Universal Subtitling Format (.usf)

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Universal Subtitling Format (.usf)

Exporting a Universal Subtitling Format (.USF) file provides couple of options to be configured. To open the configuration window simply press the Export Subtitles button on the toolbars, select the Universal Subtitling Format (.USF) option and then click the Config button in the bottom left. Then the following dialog will appear:

Override Font Color

By clicking this on, you can override the text color with the one selected from the color palette. In addition, text's transparency can be changed by choosing new Opacity value - selecting 0% means that text will be fully opaque, while value of 100% that it will be fully transparent.

Title

Title will automatically be filled by the specified in project's Details movie title, if the input is in the .ezt or .eztxml format, but title can also be typed in directly.

Box

Allows Box effect to be applied for all subtitles in the output file.

Selecting the None option will discard any box effects currently applied to the subtitles in EZConvert. Selecting Boxed, on the other hand, will apply box effects to all subtitles in the output file and selecting No Change will preserve the box effects currently applied to the subtitles.

Box effect's Opacity can be modified too and a value of 0% means that the box will appear as fully opaque, while value of 100% that it will be fully transparent in the output file.

Outline

Allows Outline effect to be applied for all subtitles in the output file.

Selecting the None option will discard the Outline currently applied to the subtitles in EZConvert. Selecting Outline, on the other hand, will apply outline to all subtitles in the output file and selecting No Change will preserve the outline currently applied to the subtitles.

Outline's Opacity can be modified too and a value of 0% means that the outline will appear as fully opaque, while value of 100% that it will be fully transparent in the output file.

Shadow

Allows Shadow effect to be applied for all subtitles in the output file.

Selecting the None option will discard the shadow currently applied to the subtitles in EZConvert. Selecting Shadow, on the other hand, will apply shadow to all subtitles in the output file and selecting No Change will preserve the shadow effects currently applied to the subtitles.

Shadow effect's Opacity can be modified too and a value of 0% means that the outline will appear as fully opaque, while value of 100% that it will be fully transparent in the output file.

Recut/Offset

Allows you to Recut/Offset the subtitles during the export. From the drop-down menu you can choose between the following options:

None - doesn't recut or offset the subtitles and they will be exported with their original timing.

Manual - allows you manually specify the offset for the recut.

Auto - automatically offsets the timing using the first subtitle's In-cue. All timecodes are offset backward with the first subtitle's In-cue rounded down to the closes hour. For example if the first subtitle originally starts at 10:00:32:21 after applying the recut it's start time will become 00:00:32:21.

Programme Start TC - automatically subtracts the value of the Programme Start TimeCode metadata parameter if available in the input file. Note that this parameter is supported for EBU STL, EBU-TT, EZT or EZTXML file formats only.

Video Start TC - automatically gets video's start time from the input EZT or EZTXML file and uses it to recut/offset the subtitles.

Use new lines for vertical alignment

This option is intended for compatibility reasons only and will keep the vertical position of the text by inserting empty lines below the text.

Vertical position by default is expressed and carried by specifying vertical margin as percentage of the video's height.

Exporting USF file with "open" and "closed" subtitles

EZConvert is capable of exporting USF file that contains subtitles indicated as "open" and "closed" when the project has the secondary subtitle track activated. And when the project has the secondary track enabled, then the following options become accessible:

Selected Subtitle Track

 

Exports only the subtitles from the currently selected subtitle track. All subtitles will be indicated as "open" in it.

 
Main track as Open,
Secondary track as Closed subtitles
 

 
All subtitles from the main track will be indicated as "open" while those from the secondary as "closed".

 
Main track as Closed,
Secondary track as Open subtitles

 
All subtitles from the main track will be indicated as "closed" while those from the secondary as "open".