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How to Write .SRT Subtitles using Subtitle Workshop.

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So the first thing we need to do is to open
up the Subtitle Workshop programme.

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And add a new subtitle file.

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So we go to 'File' and 'New Subtitle'.

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or otherwise you can press 'Ctrl + N'
to do that automatically.

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Here in the highlighted text section, you
can see the first subtitle line details.

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So you've got the subtitle line number,
the show time in which the subtitle will

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first appear and the hide time which is when
the subtitle will disappear from the screen

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reading for the next line of text.

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The text for the subtitle line will show here
and you can type the details below.

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To load a movie into Subtitle Workshop,
we can go to 'Movie' and 'Open.'

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You can locate your file to load into the software.

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Alternatively, what you can do otherwise is
you can actually just drag and drop files

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from the desktop into the software.

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Okay, so to start off our first subtitling job,
what we do first is we need to play the video.

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So using 'Ctrl + spacebar' as a shortcut,
you can play the video ready to add captions.

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You need to pause the video just before the
first part of speech occurs.

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So as we can see, he's about to speak there,

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so what we need to do is make sure the line
of text is highlighted and you go 'Alt + C'

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which automatically populates the show time.

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You can add the show time manually in the
show box, using the details up here,

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but it is a much easier, quicker way to do it by
just automatically using the Alt and C keys

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on your keyboard.

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So now we're going to play the video and
we'll type out the dialogue into the text box.

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Once there is enough speech that you think
that will be the first line, make sure that you

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use 'Ctrl + spacebar' to stop.

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'Incredible.'

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'One of the worst performances of my career...'

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Okay, so as you can see, I’ve finished that line
so what I need to do is first of all,

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put in the end time; so when the 
subtitle disappears.

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So we push 'Alt + V' and that automatically
inserts an end time

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and then 'Insert' to  insert the next line.

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The next line will automatically have a few
milliseconds added on from the previous hide time

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so you don't need to do the start time
again for this part.

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'And they never doubted it for a second.'

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If there is a short part of text that's going to
be on a subtitle line and you know there's

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going to be a large break, you can actually
leave the subtitle on for a bit longer,

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just to allow the viewer more time to read it.

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So 'Alt + V' for the finishing time.

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Make sure it's highlighted there and then
insert for the next line.

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Now, here it looks like there's going to be
a gap where there's no speech.

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So we just need to wait again...

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I was a bit late on that one, so we go
'Alt + C' and then you can do plus or minus

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along here to take time off.

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'... possibly be expected to handle school...'

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Okay, 'Alt + V' for end time and insert
the next line.

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'... on a day like this.'

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Okay.

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And end time again.

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And then we can watch the video back,
just to make sure what your subtitles look like,

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if they need any edits.

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So you can see that subtitle has arrived a
little bit late, so we can edit that there.

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Double click it to jump back to the point
where it starts and you can actually go back

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a few frames as well.

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That takes you back to the previous subtitle,
and then we'll check that the timing is good.

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To save your subtitle file, you simply
go to 'File' and 'Save As'.

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We want to make this an SRT file that
can be used for YouTube subtitles,

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Vimeo subtitles and generally most
online platforms.

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You save it as a SubRip.

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Save it on the desktop and be sure to
name it the same name as the video file,

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so you can put them in a folder together
and they will display properly.

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And that's it.

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There is your .SRT file all ready for use with
your online videos.