# Lead-ins and Lead-outs

#### What are lead-ins and lead-outs?

- **These are the spaces in time between the text appearing on-screen and the audio becoming audible.**
- <span style="color: rgb(45, 194, 107);">**Lead-ins**</span> are the time when the subtitle <span style="color: rgb(241, 196, 15);">shows up *before* the talent speaks</span>.
- Lead-outs are the time the subtitles <span style="color: rgb(241, 196, 15);">disappear *after* the talent speaks</span>.
- This is used to get the viewer to <span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">sync up the subtitles with the audio</span> by compensating for the time it takes for the brain to process both sight and hearing.

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#### Minimum and recommended values

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-standard-lead-in-at-" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 429px; border-width: 1px; height: 88.8px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 147px;"></col><col style="width: 134px;"></col><col style="width: 146px;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 29.6px;"><td style="height: 29.6px;"></td><td style="height: 29.6px;">**Minimum**</td><td style="height: 29.6px;">**Recommended**</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.6px;"><td style="height: 29.6px;">**Standard lead-in**

</td><td style="height: 29.6px;">at least 150ms</td><td style="height: 29.6px;">250-300ms</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.6px;"><td style="height: 29.6px;">**Standard lead-out**</td><td style="height: 29.6px;">at least 300ms</td><td style="height: 29.6px;">500-600ms</td></tr></tbody></table>

Just because they’re the minimum, doesn’t mean it’s appropriate to stay at the minimum at all times. Some subtitled lines ***can*** look better if they have extended lead-ins and lead-outs when appropriate, so you are free to add time if they look better that way. If timing is very tight, you can experiment with lowering the lead-ins and lead-outs beyond the minimum, with a focus on lowering lead-out time first.

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