop away the top part of it, remove the "black color", and then you should just be left with the white text. Does that make sense? I hope that helps!

[@lpokiiim]

Nice work around,Cheers

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@MariaGarcia-zo6ge]

Hey! I love the video, but I do have not the "custom production" option. Is that possible?

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Hmm... the only thing I can think of is that maybe you have a different version of Camtasia than I'm using? Do you have the latest version installed? Also, I'm using Camtasia for PC... if you are using Camtasia for Mac, perhaps that has a slightly different way to produce the video?

[@ActionableInsights]

@@RobtheMaritimer I use Camtasia for Mac. Apparently, it is the same version with the same settings, but the custom production doesn't exist. I'll try to update Camtasia and see if there is the last version I may use. Thanks a lot!

[@amirhosseinazizi4714]

i love this video . i need that 😍😍🇮🇷 🇮🇷

[@cocopiecurls6944]

What if you added the subtitles manually? Do you know how to move them ?

[@RobtheMaritimer]

By "adding them manually", I assume you mean adding them as text callouts? If so, then yes, it's very easy to move them... simply click on them on the canvas and drag them to wherever you want them. However, if using the subtitling/captioning feature, there is no way to do that. There are benefits to using that feature... it's much quicker to add a lot of subtitles and you can export SRT files... but if you only have a few captions to add then just adding them manually is the answer :-)

[@cocopiecurls6944]

@@RobtheMaritimer I used the subtitle/captioning feature. Will definitely go the other route going forward. Thanks for the video and for responding!

[@duncanwil]

Very neat!

[@concerro7202]

Thanks. You may have saved me from having to subscribe to another solution just to get this feature.

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Happy to help :-)

[@behnamnaebi]

Excellent

[@uzomannaemekateflondon1144]

I love your thumbnail teach us how to do it

[@RobtheMaritimer]

It is on my list of videos to create. Stay tuned!

[@qingyang5296]

Damn, that's smart

[@italoperes4133]

Nice video

[@satyajitkelkar]

I create a call out make it look like sub title and copy paste the call outs, I think u are making process un necessarily complicated, it is much easy to use it with call outs

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Thank you... you're right! I agree that using callouts is probably the best way to do it for shorter videos... but if you're subtitling a video that's 5, 10, 20 or even 60 minutes long, or if you're importing an SRT file with the subtitle timings already in place, that's when this method comes in handy. But if the video was less than 2 minutes long, then callouts are probably the way to go. :-)

[@randomcatch8588]

i came up with it first and you know it!

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Haha!

[@brylle2174]

Whenever I render the subtitles video, it doesn't show the subtitles. Pls help me.

[@RobtheMaritimer]

That's strange. Are you using the subtitle/caption system? Are you sure the track with the subtitles is visible and not turned off?

[@brylle2174]

I already fixed it. Thank you so much for your video.

[@talmatza5333]

​@@brylle2174 how??

[@Pawlicity]

@@talmatza5333 In Option - Click Caption Type - Choose Burned In Captions

[@talmatza5333]

@@Pawlicity yeah I already figured it out but thanks a lot!

[@suchinthanath4134]

How to add thumbnail image of video?

[@RobtheMaritimer]

When you go to upload a video, youtube will provide you with a few options for thumbnails... but the best thing to do would be to create your own and upload it with your video. You can create one in your favorite image editing software... perhaps Photoshop... but I prefer to use canva.com. I'll be making a video on how to use canva for creating thumbnails shortly :) I hope that helps!

[@soeddy]

Super awesome, too bad youtube don't allow to double like it :-) Thanks a lot.

[@unknownvideoproduction3927]

Subscribed

[@semprequevoceleroscomentar8794]

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[@Cirosan]

Nice trick... anyway is absurd that there's no way to easily control it in Camtasia!!! -_-

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Maybe it'll be included in a future release/update ;)

[@heatheryeomans-valinhas1484]

It is a cool hack, but then you lose the option for your viewers to turn the caption feature on and off.

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Yes indeed. If you want viewers to be able to turn captions on and off, then you wouldn't burn them into the video at all... instead, you would export the SRT file and upload that to youtube along with your video (assuming you're uploading to youtube)... them they'll have that ability :)

[@glorianneschott5326]

This is awesome. Thank you.

[@RobtheMaritimer]

Glad you liked it!

[@Reis2418]

Wow, just awesome. Thank you very much!