Mastering In-depth Voiceover Techniques
Improving Dubbed Voiceovers in Kapwing
Kapwing's Studio offers a variety of features to help you create high-quality dubbed voiceovers that match the original timing and sound natural. Here's a guide on how to adjust the speed of a dubbed voiceover and synchronize it with the original video.
Adjusting Dubbed Voiceover Speed
To adjust the speed of a dubbed voiceover, you can split the voice-over layer around the part that is too fast or too slow and then adjust its speed using the right sidebar controls. This allows for precise speed changes in specific sections of the dubbed audio.
Synchronizing Dubbed Voiceovers
For better synchronization, edit the translated text in the Translate Tab to better match the original audio length before updating the dubbed audio. Consider shortening the translation if the dubbed section is too fast, or lengthening it if the section is too slow.
Kapwing also provides an option in Advanced Settings to toggle video and audio speed adjustment on or off. If you want your dubbed video's duration to match exactly with the original, it is recommended not to enable overall video speed adjustments.
Customizing Translations
The Brand Glossary within Kapwing's Studio allows for customizing certain words or phrases in translations to ensure accuracy and consistency in multilingual content. It includes "Custom Spelling", "Translation Rules", and "Pronunciation" options.
"Custom Spelling" allows for automatically replacing commonly-misspelled words with the desired spelling in every video transcription and SRT file. "Translation Rules" allows for automatically setting commonly-mistranslated words to the right or intended translation, and for keeping brand names or specific terminology in their original language.
The "Pronunciation" tab within the Brand Glossary can be used to correct mispronounced terms in dubs. If there are pronunciation issues in the dub, they can be fixed using this option.
Additional Resources
Kapwing's Studio offers various resources such as tutorials on how to dub a project, dubbing FAQs, and guides on how to add subtitles or captions, and how to use Text-to-Speech. For the latest features and tutorials, you can check the Release Notes.
Punctuation can also be used to improve inflection in dubs, such as using an exclamation mark (!) to express strong feelings.
In summary, use layer splitting and sidebar speed controls for fine timing adjustments, combined with translation edits, to align dubbed voiceover speed with the original video in Kapwing.
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- In upgrading the lifestyle segment of a travel vlog, a filmmaker could venture into customizing translations within Kapwing's Studio, employing the Brand Glossary's options to ensure accurate and consistent translations, as well as using the Pronunciation tab to correct mispronounced terms in dubbed voices.
