Moth3r said:

Double post, but I've just had another thought.

Thinking about the AviSynth script, and the sample of the Greedo subs that was posted - although the font, drop shadow and positioning are great, don't you think that the subs themselves look a little too "clean" when compared to the rest of the picture?

Yes, indeed. That's one of the reasons why I used the slightly muted white color to make it blend better with the picture, but no matter how you do it, it doesn't seem to look as it is a part of the film. I'm still not entirely satisfied with the font and drop shadow, but it turned out quite good and much better than I initially thought, if you take the rather primitive method I used into consideration. ;) It would be great to make an exact match with self made bitmap subs sometime but it seems to be too much work.

Moth3r said:

For a true simulated theatrical experience, do you think that the subs would look better "dirtied up" with a little added artificial film grain over the text?

It would be great, I don't know how I would do such a thing though as my avisynth knowledge is minimal.