Understanding Layers

Audio Layer

Setting	Explanation
Audio File Type	Select the audio resolution and file type required for the recording.
Auto Align recording	Turn on to automatically trim align recordings to the trim margin position.
Auto Align Position	The Auto Align Position controls where the audio will appear in relation to the title if Auto Align is enabled. For Audio Description this would normally be set to apox. 0.12s. For dubbing 0s is more appropriate.
Auto Trim Recording	Turn on to automatically trim recordings based on silence level.
Silence Guard Start	Controls how much silence is kept at the clip start when auto trimming using the silence level.
Silence Guard End	Controls how much silence is kept at the clip end when auto trimming using the silence level.
AD Fade Mode	Set how the Fade levels are calculate in an Audio Description file.
Default Fade (dB)	Adjust the default fade level.
Default Fade Duration (sec)	Adjust the default length of a fade segment, normally set to match Record Offset.
Default Fade Offset (sec)	Adjust the default fade value.
Audio Conform Behaviour	Only required for ESF files.
Default synthetic voice.	Allows a specific synthetic voice to be selected and always used.

Reading Layer

Setting	Explanation
Reading Speed Mode	select between CPS and WPM.
Target CPS/WPM value	Set the Target/Ideal Words per minute or characters per second
Low Speed (-%)	Set the Minimum speed as a percentage variation of the target value. This is used to create warnings or errors and display triangles.
High Speed (-%)	Set the Maximum speed as a percentage variation of the target value. This is used to create warnings or errors and display triangles.
Reading Trigger time for new title (s)	Set a time in seconds for a viewer to start reading a title. This is subtracted from the title duration before calculated reading time is compared against the duration.
Low Reading Speed Action	Choose how the Low Speed Reading Check should be marked as. Error, warning, or none.

Timing Layer

Setting	Explanation
Default interval between titles (frames)	Set the internal (gap) between titles to be used when inserting new titles.
Default Subtitle Duration (seconds)	Set the default duration to be used when inserting new titles.
Minimum interval between titles (frames)	Set the minimum interval (gap) that can be set when editing timecodes in the editor or on the timeline - Can be overridden.
Interval Threshold	Set the threshold point at which the interval (gap) should snap to the minimum interval or to the target interval. Set equal to the minimum value to disable.
Minimum Subtitle Duration (seconds)	Set the minimum duration that can be set when editing timecodes in the editor or on the timeline - Can be overridden.
Interval value below which the cue will snap to default (frames)	Set the interval (gap) value below which the editor will snap to the default interval - Can be overridden.
Maximum Subtitle Duration (seconds)	Set the maximum title duration.
Enable shot change stickiness	Enable or disable sticky operation when editing cue times.
Cue Distance before shot-change (frames)	Set the ideal time before a shot change and an in or out cue
Cue cut off before shot-change (frames)	Set how close an out-cue needs to be to a shotchange before it snaps to the default - Can be overridden.
Cue minimum before shot-change (frames)	Set the ideal minimum between the beginning or end of a title and a shot-change.
Cue minimum after shot-change (frames)	Set the ideal minimum between a shot-change and the beginning or end of a title.
Cue cut off after shot change (frames)	Set the ideal time after a shot change and an in or out cue
Cue Distance after shot-change (frames)	Set the ideal time after a shot change and an in or out cue
Shot change settings repeated for In and Our Cues

Display Style Layer

Setting	Explanation
Left Margin	Left margin for subtitles as a percentage of video width.
Right Margin	Right margin for subtitles as a percentage of video width.
Top Margin	Top margin for subtitles as a percentage of video height.
Bottom Margin	Bottom margin for subtitles as a percentage of video height.

Font Details

Setting	Explanation
Display F1/F2 indicators for PAC	Show the font selected for each row of text in the editor. - PAC files only.
Default Font	The default font when creating a new subtitle, selected from the two fonts bellow.
Override file defined font details	Set to true to always use the default font definition, regardless of any file defined values.
Line end pad	Add extra padding to the end of the lines - only visible if some form Boxing is enabled.
Boxing	Set the default Boxing style for the file.
Outline	Set the default outline style for the file.
Disable word-wrap	Disable automatic word wrapping in this file (not supported in all file types)

Font 1 Display

Setting	Explanation
Font Size	Set the size for Font 1 as a percentage of the screen height.
Line Height	Set the line height for each row of text as a percentage of the font height. This will set the inter-row spacing for Font 1.
Pad Top	Set the amount of padding above the top row or text - only visible if boxing o stripe is enabled in Font 1.
Pad Bottom	Set the amount of padding below the bottom row or text - only visible if boxing or stripe is enable for Font 1.
Font Family	Select the style of the font to be used for Font 1.
Default to Right To Left entry	Check this box if Font 1 is primarily Right to Left.

Font 2 Display

Setting	Explanation
Font Size	Set the size for Font 2 as a percentage of the screen height.
Line Height	Set the line height for each row of text as a percentage of the font height. This will set the inter-row spacing for Font 2.
Pad Top	Set the amount of padding above the top row or text - only visible if boxing o stripe is enabled in Font 2.
Pad Bottom	Set the amount of padding below the bottom row or text - only visible if boxing or stripe is enable for Font 2.
Font Family	Select the style of the font to be used for Font 2.
Default to Right To Left entry	Check this box if Font 2 is primarily Right to Left.

note

Fonts are stored as part of the Stellar system. Fonts loaded on the local PC or Mac are not used. See the Font section on how to load fonts.

Editing Limits

Setting	Explanation
Maximum number of character per line	Set how many characters you want to be the maximum per line, any number above this will show as a warning in the editor.
Maximum number of character per line for vertical text	Set how many characters you want to be the maximum per line for vertical text, any number above this will show as a warning in the editor.
Maximum number lines in a subtitle	Sets the maximum number of lines(rows) in a subtitle.
Subtitle lines must share alignment	Normally set by the file type, cannot be edited.
Prevent Wordwrap	Option to disable wordwrap. If disable this forces the user to decide on the line break.
Default to Wordwrap	Option to disable wordwrap when typing.
Allow leading and trailing spaces when editing	Option to allows leading an training spaces. This can be used to change box sizes or to position text.
Enable Italics	Option to enable or disable Italic text in the file.
Enable Underline	Option to enable or disable Underline text in the file.
Enable Bold	Option to enable or disable Bold text in the file.
Enable Foreground Color	Option to enable or disable foreground colors in the file.
Enable Background Color	Option to enable or disable background colors in the file.
Color codes take spaces	Enable to enforce color codes when counting line lengths - required for Teletext format files.
Teletext style display	Option to enforce a Teletext style display of titles in the editor.
Enable Boxing Control	Option to enable or disable box an stripe styles in the file.
Enable Outline / Dropshadow Control	Option to enable or disable outline style in the file.
Default Boxing to set when creating subtitles	Set the boxing style to be used for new titles.
Default outline to set when creating subtitles	Set the outline style to be used for new titles.
Enforce Renumbering	Force renumbering of subtitles after an Insert, Delete, Split or Merge ( Note: Some file types will renumber even if this control option is disabled.)

Line Character Count calculation Adjustments

Setting	Explanation
Enable Ruby entry	Option to enable or disable rubies.
Enable Pictographic Text Emphasis entry	Option to enable or disable adding Text Emphasis to pictographic languages.
Enable Text Combine entry	Option to enable or disable combining text horizontally in the vertical text.
Enable Vertical text	Option to enable or disable Vertical Text presentation.
Enable Forced Subtitles	Option to enable or disable toggling of Forced subtitles

QC Style Layer

Cue Timing

Setting	—	Explanation

Setting	Explanation
Target interval/gap (frames)	Used as a default value when attempting to fix a cue interval related issue
Minimum interval (frames)	Used to detect titles whose interval is below this value.
Minimum Subtitle Duration (seconds)	Used to detect if the title is below a certain duration.
Maximum Subtitle Duration (seconds)	Used to detect if the title is above a certain duration.

Shot Change Timing
Enable Proximity to Shotchange Checks	Enable or Disable the Checking of titles alignment with shot-changes.
Cue Distance before shot-change (frames)	Set the ideal time before a shot change and an in or out cue
Cue cut off before shot-change (frames)	Set how close an out-cue needs to be to a shotchange before it snaps to the default - Can be overridden.
Cue minimum before shot-change (frames)	Set the ideal minimum between the beginning or end of a title and a shot-change.
Cue minimum after shot-change (frames)	Set the ideal minimum between a shot-change and the beginning or end of a title.
Cue cut off after shot change (frames)	Set the ideal time after a shot change and an in or out cue
Cue Distance after shot-change (frames)	Set the ideal time after a shot change and an in or out cue
Shot change settings repeated for In and Our Cues

Reading	Contains settings for Words Per Minute mode
Reading Speed mode	Set how the reading speed will be calculated in the QC checks:Words per Minute (WPM) Characters per Second (CPS) WPM with Word Frequency ( this option takes into account the fact that common words can be read more quickly than unusual words)
Target WPM value	Set the Target/Ideal Words per minute
Low Speed (-%)	Set the Minimum speed as a percentage variation of the target value. This is used to create warnings or errors and display triangles.
High Speed (-%)	Set the Maximum speed as a percentage variation of the target value. This is used to create warnings or errors and display triangles.
Reading Trigger time for new title (s)	Set a time in seconds for a viewer to start reading a title.
	This is subtracted from the title duration before calculated reading time is compared against the duration.
Low Reading Speed Action	Choose how the Low Speed Reading Check should be marked as. Error, Warning, None.

Audio Recording
Enable ESF compatibility check	Error fade if duration(slope) or level settings differ from ESF compatibility rules.
Fade timing and level checks	Error fade if duration(slope) or level settings are different from defaults.

Text
Line length count type	Set how the line length should be calculated to allow for: teletext, closed caption, and standard display modes
Subtitle Zero required	Sets the error if subtitle Zero is not present.
Approved Flag required.	Sets the error rule if the approval flag is not set for all titles. Only applies to supported file types: SRT, SRTAD, and SRTDUB.
Maximum lines per title	Sets the error rule for the maximum number of lines (Rows) of text in a subtitle. Any title with more will cause an error in the QC checks.
Maximum characters per line	Sets the error rule for the maximum number of characters allowed in a row.
Maximum characters per line for vertical	Sets the error rule for the maximum number of characters allowed in a row for vertical text.

Word Wrapping
Preferred wrapping style	Set how auto word wrap should behave.  Balanced, top-heavy, or bottom-heavy.
Dialogue indicators	Sets which character should be used to represent a change of speaker?

CPS Calculation Adjustments	CPS Adjustments - these settings allow fine adjustment of how the CPS value for a title is calculated in the QC checks.
Space weight	The fraction of a character counted for word spaces (multiple spaces count as one).
Linebreak weight	The fraction of a character counted for line breaks (multiple line breaks count as one).
Roman/other character weight	The fraction of a character counted for non-ideographic characters (Roman, Cyrillic, etc.)
Ideographic character weight	The fraction of a character counted for ideographic characters ( Chinese, Japanese, etc.)
Punctuation weight	The fraction of a character counted for punctuation.
Digit weight	The fraction of a character counted for digits (0-9)
Thai Tone weight	The fraction of a character counted for zero-width Thai characters.
Include Rubies in calculation	Check this box to include Rubies in the CPS calculation.
Count horizontal text in vertical as a single ideographic character	Check this box to count combine text one character, else it will be counted as multiple.

Positioning
Warn if horizontal position is not	Set warning rules to check if titles are not in a set position on screen horizontally.
Warn if vertical position is not	Set warning rules to check if titles are not in a set position on screen vertically.
Error subtitle if is outside safe area bounds	Set a rule to check for out of bounds text relative to safe area.

Font Details
Line end pad	Add extra padding to the end of lines - only visible if some form of Boxing is enabled.

Font 1 Display Size
Font Size	Set the Font 1 size as a percentage of the screen height.
Font Family	Select the style of font to be used for Font 1.

Font 2 Display Size
Font Size	Set the Font 2 size as a percentage of the screen height.
Font Family	Select the style of font to be used for Font 2.

Style
Warn if boxing is not	Set a rule to warn if title has a different boxing style for that set here.
Warn if underline is not	Set a rule to warn if title has a different outline style for that set here.
Warn if title contains colors	Set a rule to warn if any colors are used.
Warn if title contains bold characters	Set a rule to warn if bold text is present.
Warn if title contains italic characters	Set a rule to warn if italic text is present.
Warn if title is all italics	Set a rule to warn if all characters in the title are italics.
Warn if title contains underlined characters	Set a rule to warn if underlined text is present.
Warn if title contains uppercase words	Set a rule to warn if uppercase text is present.
Warn if title is all uppercase	Set a rule to warn if all characters in the title are uppercase.
Warn if title contains digits (0-10)	Set a rule to warn if numbers 0 to 10 are present in a title.
Warn Mismatching Brackets or Quotation Marks	Set a rule to warn if brackets or quotation marks are not paired properly.

Combined Layer

Contains all the Rules in a single Layer.

Useful if you only need a very limited number of Profiles and don’t need the flexibility of multiple Layers.