You may know the closed caption icon from YouTube or Netflix. Captions are an important tool in video production to make videos and even entire movies or TV shows accessible to a larger - possibly even international - audience. Deaf and hearing impaired people can easily follow and understand your videos through subtitles. You help foreign language learners to learn a new language. Maybe you have even used subtitles in your favorite TV show yourself to improve your foreign language skills - especially if English is not your first language.In this course I will teach you a lot about subtitles and captions. You will not only learn how to create and edit subtitles with free offline and online editors, but also some theoretical background on formats, guidelines to create great captions, transcriptions and even translations. This video course contains nine sections:Introduction:In this section I present the course contents and give you a quick introduction to captions.
Theory:This section gives you some nice to have background knowledge on the difference between subtitles, closed captions and open captions as well as an overview on the most important subtitle formats. If you are already at an intermediate or expert level, you may skip this sections. Beginner, however, should definitely take a look at those videos.
Guidelines: This is one of the most important sections. Many courses and videos teach about how to create captions. However, a lot of them fail to explain how to design great captions that are easy to follow and that do not distract from the video content. Captions should support the viewer in his understanding of your video contents. While well designed captions add value to a video, bad captions may even disturb the viewer. I explain some of the most important guidelines to you and even show you a short example of good and bad captions. Please to not skip this section, even if you want to start creating captions right away!
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CREATE closed captions and open captions
EDIT subtitles and captions with software and online tools
IMPROVE your captions with respect to many guidelines
TRANSCRIBE your videos for an easier captioning process
USE captions online with YouTube and other websites or offline with the VLC media player
INTEGRATE captions into your videos as a track
TRANSLATE your videos using captions
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Introduction - What It's All About 5 lectures15:59Introduction - Felix Tuna previewHi, I am Felix, you instructor. I use this lesson to quickly introduce myself.Course Outline previewThis lesson gives you an overview about the sections and lessons of this course. It shows my idea behind the course.I tell you, which lessons are the most important and which you might even skip, if you just want to start subtitling.Definition: CaptionsWhat are captions? This lesson is a definition so that all of you know what exactly we are talking about.Subtitling in PracticeIn which areas of application are subtitles actually used? Which countries use subtitles and which prefer dubbing? This lessons shows several examples of the various ways to use subtitles in practice.Workflow for Captioning VideosDepending on what kind of video you are working on, the captioning process might differ a little. I show you a possible workflow to ensure the quality of your captions. Introduction - What It's All About 5 lectures15:59Introduction - Felix Tuna previewHi, I am Felix, you instructor. I use this lesson to quickly introduce myself.Course Outline previewThis lesson gives you an overview about the sections and lessons of this course. It shows my idea behind the course.I tell you, which lessons are the most important and which you might even skip, if you just want to start subtitling.Definition: CaptionsWhat are captions? This lesson is a definition so that all of you know what exactly we are talking about.Subtitling in PracticeIn which areas of application are subtitles actually used? Which countries use subtitles and which prefer dubbing? This lessons shows several examples of the various ways to use subtitles in practice.Workflow for Captioning VideosDepending on what kind of video you are working on, the captioning process might differ a little. I show you a possible workflow to ensure the quality of your captions.Introduction - Felix Tuna previewHi, I am Felix, you instructor. I use this lesson to quickly introduce myself.Introduction - Felix Tuna previewHi, I am Felix, you instructor. I use this lesson to quickly introduce myself.Introduction - Felix Tuna previewHi, I am Felix, you instructor. I use this lesson to quickly introduce myself.Introduction - Felix Tuna previewHi, I am Felix, you instructor. I use this lesson to quickly introduce myself.Hi, I am Felix, you instructor. I use this lesson to quickly introduce myself.Hi, I am Felix, you instructor. I use this lesson to quickly introduce myself.Course Outline previewThis lesson gives you an overview about the sections and lessons of this course. It shows my idea behind the course.I tell you, which lessons are the most important and which you might even skip, if you just want to start subtitling.Course Outline previewThis lesson gives you an overview about the sections and lessons of this course. It shows my idea behind the course.I tell you, which lessons are the most important and which you might even skip, if you just want to start subtitling.Course Outline previewThis lesson gives you an overview about the sections and lessons of this course. It shows my idea behind the course.I tell you, which lessons are the most important and which you might even skip, if you just want to start subtitling.Course Outline previewThis lesson gives you an overview about the sections and lessons of this course. It shows my idea behind the course.I tell you, which lessons are the most important and which you might even skip, if you just want to start subtitling.This lesson gives you an overview about the sections and lessons of this course. It shows my idea behind the course.I tell you, which lessons are the most important and which you might even skip, if you just want to start subtitling.This lesson gives you an overview about the sections and lessons of this course. It shows my idea behind the course.I tell you, which lessons are the most important and which you might even skip, if you just want to start subtitling.Definition: CaptionsWhat are captions? This lesson is a definition so that all of you know what exactly we are talking about.Definition: CaptionsWhat are captions? This lesson is a definition so that all of you know what exactly we are talking about.Definition: CaptionsWhat are captions? This lesson is a definition so that all of you know what exactly we are talking about.Definition: CaptionsWhat are captions? This lesson is a definition so that all of you know what exactly we are talking about.What are captions? This lesson is a definition so that all of you know what exactly we are talking about.What are captions? This lesson is a definition so that all of you know what exactly we are talking about.Subtitling in PracticeIn which areas of application are subtitles actually used? Which countries use subtitles and which prefer dubbing? This lessons shows several examples of the various ways to use subtitles in practice.Subtitling in PracticeIn which areas of application are subtitles actually used? Which countries use subtitles and which prefer dubbing? This lessons shows several examples of the various ways to use subtitles in practice.Subtitling in PracticeIn which areas of application are subtitles actually used? Which countries use subtitles and which prefer dubbing? This lessons shows several examples of the various ways to use subtitles in practice.Subtitling in PracticeIn which areas of application are subtitles actually used? Which countries use subtitles and which prefer dubbing? This lessons shows several examples of the various ways to use subtitles in practice.In which areas of application are subtitles actually used? Which countries use subtitles and which prefer dubbing? This lessons shows several examples of the various ways to use subtitles in practice.In which areas of application are subtitles actually used? Which countries use subtitles and which prefer dubbing? This lessons shows several examples of the various ways to use subtitles in practice.Workflow for Captioning VideosDepending on what kind of video you are working on, the captioning process might differ a little. I show you a possible workflow to ensure the quality of your captions.Workflow for Captioning VideosDepending on what kind of video you are working on, the captioning process might differ a little. I show you a possible workflow to ensure the quality of your captions.Workflow for Captioning VideosDepending on what kind of video you are working on, the captioning process might differ a little. I show you a possible workflow to ensure the quality of your captions.Workflow for Captioning VideosDepending on what kind of video you are working on, the captioning process might differ a little. I show you a possible workflow to ensure the quality of your captions.Depending on what kind of video you are working on, the captioning process might differ a little. I show you a possible workflow to ensure the quality of your captions.Depending on what kind of video you are working on, the captioning process might differ a little. I show you a possible workflow to ensure the quality of your captions. Theory - About Subtitles and Closed Captions 5 lectures21:00Theory: Overview previewOverview of the section Theory.Motivation: Benefits of Subtitles and CaptionsI present the most important benefits of subtitles and tell you why adding captions to your company videos and tutorials is important.Differences Between Subtitles and CaptionsSubtitles and captions are actually not the same thing. We talk about the little differences and distinguish between open captions and closed captions.The Most Important Subtitle FormatsThere are a lot of different subtitle formats. Many of them look the same, but some work a little different.Using an example, I show you SRT, VTT and SSA/ASS subtitles and explain their main characteristics.[BONUS] Live-Captioning: How to Add Captions to Video-Streams in Real-TimeDid you ever see a live show with subtitles? This lesson explains how manually created subtitles are fed into the stream of a live TV broadcast. Theory - About Subtitles and Closed Captions. 5 lectures21:00Theory: Overview previewOverview of the section Theory.Motivation: Benefits of Subtitles and CaptionsI present the most important benefits of subtitles and tell you why adding captions to your company videos and tutorials is important.Differences Between Subtitles and CaptionsSubtitles and captions are actually not the same thing. We talk about the little differences and distinguish between open captions and closed captions.The Most Important Subtitle FormatsThere are a lot of different subtitle formats. Many of them look the same, but some work a little different.Using an example, I show you SRT, VTT and SSA/ASS subtitles and explain their main characteristics.[BONUS] Live-Captioning: How to Add Captions to Video-Streams in Real-TimeDid you ever see a live show with subtitles? This lesson explains how manually created subtitles are fed into the stream of a live TV broadcast.Theory: Overview previewOverview of the section Theory.Theory: Overview previewOverview of the section Theory.Theory: Overview previewOverview of the section Theory.Theory: Overview previewOverview of the section Theory.Overview of the section Theory.Overview of the section Theory.Motivation: Benefits of Subtitles and CaptionsI present the most important benefits of subtitles and tell you why adding captions to your company videos and tutorials is important.Motivation: Benefits of Subtitles and CaptionsI present the most important benefits of subtitles and tell you why adding captions to your company videos and tutorials is important.Motivation: Benefits of Subtitles and CaptionsI present the most important benefits of subtitles and tell you why adding captions to your company videos and tutorials is important.Motivation: Benefits of Subtitles and CaptionsI present the most important benefits of subtitles and tell you why adding captions to your company videos and tutorials is important.I present the most important benefits of subtitles and tell you why adding captions to your company videos and tutorials is important.I present the most important benefits of subtitles and tell you why adding captions to your company videos and tutorials is important.Differences Between Subtitles and CaptionsSubtitles and captions are actually not the same thing. We talk about the little differences and distinguish between open captions and closed captions.Differences Between Subtitles and CaptionsSubtitles and captions are actually not the same thing. We talk about the little differences and distinguish between open captions and closed captions.Differences Between Subtitles and CaptionsSubtitles and captions are actually not the same thing. We talk about the little differences and distinguish between open captions and closed captions.Differences Between Subtitles and CaptionsSubtitles and captions are actually not the same thing. We talk about the little differences and distinguish between open captions and closed captions.Subtitles and captions are actually not the same thing. We talk about the little differences and distinguish between open captions and closed captions.Subtitles and captions are actually not the same thing. We talk about the little differences and distinguish between open captions and closed captions.The Most Important Subtitle FormatsThere are a lot of different subtitle formats. Many of them look the same, but some work a little different.Using an example, I show you SRT, VTT and SSA/ASS subtitles and explain their main characteristics ng What is a transcription? This lesson...
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To try out your newly learned skills, you need a video file to create captions for Basic computer skills (e.g. how to download and use software)
