This patch sets the Text strip defaults to BBC standards for subtitles for the Blender 1080p resolution.
Ex. wrap width set to 68% of screen width:
http://bbc.github.io/subtitle-guidelines/#Line-breaks
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Richard Antalik (ISS)
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Please consider that this strip is not used solely for subtitles.
I see 2 possibilities here:
Either have 2 menu entries in add strip menu:
- Text
- Subtitles
Which would do the same, but add subtitles operator would adjust default values. Still many people will have different preferences.
Or have default values of this strip stored in user preferences.
This would be quite unorthodox, and I would rather consult this option.
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The main problem here is the one-line-text-entry-box. Maybe it could be solved by detection of line breaks in the text entry box and key-by-key update of the vse preview(like in the 3D View)?
(I wouldn't know how to do that, tho).
If we can't find a better multiline solution, I'll just change the default to a larger and centered text(the current default is really small and on the edge of the lower edge).
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Abandoning this patch, since having line-break specific multiline subtitles/titles is currently not possible, however, an update of the default values can be found here: D7768