Annotation Edit 1.7.8.1

Annotation Edit 1.7.8.1 is such a professional software which helps you quickly create subtitle and annotation for audio or video.

Annotation Edit is designed to give production houses and eLearning environments a smooth subtitle workflow for Apple DVD Studio Pro / Final Cut Pro, QuickTime WebTV and broadcast.

Major Features:

1. Easy management and review of annotations from multiple authors;
2. Annotate timecode, multiline text, rating, action, location, characters and more;
3. Use any video format that QuickTime supports;
4. Read native native time-code media offset;
5. Support of Apple Remote Control for fast logging;
6. Support of Contour Design Shuttle Products;
7. Integrates standard QuickTime 1:1, 4:3 and 16:9 files seamlessly;
8. Waveform time-line for visual response and editing;
9. Instant audio spotting;
10. Fast logging of transcripts with duration based on words per minute;
11. Final Cut Pro HDTV support;
12. Adobe Flash CS3 caption export;
13. JW FLV Player caption export;
14. Use Apple Motion 3 templates for rendering text in Final Cut Pro 6;
15. SCC closed captions are coming back to the Mac, at least to an affordable price and enclosed into an attractive application;
16. Export closed captions (SCC) for use with Apple Compressor and QuickTime;
17. Export SubStation (SSA) open subtitles for use with Perian Example here;
18. Use audio only for easy file transfer and exchange;
19. Auto validation and correction of continuous entries;
20. Editing and preview with video overlay;
21. Quick logging mode ("Just press the button");
    
22. Create subtitled QuickTime movies without compression loss;
23. Import: Final Cut Pro XML (multiple sequence subtitle projects : several text types and sequence markers), STL EBU binary, browser edited files, DVD Studio Pro/Spruce .stl (utf-16, MacOSRoman), SubRip (almost any Windows encoding), MicroDVD,Avid DS, MS Excel XML;
24. Import of DVD Studio Pro tracks. Subtitle text, timecode, style and position information can be imported directly. InqScribe Tabbed Text import;
25. Import and export of italicstyle, alignment and vertical position with STL EBU
26. Export to Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple DVD Studio Pro, Avid, standard exchange formats: STL EBU binary latin, STL EBU Arte N19,, QuickTime Text (full unicode support), Windows and Linux subtitle format: SubRip, batchlists (Final Cut Pro, Avid ALE), RTF with timecode. More file formats to come;
27. DVD Studio Pro und Final Cut Pro wil support style and positioning for not colliding with pre-recorded lower thirds;
28. Automatic text encoding recognition for DVD Studio Pro, Subrip srt and MicroDVD sub;
29. Easy to add features with new plugins;
30. Tight integration with Annotation Studio Server;
31. Already prepared for MPEG-7 metadata standard support;
32. And not quite standard:
    • Unlimited text entries;
    • Unlimited tracks;
    • Mostly unlimited undo;
    • And it is just fast and reliable.
      

Enhancements:

• This update is highly recommended for SCC closed caption users
• Added auto completion to language selection;
• SCC export: Revised roll-up captions. Added paint-on captions;
• Now uses pre-buffering for pop-on captions;
• SCC import: Added import of pre-buffering captions as exported by hi-end applications;
• Added import: TITRA Films Paris rtf/text. (time-code, text, italic, partial italic, offset etc);
• Added HTML export for file exchange with translators across platforms (time-code, italic, partial italic, horizontal alignment, revision mark);
• Added context-menu entries to the subtitle table to quickly access hard-wrap options;
• Added export option: Apply the selected hard-wrap setting to any export ;
  
• Lemony 4 import: Added import of position and italic defined by master styles;
• Many polishes: User interface, import / export (DVD SP, DAS, EBU STL, EBU ARTE revision sheet, HTML import, German localization);
• Exports to QuickTime with closed captions / subtitle / text track are displayed for approval;
• Final Cut XML export: Added option to help out on a Final Cut Express unicode issue;
• Fix: Export to Final Cut NTSC DF works again as expected;
• Added export plugin: Select multiple tracks and export them to iPhone / iTunes compatible.subtitled QuickTime movie. The translated language can be set in the info pane or later in QuickTime Pro. For iPhone/iPod/AppleTV a compatible source is required. The plugin is provided as separate install;
• Added optional closed caption import plugin as beta version. The plugin is provided as separate install;
• Added expiry information;
• Includes BDN Blu-Ray export plugin update vs. 1.7.2;
• Includes Annotation Transcriber 1.5.4;
• Fix SCC export: Corrects a last minute error in 1.7.8;
• This update replaces 1.7.8.

Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.5 Intel/PPC.
• Mac OS X 10.4.