This document is intended to guide you through the installation and

basic exports of the CaptionMaker demo software.

The link to download the demo software is on page 2.

Caption and Subtitle Digital Video on Your Hard Drive

With the CaptionMaker® DV/NLE/HD patented software engine, you can
caption and subtitle your digital videos without losing a generation. No need for
CaptionMaker separate caption encoder hardware or a subtitle character generator.
supports the
following file CaptionMaker® DV/NLE/HD has the following features that are not available in
formats for the other versions of CaptionMaker (such as CPC-700 or lower versions).
importing

Text:

.DOC
.WPD
.TXT
.RTF
.STL
.SMI
.TDS
.CIN
.ASC
.CAP
.ONL (CPC)
.ULT
.SCC
.CC

Video:

.AVI
.MPEG
.WMV
.MOV

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 Overview
CaptionMaker DV/NLE/HD has a robust set of importing and exporting
features, including the ability to capture DV video directly in the CaptionMaker
software environment. The other component to captioning is the text or transcript
of the video to be captioned. This tutorial will cover the necessary steps to install
CaptionMaker DV/NLE/HD. Additionally, we will walk you through working
with a prepared demo file, and export various file formats to test compatibility and
integration of the captioning process into your existing workflow.
For a side by side
list of import and CaptionMaker DV is ideal for users that work with VHS, DV or DVCAM
export capabilities formats and are looking for a simple solution to their captioning needs. This
of CaptionMaker webpage, http://www.cpcweb.com/dv/, provides detailed descriptions of the
DV, NLE and HD, captioning process with CaptionMaker DV.
please review the CaptionMaker NLE includes the same functionality of the CaptionMaker DV
CaptionMaker-
version, but with added support for non-linear editing system and high definition
Feature-
workflows. This is the best option for users that work in SD and HD standards in
Comparison.pdf
Final Cut Pro, Avid or Premiere. Additionally, CaptionMaker supports exporting
captions for DVD Authoring in systems like Adobe Encore and DVD Studio.
More details about captioning and the NLE/HD workflow is provided here:
http://www.cpcweb.com/nle/ .

CaptionMaker HD offers the ability to Closed Caption HD video for those users
working in High Definition, but with limited applications. As of 1/08,
CaptionMaker is only able to support specific HD formats and workflows. For a
complete breakdown of the HD captioning process and capabilities, please follow
this link: http://www.cpcweb.com/hdtv/ . This area of video is still new and
as the technology develops we hope to be able to offer more options to those that
need to caption HD content.

Getting Started
There are many options available in CaptionMaker when working with text and
transcripts. First, if a video needs to be transcribed before being captioned, there
are several options available. Please follow this link for more information:
http://www.cpcweb.com/caption_common/transcribe.htm
Second, CaptionMaker has a full featured interface for creating dynamic captions
and subtitles from your text or transcription. Please follow this link for more
information:
http://www.cpcweb.com/caption_common/Prepare_Cap_File.htm

In order to get started testing and exporting to various text, caption and video
formats, please continue with the rest of the tutorial. Links to additional resources
on the CPC website are provided, including Video Tutorials. We strongly
recommend referencing these tools to supplement your CaptionMaker experience.

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 Installing
Try Out CPC-700DV/NLE/HD CaptionMaker Demo Software.

The first step is to download CaptionMaker DV/NLE/HD.

After downloading the file, you will need to run CaptionMakerWinDEMO.exe. It is a

self extracting file that will then launch the setup utility automatically.
If after installing
you are prompted 1. Click on the “Setup” button to install the DEMO software. (See Figure 1.)
for a password,
2. Click “Next >” on the following screen.
you have
mistakenly 3. Click “Yes” if you agree to the License Agreement. (You MUST click Yes to
downloaded and be allowed to proceed with the installation of the DEMO.)
installed the
Licensed version, 4. On the next screen, choose a User Name and fill in a Company Name, and then
and will need to click “Next >”.
re-install the
DEMO VERSION. 5. Select the Destination Folder for the Demo Software, or use the default
settings. Click “Next >”.

6. Select the Program Folder for the installation, click “Next >”, and after the
installation is complete, click “Finish”. The software will automatically load
with a Demonstration file already active in the window.

Figure 1.

After installation is complete, CaptionMaker will automatically run and a webpage will
load for the Demo Software. The demo version of CaptionMaker is fully functional
and has all the capabilities of CaptionMaker NLE/HD (and all the other versions) with
the exception of the following limitations:

1. You can only work with 40 to 50 captions.

2. The file can not be saved.
3. Random characters are replaced by question marks in AutoSync or Export
modes.

The licensed version of CaptionMaker DV/NLE/HD does not have the above
limitations.

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 CaptionMaker Demo Software – Working with the Demo Files
CPC has made a few sample files that are installed along with the Demo version of
the CaptionMaker software. See the list below for a brief description of each file.
The file “demov.cap” is opened automatically after installation.

• The 4 files with the .CAP extension are CaptionMaker project files. Double-
clicking on any one of these will launch the file in CaptionMaker.
• The “demo.txt” file is an example of a script file that can be imported into
CaptionMaker for formatting as either Captions or Subtitles.
• “CPCdemovideo.mpg” is a sample video file to be Captioned/Subtitled.
• There are also two manuals in .PDF format. “Manual-Tutorial.pdf” contains
information and instructions for all aspects of the CaptionMaker software.
“CPC-700NL- Video from the h… .pdf” addresses specifically working with
video files directly on the harddrive.
• The final file is “CPC 715 online file.onl” for use with hardware encoding.

Opening a Prepared Caption File

As mentioned previously, after installation of the Demo software, the “demov.cap”
file is launched as a starting point to help you get a feel for what a timecoded caption
file looks like. The script has been formatted as captions and synchronized with the
video. You may also import the “demo.txt” file to format and time code a raw text file
from scratch in order to have some practice working with CaptionMaker and all of it’s
capabilities. The Links in the sidebar to the left will provide you with more
information about working with text and text files in preparation for import into
CaptionMaker.

Basics
Working with
a caption file:

Screen shots

Transcribe a
video

Format
Script

Figure 2.
This is a screenshot of what CaptionMaker will look like when you first run the
file “demov.cap”. The demo video, “CPCdemovideo.mpg” and sample text
file, “demo.txt” have been imported and synchronized and the captions have
been formatted for placement and display style. This is generally how a
finished captioning project should appear prior to exporting.

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 Previewing the Captions with the video
To see the captions play back in sync with the video click on the
“AutoPreview Sync” icon:
Video Tutorials

Importing Text
(1:16)

Importing Video
(0:48)

Formatting Text This will then play the video back and display the captions overlayed with the video in
Basic Tools the Preview Window. Captions can easily be placed using the caption editing controls.
(2:27) The controls can be used to adjust the position and display mode (i.e. Roll Up, Pop On,
Paint On, Left, Center, Right, Top, Bottom, etc…) for each caption. Captions can also
Formatting Text be positioned with the mouse virtually anywhere on the screen.
Advanced Tools
(1:31) Starting from scratch
In order to have a thorough knowledge of captioning a video, we encourage you to start
Synchronizing a new captioning project from scratch. The many Video Tutorials, which we have links
Captions (Timing) to in the sidebar at the left, are a great resource for a quick walkthrough of the steps
(3:17) involved in importing a new video and text file.

1. The first step is to go to “File” menu, and click “New”. Then IMPORT a text
Checking your file that contains the transcript of your video. This file can be practically any
Timing text formatted document, i.e. .doc, .wpd, .txt, etc… The “Importing Text”
(1:22) Video Tutorial, linked in the sidebar, can show you the steps involved.
2. The second step is to import or associate a video file with your transcript. By
clicking on the Video Properties icon. This will bring up the Video
Properties window. You will want to make sure that your settings match the
ones in Figure 3 below. In this window you will “Browse” and select the
video file you wish to caption. Please refer to the “Importing Video” Video
Tutorial in the sidebar for this procedure. You will then want to watch the
Video Tutorial “Synchronizing Captions (Timing)”. Synchronizing the
captions with the video is the next step in Closed Captioning your video.

Figure 3.

Once you have previewed the demo video or have created a new captioning project, the
next step is to establish which output format works best for your workflow.

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 There are many exporting options available to the CaptionMaker user. CaptionMaker
can export not only Closed Captioned video, but it can also export the captions as
subtitles, as text and even as closed captioning formats prepared for the web, as well as
other multimedia formats, including Flash and iPhone.

Exporting with Open/Closed Captions, Subtitles

In this section, we will explore in brief some of the export functions of CaptionMaker.
It is important to note that not all versions of CaptionMaker have the same exporting
capabilities. See this document for a side by side comparison of all the features at a
When working with glance: CaptionMaker-Feature-Comparison.pdf
CaptionMaker-DV, it
is important that The exporting of files can be done in two places for video files, and from the Export
the video file you menu for other formats. (See figure 4.)
work from matches
the desired format
of your final
captioned video
master.

CaptionMaker
CANNOT convert
video files from one
format to another (Figure 4.)
For the CaptionMaker demo software, all capabilities of the
during export.
software are accessible. Depending on which version is
ultimately purchased by the user, certain features and
(For example, if a .MOV functionality may not be available.
file is used for caption
preparation, it can not
be exported as an Below is a view of the Export File menu in CaptionMaker. From here you will be able
.MPEG, or .AVI or .WMV to familiarize yourself with the different file formats available for exporting text,
from CaptionMaker. The
exception to this is when
caption files, and caption encoded video files. At this point, we encourage you to
burning subtitles into a export any of the different formats, using the demov.cap sample file, and test the
video file; any type of integration of those files into your workflow.
video file supported by
Windows Media Player
can be used for this.)

CaptionMaker Export
File options. From
here, you will be able
to export your final
captions in various
text and video
formats. For the
purposes of the demo
software, all export
options are made
available to allow the
user to evaluate their
captioning needs and
options.

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 Exporting from CaptionMaker

Exporting Text
CaptionMaker is able to export to a wide variety of workflows. It is able to export the
caption file, which contains the caption text as well as the Timecode associated with
that text. Certain formats allow the exporting of caption formatting data for import into
other captioning software. The CaptionMaker-Feature-Comparison.pdf document
contains a full list of available exporting options. Look thru this document to see if
your desired output format is available.

Exporting Video
In order to be able to export video and have it integrate seamlessly into your workflow,
it is important to understand the various ways in which CaptionMaker works with
video. Video can be imported, using either CaptionMaker DV, NLE or HD, and used
to create captions that can then be exported.

The CaptionMaker DV software allows you to digitize analog video directly in the
CaptionMaker software and create a DV AVI video file that you can then caption and
Compatible print directly back to tape. This work flow is ideal for captioning various analog tape
DV Hardware formats such as VHS, Hi8, 8mm, as well as several DV video formats including
Digital8, DV, MiniDV and DVCAM. The video is recorded using CaptionMaker and a
DV Workflow Firewire (IEEE 1394) connection. We are then able to export a DV AVI file with
caption data encoded to the video. When this is exported back to any of the above
Sample DV
mentioned formats, it is recorded on the tape as standard Line 21 caption data, which
video with
can be displayed by any analog TV. Find out more about how CaptionMaker DV
captions
works by following the links at the left. Various Tutorial Videos are also available,
with more to come.

The CaptionMaker NLE features all the same options and features as the
CaptionMaker DV software, but is geared towards users who work in SD and need to
NLE workflow export video for working with a Non-Linear Editing application (i.e. Final Cut Pro,
Adobe Premiere, Avid, etc…). The key benefit to working with CaptionMaker NLE is a
Compatible “No Generation Loss” workflow that saves you time and money. The NLE workflow
NLE systems consists of exporting a caption encoded video file from CaptionMaker that is then
imported into your non-linear editing program. This exported video, also known as a
If your NLE black- or blankmovie is imported and added to the timeline containing the final edit of
system is not
the video to be captioned. The simplicity of this system is that a low-resolution file can
listed
be exported of the final video from your editing software and used to create the captions.
Then, the captions are exported from CaptionMaker and integrated back with the original
video as it is being exported or printed to video from your non-linear editing software’s
Timeline. To see how it works, follow the links on the left hand side to work with
CaptionMaker NLE.

There is also a helpful video that outlines the export process here:
http://www.cpcweb.com/tutorial/windows/NLEexport.wmv

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 The CaptionMaker HD software provides the same features as DV and NLE, but also
includes the ability to add captions to certain HD videos. Because HD is still a
burgeoning field, CaptionMaker is unfortunately only able to support a few formats.
While we work on incorporating more HD formats in the future, we are currently, as of
1/08, only able to support the following:

MPEG2 Elementary Streams and Program Streams

Captions can be added to generic MPEG2 Elementary and Program streams. The MPEG2
can be SD or HD. Captions can be formatted in any one of the following styles: ATSC
DVD caption & 608/708, DVD, CCube/LSI DVx 608 Linear or CCube/LSI DVx 608 Temporal.
subtitles
Panasonic DVCPRO HD
Webcast Captions can be added to DVCPROHD. You need to use FireWire to send the captioned
captions in video to a compatible VTR such as a Panasonic AJ-HD1400.
wmv, qt, rm &
flash
SONY XDCAM
Captions can be added to XDCAM.
Live
CaptionMaker DV/NLE/HD also supports the exporting of Closed Captions and
captioning
using an Subtitles for DVD. Additionally, the ability to export captions for Webcasts in
external Windows Media Video, Quicktime, RealMedia and Flash are also supported.
encoder CaptionMaker also has the ability to support Live captioning with an external caption
encoder.