Guides

Clear, practical explainers for the formats post-production runs on — transcripts, edit decision lists, and subtitles — plus exactly how to convert between them.

Export SRT from a Premiere transcript

The direct export, the captions workaround, and the no-Premiere-needed conversion — which to use and when, with the version caveats Adobe glosses over.

Premiere .prtranscript → SRT

Why a saved .prtranscript will not open as text, and how to get clean, timed subtitles — with speaker labels — out of one.

What is an EDL?

The CMX3600 edit decision list, decoded — structure, a real example, how to open an .edl, EDL vs XML vs AAF, and getting one into a spreadsheet.

EDL vs XML vs AAF

The one-table answer to what each format carries, when to send which, and why post houses still want an EDL alongside everything else.

Import a transcript into Premiere

Reuse a Rev, Otter, Word, or SRT transcript in Premiere's Text-Based Editing instead of paying for Speech to Text again.

Corrected transcript greyed out

The merge needs an existing transcript and the right panel context — the checklist that un-greys the option, and the JSON route when it still won't budge.

Rev/Otter transcript → Premiere

What to export from Rev, Otter, and Descript (and the one setting everyone misses), then how to convert it for Premiere’s transcript import.

Import SRT into Avid

SubCap only reads Avid caption TXT and STL — how to convert an SRT, get the frame rate right, and fix the imports that silently fail.

Avid captions → SRT

Export Caption Data writes Avid’s own TXT, not SRT — the export step, the conversion, and the hour-one timecode surprise that catches almost everyone.

Transcript → SRT subtitles

The one requirement (timestamps), the formats that convert directly, how cue timing really works, and the honest answer on untimed text.

EDL file example

Download a working sample EDL, then read what every line means — events, dissolves, AX reels, audio tracks, and the comments conform depends on.

Add SRT subtitles in Resolve

The native import path, the timecode gotcha that hides your subtitles an hour away, and the FCPXML route when you want styleable titles instead of captions.

Export SRT from Resolve

Two clicks when your subtitles live on a subtitle track — and the honest workaround via FCPXML when they are Text+ titles Resolve won't export.

Convert SRT to Word

Why translators want subtitles as .docx, the converter that keeps timestamps and speakers, the honest manual route, and the round trip back to SRT.

Convert a .prproj to XML

The in-Premiere export, the no-Premiere-needed converter, and why a .prproj is secretly XML already — plus the DaVinci Resolve import that follows.

Import SRT into Final Cut Pro

The native caption import, the insertion-time setting that puts subtitles an hour off, and the FCPXML route when you want styleable titles instead.

Whisper JSON → SRT

What verbose_json actually contains, the converter route, the CLI flag that skips the problem, and the timestamp math that breaks hand-rolled scripts.

Export an EDL

File > Export > EDL, the Media Pool right-click, and the List Tool — with the CMX3600 constraints that surprise people the first time.

Add subtitles in Final Cut Pro

Generate Captions, the SRT import, or converted titles — which of the three routes fits which job, and how to get the subtitles back out.

Premiere ↔ Resolve roundtrip

The XML default, when AAF or EDL wins, the what-survives table, and the pre-flight checklist that saves a re-export.

What is FCPXML?

The FCPXML vs FCP7 XML naming trap, rational timing, the version rules, and the subtitle workflows the format makes possible.

Drop-frame timecode

Why color TV created 29.97, the 3.6-seconds-per-hour drift, the exact skip pattern, and the DF-vs-NDF choice — with a calculator that does the math.