How to Adjust Subtitle Timing with the Timeline

The timeline at the bottom of the Maestra Studio subtitle editor shows every subtitle as a block next to the audio waveform. Drag a block to move it, or drag its edges to change how long it stays on screen.

What you need before you start

• A subtitle or voiceover file that is Ready and open in its editor. See Upload a File and Create Subtitles.

Read the timeline

• Each block is one subtitle, numbered in order.
• A block uses the same color as its speaker label in the text panel.
• The red line is the playhead. It marks the current position in the video.
• A dashed line inside a block shows where a subtitle breaks into two parts.
• The zoom control at the bottom left changes how much of the video the timeline shows.

Change when a subtitle appears

1. Select the subtitle block you want to change.
2. Drag the block left or right to move it to a different time.
3. Drag the left or right edge of the block to make it start earlier, or end later or sooner.

The start and end times in the text panel update as you drag. For finer control, edit the time fields directly in the subtitle editor.

Edit or delete a subtitle from the timeline

Hover over a block to show its Edit and Delete controls. Use Edit to change the subtitle without leaving the timeline.

Choose whether the timeline follows the video

At the top right of the timeline, the button next to Hide switches between Untrack and Track. While it says Untrack, the timeline scrolls to keep the red playhead in view as the video plays. Select Untrack to stop the timeline from following, and the label changes to Track. Select Track to make it follow again.

Hide the timeline

Select Hide at the right of the timeline to collapse it when you want more room for the text panel and video player.