Style editor

This is the window for editing subtitle styles.

The concept of styles is basically the same as in word processors or some other subtitling software (SSA for example). There is a centralized list of different styles and the styles are assigned to subtitles instead of changing font parameters of each subtitles. When the style is changed, each subtitle using it will render using the updated style, user is not required to change the parameters in each subtitle separately.

There are four main parts in the style editor:

• Style list - Displays list of all available styles. By clicking on a row the style is selected and filled in the edit boxes. It has 3 columns:
  • No. - number of the style
  • Source - Local or Subs - Local means the style is from SubtitleProcessor.INI or from a  style file, Subs means that the style is imported from the currently loaded subs. If SP is terminated and then started, all the styles becomes local because they will be saved in INI (configurable).
  • Name - Name of the style

  The styles in the list are displayed using the corresponding font and font options

   

• Preview box - Displays the style on a sample text
• Buttons - for manipulating the styles:
  • New - Create new style (with default values - determined from the *Default style)
  • Remove - Remove selected style and all references of it in subtitles. *Default style can't be removed
  • Remove all - Remove all the styles except the *Default
  • Remove unused - Scan through subtitles and remove styles that are not used in subtitles
  • Load styles - Load style list from disk. Warning: All existing styles and references in subtitles will be removed!
  • Save styles - Save style list to disk.
  • Close - Close the style editor
• Style editing boxes - used for editing the style

The style editing boxes are divided into 7 groups:

• Style name - Name of the style (displayed in the style selection combo boxes). Default style's name can't be changed (will always be *Default and it will always be the first style)
• Font - Font parameters of the style:
  • Font name - determines the font. Empty line means same font as the default style
  • Size - font size. Zero means the same size as the default style
  • Color - font color. None means the same color as the default style
  • Font options:
    • B - Bold
    • I - Italic
    • U - Underline
    • S - Strike out
    • D - Default - Use union of style parameters and default style parameters, else use only the style parameters
  • Charset - select the font charset (all possible charsets are shown; select only those supported by your font)
  • Select button - open a system font dialog.
• Colors - All colors associated with the style:
  • Primary - the main color of the subtitle text
  • Secondary, Tertiary - used by SSA when two or more subtitles are displayed in the same time. SP doesn't allow to display more subtitles, so these aren't used.
  • Shadow - color of the outline, shadow or opaque box under the subtitle used by SSA
• Vertical position - determines if the subtitle is displayed on the bottom or top of the screen or in the center of the screen.
• Alignment - determines the horizontal alignment of the subtitle lines
• Border style - determines the style of the subtitle border:
  • Outline + shadow - all letters have outline and a drop shadow
  • Opaque box - a solid box is drawn under the text
• Margins
  • Left / right - distance between the left/right screen edge and the text
  • Vertical - distance between the bottom/top edge of the screen and the subtitle text (depending on Vertical position)

Note: The advanced style options are used by SSA. SP allows to edit them but it's subtitle renderer is not capable to use them for now.

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