Subtitle Edit Pro-Video Editor 4+

You can only have one box of subtitles. You can't add another box. You can move the box anywhere you want. The subtitles can be all to the left, centered or right. But each line will be the same, not some centered, some left etc. The subtitles can only be on the video and not beyond, ex iphone videoing vertically there is black space around the video. the subtitles are only on the video, not the surrounding black space. You can have the subtitles as long as you want on the video. ex- i have my info throughout the entire video for Facebook. Wish it could do more but does the basic easily.

If you, like me, are frustrated by the limited options available in iMovie for adding closed captions, this is a nice supplement that lets you control font, size, and placement of the caption. It works just about the same way as iMovie’s built-in titling function. The one thing I wish the program could do would be to allow us to make the background color behind the text translucent so part of the video image shows through.I also wish I could click on the text in the preview window to edit it, but you get used to doing your edits in the upper left window fairly quickly. With captions being so important on Facebook, this is a valuable tool for video content creators who want to make use of social media to show off their work.

This is a great program that I’m using for something it was not created for. I’m camera blocking musical performances which I then share with my associate director who creates the camera shot sheet cards for the camera operators.
The one huge issue is being able to see where the curser is in the "My Subtitle" window. It appears as a black over a slightly less black background.
If that could be corrected, it would great. It takes wasted time to figure out where the curser is.
Also, if writing and editing text could be done in the text window in the video, that would be even better!