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kappa
6th November 2003, 19:23
I have a problem with the color of the subtitles when using
the big 3 on a certain movie. I have tried many combinations of altering
the Reauthorist.scp file but to no avail. Since I can't post an attachment of one of the subtitles, I'll have to describe it.

The original bmp from vobsub has a blue (0 0 255) bar on top, a red (255 0 0) background below that, a white border around the characters (255 255 255) and a black fill inside that (0 0 0). First off, after searching not just Doom9 but even Google, I'd really appreciate someone explaining to me the associations of the above color positions with E2, E1, Pa and Bg.

Played from the original DVD, this has white filled letters with a black antialiasing border around it. The .sst file for the above bitmaps has the following two lines for colors

Color (4 15 3 3)
Contrast (15 0 0 15)

while before that it states

st_format 2
Display_Start non_forced
TV_Type PAL
Tape_Type NON_DROP
Pixel_Area (0 573)
Directory E:\BLADE_II_DISC_1\VTS07\subs\VTS_07_VSUB_P1A1-00
Subtitle VTS_07_VSUB_P1A1-00-Greek
Display_Area (0 2 719 574)
Contrast (15 15 15 0)

Using this directly with Reauthorist and Scenarist, produces this script

Place Holder=No
Comment=
Name=VTS_07_VSUB_P1A1-00-Greek_0001
Resolution=PAL
Drop Type=Non-drop frame
Data Start Time=00:00:00;00
Data End Time=00:00:03;23
File=E:\BLADE_II_DISC_1\VTS07\SUBS\VTS_07_VSUB_P1A1-00\VTS_07_VSUB_P1A1-00-Greek_0001.bmp
Width=720
Height=574
Is Encoded=No
Screen Size=Size
{
X=720
Y=576
}
Conversion Rule=Conversion Rule
{
Color 4(Bg)=Conversion
{
Red=and
Green=and
Blue=and
RGB Color=RGB
{
Red=255
Green=255
Blue=255
}
}
Color 3(P)=Conversion
{
Red=and
Green=and
Blue=and
RGB Color=RGB
{
Red=0
Green=0
Blue=255
}
}
Color 2(E1)=Conversion
{
Red=and
Green=and
Blue=and
RGB Color=RGB
{
Red=255
Green=0
Blue=0
}
}
Color 1(E2)=Conversion
{
Red=and
Green=and
Blue=and
RGB Color=RGB
{
Red=0
Green=0
Blue=0
}
}
}
Data Stream=DCS Stream
{
Item=Display Start
{
Data=
Start Time To Video=00:00:00;00
Resolution=PAL
Drop Type=Non-drop frame
Start Time=00:00:00;00
Duration=00:00:00;01
Forced Start=Yes
Image Area=Image Area
{
X1=0
Y1=2
X2=719
Y2=575
}
Display Area=Display Area
{
X1=0
Y1=2
X2=719
Y2=574
}
Pixel Area=Pixel Area
{
Top=0
Bottom=572
}
Color=Color
{
Color 1(E2)=4
Color 2(E1)=15
Color 3(P)=3
Color 4(Bg)=3
}
Contrast=Contrast
{
Color 1(E2)=93 %
Color 2(E1)=0 %
Color 3(P)=0 %
Color 4(Bg)=93 %
}
}
Item=Display Stop


which produces subtitles with a red fill and a white antialiasing border. I can see that the Color (4 15 3 3) is probably wrong, but after correcting that and trying numerous combinations with the color conversion parameters, I can't get the subtitles that I want. Add to the equation the 20~30 mins of remuxing it takes to test it combination and you can probably understand my frustration.

Could someone please tell me exactly what changes I have to make to the scenarist script in order to produce white subs with a black or grey antialias? And while you're at it, explain the connection between E2, E1, PA & Bg and the original subtitle colors?

influenza
7th November 2003, 09:46
Just open any other sst file that produced the correct output.

Had this problem only once with the big three BTW.

You can also preview the subs before compiling ofourse and save you some time ;). Go into the simulation window to do this. in the simulation windows you can also change the colors of your subtitles by changing the palette. Just map the colors of your BMPS correctly and you should get correct subs.

kappa
7th November 2003, 15:29
The simulation window tip was priceless, thank you very much Influenza!!! Btw, I didn't have any other subtitle language to work with. But now I found the error and everything is ok. Thanks again!!