Use this guide for styling open captions in video clips and social media assets in Adobe Premiere.
Font files and samples are available here
Video size 1920x1080
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Read first:
- Be sure Proxima Nova - Bold is installed on your computer prior to adjusting caption styles.
- These instructions are based on 1920x1080 source file size. Be sure your captions frame size is set to 1920x1080 (to change, right click on the captions in the bin, "Modify > Captions..."). If your source video file is not 1920x1080 you may need to adjust the captions' frame size and font size accordingly.
- These instructions are based on Adobe Premiere's captions utility (not title text)
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Specifications:
- Font: Proxima Nova, Bold
- Size: 45
- Edge: 0
- Line-Spacing: 40
- Text alignment: Center
- Background color: #A51C30 (crimson)
- Background opacity: 90
- Text color: #FFFFFF (white)
- Text opacity: 100
- Position: Lower center
(X positioning is automatically determined by the length of each caption's line, Y is automatically determined by the amount of lines in the caption and sits just on the document's title safe area.)
Video size 1080x1080 (Social)
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Read first:
- Be sure Proxima Nova - Bold is installed on your computer prior to adjusting caption styles.
- These instructions are based on a 1080x1080 sequence size ("Sequence > Sequence Settings..."). Be sure your captions frame size is set to 1080x1080 (to change, right click on the captions in the bin, "Modify > Captions...").
- These instructions are based on Adobe Premiere's captions utility (not title text)
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Specifications:
- Font: Proxima Nova, Bold
- Size: 60
- Edge: 0
- Line-Spacing: 20
- Text alignment: Left
- Background color: #A51C30 (crimson)
- Background opacity: 90
- Text color: #FFFFFF (white)
- Text opacity: 100
- Position: Lower left
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