Video subtitle are an important part when conveying content and messages to viewers. Subtitles will help your video reach viewers from different countries and people with hearing impairments. In the article below, Viewfinder Media will suggest you 9 easy-to-use video subtitle creation software without paying a fee.
1. Easy-to-use video subtitle creation software
Currently, there are many software to create subtitles for videos, but they are paid and difficult to use. Below is a summary of free, easy-to-use software and how to create video subtitles.
1.1 How to make subtitles for videos on Youtube
Youtube is considered the easiest tool to use currently when it supports users to import subtitles directly or upload subtitle files.
- Advantages: No installation required, suitable for all operating systems and computers, familiar interface. Automatically create subtitles when voice is detected.
- Disadvantage: The subtitles will not be displayed in the video when exported to a separate file but will only appear on Youtube.
The following are detailed steps to create subtitles for videos on Youtube.
- Step 1: Open Youtube, log in to your account (if you don't have one, register to become a member), then upload the video you want to create subtitles for. After the video is uploaded, select Video Manager to start creating subtitles.
- Step 2: Access YouTube Studio ==> select the Content section ==> click the Edit drop-down arrow.
Select the video for which you create subtitles.
- Step 3: Next you can choose the language in which you want to create subtitles.
Select the default subtitle language for videos
- Step 4: During the process of importing subtitles, you can play and stop the video at any location you want.
After completing creating subtitles, Post the video (Publish) and you will see the subtitles in the video
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1.2 Windows Movie Maker
Windows Movie Maker is the main subtitle creation software created by Microsoft, so it is very simple to use, even for those who have never created subtitles. This software provides a multifunctional text editor that changes fonts and font sizes.
Windows Movie Maker is located in the Microsoft Store
- Advantages: Automatically add subtitles based on dialogue detected in the video, suitable for computers using old operating systems such as Windows 7/8/10. Friendly interface, safe and very small file size.
- Disadvantages: Not supported on MacOS operating system, does not support some video formats such as MP4, MKV, MOV, FLV, AVI
Here are the steps to create video subtitle with Windows Movie Maker.
- Step 1: Go to Microsoft Store and find "Windows Movie Maker". Then you click “Get” to use it.
- Step 2: Open Movie Maker and upload the video you want to caption
- Step 3: Then click the Home tab and select Caption.
- Step 4: Windows Movie Maker will add a special window to enter text for the video.
- Step 5: Edit caption if necessary.
- Step 6: Save the video to apply changes.
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1.3 Video subtitle software with Aegisub
Aegisub is highly flexible software that can create subtitles automatically or manually and export subtitles.
- Advantages: Compatible with many different video formats MP4, AVI, WMV,.... can create titles for videos in many languages.
- Disadvantages: Not suitable for computers with weak configurations, processing speed will be slow if you have to process videos with many subtitles and high resolution
Here are some steps to create subtitles for videos in Aegisub:
- Step 1: On the Aegisub toolbar, select the Video tab and select Open Video to select the video you want to insert Sub.
Aegisub has a very intuitive interface and is easy to use
- Step 2: First, click Play (1) to run the video. Next, after the dialogue starts, press button (2) to determine the time the subtitle will start appearing. Then when the dialogue or song ends, press button (3) to end the sub. Now press pause on the video (4) to write subtitles for the section we just identified.
Create subtitles for the video according to the steps in the image
- Step 3: After you have the beginning and end of the dialogue, enter the subtitles in the empty box on the right then click Edit to adjust the font size.
You can create subtitles for certain timestamps.
- Step 4: The Edit window appears, you can adjust the font (1), font size (2) and color (3) for your subtitles. Then you click Apply and OK.
Aegisub also supports customizing fonts for subtitles
- Step 5: After editing, press Play to see if the sub is appropriate or not.
- Step 6: After completing the first sub paragraph, press Enter at the end of the text to go to the second paragraph. Do the same until the end of the video.
- Step 7: After completing the subtitle creation process, save the subtitle file by pressing the Save button, then name the sub file and press the Save button.
1.4 AHD Subtitles Maker
AHD Subtitles Maker is different from the above software because it only specializes in subtitle creation for videos. A great choice for both beginners and advanced users with features to customize subtitles as desired such as adding effects and changing position.
AHD Subtitles Maker software specializes in creating video subtitle
- Advantages: Has many powerful features, high accuracy, supports many subtitle formats SRT, SSA, ASS, etc.
- Disadvantages: The interface is a bit complicated, low-configuration devices may have some problems when using the application.
To create video subtitle with AHD Subtitles Maker, you can refer to the following steps:
- Step 1: Open AHD Subtitles Maker software.
- Step 2: Add the video you want to create subtitles for.
- Step 3: Select the subtitle language you want to create.
- Step 4: Use the software's features to create subtitles.
- Step 5: Export subtitles to desired format.
1.5 Pinnacle Studio - How to add subtitles to videos
Pinnacle Studio will often be the choice for those who want to create video subtitle with experience. This software has advanced features such as changing the appearance time, effects, and position of subtitles.
- Advantages: Intuitive, easy-to-use interface, supports many SRT, SSA and ASS subtitle formats.
- Disadvantages: Requires a high-configuration device to use well. The free version only provides basic features.
Pinnacle Studio is software that is often chosen by experienced people.
Detailed instructions on how to create subtitles in Pinnacle Studio are as follows:
- Step 1: Open Pinnacle Studio and add the video you want to caption.
- Step 2: Click the Titles tab.
- Step 3: Choose the subtitle style you want to use.
- Step 4: Enter subtitle text.
- Step 5: Adjust appearance time, font, color, etc. of subtitles.
- Step 6: Export subtitles to desired format.
1.6 Adobe Premiere
Adobe Premiere is the most commonly used software among the above software. Adobe Premiere's full video subtitle features include choosing fonts, colors, and adding effects that change position and appearance time.
- Advantages: Has many features, can customize subtitles and can export subtitles to many other formats
- Disadvantages: Requires the machine to have good configuration to use effectively.
To create subtitles in Adobe Premiere, you can follow these steps:
- Step 1: First, open Adobe Premiere software. Next, to create a new subtitle file, select New Item in the Panel Project section. Finally, select Captions to complete creating the subtitle file.
Select Captions to complete the subtitle
- Step 2: You enable the Closed Captions Display feature in the Program Monitor section. Then, select Correct Caption Type and drag the Captions video file into the Timeline
- Step 3: Select the subtitle file you want to add and use the Captions Panel to add your subtitles and subtitle times. If you don't see the Captions Panel, go to Menu on the toolbar and select Captions. Pay attention to In and Out points that match the words in your video.
- Step 4: Finally, to export the captions select Captions in the Export dialogue.
1.7 Google Drive - How to create subtitles for videos
Few people know that Google Drive can also make video subtitle. Although the features of Google Drive are quite limited, this is the software with the simplest usage.
- Advantages: Intuitive interface that is easy to use for users, can export subtitles to many different formats
- Disavantages: Automatically generated subtitles may not be accurate and have limited features.
Below is how you can add subtitles and captions with Google Drive.
- Step 1: Log in to Diver, if you don't have an account, please register.
- Step 2: Click New (In the left corner) > Upload file... Then select the video you want to add subtitles to
- Step 3: When the video appears in your Google Drive, right-click the file, click File Info and select Manage Subtitles.
Select information about the file then select manage subtitles
- Step 4: Click on the option with the plus sign Add new subtitles and the subtitle file must be in SRT format.
Now you can add subtitles as you like
- Step 5: Select a language and enter a title for your subtitles. Then click upload.
1.8 Subtitle Workshop
Subtitle Workshop is a powerful and flexible video subtitle development tool. Has full basic and advanced features such as allowing text editing to detecting and checking errors.
- Advantages: Easy-to-use interface, has many advanced features that support many subtitle formats.
- Disadvantages: Not suitable for machines with low configuration.
Subtitle Workshop has many advanced features
Here are some basic instructions on how to use Subtitle Workshop:
- Step 1: Download and install Subtitle Workshop.
- Step 2: Open Subtitle Workshop and add the video you want to subtitle.
- Step 3: Select the subtitle language you want to create.
- Step 4: Use the software's features to create subtitles.
- Step 5: Export subtitles to desired format.
1.9 CaptionMaker
CaptionMaker is a professional captioning software, developed by Telestream. This software provides many powerful features to create subtitles for videos such as creating subtitles yourself using voice recognition.
CaptionMaker is often used by professionals
- Advantages: Has many automatic features, simple and intuitive interface.
- Disadvantages: The free version only lasts 30 days, requires a high-configuration device.
You can use CaptionMaker to create subtitles with the following steps:
- Step 1: Download and install CaptionMaker.
- Step 2: Open CaptionMaker and import the video you want to create subtitles.
- Step 3: Create a new subtitle by clicking the "New Caption" button.
- Step 4: Enter subtitle text into the "Caption Text" box.
- Step 5: Adjust the subtitle display time using the "Start Time" and "End Time" sliders.
- Step 6: Change the font style, color, size and position of the subtitles using the tools on the toolbar. Then export the subtitles to the format you want.
1.10 Capcut
Capcut is a free video editing application developed by Bytedance. This application provides many video editing features, including creating subtitles for videos especially in vertical format.
- Pros: Easy-to-use interface suitable for both computer and video editing.
- Cons: Quite limited features with the free version.
Below are the steps to help you use Capcut's subtitle creation feature:
- Step 1: First, open the CapCut application, then click on New Project.
- Step 2: Select a video for which you want to create subtitles, then click the Add button in the lower right corner of the screen.
- Step 3: To create subtitles for the video, click on Automatic captions or Add captions.
- Step 4: Now set the sound and language for the subtitles. Then, click the Continue button.
- Step 5: Next, wait a moment for the application system to analyze and create subtitles for your video.
- Step 6: After successfully inserting subtitles, click the Play button icon to review the video with subtitles.
- Step 7: Click the arrow icon in the upper right corner of the screen to save the video with subtitles.
- Step 8: Set Aspect Ratio, Resolution, then tap the Export button.
2. How to turn on video subtitles when watching movies on Youtube
If you often watch videos in other languages, you can turn on subtitles in the following way.
- Step 1: Click the Settings icon in the lower right corner of the video player.
- Step 2: Select subtitles or press "c"
You can press “c” or click on the icon in the image
- Step 3: Select the subtitle language you want to view
You can only select languages that Youtube supports
- Step 4: If you want all videos to always display subtitles, click Settings in the subtitle language selection section, then click "Include automatically generated subtitles (if any)"
Click on the setting
Select “Include subtitles to be automatically generated (if available)”
When turning on subtitles for videos on Youtube, you should note:
- If the video doesn't have subtitles, you won't be able to turn them on.
- You can translate subtitles into another language by clicking automatic translation.
3. Simple way to get subtitles from Youtube videos
There are two ways to get video subtitle from Youtube: using Youtube's own subtitle download feature or using third-party applications and websites.
For Youtube's subtitle download feature, follow these steps:
- Step 1: Open the video you want to get subtitles for.
- Step 2: Click the three-dot icon on the right next to the Share button.
- Step 3: Choose to open the transcription or show the transcription
Choose to open transcription or show transcript
- Step 4: Youtube will display the subtitle content panel right next to the video as shown below, you can get the content.
When retrieving video subtitle from YouTube directly, you should note:
- Not all YouTube videos have subtitles, and you can only get the original language subtitled content.
- Subtitles of Youtube videos, if created automatically, may not be accurate. Subtitles created by the poster may appear below the description.
- In addition, you can also use third-party websites or applications such as DownSub, SubDownloader, Subscene, etc.
4. Instructions for adjusting the display of subtitles
Youtube not only can turn on subtitles or translate into many languages, but also has the ability to display subtitles according to your preferences.
- Step 1: Click the Settings icon
- Step 2: Select Subtitles
- Step 3: Select Options
Replace Click on the Select an Image option
- Step 4: You can customize the size, font, color, transparency and effects according to your preferences.
5. Some things you need to keep in mind when adding subtitles to videos
Adding subtitles will make your video more accessible and attractive to the majority of users. However, not every video that contains subtitles is user-friendly. To use subtitles most appropriately, you should refer to the following notes:
- Balance the position of inserting subtitles, font size, font and text effects if any.
- You should place text in a color that contrasts with the background color to highlight the subtitles.
- Never use too bright a font color if you don't add it. shadow border for it.
- For each different video format, there will be a different subtitle arrangement. Therefore, you should optimize subtitles for each type of video to achieve the highest efficiency.
Choosing the right video subtitle creation software also depends on the computer hardware and the user's needs. Hopefully with the 9 free software that Viewfinder Media provides, this article will help you convey your message to viewers better.
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