Subtitles --- Background now broken in 17.4

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Andy Mees

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Subtitles --- Background now broken in 17.4

PostFri Oct 22, 2021 8:45 am

Did you just throw the baby out with the bathwater in 17.4?
I'm opening old projects and my fixed width background subtitles are now hosed.
And I seem to be no longer able to create new subtitles on new projects with a fixed background size.

I'm well aware that many folks have been clamouring for adaptive background size support, and I fully supported adding that option too ... I'm just not understanding why you've now taken away the support you already had for fixed size backgrounds, including retroactively f*****g any older projects that made use of them, and making it impossible to do anything other than adaptive backgrounds going forward?

What gives?
Let's have a return to the glory days, when press releases for new versions included text like "...with over 300 new features and improvements that professional editors and colorists have asked for."
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michelezweifel

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Re: Subtitles --- Background now broken in 17.4

PostMon Oct 25, 2021 12:54 pm

I absolutely agree. We've just had all our current and previous projects messed up by losing the option of fixed width backgrounds.
I don't understand why this option was taken away when auto-sized backgrounds were added. To have both would be good...
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Black Winter

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Re: Subtitles --- Background now broken in 17.4

PostSat Oct 30, 2021 4:30 pm

Thank you Blackmagic for fixing the subtitle background issue in 17.4.1! Checking the "Override Sizing" Box has now brought my formatting back.
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Re: Subtitles --- Background now broken in 17.4

PostMon Nov 15, 2021 3:57 pm

Yes! The "override sizing" is a lifesaver! Thank you Blackmagic for fixing it so quickly.

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