Preferences
Subtitle appearance
Font, colors, outline, background, and on-screen positioning of subtitles.
The Appearance tab controls the visual rendering of subtitles in the video player and in video export. A real-time preview lets you immediately see the effect of each change.
Presets
Seven ready-to-use styles cover the most common use cases:
| Preset | Description |
|---|---|
| Cinema | White on semi-transparent black background — the classic cinema subtitle look |
| Netflix | White with black outline — the streaming platform standard |
| YouTube | White on dark banner — optimized for web readability |
| DVD / Blu-ray | Yellow with black outline — the physical media standard |
| Arte FR | Arte channel style |
| Broadcast | TV broadcast standard |
| Minimal | Clean style, no background or outline |
Selecting a preset instantly applies all its parameters. Modifying any parameter afterwards automatically switches to Custom mode.
Text
- Font — all fonts installed on the system are available, plus the default system font
- Weight — from Regular to Heavy (5 levels)
- Size — from 12 to 48 points
- Color — free color picker
Background (optional)
When enabled, a colored background appears behind the text:
- Color and opacity — adjustable independently
- Rounded corners — from 0 to 16 points
- Margins — horizontal and vertical around the text
Outline (optional)
The outline improves readability on light backgrounds:
- Color — typically black
- Thickness — from 0.5 to 4 points
On-screen position
- Bottom margin — distance between subtitles and the bottom of the frame (0 to 30%)
- Top margin — same for top-positioned subtitles (2 to 30%)
- Line spacing — spacing between the two lines of a subtitle (0 to 12 points)
- Letterbox compensation — automatically adjusts the position when the video has black bars at the top and bottom
Appearance settings apply to the entire project. Video export (burned-in subtitles) uses exactly these same parameters — what you see in the player is what will be exported.