Caption is greyed out in Final Cut Pro

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CYNT2011 Author

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Caption is greyed out in Final Cut Pro

I've never used Final Cut Pro before I wanted to add captions to my video, but Edit>Captions is greyed out. How do I enable Captions?

Using Final Cut Pro 10.6.6

Sonoma 14.1.1

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Cynthia

iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Dec 9, 2023 10:28 AM

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CYNT2011 Author

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Dec 9, 2023 12:18 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Thank you, Tom. I figured it out. I was not working in the timeline. I got it to work, but now they don't export. 😂 I do not like working on PCs, but Mac makes it hard to love them. 🤣😂😅

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Dec 9, 2023 12:34 PM in response to CYNT2011

Edit>Captions is greyed out. How do I enable Captions?

Captions:

1. Menu →Change →Edit Role

2. Caption →+Caption role: SRT(add format to caption role) *SRT is recommended by YouTube

3. +Language: Language selection(add language to subrole) →Apply →Warning message: Continue

4. Place the cursor where you want to insert the subtitle →option+C(add subtitle) →Enter text →⌘W(close) →Wclick / control+shift+C(text can be edited if the cursor is on the caption clip)