Work Modes
Time Offset
Shift all subtitles in a single operation to fix a global synchronization issue.
Sometimes an imported subtitle file is globally out of sync with the video -- off by one second, for example, because the file was created against a different edit. Rather than adjusting each subtitle individually, time offset applies a uniform shift across the entire project.
How to use it
- Click the clock icon in the toolbar (it lights up in color when an offset is in progress)
- Adjust the value with the stepper: from -3,600 s to +3,600 s, in 0.1 s increments
- Click Apply to shift all subtitles
The offset is applied to the in and out points of every subtitle. Timecodes are clamped to the video duration -- no subtitle will be shifted before 0 or past the end.
Before applying the offset, a snapshot of the project is automatically created. If something goes wrong, you can always undo with
Cmd + Z or restore the snapshot.Typical use cases
- Modified edit -- the editor added or removed a few seconds at the beginning of the film
- Audio offset -- the audio track is out of sync with the video
- Import from another tool -- the starting timecode differs between the two applications