Fitting an old subtitling to scene changes

Well, it need not be an "old" subtitling. A brand new, sloppy subtitling will also benefit from TV2003's unique beauty treatment.

What happens?

In a combination of interval makeover and scene change detection, time code is fit to scene changes according to these rules:

•	Any interval below the minimum interval value is changed to the minimum interval. (out time is modified)

•	Any interval above the minimum interval value and below the Interval Makeover Upper Limit is changed to the minimum interval (out time is modified)

•	Any in cue near a scene change is moved to frame X before/after the scene change, X being the cue shift value. If the distance to the previous subtitle's out cue = minimum interval, this out cue is moved too, keeping the interval value intact.

•	Any "loose" out cue near a scene change is moved to a position equalling the scene change minus the minimum interval.

How to do it

1.	Open the subtitle file in TV2003 and do a backup. You never know …!

2.	Open the video clip, if it's not already open. Enable scene change detection and adjust the settings if you haven't already done so.

3.	Choose Video/Scan video content to find scene changes. It may take a while, but you can use the computer for other tasks for the duration. Make sure the video clip is "rewound" all the way if you want to process all of it.

4.	Choose Video/Fit cues to scene changes. The changes are literally done in the twinkling of an eye. Subsequent viewing is strongly recommended.