The time shiftĪ very useful trick when subtitles seem a bit shifted compared to what is being sung on a video : the time shift. Keep in mind that the difference between the primary and the secondary color must be sufficiently high to get a good contrast so users can clearly indentify when to sing and this even from afar or with a light reflection on the screen.ĭepending on the video, it might be more relevant to put a clearer colour, so the lyrics stand out from the rest of video, if the video’s background is mostly dark.

Miscelleanous : You can define a global rotation or increase the distance between two characters.

Outline : You can increase or reduce the size and/or the shadow of your subtitles.

The anchoring of your subtitle shift a bit and your subtitle will change in consequence.

Alignement : You can change the default position of your subtitle, each value between 1 and 9 means a position according to what is shown here.

You can play with it to put the text anywhere on the video. It’s possible to change it a bit, but avoid the value 0. Margins : That’s what prevents your text from being displayed too close to the edges of the screen.We don’t use those in our subtitles but they aren’t forbidden. Shadow Color : Color for your subtitles’ shadows.Outline Color : This is the color of your font’s border.Secondary Color : used only in case of a karaoke: that’s the color before the syllable is sung.For a karaoke it’s the color displayed right after the syllable’s sung. Primary Color : This is your style’s base color.It’s useful if your subtitiles are too small… or if they’re a bit too big and that they display on several lines. A bit more on the right, you may change the font size. Font : Arial is great because it’s on every OS.You’ll avoid confusing yourself with several styles. Style name : Keep the default name if you have only one style, or make it explicit depending on what you want.

To modify a style, select it in the style manager and click at Modify. You may want to modifiy a style, try another color, change size… You must remember to delete those after you finished making your karaoke since they’re useless once that’s done.all. The “-furigana” styles are generated by automated scripts from the base styles.

Aegisub effect