Annotation Edit 1.7.8.2

Annotation Edit 1.7.8.2 is a flexible tool allowing you 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 dutation based on words per minute.
11. Final Cut Pro HDTV support.
12. Adobe Flash CS3 caption export (Example here).
13. JW FLV Player caption export (Example here).
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.(Example here and here).
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") Example here.
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:

• Fixes and replaces vs. 1.7.8.1 . Highly recommended.
• This update is highly recommended for SCC closed caption users.
• Added auto completion to language selection.
• SCC export: Revised rollup captions. Added painton captions.
• Now uses prebuffering for popon captions.
• SCC import: Added import of prebuffering captions as exported by hiend applications.
• Added import: TITRA Films Paris rtf/text. (timecode, text, italic, partial italic, offset etc).
• Added HTML export for file exchange with translators across platforms (timecode, italic, partial italic, horizontal alignment, revision mark).
• Added contextmenu entries to the subtitle table to quickly access hardwrap options.
• Added export option: Apply the selected hardwrap 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 BluRay 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.