</figure>
<para>
-DCP-o-matic will extract subtitles from the content, if present, and
-they can be ‘burnt into’ the DCP (that is, they are
-included in the image and not overlaid by the projector) or included
-as a separate subtitle ‘asset’ within your DCP (in which
-case the projector overlays them onto the image on playback). The
-difference between these two arrangements is illustrated by <xref
-linkend="fig-burn-in"/> and <xref linkend="fig-discrete"/>
+DCP-o-matic can either:
+</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>Extract ‘image’ subtitles that are embedded in video files, or</listitem>
+ <listitem>Use text subtitles from SubRip (<code>.srt</code>) or DCP XML files.</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para>
+Image subtitles are represented using a set of bitmaps, as commonly
+used on DVD and BluRay. Such subtitles can (currently) only be
+‘burnt’ into the DCP (that is, they are included in the
+image and not overlaid by the projector).
+</para>
+
+<para>
+With text subtitles you have the choice to either burn-in or include
+the subtitles as separate subtitle ‘asset’ within your DCP
+(in which case the projector overlays them onto the image on
+playback). The difference between burn-in and overlay is
+illustrated by <xref linkend="fig-burn-in"/> and <xref
+linkend="fig-discrete"/>.
</para>
<figure id="fig-burn-in">
every language.
</para>
-<para>
-Note that subtitles come in two types: text and bitmap. Text
-subtitles are expressed as plain text and can be either burnt into the
-image or included as a separate subtitle asset within the DCP. Bitmap
-subtitles, on the other hand, are expressed as pre-rendered bitmaps.
-They cannot (yet) be added to the DCP as a separate asset and must be
-burnt into the image.
-</para>
-
<para>
Select the <guilabel>Use Subtitles</guilabel> check-box to enable
-these subtitles.
+the subtitles in the selected content.
</para>
<para>
Select the <guilabel>Burn subtitles into image</guilabel> check-box to
burn these subtitles into the image; if this is not ticked the
subtitles will be included separately in the DCP to be rendered by the
-projector.
+projector. This check-box will always be ticked if you are using
+embedded ‘image’ subtitles.
</para>
<para>