The Secret to Adding Subtitles to LumaFusion

[@TeddyCavachon]

When filming my golf tutorials I make note of the angle of shadows objects are casting and match it with the angle of the drop shadows I add to the text. Shadows at 45° from mid-morning / mid-afternoon sun being ideal for creating the illusion of 3D shape on objects and what is used by cartographers when depicting mountain relief on maps. They just draw the shadows the relief would cast at 2PM in the afternoon and the human brain uses the shape of the shadows to perceive via the relative length of the shadows the relative elevations of the terrain. The convention of always using an imaginary sun at 45° downward / forward angle makes the perception of elevation map-to-map more consistent, so if not trying to match the angle of the sun in a video 45° (pointing to 4:30 on watch face) is a good choice.

[@LumaTouch]

Thanks for the comment and the tip!

[@lovelyappletv]

These Lumafusion tutorials and tips are great! You’re a very effective presenter.

[@LumaTouch]

Thanks! We're happy you're enjoying them. More to come.

[@PaulVanCaesbroeck]

Thank you for this tutorial. This might work for burnt-in captions, but text that can be exported as .srt file with time code would work better, for me.

[@lupo10]

Good idea.

[@LumaTouch]

.srt file captions are a great idea and it's something we've got in the works.

[@dochealgood]

@@LumaTouch I'm looking forward to that update! Also, could you check the key frames with cropping? Every time I make my own transition, when the crop closes and blacks out the screen with the key frames (as I set it to do) it makes a subtle smacking or messing with cellophane sound. Do you have any idea why?

[@EddieWitness]

@@LumaTouch I have the same problem with the smacking sound when key frames close cropping, when I make a transition. I tried and tried to edit out my smacking and then I realized that it still happened, even after I removed the audio! Lol

@@LumaTouch Any progression about .srt file captions??

[@4kwalkinghanavideos331]

Thank you for this tips. i would start to implement it right away.

[@LumaTouch]

Glad it was helpful!

[@youssefe7844]

Simply awesome. So simple. Thanks a lot!!

[@RotterStudios]

Wish there was more automated but this will have to work. Love your videos!

[@LumaTouch]

Thank you!

[@LectionesInterbellum]

You have a wonderful voice, I could listen to you for hours... 🤩

[@LumaTouch]

Thanks!

[@lupo10]

Absolutely great app. Great support. Great KZbin channel. Thank you to all of you.

[@LumaTouch]

Our pleasure! Thank you for the comment.

[@rajangm9072]

You made my life easier. Thanks

[@LumaTouch]

Glad to hear it!

[@billdungan3709]

Those videos are extremely helpful! Thank you

[@LumaTouch]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching.

[@abc_13579]

Another very helpful video! Thank you! (And just a suggestion, if I may: You may want to add a sentence advising people to make sure the location they chose for their text doesn't block something important from the screen. You never know. For example, in your soccer clip, I'd be careful to make sure that none of the frames have something important on the screen at the spot where you put the text, and I'd go a bit into the options of what to do if that would happen.)

[@abc_13579]

Actually, you did mention it - at the very beginning. You said you'll move the text to the bottom of the screen so it won't cover any "exciting action" in the video. The point I was trying to make was to double check it when you're done - to watch the whole video from the beginning to ensure you didn't block anything. It's not enough to put it at the bottom of the screen on the assumption it won't block anything if it's put there, as you never know...

[@LumaTouch]

Good tip! Thanks for the feedback.

[@clairelemaitreinvest]

Merci pour cette astuce très utile !!

[@MoneyOdesanya]

The best KZbin on the platform.

[@LumaTouch]

Thank you!

[@KingFox76]

Definitely a slick little hack to use as you move across you timeline for smaller bits of text that you’d like to keep uniform. I’d love to see an auto generating .SRT addition to LumaFusion in the near future.

[@LumaTouch]

Thank you! That's on the way. Advanced subtitles is currently in development. 👍

[@KingFox76]

@@LumaTouch That is great to hear, thanks also for the feedback. I think it is pretty nice when people actually answer, it makes things real. I enjoy your tutorials, I’m relatively new to LumaFusion & have had some good support thus far. Keep up the good work. Matt

[@kraznoxic]

@@LumaTouch I was looking for this! I haven't bought the app yet because I am not 100% sold but LumaFusion is up there and would love to see advanced subtitles be included! I am hard of hearing and will not release videos unless it is CC in some way or form. Glad to hear that it is in the development. I hope it's more that they are generating the subtitles and we have the option to fix the wording/timing rather than just upload the .SRT file.

[@missionsam]

@@LumaTouch Hi. Do you have the function for auto generating captions by now?

[@Bolga4K]

Three more letters: SRT 😊

[@OtRatsaphong]

Great lessons 👍👍👍 Thank you 🙏 This tutorial is going to save me a lot of time 😀

[@LumaTouch]

Our pleasure! 😁

[@TheGlobalProfessional]

I never knew about that drag and drop for transitions! Thank you!!!

[@LumaTouch]

It's pretty handy. Happy to help!

[@JeffMathe]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks 🙏

[@dennisdragan1128]

Wow! Very informative!

[@LumaTouch]

Glad you think so!

[@skw1dd]

Thank you so much, this was insanely helpful!!!

[@LumaTouch]

You're so welcome!

[@lerychfotovideo]

Nice and sleek trick!👍

[@LumaTouch]

Thanks! 👍

[@editvlog]

have to plan for auto substiltle with various style and templates, I have many, included lumafusion, but lumafusion looks still conservative models

[@CPMJunkRemoval]

Epic trick!! Thank you!!

[@LumaTouch]

You bet!

[@englishiguana4304]

thank you great tutorial!! I really like the splitting technique you use, as i was copying and pasting, which i think is definitely less efficient than splitting! awesome =)

[@LumaTouch]

Nice! Always happy to shave a few seconds off a task. 👍

[@GatisKandis]

When will you add automated subtitles?

[@LumaTouch]

We're sure aware of the value of this--and we're looking into what it'd take to incorporate such a feature. Thanks for the feedback.

[@dennisdragan1128]

Excellent presentation!

[@LumaTouch]

Thank you kindly!

[@jenny.inspire]

This was so helpful! Thank you! 🙌✨

[@LumaTouch]

You're so welcome!

[@pawnvsworld]

Thank you this really helped me out !

[@LumaTouch]

Happy to hear that! You're welcome.

[@MarsCapone]

I am old school foreign film fan so for me subtitles always gotta be yellow, light outline, over subtle gray

[@LumaTouch]

Sometimes you gotta stick with what you're used to.

[@Beyond90Seconds]

Would be great to be able to generate .SRT, .VTT, and .TXT files for closed captioning and transcripts. This would help with meeting WCAG accessibility standards.

[@LumaTouch]

We are making some advancements in our subtitle options right now. We'd love to get some of your ideas. Would you send an email to [e-mail] with what you'd like to see and how you'd use it?

[@Beyond90Seconds]

@@LumaTouch Absolutely! Will do. Thank you.

[@IoVideoMaker]

I’d buy a little extra (as Addon) to have: auto-captions (dozens of apps are already doing this), with the ability to define the number of words per caption, or any equivalent animation (this method really increases retention, right now), and import / export of .srt. Cmon, Luma developers, marketers, just do it! I’m counting on you! :-)

[@LumaTouch]

Great minds think alike; advanced subtitles is already in development. 🧠

[@MGA19a]

GREAT TIP - thanx a LOT - saved me a lot of time 😀 (bloody begginer here - but it's fun)

[@LumaTouch]

Glad it helped! And happy you're having fun. If you're not enjoying editing then you're missing the point.

[@AffinityInspiration]

Nice one. Really useful. I’m struggling with getting the speech to text working so I can record the timeline audio into the title, then edit it to suit.

[@LumaTouch]

Thanks for the comment and the feedback. We can take a closer look if you send us the project. Please visit lumatouch.co/support and click the chat icon to get started.

[@AffinityInspiration]

That’s ok. I can voice record directly into the title. That’s cool. But I can’t record the video track voice into the title directly. iOS can’t run the two at the same time. Just an idea. Audio out -> Mic in.

[@chr1staki]

Nice twist. I used to copy and paste the subtitle and edit the text... for some reason the x and y coordinates would often change slightly... any idea why?

[@LumaTouch]

Sorry for the problem. Please make sure everything is updated and contact our support team. We can help you with this issue. [e-mail]

[@rjavier15]

This is great 👍🏼 LumaFusion stuff ! ❤️

[@PhillyDroneLife]

Sure is. I love lumafusion. Guess you do too.. lol💙💙 what's up Russell

[@LumaTouch]

Glad you like it! 💚

[@JustMeZero988]

Hi Caroline. I've just found this and it looks good. I noticed when you were demonstrating how to create this and the text was covering two lines. Would it be a good idea when only writing one line of text to finish typing with a lot of spaces so that it pushes it up a line and then is on the top line like the rest of the text when you start reading them. just a thought and I haven't tried it yet.

[@oconnor8615]

It is a amazing, that is all i want, thanks!

[@LumaTouch]

Glad you like it!

[@r1ch0007]

Really good tip, thanks!

[@LumaTouch]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for the comment.

[@JerryAGreene]

Thank you for the tips!

[@LumaTouch]

No problem!

[@maybejam]

Suuuuper‼Danke!

[@LumaTouch]

You're welcome!

[@docandersonshow]

Great stuff. I’ve heard talk that LumaFusion may soon support .SRT files for subtitles and captioning. I want this SO much! Anything you can share?

[@LumaTouch]

That's currently in development but we don't have a release timeline pinned down just yet. We're still going through the building and testing phase but you will see more subtitle options, including .SRT files, coming to LumaFusion in the future. 👍

[@docandersonshow]

@@LumaTouch Great news! LumaFusion is an integral part of my workflow. Please let us all know how we can support your work going forward.

[@steveshellenberger-letsmak6283]

Great tip! Thank you!

[@LumaTouch]

Our pleasure!

[@tammyintiaras]

I’m just checking LumaFusion does not have its own way of transferring what you were saying on screen to a text down the bottom does it? I use CapCut for this, but I was just hoping that LumaFusion does it too? So much to learn. Lots of love from beautiful Ballarat. Thank you for your hard work.😘

[@LumaTouch]

Hi there, and thank you for the kind words. We don't yet have a way to do this speech-to-text function, but we are looking into how we could best implement it in some future release. Thanks for your interest.

[@robertlefering]

is there also a possibility making a ticker?

[@LumaTouch]

Possibly. Send us an email and we'll help. [e-mail]

[@Gringo74.]

Excellent video 🤗👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤗

[@LumaTouch]

Thank you 🤗

[@bugsybogis]

LOVE THE HACK!!

[@LumaTouch]

Glad you find it helpful!

[@BeauHannamGuitars]

At 2:46 you rearrange the order of "this is my subtitie design" and the "Shape" fields as to make the text brighter- how do you do that???? Thanks so much

[@LumaTouch]

The white text is the same color as before it just appears brighter now with the black object behind due to the highest possible contrast.

[@BeauHannamGuitars]

@@LumaTouch - but when i do it the text is behind the "Shape" so its dull (shaded by the box) How do you change the order of text and shape like you did at 2:46??- Thanks so much

[@garyisnow46]

Thank you for your videos, as an absolute beginner to using LumaFusion though you go much too fast. I am having to rewind the videos time after time to try and catch what you clicked on. If you could think of the beginner and slow down just a tad it really would be helpful for many people, especially those who are new to LumaFusion.

[@LumaTouch]

Thanks for the comment and the feedback. 👍

[@TatsumakiTy]

Thank you so mich big help

[@LumaTouch]

Happy to help!

[@EddieWitness]

Can you please do a tutorial on how to reacquaint my projects to the videos that I archive off my iPhone or iPad (I usually edit with my iPhone), to an SSD drive? The memory on my iPhone is almost full and I need to move them to the SSD, but I suspect that my projects will no longer work, once I move the video files (according to your tutorial about working off an external drive). Also, can I move the projects off the iPhone to the external drive and access both my projects and video files off the external drive? I wasn’t clear on that in the last tutorial. He just showed putting the projects on the iPhone and iPad and accessing the files on the drive.

[@LumaTouch]

You can't edit directly from an SSD using an iPhone, since External Drive Editing requires the increased data transfer speed available in USB-C. We can add that to the list of ideas but you can also email us via [e-mail]. We'll assign a LumaFusion specialist to your case and help find the best workflow for you.

[@zingibo]

Hey, is there any chance to see a feqture that allows a user to simply import a subtitle file (.srt file) into the video?

[@LumaTouch]

This one is on our wishlist, and you can expect it at some point in the future. Can't really give you a timeframe on that, but we are aware it'd be a great addition. Thanks!

[@onlymyopiniontech]

That’s a great way to do this. 😉👍👍

[@LumaTouch]

Glad you think so. 😉

[@oidbio2565]

how do you deal with generated subtitles that overlap with yours when you don't know where they will appear?

[@LumaTouch]

There's no easy answer to that. You're flipping a coin no matter where you place them then. We'd try to do a trial upload and find out exactly where those titles will appear. Take a few screenshots throughout the video and use it as reference.

[@DesignYourLifeTips]

perhaps, maybe a subtitle with time stamp import feature in the future? i think is easy for people editing in big screen but we do edit everything on ipad is gonna tooks us forever to keep copy paste and switching the windows 😅

[@LumaTouch]

Advanced Subtitles is a feature we currently have in development and it will streamline a lot of the subtitle work for many editors. 😉

[@MuazNorAzmi]

Is there auto caption button?

[@LumaTouch]

Not yet but it's something we're working on.

[@Jake12399]

Very very smart!

[@LumaTouch]

Thanks! 🧠

[@echomerx]

rather than drag the subtitle to fill the whole timeline, it’s actually better just to stylize one and create a “preset”. Every time you want to add subtitle , just apply the preset.🎉

[@LumaTouch]

The great thing about editing is we normally have several paths to achieving the same goal. Thanks for the additional tip!

[@BarryNeedle911]

Terrific hack 😊

[@LumaTouch]

Thank you!

[@yashpai]

the issue is when i paste text from notes on preset title the formatting of text goes away whats the fix on this because i write my all subtitles in notes and i dont want to manually type that

[@yashpai]

i got the solution use google docs

[@LumaTouch]

Happy you found a solution. Thanks for sharing!

[@LumaTouch]

Happy you found a solution. Thanks for sharing!

[@itzosmann]

What about srt import ?

[@LumaTouch]

Thank you for the note. We are certainly looking into what it might take to build in SRT import and dedicated subtitle editing. It's on our wish list. Happy editing!

[@itzosmann]

@@LumaTouch can I get you email to share a video? Regarding srt... I have used Final Cut Pro. Capcut. DaVinci and many other softwares like Filmora etc.... But only Premier Pro support specific type of editing which I want... Problem is that premier pro has Monthly subscription... If you could add srt editing features. Transformation. Size etc. Of premier pro, it would be great

[@LumaTouch]

Hi there--yes; please email with Att: Scott to [e-mail]. I'd love to see this and share with the team.

[@yohannsphotographyvideogra9542]

a real champ

[@LumaTouch]

Thanks! 💪

[@PhillyDroneLife]

I love these tips. Please more more more.. lol Mikey

[@LumaTouch]

Glad you love them and more to come.

[@TheIslamicknowledgeCentre]

Thankyou ma'am

[@LumaTouch]

Most welcome 😊

[@TheIslamicknowledgeCentre]

@@LumaTouch I got a reply 😍😍😍

[@MeyerWerner]

Thanks For Video 😎👍

[@LumaTouch]

Our pleasure 👍

[@StraddleyourSuccess]

LumaFusion Beta now available for Android 🙏🏾

[@LumaTouch]

Hurrah!

[@errolforster2226]

Can’t you just copy attributes? Also, when you change the text, doesn’t that change in your first part?

[@LumaTouch]

You could also save a preset if you know you'll use those settings a lot. There are many ways to work in LumaFusion, it's all about finding the right workflow for you. 👍

[@SagarMadhukar]

Hey Caroline and LumaFusion team, Greetings! Loved this smart move of the subtitles! Proved to be helpful! You can watch it how I have used it at 03:39 in the following video : kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIvQmoWBgMitfdE Thanks once again! :)

[@LumaTouch]

Nice work! Glad that technique works in your workflow. Thanks for sharing.

[@jcglobal4089]

❤❤❤

[@LumaTouch]

Thank you! 💚

[@dafingaz]

Genius! This will do...until AI subtitles come to LumaFusion. LOL

[@chr1staki]

Maybe one day! It's possible on Premiere Pro

[@dafingaz]

@@chr1staki Yeah. Descript is great for that too. Ideally, I'd love for a Descript x LumaFusion integration.

[@LumaTouch]

Glad you like it! AI subtitles would be cool. We've got a note on the wishlist.

[@dafingaz]

@@LumaTouch Thank you! :)

[@dafingaz]

@@LumaTouch How's the AI processing for this coming along? :)

[@WinstonTLW]

So laborious

[@YashAtishay]

Of you guys can figure out a way to add support for srt files like every other “real editing software” but seems like you guys can’t be asked. I really think LumaFusion has so much potential, I really want to love it but it’s small things like this which stop me from being able to use it in my workflow

[@LumaTouch]

Thanks! And that's in the works right now. We're currently working on an Advanced Subtitles feature.

[@SachaBourlon]

Guys, we need a more in depth color grading system in luma fusion….

[@LumaTouch]

We've got that on the wishlist. 👍

[@cosmicfxx]

I sadly gave up on Lumanfusion as devs don't honor their word and leave issues undealt with

[@LumaTouch]

Sorry you were unhappy with LumaFusion. We'll keep working hard to get out the features that are currently in development. If you're having any immediate issues, please email us via [e-mail].

[@iqbaladam7796]

If lumafusion have a autotext is better

[@LumaTouch]

Hi there--thank you for the note. We sure see how this would be useful, and I will go and create a feature request on that. Happy editing!

[@fatpiggy1217]

just add a bot that can help it plz, it will help like 1000% of my time :c

[@LumaTouch]

Our advanced subtitles feature, that's currently in development, may have some of the capabilities you're looking for.