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Annotation Edit Changelog

What's new in Annotation Edit 2.0.160

Mar 26, 2024
  • Revised Screen PAC NTSC exports.
  • Revised import of IMSC-Rosetta (.imscr).
  • Corrected rare issues with macOS Sonoma.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.154 (Nov 21, 2023)

  • W3C Timed Text import: Added support for IMSC-Rosetta (.imscr).
  • Final Cut Pro 7 export. Added import of preferences from xml and .mvtt (needed for Premiere CC).
  • Corrected possible issue on first start of app (no preferences set). Subsequent calls worked fine.
  • Revised color preferences.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.151 (Oct 17, 2023)

  • Images (NLE, DCP) export. Brings back track title as folder name.
  • Images (Blu-ray, DVD) export. Brings back track title as folder name.
  • Import/Export Preferences. SCC Export: Limits usage of DF/NDF override to non-NTSC documents.
  • Less restrictive.890 import.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.146 (Aug 23, 2023)

  • Added Images (BDN, Blu-ray) plugin, missing in version 2.0.144.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.142 (Aug 21, 2023)

  • Added Images (NLE, DCP) plugin, missing in version 2.0.141.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.141 (Aug 16, 2023)

  • Corrected Blu-ray export on macOS High Sierra and Mojave of version 2.0.140.
  • Added SRT (Subler) export and import.
  • Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext Demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.140 (Aug 7, 2023)

  • Corrected build issue in version 2.0.138.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.136 (Jul 24, 2023)

  • Corrected Export: Images (NLE, DCP) interface.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.135 (Jul 20, 2023)

  • W3C Timed Text export: Updated NBC-Universal IMSC export to the latest specs.
  • Added NBC-Universal IMSC export to UHD HDR.
  • Added an installer for Final Cut Pro AE Subtitle X Motion templates to utilities.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.134 (Jul 6, 2023)

  • EBU STL import/export. Added non-official code pages, that can be required by some broadcasters.
  • EBU STL export. Now uses letter "E" as replacement of letter "€", that is not supported by EBU STL.
  • Polish to timeline editing.
  • Added Annotation Transcriber update.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.133 (Jul 6, 2023)

  • Revised timeline editing in 2.0.130 to 2.0.132 versions.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.132 (Jun 22, 2023)

  • Corrected some issues previous version.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.131 (Jun 21, 2023)

  • Corrected some issues in version 2.0.130.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.130 (Jun 20, 2023)

  • Added support for VOD streams (Open Media URL), useful transcript, translation and review.
  • Optional usage of HLS VOD streams may require a single open document.
  • Refined timeline editing to be more convenient. Now also usable without access to audio source.
  • Added special display or imported markers.
  • Added import of XMP markers from audio file with XMP markers.
  • SRT and WebVTT export now always uses the document frame rate for writing media time values.
  • Includes updates of Annotation Transcriber and zeitAnker Teletext Demo.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.123 (May 15, 2023)

  • Added modifier keys for waveform actions (listed in help menu shortcuts).
  • Added YouTube Chapter export.
  • W3C Timed Text export. Changed NBC-Universal export to include track offset.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.118 (Apr 19, 2023)

  • Added import some more RTF script files (e.g. EZTitles .rtf, F5 / F4Transcript .rtf and anonymous).
  • Revised editing in the waveform to mimic closely the 32 bit version.
  • Text scripts imported with 20h offset are now shifted to the current media time when using "In".

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.116 (Mar 27, 2023)

  • Resolved macOS Ventura compatibility of version version 2.0.115.
  • Corrected an issue with export "QuickTime Movie with Closed Captions" introduced in version 2.0.112.
  • Apple Silicon only (all apps): The color panel now shows immediately when accessed the first time.
  • New in-marker creates a new subtitle, if no subtitle is selected.
  • Added new plugin for configurable YouTube SRV2/YTT export.
  • (font type, font size, font style, margins, outline color, color, background color, background transparency)
  • Revised SCC import and export for mapping SCC text indentation to and from justification and horizontal position.
  • The full package includes universal binaries (Apple Silicon ready) of Annotation Transcriber and zeitAnker Teletext Demo, zeitAnker Scene Detection and Subtitle Movie Encoder.
  • The minimum macOS version of most apps is now macOS 10.13 (High Sierra).
  • Added download of special version on our site: Annotation Edit for Apple Silicon (M1, M2).
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.115 (Mar 22, 2023)

  • Corrected an issue with export "QuickTime Movie with Closed Captions" introduced in version 2.0.112.
  • Apple Silicon only (all apps): The color panel now shows immediately when accessed the first time.
  • New in-marker creates a new subtitle, if no subtitle is selected.
  • Added download of special version on our site: Annotation Edit for Apple Silicon (M1, M2).
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.112 (Mar 16, 2023)

  • Added new plugin for configurable YouTube SRV2/YTT export.
  • (font type, font size, font style, margins, outline color, color, background color, background transparency)
  • Revised SCC import and export for mapping SCC text indentation to and from justification and horizontal position.
  • The full package includes universal binaries (Apple Silicon ready) of Annotation Transcriber and zeitAnker Teletext Demo, zeitAnker Scene Detection and Subtitle Movie Encoder.
  • The minimum macOS version of most apps is now macOS 10.13 (High Sierra).
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.109 (Feb 19, 2023)

  • Images (NLE, DCP) export. Refined variable frame rate movie export for Final Cut Pro.
  • Added a new utility for macOS Catalina and above: Subtitle Movie Encoder to the main distribution - available in Downloads on our site.
  • This tool can create a fixed frame rate movie from an Annotation Edit 2 variable frame rate movie.
  • Many NLEs support reliably fixed frame rate movies only.
  • Additionally it can superimpose a subtitle movie file over a video file
  • Or create a single movie with alpha from two movies with alpha.
  • On older macOS a movie with blue screen replaces the movie with alpha option.
  • Allows again display of vertical movies.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.105 (Jan 17, 2023)

  • Added an edit validation in waveform view.
  • Polishes

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.104 (Dec 19, 2022)

  • W3C Timed Text import: Added import of more IMSC 1.1 attributes.
  • W3C Timed Text export: Updated Adobe Premiere TTML export for use with Premiere CC 23.
  • Word .docx export. Corrected offset value for NTSC NDF in metadata section.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.103 (Nov 16, 2022)

  • Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext demo.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.102 (Oct 31, 2022)

  • Corrected an image export issue with macOS 13 (Ventura).
  • Improved SCC import to caption justification and horizontal position.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.99 (Oct 19, 2022)

  • Corrected an issue with import of plain text files in version 2.0.98.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.98 (Oct 18, 2022)

  • Bought back looping of selected subtitle.
  • Revised SCC import.
  • Multiple colors in captions are consistently ignored.
  • Changed setting of horizontal position.
  • Revised/changed some shortcuts.
  • Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.95 (Sep 16, 2022)

  • Revised EBU-TT 3360 import.
  • Import/ Export Preferences.
  • Added option to allow import of very special FAB Subtitler EBU-STL unicode subtitles.
  • Revised ASS horizontal position import.
  • Revised YouTube .srv3 import.
  • Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext demo.
  • Corrected Scene Detection
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.93 (Aug 21, 2022)

  • Added assistive functions for conformance to the Netflix style guide.
  • The Netflix "Dialog Gap to Scene Change" functions require an import of a scene detection file.
  • Files from our Scene Detection tool or DaVinci Resolve are supported.
  • You can alternatively assign any imported track as scene detection track.
  • The Netflix functions reside in a submenu of "Tools".
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.91 (Jul 17, 2022)

  • Adjusted SCC export with drop frame to Amazon AWS.
  • Images (NLE, DCP) export. Solved an issue with QuickTime ProRes alpha channel export on machines with ProRes hardware encoding (M1 Pro, M1 Max, M1 Ultra, M2).
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.88 (Jun 16, 2022)

  • Brought back support of audio-only files.
  • Added DCI SMPTE support for SMPTE 428-7-14.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 2.0.85 (May 27, 2022)

  • This update changes the standard update distribution to 64 bit only (allows macOS 10.15 or later). A new 32 bit version is also available on our site.
  • Enhanced file exchange with Annotation Transcriber (reference text , metadata, subtitle position).
  • Some improvements to W3C Timed Text export.
  • Corrected compatibility with IMSC, iTT and some others of version 2.0.84.
  • Refined video display with forced aspect ratio.
  • Polishes.
  • Includes new version of Annotation Transcriber.
  • Includes new version of zeitAnker Teletext Demo.
  • Persistent usage of this version may require an update of your license.
  • The update requires at least macOS 10.10.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.84 (Apr 23, 2022)

  • Revised "RTF with Timed Text" import:
  • Added import of vertical and horizontal subtitle position.
  • Added import of subtitle vertical position from zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Import of empty subtitles is now optional.
  • Enable it in Import / Export Preferences.
  • Added export of vertical and horizontal position to "RTF with Timed Text".
  • "RTF with Timed Text" options also apply to HTML format.
  • Added menu item "Delete Empty Subtitles" in menu "Tools/Subtitle".
  • Added menu item "Mute Dolby E Soundtracks 7/8" in menu "Tools/Movie".
  • Dolby E Soundtracks 7/8 are now muted by default by all apps.
  • Added update to Annotation Transcriber Teletext.
  • Added update to zeitAnker Teletext demo.
  • Added updates to 64-bit versions.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.81 (Mar 23, 2022)

  • Version 1.9.99.81 corrects NTSC IMSC 1 export of version 1.9.99.80.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.80 (Mar 21, 2022)

  • Added YouTube Timed Text Export (.srv3). Italics, justification, vertical position, vertical text.
  • W3C Timed Text export. Now matches updated formats.
  • Added separate IMSC 1 export, Added Fill Line Gap option for EBU-TT-D and IMSC exports.
  • Default extension is now .ttml. You can change it on export to .dfxp or .xml if the format allows.
  • W3C Timed Text import. Allows import of text and timecode from invalid Adobe Premiere 15 CC TTML. Allows import of broken TTML beginning with UTF-8 encoded byte-order tag.
  • SCC export. Gaps lower then 5 frames are now closed. Export no more allows other timecode than 29.97 DF or NDF.
  • SCC import. Improved automatic guess of timecode offset.
  • Excel XLSX import and export now uses Excel document properties.
  • Added update to zeitAnker Teletext demo.
  • Updated download link for 64 bit versions of our apps (required for macos Catalina and newer).
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.75 (Jan 18, 2022)

  • Polishes

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.74 (Dec 21, 2021)

  • Revised W3C Timed Text import of version 1.9.99.73

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.73 (Dec 17, 2021)

  • Improved editing of RTL languages.
  • W3C TimedText import and export. Improved handling of RTL languages.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.72 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • W3C Timed Text Export. Corrected export of partial italics to iTunes Timed Text (.itt).

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.71 (Dec 6, 2021)

  • Revised Excel .xlsx import. Now reads correctly cells in row with no values.
  • Revised Netflix .ttal import. Now reads correctly character names.
  • Revised Annotation Edit tabbed text import to include character names, action and location.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.70 (Nov 24, 2021)

  • Images (NLE,DCP) export. Export to Final Cut Pro 10.6.1 text allows use of Motion templates, that do not reside at default locations.
  • Added import of a Motion template that was declared in .fcpxmld.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.67 (Oct 19, 2021)

  • Improved support for some TTML document types.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.66 (Sep 13, 2021)

  • Polishes and corrections.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.65 (Aug 23, 2021)

  • Fixed adding timecode to plain text files in version 1.9.99.64.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.64 (Aug 19, 2021)

  • Replaced Excel XML exports with native MS Excel (.xlsx) exports.
  • Apple Numbers inline italics are fully supported with .xlsx.
  • Added Import: Re-import of Excel .xlsx files.
  • A reference text column is added from Excel Translation format.
  • Added Import: Simple MS Excel .xlsx (timecode-in, timecode-out, text incl. italics and justification).
  • Moved MS Excel export options to Text section.
  • Added filtered search "Toggle Spelling Issues" to the tools menu.
  • EBU STL export: Changed text color for ARTE Online to white. This allows specified 37 characters.
  • W3C Timed Text import and export. Refined for IMSC and EBU-TT-D variants.
  • Added export: MS Word Plain .docx for e.g. experimenting with DeepL and Google Translate file translation.
  • Added update to zeitAnker Teletext demo. This version adds background color options to IMSC1 export from EBU-TT Unicode-Open and import of background color to EBU-TT Unicode-Open

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.61 (Jul 25, 2021)

  • Added first Netflix TTAL export for exchange with e.g. ADR Master 2.
  • Removed .doc export in favour of the more modern .docx format.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.60 (Jun 17, 2021)

  • Added menu function to apply to Netflix gap frame rules.
  • Added first support for proprietary Premiere Pro CC 15 Final Cut XML import.
  • It allows to gather the Premiere Pro CC 15 subtitle text also not available in Premiere Pro CC 14.
  • Updated zeitAnker Teletext Demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.57 (May 17, 2021)

  • PAC Import: Improved import of subtitles with background color attribute.
  • W3C Timed Text export: Added granular vertical position with line shift for SMPTE TT.
  • For support of MacOS Catalina and higher please use the included download link.
  • Includes updated zeitAnker Teletext demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.56 (Apr 19, 2021)

  • SCC Export. Improved export of not quite compliant captions.
  • EBU STL Export. Corrected a Spanish character encoding issue in recent 32 bit version.
  • For support of MacOS Catalina and higher please use the included download link.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.55 (Mar 22, 2021)

  • W3C Timed Text Export: Netflix SMPTE exports no longer use IMSC timebase media.
  • Netflix IMSC is only used for Japanese.
  • For support of MacOS Catalina and higher please use the included download link.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.52 (Feb 18, 2021)

  • Revised shot change handling (detected and imported).
  • Shot changes. Added separate value for shot change after subtitle.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.50 (Jan 19, 2021)

  • Web Caption export: Added YouTube SRV3/YTT export (italics, justification, position, vertical text).
  • EBU STL import: Revised import with of EBU STL with mid-row background color change.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.49 (Jan 7, 2021)

  • Revised CPL display of version 1.9.99.48

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.48 (Jan 4, 2021)

  • Corrected import of Adobe Premiere CC Final Cut XML with empty subtitles.
  • Corrected language code export for EBU STL ARTE N19 in previous version.
  • Updated zeitAnker Teletext demo with web YouTube .srv3 export and TTML import. (colors, justification, italics and position for both formats)-
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.46 (Nov 14, 2020)

  • Added granular accelerating JKL-Navigation (with ctrl if waveform is not active).
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.44 (Oct 26, 2020)

  • Corrected EBU STL timecode import in version 1.9.99.42.
  • Replaces recent version.
  • EBU STL export. Corrected German Interface.
  • Updated ARTE EBU STL 2 export and ARTE .doc
  • EBU STL export. Corrected German Interface.
  • Updated ARTE EBU STL 2 export and ARTE .doc.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.42 (Oct 22, 2020)

  • EBU STL export. Corrected German Interface.
  • Updated ARTE EBU STL 2 export and ARTE .doc.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.40 (Oct 12, 2020)

  • 890 export. Added more text encodings. Select (Greek,Russian,Hebrew,Arabic) in "Translated Language" track info.
  • No collision with problematic Apple iTunes/iPhone update.
  • Enabled application specific crash reports to be sent to us.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.39 (Sep 13, 2020)

  • Images (NLE,DCP) export. Added "Social Media" size option.
  • W3C Timed Text export. Added Amazon Prime and Disney IMSC.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.37 (Aug 20, 2020)

  • Reliably allows to use large frame numbers in in processing drawer to offset for NTSC/NDF
  • Replaces version 1.9.99.36 to solve issues with offset processing in processing drawer.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.35 (Aug 11, 2020)

  • Revised replace for saving of folders (multiple tracks, images).
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.34 (Jul 15, 2020)

  • Corrected import of specific TTML files with ttp:timeBase="smpte".
  • For macOS Catalina please use the included download link to 64 bit (Catalina) preview versions.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.32 (Jun 14, 2020)

  • Corrected German localization.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.31 (May 12, 2020)

  • Added language support for import and export of SAMI (.smi) files.
  • Revised export of SAMI (.smi) for file exchange.
  • Added option to include font files with DLP Interop/DCP SMPTE export.
  • Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • For macOS Catalina please use the included download link to 64 bit (Catalina) preview versions.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.29 (Mar 12, 2020)

  • Final Cut XML Premiere CC Essential Graphics export.
  • Revised faux italics support. Added option to force faux italics.
  • Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • For macOS Catalina use the included download link to 64 bit (Catalina) preview versions. Please download the full package from our site.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.28 (Feb 12, 2020)

  • Added import of Amazon AWS and IBM Watson transcript .json.
  • Revised compatibility of QuickTime Tracks usage with version 2.x.x.
  • Includes a download link to 64 bit (Catalina) preview versions of our major apps.
  • Please download the full package.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.27 (Jan 12, 2020)

  • Images (NLE, DCP) export. Allows use of not thread safe QuickTime components (e.g. Avid Components) for composited movie export.
  • Added total duration of subtitles to "RTF with Timecode" metadata.
  • Polishes.
  • Includes a download link to 64 bit (macOS Catalina) preview versions of our major apps.
  • Please download the full package.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.26 (Nov 12, 2019)

  • EBU STL export. Added discrete character code selection.
  • Added a download link to 64 bit (Catalina) preview versions of our major apps.
  • Please download the full package.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.25 (Oct 21, 2019)

  • Improved support of SoftNi .sub import and export.
  • Adds important update to Annotation Transcriber.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.24 (Sep 17, 2019)

  • Corrected an issue in version 1.9.99.23 that could affect gatekeeper.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.23 (Sep 12, 2019)

  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.22 (Jun 11, 2019)

  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.21 (May 13, 2019)

  • Added Steinberg Nuendo ADR Dialogue Book (.csv) export and import (export uses .csv TAB for regional independency).
  • Dialogue Book ADR (.csv) can also be exported with single line text rows.
  • Added EuroTaker Dialogue Book (.doc) import.
  • Improved search and replace for subtitles with partial italics.
  • Includes new version of zeitAnker Teletext demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.20 (Apr 11, 2019)

  • Refined WebVTT import.
  • Corrected an issue with "persons" metadata in German version.
  • Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.16 (Mar 16, 2019)

  • Corrected a possible crash of Annotation Edit version 1.9.99.15, when changing the movie file on MacOS 10.12 and MacOS 10.13.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.15 (Mar 11, 2019)

  • Import: Added automatic cleanup for manually crippled time codes in Annotation Transcriber and "RTF with Timecode".
  • Images NLE, DCP export. Automatically falls back to QuickTime with Alpha, if composited movie is selected with no movie available.
  • Revised PAL 768*576 (square aspect ratio) export.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.14 (Feb 13, 2019)

  • Added support for Google Automatic Transcript .webvtt.
  • Added support for Google translation for many text formats (rtf, html, srt).
  • EBU STL import and export. Revised support for Open EBU STL with maximum number of rows of 11.
  • EBU STL export. Revised export interface.
  • Revised Autosave for Annotation Edit, Annotation Transcriber and zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Includes new version of Annotation Transcriber.
  • Includes new version of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.12 (Jan 8, 2019)

  • Replaces version 1.9.99.11 due to an error.
  • Added import of set RTL writing direction from .rtf, .doc, .docx and Annotation Transcriber.
  • Added export of set RTL writing direction to .rtf, .doc, .docx and Annotation Transcriber.
  • Please note: The exported writing direction may not be correctly read by MS Word.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.11 (Jan 7, 2019)

  • Changes:
  • Added import of set RTL writing direction from .rtf, .doc, .docx and Annotation Transcriber.
  • Added export of set RTL writing direction to .rtf, .doc, .docx and Annotation Transcriber.
  • Please note: The exported writing direction may not be correctly read by MS Word.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.10 (Dec 7, 2018)

  • Added Adobe Premiere Marker .csv import.
  • Added Adobe Audition Marker import in SMPTE and Hz format.
  • QuickTime Closed Caption import: Added support of Adobe Premiere closed caption track start time.
  • Added filtered search: Toggle Display Uppercase Text Only,
  • Toggle Shifted Lines, Toggle Justification, Toggle Horizontal Position.
  • Added menu item and shortcut to deactivate the current filtered search.
  • Final Cut / Premiere CC export. Added faux bold for Premiere CC 2018.
  • Improved use of arbitrary fonts and line height calculation for vertical positioning.
  • Revised non-standard resolution setting for Premiere CC.
  • DLP Interop/SMPTE DCP export. Added option to reuse font UUIDs for SMPTE DCDM reel exports.
  • W3C Timed Text export. Added IMSC1 to EBU-TT-D 3380 and EBU-TT-D BBC selection name.
  • Corrected a typo in EBU-TT-D BBC export.
  • Images (NLE, DCP) export. Added sharpen option for reduced anti-aliasing.
  • Added image format option for QuickTime compatibility with e.g. DaVinci Resolve and future MacOS:
  • QuickTime Animation can be used instead of PNG, if ProRes is not available.
  • QuickTime Animation render files are larger than PNG or ProRes files.
  • Changed QuickTime movie export to hide the subtitle on end. This aligns with export to NLEs.
  • Minor polish to FCP X image export. Please note FCP X 10.4.4 has a bug with relinking media.
  • Images exports. Corrected recent error with anamorphic SD formats.
  • EBU STL export. Added ARTE Online. This allows free language setting and a less limited character set.
  • Online export is always EBU STL-2. Added option to create ARTE file name from metadata.
  • EDL export: Simplified syntax for compatibility.
  • EDL import: Supports more EDL formats.
  • Final Cut / Premiere CC import. Improved assignment of horizontal position.
  • Revised import of mixed/ double assigned partial faux italics and italics.
  • FCP X .fcpxml import. Added import of SRT captions. Polished import.
  • Minor change for italics. Assigns italic subtitle attribute, not partial italics, when text is fully selected.
  • Includes new version of zeitAnker Teletext Demo with Premiere CC SDH Final Cut Essential Graphic export. Incl. color, justification, vertical position, style, margins.
  • Includes new version of Annotation Transcriber with corrected macOS 10.14.1 (Mojave) compatibility.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.7 (Dec 7, 2018)

  • Added cut, copy, paste for tracks (in addition to drag and drop of tracks).
  • Keeps sort order of tracks.
  • Added use of "Pre-Roll" value to SRT, WebVTT, SSA/ASS and SBV export.
  • EBU STL export. Added export to new ARTE EBU Level 2 for mixing latin languages.
  • Final Cut / Premiere CC export.
  • Allows arbitrary resolution for Premiere CC,
  • Revised Premiere CC partial italics for top position.
  • Images exports. Removed a lag (introduced in 1.9.99), when opening the export window.
  • Revised validation of anamorphic images.
  • Revised partial italics import from Premiere CC Final Cut XML.
  • Images (NLE,DCP) export.
  • Brought back FCP X (.fcpxml) clip export.
  • FCP X Basic Style is no longer bound to FCP X Sequence setting.
  • Corrected support for 960*540 movies.
  • Removed display of relative start time of text details (could only be used for QuickTime text).
  • Includes new version of Annotation Transcriber.
  • Includes new version of zeitAnker Teletext Demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.5 (Oct 12, 2018)

  • Final Cut / Premiere CC export.
  • Now exports faux italics (available in Premiere 2018), if the selected font has no italic variant.
  • Allows very long text and many rows.
  • Premiere CC import.
  • Running text alignment is mapped to standard alignment.
  • Improved mapping of horizontal position of Essential Graphics text box.
  • Cavena Tempo .cip import and export. Added support for 24 fps and 29.97 fps NDF.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.3 (Sep 21, 2018)

  • Some corrections for version Annotation Edit 1.9.99.
  • Revised import and export of not frame-accurate millisecond timecode.
  • Excel XML export preferences allow selection between Office 365 and older Excel versions.
  • Added autocorrection of YouTube SBV "voice to text" export timecodes.
  • Includes new version of Annotation Transcriber.
  • Includes new version of zeitAnker Teletext Demo.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.99.1 (Sep 14, 2018)

  • Added document timecode selector to the document window.
  • Added import of a bit quirky FCP X ".iTT" exports.
  • FCP X 10.4.3 has issues with ".iTT" exports form FCP X.
  • Added support of 48 fps and 47.952 fps to all our apps.
  • "RTF with Timecode" export and import.
  • Revised exchange of offset and pre-roll for timecode rendering.
  • "Final Cut / Premiere CC XML" export.
  • Added "Font Line Height Adjust" to allow use of some special fonts in Adobe Premiere CC.
  • Updated SSA/ASS export and import of timecode to meet the specs of Aegisub.
  • SSA/ASS requires an appropriate document timecode before export and import.
  • Revised MCC import.
  • Revised import of italics from .890.
  • Corrected MicroDVD export of timecode, added imported MicroDVD timecode to track info.
  • MicroDVD requires appropriate document timecode before export.
  • Allows adding and changing of text details/partial italics also with "cmd-i".
  • Now uses timecode info of many opened files formats as document timecode.
  • General Preferences:
  • Limited effect of timecode preference setting to new documents and the current document.
  • "Use media timecode if available" overrides the document timecode selection.
  • 3rd party files that contain timecode.
  • The files create new documents with the same timecode.
  • Imported files that contain timecode info are imported accordingly, but do not change the document.
  • 3rd party files without timecode info.
  • New documents from the files are interpreted according to your timecode preferences.
  • Imported files are interpreted according to your current document timecode.
  • Many Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.95.5 (Jul 20, 2018)

  • Added import of DCP Subtitle MXF files.
  • Revised import of TTML with "dur" values.
  • Revised import of iTT with NDF time code plus offset.
  • Added import of TTML with frame number ("f") values.
  • Polishes.
  • Images (NLE, DCP) export. Changed wording of FCP X Effect to FCP X Text:
  • Added export of horizontal and vertical margin to FCP X "AE Subtitle X (4k)" Motion template exports.
  • Added style selection "FCP X Basic Style". This is the new default style, the template is included in FCP X. Use it if you need a generic Motion template.
  • Limitations of "FCP X Basic Style" are: fixed font size, fixed line spacing, only center justification, vertical alignment without line shift, fixed margins.
  • For use with DaVinci Resolve an empty line is added before single line subtitles at bottom.
  • Please consider to use "AE Subtitle X (4k)" in Annotation Edit and FCP X if you need more control.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.95.2 (Jun 20, 2018)

  • Final Cut / Premiere CC export. Refined Premiere CC line height calculation.
  • Revised navigation shortcuts on macOS 10.13.4.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.95 (May 25, 2018)

  • Extended import and export of W3C Timed Text (iTT) language codes.
  • W3C Timed Text export. You can use the "Culture Code" field to override "Translated Language" setting.
  • Images (Blu-ray, DVD) export. Corrected PNG 8bit/alpha export of version 1.9.94.
  • Screen PAC import. Accepts empty subtitles.
  • Revised "Step by Frame" short cut on MacOS 10.13.x.
  • Images (NLE, DCP) export. Some polishes.
  • Includes new version of zeitAnker Teletext Demo.
  • Polishes.
  • Import/Export Preferences: Added option "FCP X Caption (iTT, CEA 608)":
  • This allows import of all iTT and CEA tracks from FCP X 10.4.1/2 (.fcpxml 1.8).
  • Supported are roles, italics, vertical and horizontal position, justification, CEA 608 caption type, language and vertical text (for Japanese iTT). Japanese ruby is not yet supported by FCP X.
  • FCP X 10.4.1/2 prefers 29.97 SCC, either NDF or DF depending on your FCP X project.
  • FCP X 10.4.1/2 prefers iTT with frame rates matching to your FCP X project.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.94 (Apr 25, 2018)

  • Images (NLE, DCP) and Images (Blur-ay, DVD) export.
  • Revised export of subtitles with leading and line shift.
  • Subtitles with negative leading only use block if backdrop is selected.
  • Revised compatibility with MacOS 10.13.4.
  • Renamed "DLP Cinema" option to "DLP / SMPTE DCP".
  • Renamed "DLP Cinema XML" export to " DLP Interop / SMPTE DCP XML".
  • Includes new version of zeitAnker Teletext demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.93 (Mar 26, 2018)

  • Changes:
  • Final Cut Import: Improved import of Adobe Premiere Pro CC Essential Graphics titles from more complex projects.
  • Added processing option: Split Track at Timecode.
  • Holding "Alt" sets start of split tracks to zero for (useful for e.g. DCP reels).
  • W3C TimedText Export. Changed export of italic subtitles for iTunes Timed Text (i.tt).
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.92 (Mar 4, 2018)

  • Polishes.
  • General Preferences:
  • The "Larger edit font" option now applies also to the subtitle table.
  • Added "Keep Style". New subtitles will use the style and position of the current subtitle.
  • Final Cut Export:
  • Changed default for Adobe Premiere Pro CC Essential Graphics.
  • "Line Count Minimum" is now set to "Two Lines".
  • Font related: More consistent vertical position with "Line Count Minimum" set to "No".
  • Please note: Essential Graphics still lacks some useful features for subtitles.
  • Subtitle drawer:
  • Added "Chars". It displays the sum of characters in every row.
  • For "CPS" and "Chars" multiple mid row spaces are counted as a single space.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.91.2 (Jan 25, 2018)

  • Final Cut Export: Changed menu title to Final Cut / Premiere Pro CC XML:
  • Added export to Adobe Premiere Pro CC Essential Graphics XML (2017.1.2 or later).
  • Support of Essential Graphics includes:
  • Italics and partial italics. font, font color, leading, tracking and shadow attributes.
  • Outline color, outline width.
  • Alignment, vertical position incl. line shift and half line shift.
  • Horizontal and vertical margin.
  • RTL text per subtitle, vertical text per subtitle.
  • Single line at top for two row bottom subtitles.
  • Different to Final Cut font sizes are absolute, not relative to SD.
  • The Premiere Pro CC export works exclusively with the Adobe Premiere NLE.
  • Revised import of vertical and horizontal position in Adobe Premiere Pro CC EG Final Cut XML.
  • Corrected partial italics export of version 1.9.91
  • Revised timecode import of subtitles with fades in Adobe Premiere Pro CC EG Final Cut XML.
  • Final Cut Import: Ignores missing offset frames in MacCaption Final Cut XML.
  • Revised tracks content menu item: Concatenate Selected Tracks.
  • Images (Blu-ray, DVD) export. Changed assignment of Title and Content attributes.
  • Updated Blu-ray image export.
  • Revised Cheetah .cap horizontal position import.
  • SCC export: Allows timecode export of empty captions.
  • PAC export: Corrected double replacement of educated quotes.
  • SRT Position tags: Uses weighted alignment for import and export.
  • Added update of zeitAnker Scene Detection.
  • Revised German user interface.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.90 (Dec 29, 2017)

  • Added import of EZTitles Shot Detection .xml.
  • Revised import of DaVinci Resolve Scene Detection .edl.
  • Allows assignment of selected track as shot detections.
  • Shot detections are displayed in the timeline and saved to the document.
  • Added command to go to next/previous shot detections.
  • Added clear shot detections.
  • Added command and preference to step multiple frames.
  • Minor revision to FCP X .fxpxml import and export.
  • Links media file from FCP clip marker and RTF with Timecode files.
  • Includes updated zeitAnker Teletext demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.89.21 (Nov 24, 2017)

  • W3C Timed Text Export. Added EBU BBC-D TTML. Minor TTML export enhancements.
  • PAC Export. Exports Cyrillic Latin. Added second language latin option for subtitle zero.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.89.20 (Nov 1, 2017)

  • Less rigid SCC export. Added default to wrap lines to 32 characters,
  • Added optional in-row partial italics row length warning.
  • Revised import of SCC with italics.
  • Revised .MCC import.
  • Please note: Premiere Pro CC 2018 fixed FCP .xml unicode support.
  • FCP Outline Text .xml in Premiere Pro CC 2017/2018.0 supports only center justification reliably.
  • Added new demo of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Polishes.
  • W3C Timed Text export:
  • Added Red Bull Media Timed Text.
  • Added not quite standard Adobe Premiere CC TTML open captions export (italics, vertical position, color, background color, left justified only due to Adobe Premiere constraints).
  • Use it if you need partial italics in a row. Adobe Premiere Pro CC .SRT import does not not support partial italics in a row.
  • Revised SMPTE-TT 708 export.
  • Some minor polishes.
  • Only SMPTE-TT 608 closed captions work reliably in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
  • Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017/2018 SMPTE-TT 708 (and also CEA 708 .mcc) file import is broken.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.89.14 (Sep 23, 2017)

  • Added menu item to "Tools/Subtitle". "Display Actors Metadata" shows actors in main table view.
  • Keeps current video info in document info for document exchange without video.
  • Keeps timecode overlaps on "RTF with timecode" import.
  • Respects SMPTE TC 24h limit for display and export.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.89.10 (Aug 22, 2017)

  • Revised Videotron/Lambda .cap import and export.
  • Removed auto-correction of subtitles with timecode overlap for TTML.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.89.8 (Jul 25, 2017)

  • Added import of comments from Netflix .dfxp files.
  • Added export of log comments to Netflix .dfxp files.
  • Added new demo of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.89.6 (Jun 30, 2017)

  • Corrects an issue with W3C Timed Text (.itt ...) export in version 1.9.89.5.
  • Added import of new Adobe Premiere CC 2017.1 FCP XML titles with italics and justification. On Mac OS 10.6.8 plain text is imported. Titles should not have transitions.
  • Added import of closed captions from Adobe Premiere project files with position anchor points.
  • Added 4k/5k option to FCP XML export.
  • Images export. Corrected some issues with SD formats.
  • FCP X .fcpxml export. Updated AE Subtitle X Motion sample templates. Use them for new projects.
  • Added new demo of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Many polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.89.5 (Jun 28, 2017)

  • Added import of new Adobe Premiere CC 2017.1 FCP XML titles with italics and justification.
  • On Mac OS 10.6.8 plain text is imported. Titles should not have transitions.
  • Added import of closed captions from Adobe Premiere project files with position anchor points.
  • Added 4k/5k option to FCP XML export.
  • Images export. Corrected some issues with SD formats.
  • FCP X .fcpxml export. Updated AE Subtitle X Motion sample templates. Use them for new projects.
  • Added new demo of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Many polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.89.2 (May 31, 2017)

  • Export of multiple tracks only adds a track number, if duplicate track names are found.
  • Extended "Show illegal text" function to "Show illegal text/timecode".
  • Holding "Alt" limits to illegal timecode, holding "Shift" limits to illegal text.
  • Added export and import: Adobe Audition Cue Markers (decimal type only).
  • Solved a possible issue in version 1.9.89 with "Native timecode" option checked and movies that do not contain timecode.
  • Images (NLE,DCP) export.
  • FCPX Effect export. Solved issue in version 1.9.89 with AE Subtitle X Motion template.
  • Added horizontal left and center position for AE Subtitle X vertical text.
  • Revised leading to match preview. Revised line shift for vertically center subtitles.
  • Allows export of FCP X with movie, if the video has no audio tracks.
  • AE Subtitle X .fcpxml import. Added import of line shift for vertically center subtitles.
  • Added import of horizontal position for vertical text subtitles.
  • Compound clips need to be decomposed before export in FCP X.
  • Some polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.89 (May 15, 2017)

  • PAC export. Corrected version 1.9.88.5.
  • .890 export/ import. Supports vertical position code.
  • Corrected support of .890 "first language" code.
  • More compatible usage of hyphen character.
  • Added AE Subtitle X 4k Motion templates to installer.
  • Updated AE Subtitle X ReadMe.
  • Revised automatic font substitution.
  • Added new version of Annotation Transcriber.
  • Added new demo version of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Some polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.88.5 (Apr 9, 2017)

  • PAC export. Revised export of educated quotes.
  • SRT import. Revised support for non-standard position/alignment.
  • Images (NLE,DCP) export. Corrected DCI DCDM export of version 1.9.88.1
  • Supports import of many plain text subtitle formats saved as .doc, .docx, .rtf , .rtfd or .odt.
  • Added new demo version of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Some polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.88.1 (Mar 11, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • PAC import. Revised support for Chinese PAC files.
  • W3C Timed Text (TTML) export/import. Revised support for frame-based NDF timeBase:media ttml.
  • MCC import. Added import of justification.
  • Added import one more Titra format (TXT, RTF).
  • Revised import of styled RTF.
  • Corrected Images (NLE,DCP) export of previous version.
  • Some polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.88 (Mar 10, 2017)

  • PAC import. Revised support for Chinese PAC files.
  • W3C Timed Text (TTML) export/import. Revised support for frame-based NDF timeBase:media ttml.
  • MCC import. Added import of justification.
  • Added import one more Titra format (TXT, RTF).
  • Revised import of styled RTF.
  • Some polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.87.6 (Feb 10, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • Image Export: Removed a limitation that FCP X export required Mac OS X 10.10.
  • Image Export: Added separate Image Export plugins for Mac OS X 10.6.8
  • Some polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.87.4 (Jan 15, 2017)

  • Added "Show illegal text". The first occurrence of red text is selected.
  • SRT export. Added export preference for export of position and alignment tags to SRT Added shortcuts. Ctrl-cmd-j and ctrl-cmd-l for progressive forward and rewind.
  • Includes update of Annotation Transcriber and zeitAnker Teletext Demo.
  • Some polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.87 (Dec 12, 2016)

  • EBU STL export. Made EBU STL technical line length warning optional.
  • FCP X Text Effect import. Now optimised for .fcpxml 1.4 and later.
  • Compound clips with subtitles need to be decomposed in the FCP X timeline before .fcpxml export.
  • (Select all edited compound clips and hit cmd-shift-G).
  • Image Export (NLE, DCP). Added FCP X Text Effect font size option.
  • When selected Annotation Edit exports the font size identical to FCP X, not scaled to match image rendering.
  • FCP X export. Now hides on end of subtitle.
  • Added FCP X chapter-marker with poster export. You can use this to add a duration to markers.
  • Limited import of FCP X markers to active markers in timeline.
  • Added AE Subtitle X 4k variant (optional).
  • Revised Japanese Videotron/Lambda import.
  • W3C Timed Text export. Revised EBU-TT. Added more options.
  • Corrected German DLP Cinema export interface of version 1.9.86.
  • WebVTT export. Unchecking extended attributes now also omits subtitle index number.
  • SubRip SRT export. Italics are applied per line for compatibility with e.g. Amazon.
  • Now uses canonical unicode normalisation.
  • Changed "Pre-Roll" button modifiers. Hold the "Shift" key to reset, hold the "Alt" key to offset subtitle timecode.
  • On Mac OS X 10.7 or later the save dialog can be dismissed when Autosave is disabled.
  • Compatible with macOS 10.12.2.
  • Contour Design Shuttle settings compatible with macOS Sierra.
  • New version of zeitAnker Teletext. Corrections and performance enhancements.
  • New version of Annotation Transcriber. Added FCP X chapter-marker with poster export.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.86 (Nov 5, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Updated autosave without versions checked in all applications.
  • MS Word import. Detects .docx saved with .doc extension.
  • EBU STL export. Re-added EBU STL technical line length warning.
  • Images exports. Revised preview and backdrop rendering.
  • Images (Blu-ray, DVD). Faster opaque renderproof.
  • DLP Timed Text export. Changed horizontal positioning of vertical text.
  • SCC closed caption import. Supports import of explicitly assigned default white text.
  • W3C Timed Text export and import.
  • Added Japanese iTunes Timed Text (.itt) export with vertical text and ruby annotation.
  • Movie volume is saved to preferences.
  • Expand/shorten selection now supports slicing, to slice hold shift on confirmation (e.g shift-tab).
  • Revised shift by line for FCP X text effect export.
  • New version of zeitAnker Teletext (added DLP Cinema and FCP X export, added color remap).
  • New version of Annotation Transcriber (with corrected updater).

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.85.2 (Oct 3, 2016)

  • Revised SCC import. Alignment and horizontal position.
  • Corrected a problem with Gatekeeper in version 1.9.85.
  • Added option: Hide display of subtitle on end timecode.
  • Annotation Edit and zeitAnker Teletext are compatible with macOS Sierra.
  • New version of Annotation Transcriber (now compatible with macOS Sierra).

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.85 (Sep 29, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • WebVTT export. Revised "Extended WebVTT export" for browsers.
  • WebVTT import. Revised vertical position.
  • Added option: Hide display of subtitle on end timecode.
  • Added basic DaVinci Resolve .fcpxml text import.
  • Added basic EzTitles .ezxml project import.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.84 (Aug 30, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • DLP Cinema import. Added import of ruby annotation.
  • DLP Cinema export DCI 1.1. Added export of ruby annotation.
  • Added "Insert Ruby Separator" for adding Lambda style ruby annotation.
  • W3C Timed Text export. Added Netflix RTL option for Arabic or Hebrew.
  • Revised "Track without Ruby Annotation" for export of imported Lambda .cap import.
  • SCC closed captions import. Improved support for non-double special characters.
  • .890 import and export. Added support for "#" character.
  • New version of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.83 (Jul 27, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Image exports. Added font slanting for horizontal subtitles, if the font has no italic variant (Asian fonts).
  • Video controller. Added font slanting.
  • Videotron Lambda (.cap). Extended import and export (italic, partial italic, top, bottom, vertical left/right).
  • Added "Track without ruby annotation" for export of .cap import.
  • Added filter option for vertical position.
  • Refined some generic text subtitle imports.
  • Minor interface changes.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.82.1 (Jun 30, 2016)

  • Corrected straight SDI Media export of version 1.9.82.
  • Added SDI Media text only import.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.82 (Jun 27, 2016)

  • Images (NLE, DCP) QuickTime movie export. Revised export of tracks with empty subtitles.
  • DLP Cinema export/import. Revised partial italics at end of line.
  • DAS Export. Replaced Windows Latin-1 option with Unicode UTF-16.
  • Added straight SDI Media export.
  • Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.81 (May 30, 2016)

  • FCP X images export. Allows relink of image assets in FCP X.
  • FCP X Effect. Added support of centre vertical position for FCP X 10.2.2 with AE Subtitle X template.
  • EBU STL import/export. Revised centre vertical position.
  • DAS export/import. Revised SDI Media DAS extensions.
  • Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.80 (Apr 28, 2016)

  • EBU STL export. Supports renewed ARTE character sets.
  • Easier ARTE empty subtitle zero.
  • W3C Timed Text export. Added line padding option to EBU TT export.
  • Images export. Added "Get settings" to match Bluray and NLE export.
  • Improved export on Retina Macs.
  • Images (Bluray, DVD) export. Added optional 4 color preview of DVD images.
  • Simplified DVD export settings. SD/DVD images are exported as full screen.
  • Revised Cyrillic PAC.
  • German interface: Fixed W3C Timed Text and Captionate XML export.
  • Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.79 (Feb 12, 2016)

  • Reintroduced Asian vertical text for Mac OS X 10.10 and later.
  • DLP Cinema Export. Revised color value for second row of dual-language subtitles.
  • SAMI export uses BOM.
  • Revised SCC closed caption export for iTunes movie store.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.78.8 (Jan 8, 2016)

  • Changed EBU STL import validation.
  • Added optional CPS count ignoring white space.
  • DLP Cinema Export. Added color value for second row of dual-language subtitles.
  • Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext Demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.78.7 (Dec 11, 2015)

  • Revised .DAS Export.
  • Includes update of Annotation Transcriber.
  • Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext Demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.78.6 (Dec 7, 2015)

  • Corrected image exports of version 1.9.78.3
  • Added set position to justification menu option.
  • Added ASS export.
  • SSA/ASS export. Added horizontal alignment.
  • SSA/ASS import. Added horizontal alignment.
  • Sony Timed Text Import / SMPTE Timed Text import. Improved vertical and horizontal position and alignment.
  • Revised and renamed "Fast Loggíng" options.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.78.3 (Nov 25, 2015)

  • Added Avid Media Composer marker export and import.
  • Added Avid Media Composer spanned marker export and import.
  • Avid marker import supports timecode and frames.
  • Includes update of Annotation Transcriber.
  • MXF requires Apple Pro Video Formats vs. 2.0.3.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.78.2 (Nov 19, 2015)

  • Revised RTF with timecode export on Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)
  • FCP X Clip marker export. Added note (logging comment).
  • Added support for 24 bit audio and multiple mono tracks.
  • Images (NLE, DCP) FCP X with movie export.
  • Added support for 24 bit audio and multiple mono tracks.
  • Includes update of Annotation Transcriber.
  • Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext Demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.78 (Nov 4, 2015)

  • WebVTT export. Switched to line integer for vertical position, better supported by current browsers.
  • Changed WebVTT export option to allow exclusion of features not generally supported by browsers.
  • Quicktime subtitle import. Added support for ISO language codes in addition to
  • QuickTime language codes.
  • Revised Swift .sif/.xif import.
  • Added Swift .xif export.
  • Images (Blu-ray, DVD) BDN export. Added export of optional text in graphics files.
  • BDN export. Added import of optional text in graphics files.
  • Image export. Revised support of Apple Retina systems.
  • Word count. Changed linguistics on Mac OS X 10.10 or later for better support of Asian text.
  • Added optional reference text creation and display in document .
  • If reference text is locked, functions to change reference text, the amount or text distribution of subtitles are disabled.
  • Shuffle first/last word now includes immediately following punctuation character.
  • Added Merge/Shuffle with space delimiter selector.
  • Added 47.952 fps support for SubCap export to AVID MC 8.3.
  • Bought back fluid select next/previous subtitle while playing the movie.
  • SRT import. Added support of rare horizontal and vertical alignment tags.
  • Revised Screen PAC vertical top position import.
  • Faster initial audio analysis.
  • Corrected a rare time display issue in video controller introduced in version 1.9.76.
  • Revised EBU STL ARTE french export of version 1.9.76.
  • W3C Timed Text export. Revised SMPTE override in English localization.
  • Unified build for Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later.
  • Includes update of Annotation Transcriber.
  • Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext Demo.
  • Interface corrections.
  • Adjustments and polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.76 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • Revised image exports on OS X 10.10.x or later due to SDK changes.
  • The minimal requirement of this version is Mac OS X 10.7.
  • Added a graceful alert when run on OS X 10.6.8. A version still running on OS X 10.6.8 is provided as a separate download.
  • Completely revised and extended Evertz ProCap import.
  • Caption type, italics, justification, horizontal and vertical position, 29.97 DF/NDF.
  • Revised Screen PAC import.
  • Corrected FCP X .fcpxml import.
  • Added media fps info in document window.
  • Added option to edit timecode values textually for current subtitles in video controller.
  • Added option to edit time value textually for pre-roll in processing drawer.
  • Revised DLP DCDM export for compatibility with Dolby servers
  • Corrected an issue with unusual subtitle sorting in version 1.9.72.
  • Corrected an issue with low time scale movies in version 1.9.72.
  • Includes update of Annotation Transcriber. Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext Demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.75 (Sep 10, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • The minimal requirement of this version is Mac OS X 10.7.
  • A version still running on Mac OS X 10.6.8 is provided as a separate download.
  • Completely revised and extended Evertz ProCap import.
  • Caption type, italics, justification, horizontal and vertical position, 29.97 DF/NDF.
  • Revised Screen PAC import.
  • Corrected FCP X .fcpxml import.
  • Added media fps info in document window.
  • Added option to edit timecode values textually for current subtitles in video controller.
  • Added option to edit time value textually for pre-roll in processing drawer.
  • Revised DLP DCDM export for compatibility with Dolby servers
  • Corrected an issue with unusual subtitle sorting in version 1.9.72.
  • Corrected an issue with low time scale movies in version 1.9.72.
  • Includes update of Annotation Transcriber. Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext Demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.72 (Aug 13, 2015)

  • Replaces version 1.9.71. Revised Screen PAC import.
  • Screen PAC import. Added option to define a second language in Import/Export preferences.
  • Revised import of someThai special characters.
  • Screen PAC export. Arabic/Greek//Hebrew/Cyrillic/Thai as second language is automatically detected.
  • Added "Adjust to document frame rate" function for e.g. time values imported from time-based formats.
  • Added a large video mode to video controller for QC and presentation.
  • FCP X NLE export. Corrected an issue with active fades.
  • Revised DLP/InterOP XML import.
  • Revised W3C Timed Text export (DCDM, Brightcove).
  • Allows setting of semi-transparent background and outline width for some .ttml formats .
  • WebVTT exports are now saved with optional byte order mark.
  • Added workaround for a bug in OS X 10.11 (beta), that prevented launch.
  • Includes update of Annotation Transcriber. Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext Demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.71 (Aug 8, 2015)

  • Screen PAC import. Added option to define a second language in Import/Export preferences. Revised import of someThai special characters.
  • Screen PAC export. Arabic/Greek//Hebrew/Cyrillic/Thai as second language is automatically detected.
  • Added "Adjust to document frame rate" function for e.g. time values imported from time-based formats.
  • Added a large video mode to video controller for QC and presentation.
  • FCP X NLE export. Corrected an issue with active fades.
  • Revised DLP/InterOP XML import.
  • Revised W3C Timed Text export (DCDM, Brightcove). Allows setting of semi-transparent background and outline width for some .ttml formats.
  • WebVTT exports are now saved with optional byte order mark.
  • Added workaround for a bug in OS X 10.11 (beta), that prevented launch.
  • Includes update of Annotation Transcriber. Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext Demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.69 (Jun 27, 2015)

  • Adobe Premiere CC project import. Added import of italics in closed captions.
  • W3C Timed Text import. Added import of Adobe Premiere CC TTML notation of italics.
  • W3C Timed Text SMPTE-TT 608 export. Added selectable target channel.
  • Revised W3C Timed Text SMPTE-TT 608/708 import and export.
  • SMPTE-TT 608/708 is a usable option for exchange of editable subtitles with Adobe Premiere CC.
  • For high quality burnt-in Adobe Premiere CC subtitles export to e.g. Final Cut XML with images.
  • Annotation Edit cleans Adobe Premiere CC sidecar TTML for import to Adobe Premiere CC and other 3rd party tools.
  • MCC 708 closed caption import. Added support for Adobe Premiere CC and EZTitles variants.
  • MacCaption .cca project import. Added support for current .cca vs. 3. (incl. all programs, italics, position and justification).
  • Revised CEA 608 closed caption import from 608 and 708 QuickTime closed caption tracks.
  • Revised SCC import.
  • MS Word .doc/.docx export now includes maximum char count for subtitle display time.
  • Corrected issues with import and export of long MSWord .doc/.docx documents.
  • Empty subtitles are now allowed for your translation workflow.
  • Extended MS Word clean up.
  • PAC import. Added import of comments as logging comments.
  • PAC import and export. Added support of rare latin special characters (e.g. non-combining accents).
  • QuickTime Caption import. Added support of italics in QuickTime soft subtitles.
  • EBU STL import. Added import of FAB Subtitler comments as logging comments.
  • EBU STL export. Updated layout of ARTE revision .doc export.
  • EBU STL export and import. Added support of rare latin special characters (e.g. non-combining accents).
  • Video controller. Revised short cut functions on newer OS X updates.
  • Ayato Text export now uses .doc format and includes maximum char count for subtitle display time.
  • Swift SIF import (added support of newer numbering scheme).
  • Added Swift XIF import.
  • Added Lemony 5 KIO Interchange File import.
  • Revised Lemony 4 .lem4 import.
  • Softni import. .sub files are detected if saved as .txt.
  • Added adjustable font size of main edit view.
  • Corrected visual appearance on Mac OS X 10.10.x.
  • Includes update of QuickTime Soft Subtitle (MPEG-4) plugin.
  • Re-added Simplified Chinese. Supports movies that were saved with scaled size.
  • Added QuickTime tx3g XML import incl. justification and italics.
  • Includes update of CC Import Plugin and installer.
  • Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext Demo.
  • Revised German interface.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.68.3 (May 7, 2015)

  • Replaces version 1.9.68.1.
  • Revised .PAC import and .890 export of version 1.9.68.1.
  • DLP Cinema export. Revised export to SMPTE DCDM without DCST checked.
  • Images (NLE, DCP) export. Revised export to SMPTE DCDM without DCST checked.
  • FCP X export always uses .fcpxml vs. 1.4 (FCP X 10.1.2 and higher).
  • Added 5k, 6k and 8k image export.
  • Images (Blu-ray, DVD) export. Added more DVD Color schemes.
  • All image exports. Position horizontal can be set use subtitle justification
  • (if not overridden by subtitle horizontal position).
  • FCP X chapter export. Uses .fcpxml vs. 1.4 (FCP X 10.1.2 and higher).
  • Clip chapters/markers persist in timeline.
  • FCP 7 export. Fades are ignored for "Plain Text for Adobe Premiere".
  • EBU STL export. Added FAB option for non-standard 24p export.
  • EBU STL export. Revised italics to color mapping for EBU STL-1.
  • Enhanced Final Draft .fdx and Adobe Story .atsx export.
  • Added Fadein (.fadein) and Open Screenplay Format (.xml) import.
  • Added an info about the current document timecode to the document window.
  • Revised USF (Universal Subtitle format) import.
  • Revised 23.976 fps accuracy for display and export.
  • Includes a new version of zeitAnker Transcriber.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.68.1 (May 5, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • DLP Cinema export. Revised export to SMPTE DCDM without DCST checked.
  • Images (NLE, DCP) export. Revised export to SMPTE DCDM without DCST checked.
  • FCP X export always uses .fcpxml vs. 1.4 (FCP X 10.1.2 and higher).
  • Added 5k, 6k and 8k image export.
  • Images (Blu-ray, DVD) export. Added more DVD Color schemes.
  • All image exports. Position horizontal can be set use subtitle justification
  • (if not overridden by subtitle horizontal position).
  • FCP X chapter export. Uses .fcpxml vs. 1.4 (FCP X 10.1.2 and higher).
  • Clip chapters/markers persist in timeline.
  • FCP 7 export. Fades are ignored for "Plain Text for Adobe Premiere".
  • EBU STL export. Added FAB option for non-standard 24p export.
  • EBU STL export. Revised italics to color mapping for EBU STL-1.
  • Enhanced Final Draft .fdx and Adobe Story .atsx export.
  • Added Fadein (.fadein) and Open Screenplay Format (.xml) import.
  • Added an info about the current document timecode to the document window.
  • Revised USF (Universal Subtitle format) import.
  • Revised 23.976 fps accuracy for display and export.
  • Includes a new version of zeitAnker Transcriber.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.67.1 (Mar 25, 2015)

  • Revised images export with vertical Japanese text per subtitle.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.67 (Feb 26, 2015)

  • Added import of timecode from BWF and BWF iXML metadata.
  • Added FCP X clip marker export for audio only files.
  • Revised FCP X clip marker export for newer FCP X versions.
  • Added Quicktime 7 movie export with audio only files.
  • Images (NLE,DCP). Added FCP X 10.1 compound clip event support.
  • FCP X 10.1 compound clip events require FCP X 10.1.2 or later.
  • FCP X with Movie export is done as compound clip event.
  • FCP X 10.1 images can be exported as FCP X sequence for e.g. DaVinci Resolve.
  • FCP X 10.0.x images can be exported as FCP X sequence for e.g. AutoDesk Smoke.
  • Added support for FCP X with audio only movie file.
  • Polishes for Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite ).
  • Revised Annotation Edit MPEG-4 Subtitle export plugin. A new installer is provided.
  • Revised SRT import to allow tag delimiter characters in favour of custom tags.
  • Revised native timecode selector.
  • Excel XML export. Takes care of Excel special character apostrophe.
  • Consistent italic text font (Excel might not use the default font).
  • Uses enhancements of Mac OS X 10.9 or later.
  • Revised video controller interface.
  • Corrected German user interface.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.65 (Jan 15, 2015)

  • Added import of timecode from BWF and BWF iXML metadata.
  • Added FCP X clip marker export for audio only files.
  • Revised FCP X clip marker export for newer FCP X versions.
  • Added Quicktime 7 movie export with audio only files.
  • Images (NLE,DCP). Added FCP X 10.1 compound clip event support.
  • FCP X 10.1 compound clip events require FCP X 10.1.2 or later.
  • FCP X with Movie export is done as compound clip event.
  • FCP X 10.1 images can be exported as FCP X sequence for e.g. DaVinci Resolve.
  • FCP X 10.0.x images can be exported as FCP X sequence for e.g. AutoDesk Smoke.
  • Added support for FCP X with audio only movie file.
  • Polishes for Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite ).
  • Revised Annotation Edit MPEG-4 Subtitle export plugin. A new installer is provided.
  • Revised SRT import to allow "" characters in favour of custom tags.
  • Revised native timecode selector.
  • Uses enhancements of Mac OS X 10.9 or later.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.64 (Dec 17, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Changes for Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite.
  • Revised Excel XML (italics) export.
  • Revised DLP Cinema export.
  • Revised w3c TimedText export (e.g. added Ooyala Timed Text).
  • Revised EBU STL 0 vertical position import.
  • Revised F5 import/export.
  • Added ESUB-XF export (standard and EBU-STL).
  • Moved SAMI and extended export to a plugin.
  • Includes update of Annotation Transcriber.
  • Includes update of zeitAnker Teletext demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.62.1 (Oct 15, 2014)

  • Revised f5 Script RTF metadata import.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.62 (Sep 23, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Added Mac OS X 10.9.5 gate keeper support (apps and installers).
  • Prepared for OS X 10.10 Yosemite.
  • W3C Timed Text export. Updated Netflix export to Netflix Timed Style Guide 2.2.
  • Added MS Word .docx export.
  • Final Cut Pro X subtitle text import. Added import of nested subtitles.
  • Revised top position display in video viewer.
  • Revised video viewer activation after app switch.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.59.4 (Jul 26, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Revised image exports of version 1.9.59.3.
  • Image Export (Blu-ray, DVD). Added DVD image color schemes.
  • Includes new version of zeitAnker Teletext demo (added ESUB-XF export).

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.59.1 (Jul 15, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Added import of closed caption streams from Adobe Premiere project files (text, timecode).
  • w3c Timed Text export. Added SMPTE-TT 708. Adobe Premiere can use it for CEA 708 closed captions. Choose HD for SMPTE-TT 708 16:9 aspect ratio.
  • Final Cut Pro X 10.1 effect import/export. Export allows AE Style for dual field Motion templates.
  • Added support for half line shift. Added XML style export option.
  • XML style uses font style from imported .fcpxml and allows temporal italics and justification.
  • Basic usage of AE Subtitle X for Final Cut Pro X 10.0.x is possible.
  • Image exports. Renamed "Alignment" to "Horizontal position".
  • If "Horizontal position" is unspecified, justification will override.
  • Added Fountain (.fountain) Dialogue import (dialogue, character, action, paranthetical,
  • comment, italics).
  • Added Fountain (.fountain) Dialogue export (dialogue, character, action, paranthetical, italics).
  • Please note: Some applications (e.g. Scrivener) do save Final Draft .fdx layout, but not structure.
  • Unstructured .fdx will not be not imported, as a workaround Scrivener users may export as Fountain file.
  • Polished display of multiple selected subtitles in waveform view.
  • Includes new version of zeitAnker Teletext demo.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.58.4 (Jun 30, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Revised feature release 1.9.58 (images export, short cuts).
  • Added assignment of Asian vertical text layout per subtitle.
  • Images (NLE, DCP) export. Added Asian vertical text .
  • Asian vertical text requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later.
  • Backdrop: stripe and crop to row are not yet supported for vertical text.
  • Final Cut Pro X 10.1 effect template for vertical text is provided.
  • Added fade in/out support for FCP XML. Added switch to activate fades.
  • Adobe Premiere FCP XML import does not support fades yet.
  • Images (Blu-ray, DVD) export. Added asian vertical text . Changed proof image style for 4 color images.
  • Image exports use RTL/LTR info per subtitle.
  • DLP Cinema exports use RTL/LTR info and vertical text per subtitle.
  • Video Controller: Uses RTL/LTR info and vertical text per subtitle.
  • Final Cut XML export. Revised Adobe Premiere FCP XML plain text. Text position etc. is ignored by Adobe Premiere CC.
  • Final Cut Pro 7 XML import. Added image timecode import option.
  • Allows image timecode import from Adobe Premiere CC FCP XML subtitle images or titler slugs. Revised import of files from some 3rd party subtitle tools.
  • Images (Blu-ray, DVD) export. Revised DVD style proof image.
  • Revised striped subtitle full frame image exports.
  • w3c Timed Text export. Updated to meet latest specs.
  • Added Brightcove CC multi-language export
  • Corrected import dialog of version 1.9.57.4.
  • Added TTML and Teletext color palettes.
  • Updated zeitAnker subtitle OCR for Mac OS X 10.9.
  • Includes update of Annotation Transcriber.
  • Includes new zeitAnker Teletext demo.
  • FCP XML text and image exports are compatible with Adobe Premiere CC.
  • Please note: Adobe Premiere CC 7.2 FCP XML import only accepts following sizes:
  • SD, HD 960*720, HD 1280*1080, HD 1440*1080.
  • This limitation is removed in Adobe Premiere CC 2014.
  • Please note: Do not use Arial Unicode MS for vertical text.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.58 (Jun 23, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Images (NLE, DCP) export. Added asian vertical text . Asian vertical text requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. Backdrop: stripe and crop to row are not yet supported for vertical text.
  • Images (Blu-ray, DVD) export. Added asian vertical text .Changed proof image style for 4 color images.
  • Images (Blu-ray, DVD) export. Revised DVD style proof image.
  • Revised full frame image exports with striped subtitles.
  • Final Cut XML export. Revised Premiere CC 7.2 FCP XML plain text. Text position is ignored by Premiere.
  • Final Cut Pro 7 XML import. Added image timecode import option. Revised import of files from some 3rd party subtitle tools.
  • w3c timed text export. Updated to meet latest specs. Added Brightcove CC multi-language export
  • Corrected import dialog of version 1.9.57.4.
  • Added TTML and Teletext color palettes.
  • Updated zeitAnker subtitle OCR for Mac OS X 10.9.
  • Includes update of Annotation Transcriber.
  • Includes new zeitAnker Teletext demo.
  • FCP XML text and image exports are compatible with Adobe Premiere CC.
  • Please note: Adobe Premiere CC FCP XML import currently only accepts following sizes: SD, HD 960*720, HD 1280*1080, HD 1440*1080.
  • Please note: Do not use Arial Unicode MS for vertical text.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.57.4 (May 23, 2014)

  • EBU STL export. Corrected a conflict with extended language codes of version 1.9.57.
  • Revised EBU-TT-D ARD and iTunes Timed Text TTML export.
  • Revised USF export for TitleVision Submachine.
  • Added a helper script to test for iTunes Timed Text/TTML compliance.
  • Includes update of Annotation Transcriber.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.57 (May 19, 2014)

  • Checked compatibility with Mac OS X 10.9.3.
  • w3c Timed Text export. Applied changes for Mac OS X 10.9.x (Mavericks).
  • DLP Cinema export. Optional DCDM namespace prefix. Revised partial italics.
  • Images (NLE,DCP) export. Optional DCDM namespace prefix. Revised anamorphic SD.
  • Omits backdrop for DTS-CSS Cinema 1bit .bmp.
  • FCP X full frame with fades will export as .fcpxml 1.1 minimum.
  • DLP Cinema import. Revised DCDM support.
  • USF export. Adjusted to meet Titlevision Submachine.
  • Revised Softel Swift .sif import.
  • Extended languages list with regional languages. Use auto completion for fast access.
  • SCC closed caption import. Allows empty captions that only set the cursor.
  • Corrected extended characters of vs. 1.9.53.
  • Fixed a stability issue in vs. 1.9.53.1.
  • Adjusted Mac OS X 10.9.x GUI drawing.
  • Updated German localization.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.53 (Apr 18, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Images export (NLE,DCP). Improved FCP X cropped image export (SD anamorphic).
  • More compatible DCI/DCDM image script export.
  • Extended language selector.
  • Added subtitle filter options.
  • Several enhancements and polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.52.5 (Mar 20, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Subtitle drawer: Added increment option to shift by half lines. The value is used for EBU STL-1/0 and export of images.
  • Added export menu item "Final Cut Pro X". Opens Images (NLE, DCP) with FCP X preselected.
  • FCP X 10.1.x text effect export. Revised export of subtitles with fade values.
  • Added export menu item "Final Cut Pro X". Opens Images (NLE, DCP) with FCP X preselected.
  • FCP X 10.1.x text effect export. Revised export of subtitles with fade values.
  • Changed RTF Export menu name to RTF Script.
  • EBU STL-0 export. Revised vertical position export. Selectable FAB style EBU STL-0 bottom position.
  • EBU STL import. Handling of bogus STL files.
  • Import. Added EZTitles RTF import.
  • Added DCI .ASC import/export.
  • SCC import. Corrected educated apostrophe.
  • SCC export. Extended caption preload correction.
  • Revised Avid (DS, SubCap) export.
  • More convenient restoration of recent document window position.
  • Automatic opening of recent document can now be disabled also on Mac OS X 10.7 or later.
  • The writing direction can now be set discretely and saved to the document.
  • Reverse Bidi punctation. Arabic question mark is now untouched.
  • Revised menu function "First line to metadata".
  • Revised Fast Logging.
  • Corrected string in track context menu.
  • Corrected "Delete short" subtitles.
  • Includes a new version of Annotation Transcriber (with text color panel for import to zeitAnker Teletext).
  • Includes updated demo of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.51 (Feb 19, 2014)

  • Images Export (NLE, DCP). FCP X export with fades.
  • Video controller. Added menu function and shortcut to display the selected entry centered in timeline.
  • Video controller polishes.
  • Revised text with background display.
  • Revised reverse Bidi punctation.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.50 (Jan 29, 2014)

  • This update requires Mac OS X 10.6.8 or newer.
  • Images Export (NLE, DCP).
  • Added extended Final Cut Pro X 10.1.x support.
  • Annotation Edit takes advantage of new Final Cut Pro X 10.1 text effect features for subtitles.
  • Font, font color, font size, font outline, shadow, line spacing, italics, partial italics, justification, line shift, single line at top, top and bottom position can be assigned with Annotation Edit.
  • An Apple Motion subtitle template AE Subtitle X (16 to 9) suitable for subtitles is provided.
  • Further information on AE Subtitle X is included in the templates folder.
  • Final Cut Pro X Export with Movie. Settings will be adjusted to the workspace movie.
  • Images Export (NLE, DCP).
  • Switched export of QuickTime subtitle only movies with alpha from variable frame duration to standard NLE frame rates. Exported files will work without further processing in e.g. Adobe Premiere using PNG or ProRes 4444 if available. The movie file size stays moderately small.
  • Images Export (NLE, DCP). Added export of a composited QuickTime movie without generation loss for immediate compression with Apple Compressor or QuickTime Player 7 Pro or . Composited QuickTime movies will not allow preview in QuickTime Player X.
  • Added frames only QuickTime movie for manually driven subtitles.
  • Images Export (Blu-ray, DVD). DVD type images are now exported as 4-bit BMP RLE.
  • Image exports: Corrected shadow drawing with "Adjust attributes to font size" checked.
  • Final Cut Pro X 10.1 text effect import. Added import of italics, partial italics, justification, line shift, top and bottom position for subtitles created with AE Subtitle X template or derivate.
  • W3C Timed Text export. Added vertical position line shift, text outline etc. for Brightcove XML.
  • EBU STL support. Enhanced vertical position of Open EBU STL0 files.
  • EBU STL export. Added frame rates not defined by EBU, but used by FAB Subtitler.
  • Subtitle edit menu. Added removal of any carriage returns.
  • Tools menu. Added insertion of track markers at video start and end.
  • Track edit menu. Added concatenation of tracks for merging reels.
  • Video start and end markers are required if no subtitle in place.
  • Corrects a casual issue with font panel responsiveness.
  • Refuses EDL that are not of DaVinci Resolve scene detection type.
  • FCP 7 XML export. Interface allows to enter discrete values.
  • Revised subtitle duration display.
  • Polishes and fixes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.39.1 (Dec 14, 2013)

  • Changes:
  • Replaces version 1.9.39.
  • FCP XML export. Corrects export interface of vs.1.9.39.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.39 (Dec 12, 2013)

  • Changes:
  • EBU STL export. Corrected German interface of vs.1.9.38.
  • Cavena .890 export. More convenient vertical position.
  • W3C Timed Text export: Added Netfix .dfxp.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.38 (Nov 14, 2013)

  • Support for OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
  • EBU STL import/export. Added support for non-standard frame rates defined by 3rd party vendors.
  • Added FCP X chapter export.
  • Added PAC import preference to interpret justification also as horizontal position.
  • QuickTime movie export. Better handling of movies that had been saved scaled.
  • Resolved missing gate keeper compliance of version 1.9.37.
  • Image Export (NLE,DCP). Added line shift support for DLP Cinema.
  • Video controller. Changed auto-commit.
  • Avoids spot light search for movies not available to allow faster file exchange.
  • Corrected a stability issue on newer OS.
  • Includes a new version of Annotation Transcriber.
  • Includes updated demo of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Includes updated QuickTime subtitle plugin. (Tests with references movies require QuickTime Player 7).
  • Many polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.37.1 (Oct 21, 2013)

  • Changes:
  • WebVTT import/export: Support of notes, imported as logging comment.
  • Annotation Transcriber: Dragging video to the document inserts video frame image again.
  • Images export (Blu-ray, DVD). Corrected English localization.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.37 (Oct 10, 2013)

  • Changes:
  • Images export. Revised back drop with crop to row option.
  • PAC support. Added remaining display styles.
  • Added import and export of comments. Comments ere imported as logging comments.
  • SCC import and export. All position/alignment/line shift combinations of Annotation Edit are supported.
  • Final Cut XML export. Added timed text export for Adobe Premiere.
  • Position and style is ignored by Adobe Premiere, Image Export is recommended for open subtitles.
  • W3C Timed Text export. Added EBU-TT-D-BASIC for ARD Mediathek.
  • Revised iTunes Timed Text (Drop frame, offset).
  • Revised iTunes Timed Text import.
  • Doc export. Revised marked state.
  • DLP Cinema export. Revised DCDM export.
  • Automatic detection of more script types.
  • SRT import. Files are now imported with undefined justification to allow easy override on export.
  • SRT export. Files saved as UTF-8 will contain a byte-order mark (BOM) for e.g. TitleVision compliance.
  • Revised timeline display.
  • Includes a new version of Annotation Transcriber.
  • Revised file exchange between Annotation Transcriber and Annotation Edit.
  • Includes updated demo of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Some polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.36.2 (Aug 28, 2013)

  • Replaces Images export of version 1.9.36.
  • Images export. Restricts the newer text measure to Mac OS X 10.7 and later. For best support of certain fonts the new text measure will only be used for backdrop with crop to line.
  • Revised PAC import.
  • Images (Blu-ray, DVD) export. Added backdrop options: crop to line, stripe and padding.
  • Images (NLE, DCP) export. Added backdrop options: crop to line, stripe and padding.
  • Added FCP X full frame image support. Simplified compositing in FCP X.
  • Allows gapless subtitles for FCP, FCP X and QuickTime movie export.
  • Images exports are optionally zip archived.
  • FAB Script export for Adobe Encore uses standard DVD colors for all output sizes.
  • PAC import/export. The display styles shadow, outline, boxed, stripe and their ghost variants are preserved.
  • PAC styles stripe, boxed, unboxed and their ghost variants are used for image export.
  • PAC styles unboxed, boxed and boxed ghost are displayed in workspace.
  • Workspace preferences. Added backdrop option.
  • DCP export. Limited position values to single digit for compatibility with old projectors.
  • Swift (.sif) export. Moved to a new plugin. Selectable color, bold style and caption type.
  • Swift (.sif) import. Corrected import of subtitles with multiple text colors.
  • Revised Avid DS export.
  • Revised w3c Timed Text export. Sony Crackle.
  • Excel XML export/import. Added exchange of horizontal/vertical position and line shift.
  • Tools menu: Added option to toggle insertion of default subtitle text.
  • Document. Double-click on TC start/end in the document opens processing pane and prepares edit field. Improved opening of bottom drawers.
  • Improved timeline.
  • Improved handling of production video formats.
  • Minor polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.36 (Aug 19, 2013)

  • Images (Blu-ray, DVD) export. Added backdrop options: crop to line, stripe and padding.
  • Images (NLE, DCP) export. Added backdrop options: crop to line, stripe and padding.
  • Added FCP X full frame image support. Simplified compositing in FCP X.
  • Allows gapless subtitles for FCP, FCP X and QuickTime movie export.
  • Images exports are optionally zip archived.
  • FAB Script export for Adobe Encore uses standard DVD colors for all output sizes.
  • PAC import/export. The display styles shadow, outline, boxed, stripe and their ghost variants are preserved.
  • PAC styles stripe, boxed, unboxed and their ghost variants are used for image export.
  • PAC styles unboxed, boxed and boxed ghost are displayed in workspace.
  • Workspace preferences. Added backdrop option.
  • DCP export. Limited position values to single digit for compatibility with old projectors.
  • Swift (.sif) export. Moved to a new plugin. Selectable color, bold style and caption type.
  • Swift (.sif) import. Corrected import of subtitles with multiple text colors.
  • Revised Avid DS export.
  • Revised w3c Timed Text export. Sony Crackle.
  • Excel XML export/import. Added exchange of horizontal/vertical position and line shift.
  • Tools menu: Added option to toggle insertion of default subtitle text.
  • Document. Double-click on TC start/end in the document opens processing pane and prepares edit field. Improved opening of bottom drawers.
  • Improved timeline.
  • Improved handling of production video formats.
  • Minor polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.32 (Jun 20, 2013)

  • Image Export (Blu-ray, DVD). Refined DVD image export.
  • Corrected settings panel of german version.
  • Added basic MicroDVD export (utf-8).
  • EBU STL export. Revised ARTE Doc.
  • Includes new demo of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Polishes and fixes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.31.1 (May 23, 2013)

  • Corrects FCP Image XML DF export in version 1.9.31

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.31 (May 22, 2013)

  • Revised PAC/890 import and export.
  • Revised SoftNI ANSII (.sub) import.
  • Added SoftNI ANSII (.sub) export.
  • Keeps track subtitle selection on changing tracks in document.
  • Polishes and fixes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.30 (Apr 18, 2013)

  • TTML export: More TTML variants required change to selectable list.
  • Added DECE CFF Timed Text export
  • Added Sony Crackle Timed text export.
  • Revised SMPTE-TT export,. Removed tunneling of SCC.
  • Added Compressor marker list export.
  • Revised PAC export.
  • Revised TTML import.
  • Import: Added MCC (MacCaption DTV VANC) import. (incl. unicode, partial italics, alignment, top/bottom position).
  • If no CEA 708 captions are found, CEA 608 fallback captions will be imported.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.29 (Mar 20, 2013)

  • Added Caption Center (.tds) import . Top, bottom, italics.
  • Enhanced Softel Swift (.sif) V2 import. Horizontal position. line shift and alignment.
  • Enhanced Softel Swift (.sif) V2 export. Horizontal position. line shift and alignment.
  • Added select by timecode option. The closest matching entry will be selected.
  • DLP Cinema import. Corrected import of partial italics with additional font attributes.
  • Added selectable FCP XML import. DH_Subtitle 2.5.1.
  • Faster and more reliable "Autocorrect to Cut".
  • Added import of zeitAnker Scene Detection files to Annotation Edit and Annotation Transcriber.
  • You can use the scene detection file to apply to scene cut rules or export to EDL and markers.
  • Revised iTunes Timed Text (.itt) export.
  • Corrected FCP X Title Effect import.
  • Added preview of a free new utility: zeitAnker Scene Detection (Mac OS X 10.6 and higher).
  • Includes update of zeitAnker Timecode (vs .0.5).
  • Unified zeitAnker utility look.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.28 (Feb 18, 2013)

  • Images (NLE,DCP) export: Added option to create FCP X project with current movie, project settings use movie info.
  • FCP X Clip Marker export. Uses info from current movie.
  • WebVTT (.vtt) export and import. Updated to latest w3c draft.
  • Processing drawer: Added timecode stretch for selected subtitles (stretches to match entered last In-Cue of selection).
  • Revised Fast Logging. Removed review step for faster progress).
  • Enhanced color warning for overlaps.
  • Changed color warning for too long subtitle duration.
  • Includes new version of Annotation Transcriber.
  • Includes new demo of zeitAnker Teletext.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.27.1 (Jan 23, 2013)

  • Corrects a play bar compile issue in version 1.9.27.
  • Revised SMPTE-TT export.
  • Added import of Avid .axf (YLE) subtitles.
  • Revised export of QuickTime as self -contained movie.
  • Video Controller. Allows timecode step with audio.
  • Includes new demo of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Several minor polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.27 (Jan 22, 2013)

  • Revised SMPTE-TT export.
  • Image Export (NLE,DCP): Revised Rhozet (Microsoft Harmonic) export.
  • Added import of Avid .axf (YLE) subtitles.
  • Revised export of QuickTime as self -contained movie.
  • Video Controller. Allows timecode step with audio.
  • Includes new demo of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Several polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.26.1 (Nov 26, 2012)

  • Corrected a signing issue in version 1.9.26.
  • SMPTE DCDM image/text export: Switched to newer namespace for compliance with Dolby Server.
  • DFXP Export: added SMPTE CEA 608 export without tunneling.
  • Revised DVD image export.
  • Revised 23.976 SCC import.
  • Allows duration editing of zero subtitle.
  • Import: DAS files with index ancestor info are imported correctly (eg. 1, 1a, 1b).
  • Corrected a validation inconsistency in video controller.
  • Too small gaps are now highlighted as overlap.
  • Friendlier handling of unsupported file types.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.26 (Nov 23, 2012)

  • SMPTE DCDM image/text export: Switched to newer namespace for compliance with Dolby Server.
  • DFXP Export: added SMPTE CEA 608 export without tunneling.
  • Revised DVD image export.
  • Revised 23.976 SCC import.
  • Allows duration editing of zero subtitle.
  • Import: DAS files with index ancestor info are imported correctly (eg. 1, 1a, 1b).
  • Corrected a validation inconsistency in video controller.
  • Too small gaps are now highlighted as overlap.
  • Friendlier handling of unsupported file types.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.25 (Oct 25, 2012)

  • Corrected a build issue in version 1.9.24.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.24 (Oct 24, 2012)

  • Import: Revised PAC and .890 support.
  • Added SCC 24/23.76 fps import according to your project settings.
  • Export: 890 first export (25 fps).
  • Added SCC 24/23.76 fps export according to your project settings.
  • Polishes.
  • A gatekeeper Mac OS X 10.7.5/10.8 compliant version is separately available on our site: http://www.zeitanker.com.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.22 (Sep 20, 2012)

  • Changes:
  • Import: Enhanced Cheetah (.cap) import.
  • Export: Added Cheetah (.cap) export.
  • Revised FCP XML export.
  • Revised iTunes Timed Text (.itt) export.
  • Added iTunes Timed Text (.itt) import.
  • Revised: user interface, localisation, shortcuts, text details (italics).
  • New zeitAnker Teletext Demo 1.7.8.
  • A gatekeeper Mac OS X10.7.5/10.8 compliant version is separately available on our site: http://www.zeitanker.com.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.20 (Aug 27, 2012)

  • Import: Added Vitac Transcript (.sct).
  • Import: Enhanced Cheetah (.asc) import.
  • Export Revised DCP image export.
  • Revised basic spotting.
  • Export: Images (Blu-ray, DVD), enhanced refactoring of 3rd party exports (check "Text as file name").
  • Compatible with OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.
  • import/Export: Added Ayato text UTF8, some text file format dialects.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.18 (Aug 1, 2012)

  • Compatible with OS X Mountain Lion 10.8. For Mountain Lion Gatekeeper support of all our apps please download the package here (Mountain Lion required): http://www.zeitanker.com/common/Annotation_Edit_ML.zip
  • import/Export: Added Ayato text UTF8, some text file format dialects.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.17 (Jul 2, 2012)

  • Polishes (DFXP/TTML, DCP, Interface).

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.16 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • Added import of scene detection .edl (DaVinci Resolve, Scene Detector etc.).
  • Added menu option: "Adjust Track with Scene Detection Track". Select two tracks, the lower shall be the scene detection track.
  • Added menu option: "Autocorrect to Cut" for single entries. Distance to cut is detected.
  • Enhanced import of italics in arbitrary RTF files.
  • QuickTime Movie export now respects scaled work movies, where reasonable.
  • Changed surrounding music symbol to apply to every row.
  • Early 1.9.15.x versions had a versioning issue (e.g. Final Cut Pro X image export). This was fixed shortly after.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.15.2 (May 17, 2012)

  • Corrects to build issues in version 1.9.15 (Final Cut Pro X Image Export, DLP Cinema Export).

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.15 (May 16, 2012)

  • Image Export (NLE,DCP): OpenDCP compatible export to DCDM SMPTE 428-7-10
  • DLP Cinema Export: OpenDCP compatible export to DCDM SMPTE 428-7-10
  • Enhanced japanese Videotron/Lambda import. Ruby parts are imported as text details
  • Added first version of japanese Videotron/Lambda export (ruby, italic per subtitle)
  • Polishes
  • New zeitAnker Teletext Demo vs. 1.5

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.14 (Apr 18, 2012)

  • Corrects an issue with QuickTime text track/ QuickTime Preview export introduced in version 1.9.13.
  • Revised AnnotationEdit file (.mvtf) support on Mac OS X Lion.
  • Several minor polishes.
  • New zeitAnker Teletext Demo vs. 1.4.9.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.13 (Apr 4, 2012)

  • Changes:
  • STL: Preserves content for two rarely used STL features.
  • EBU STL export: Extended subtitle text limit (e.g. 4 lines with 35 characters each).
  • EBU STL import: Added import of extended subtitles. Combines content of cumulative subtitles.
  • Removed readout of proprietary FAB unicode extension blocks.
  • DAS export: ID Media extensions are now optional.
  • Revised Softitler import.
  • PAC Latin import/export: Corrected and added some special characters.
  • DFXP import/export: Added support of ISO 639-2 language codes (NCAM Multi-Language, Brightcove).
  • Images (Blur-ay/DVD) export: Added Antialiasing option to fine-tune color reduction of DVD images.
  • All FCP XML exports: Changed 24p export to 24fps . It was exported as 23.976p in version 1.9.12.
  • New zeitAnker Teletext Demo vs. 1.4.6.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.12 (Feb 27, 2012)

  • Images NLE/DCP export: Uses Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 .fcpxml 1.1 to export cropped subtitle images.
  • Final Cut Pro X 10.0.2 requires full frame images. Updated assignment of Final Cut Pro X project templates.
  • Final Cut Pro X .fcpxml: Subtitle tracks are now exported as compound clips for easier management. Just superimpose.
  • (Also solves the Final Cut Pro X audio export bug.) Added import of title effect template from .fcpml.
  • Added Final Cut Pro X role assignment using language code.
  • Changed DTS-CSS export from 24 bit .bmp to 1 bit .bmp.
  • Final Cut Pro X .fcpxml titles import: Added import of sequence titles not associated with a video clip. Added import of titles in compound title clips.
  • Added Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 .fcpxml clip marker export. Marked entries are exported as todo markers .
  • Added scrub by frame with sound (if allowed by audio codec).
  • DFXP w3c Timed Text export: SMPTE TT 608 Tunnel is now optional.
  • Added writing direction as subtitle info for use with DFXP.
  • Revised auto detection of some plain text encodings.
  • Refined hard wrap rules to add carriage returns.
  • Video controller: Added larger edit font preference in "General Preferences".
  • Screen Pac export: Corrected interface.
  • Revised right to left writing direction in subtitle list.
  • Added translated language selections: Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese. Also for QuickTime soft subtitles.
  • zeitAnker Teletext Demo 1.4.5: Extended export of EBU STL 1 to EBU TT (DFXP v. 0.9).
  • Includes Annotation Transcriber 1.7.5.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.11 (Jan 26, 2012)

  • Revised Screen PAC unicode (.fpc) import.
  • New Screen PAC/FPC export plugin.
  • All video frame-rates supported.
  • Auto selection of PAC encoding.
  • Screen PAC thai export follows Screen encoding (certain 3rd party tools may fail).
  • Revised Screen PAC thai import and export. thai digits, accented and special characters)
  • DLP Cinema Export. Allows entry of additional fractional digit.
  • Added a workaround for a XML parser bug in DVS Clipster.
  • NLE/DLP export: Added DTS-CSS export.
  • Added Rhozet XML Titler 3.0 export.
  • Revised recent w3c Timed Text export.
  • Revised SMPTE TT import.
  • FCP X (.fcpxml) title effect import. Added import of second level nested spine.
  • EBU STL import: Basic support of unchanged presentation.
  • EBU STL export: Added use of EBU STL 1 unchanged presentation for centre left alignment.
  • SCC closed captions. Corrected right double quotation mark.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.9 (Dec 27, 2011)

  • Blu-ray/DVD Image export plugin 1.9.11
  • Corrected a settings conflict in version Annotation Edit 1.9.8.
  • Added DVD specific settings.
  • Screen PAC Export. Added cyrillic, greek, arabic, greek, hebrew PAC encoding.
  • Added Screen PAC unicode (.fpc) import (justification, italics, PAL).
  • Revised PAC import:
  • Arabic/hebrew with left to right latin parts.
  • Added option to import digits as arabic digits.
  • Greek import: Added accent Dialytika with Tonos.
  • New zeitAnker Teletext demo version1.4.4.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.8 (Dec 6, 2011)

  • Added track processing: Offset subtitle entries to/by timecode.
  • Available through menu or track context menu.
  • Added 5 frames shuffle. Hold shift on step back/forward
  • Shortcut: Hold shift and hit arrow left/right.
  • Added import of timecode from Blu-ray BDN image xml.
  • Ellipsis (…) replacement chat count is counted correctly.
  • Revised FCPX (.fcpxml) titles import.
  • FCPX roles are imported as separate tracks.
  • Revised word shuffle to use linguistic units.
  • DLP Export: Revised localized localized input of numerical values.
  • Image Export: New NLE/DCP Image export.
  • Existing image Export style attributes are migrated to NLE/DCP Export once.
  • All FCP X project types are supported.
  • FCP xml image export: Added export to HD 1440x1080, HD 1280x1080, HD 960x720.
  • New Blu-ray/DVD Image export.
  • No separate install of Image Export plugin is required on Intel Mac OS X 10.5 and higher.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.7 (Nov 8, 2011)

  • PAC import: Added preference option to import Thai, Japanese/Kanji, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese.
  • PAC import/export polishes.
  • New Image Export plugin vs.1.9.10:
  • Image export: Added Digital Cinema DCP Scope/Flat/HDTV sizes.
  • Corrected an issue with Cinema 48 frame rate.
  • Minor correction to Final Cut Pro X 10.0.1 fcpxml.
  • Added HTML5 WebVTT export/import (speaker, italic, justification, basic position).
  • Added track processing: Convert "", ">" markers to italics.
  • QuickTime preview/export:
  • Added option to resize HD video to a moderate preview size.
  • DV Codec is set to high quality.
  • Re-enabled QuickTime SMIL preview (requires QuickTimePlayer 7.x).
  • SMIL multi-track subtitles will be displayed below the movie.
  • Added menu check mark to indicate current aspect ratio override.
  • SCC import: Corrected import of rollup captions with timecode offset.
  • Revised extended FAB Subtitler EBU STL import.
  • Revised auto detection of .cap files.
  • Import : Corrected an issue with subtitles files containing subtitles with illegal/zero duration.
  • Reset track program start value with alternate click.
  • Includes new Annotation Transcriber 1.7.3.
  • Added optional download of zeitAnker Tesseract Subtitle OCR.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.6.2 (Oct 10, 2011)

  • This update is highly recommended to all users of Annotation Edit.
  • Added Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) versions support.
  • Added an alternative document format (Annotation Edit File) that is optimized for versions.
  • Choose it if you notice performance issues with "Versions".
  • Added Mac OS X 10.7 fullscreen to video controller.
  • You can access the document any time with e.g. a three finger swipe.
  • New Image Export plugin vs.1.9.9: Added Final Cut Pro X 10.0.1 XML with full frame images (.fcpxml).
  • High quality images up to 4k. All Blu-ray frame rates and image sizes are supported.
  • Added option to include Final Cut Pro X 10.0.1 title effect XML to extend your workflow.
  • Use it to export comments or raw subtitles to Final Cut Pro X. You can import the changes made in Final Cut Pro X.
  • Horizontal justification of subtitles correctly overrides settings made in the export plugin.
  • W3C Timed Text Export: Added background color fit to line or subtitle. Added timecode selector.
  • Added iTunes Timed Text export. Revised SMPTE TT export. Switched to stable namespaces.
  • Revised DLP Cinema export.
  • Renamed Final Cut Pro Export to Final Cut Export.
  • Smoke XML Export: More visible .ttg setup path edit field.
  • Import: Corrected an issue in version 1.9.5. Usage of xml files was limited.
  • Added import: iTunes Timed Text (.itt) and Timed Text (.dfxp).
  • Added import: Final Cut Pro X 10.0.1 XML project titles (.fcpxml). Text and timecode.
  • Import: Added script formats RTFD, Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) and Open Office (.odt) (Mac OS 10.5 and higher).
  • Changed the Final Cut XML import default option to "AE Subtitle".
  • Revised Contour Design Shuttle Express settings.
  • Better video scrubbing also when "Scrolling with Inertia" is selected in System Preferences.
  • The horizontal waveform zoom level is saved to the document now.
  • Improved performance.
  • Polishes.
  • Reintroduced Mac OS X 10.4 support, this may not last long.
  • Includes Annotation Transcriber 1.7.2 with revised versions enabler.
  • Includes zeitAnker Teletext 1.4 demo with new w3c Timed Text Export. (Mac OS 10.5 and higher).

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.5 (Sep 17, 2011)

  • Added export: Screen PAC latin, italic, alignment, vertical position.
  • Extended import: Screen PAC symbol characters.
  • Added import of new Annotation Transcriber 1.7 default file format.
  • Minor correction for Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion).
  • Polishes: Import/Export preferences, EBU STL export, DVD SP Spruce import.
  • Import automatically switches between Mac Roman and Windows Latin, touch pad and Contour Design Shuttle support.
  • "To NDF" conversion in the processing pane now works again.
  • Added Contour Design Shuttle setting examples for Annotation Transcriber And zeitAnker TeleText.
  • Includes Annotation Transcriber 1.7 with Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) versions support.
  • New zeitAnker Teletext 1.3.2 demo with Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) versions support.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.4.1 (Aug 25, 2011)

  • Fixed some issues with Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion):
  • Shuttle Express/Pro and scrubbing gesture are no longer affected by scroll direction changes in all applications.
  • Restored document save behavior.
  • Image Export plugin: Faster rendering of full screen Blu-ray images on Mac OS X 10.6 and higher.
  • Import: Added a japanese .cap variant.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.4 (Aug 17, 2011)

  • Includes new versions of Image Export plugin and Annotation Transcriber.
  • Please download and install the full package.
  • Image Export plugin:
  • Changed DVD image export for better quality and easier color palette optimization (stl, son, sst).
  • Use a slightly darker variant of your text color for outline 1 in DVD SP .
  • Renamed NLE movie to QuickTime movie.
  • Exported QuickTimed movies are lossless, but extremely compact.
  • For NLE consider a re-encoding with QuickTime Pro to match your edit project.
  • Revised memory usage of QuickTime movie export.
  • Corrected full frame SD aspect ratio.
  • Revised SCC Closed Caption Test.
  • Revised Excel XML import.
  • Annotation Transcriber: Updated Final Cut Pro marker export.
  • Corrected an issue in Annotation Transcriber 1.6.7

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.3 (Jul 18, 2011)

  • Changes:
  • New Image (Blu-ray,DVD NLE) Export plugin vs 1.9.4. FCP XML export is now fully compliant with Adobe Premiere CS 5 and later. NLE movies work fine with Final Cut Pro X on Mac OS X 10.6.8
  • Annotation Edit is compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion). Mac OS X10.7 QuickTime has some known limitations.
  • Added import of unicode text from FAB Subtitler EBU STL files.
  • Added support for concurrent waveform rendering in multiple documents for all applications.
  • Changed export of long MS Word documents for Mac OS X 10.6 and above.
  • SCC Import: Now uses auto-detection to read track offset.
  • SCC Export: Added option to exclude track offsets for play-out with Final Cut Pro 7.
  • No longer overrides SCC DF/NDF import/export setting on drag and drop to the tracks table.
  • Revised DFXP (w3c Timed Text, Flash) import and export.
  • Revised Final Cut Server Annotation Export.
  • DLP Cinema Export: Font spacing values are now ignored for Ti DLP Cinema CineCanvas 1.0.
  • New version of Annotation Transcriber.
  • New version of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Polishes

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.2 (Jun 23, 2011)

  • PAC Import: Added hebrew, arabic, cyrillic to import preferences.
  • DLP Cinema export (sticky SMPTE DCP timecode in version 1.9.1.1).
  • Added workaround for some QuickTime export inconsistencies:
  • QuickTime X layout of QuickTime text tracks beneath video.
  • Export: ProRes movies with closed captions.
  • Enhanced import of vertical position.
  • Polishes.
  • New Image (Blu-ray,DVD NLE) Export plugin vs 1.9.3.
  • New zeitAnker Teletext demo vs.1.2.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.1.1 (May 18, 2011)

  • Corrects a versioning issue in version 1.9.1
  • SD full-frame image export (Installer update provided).
  • UYC compressed image export.
  • Extended CapMaker Plus import: (rollup caption type, top/bottom position, alignment)

New in Annotation Edit 1.9.1 (May 17, 2011)

  • Revised DVD image export. Recent changes in Apple frameworks caused a color shift for blue and red. Faster and enhanced DVD color reduction.
  • Added Ultech 2000/3000 uyc/usf image export (full frame/cropped, compressed, uncompressed).
  • Some corrections to english localization.

New in Annotation Edit 1.9 (May 2, 2011)

  • DLP Cinema Export: Added DCI Digital Cinema Package export.
  • Added Digital Cinema Package import.
  • Renamed AdobeFlash DFXP Export to W3C Timed Text (DFXP).
  • W3C Timed Text Export: Added SMPTE-TT 608 export incl. CEA 608 data stream.
  • Removed legacy JW FLV Player format.
  • Added DFXP SMPTE-TT 608 import.
  • Image(Blue-Ray,DVD,NLE) Export vs.1.9: Added DLP Cinema xml image export.
  • Added DCI Digital Cinema Package export.
  • Removed legacy PNG 8 bit / transparency option.
  • QuickTime movie exports: Added option to create self-contained movie files.
  • Added FCP XDDam 1920*1080 (1888,*1062), 1280*720 (1246*702) support.
  • Revised Import: CapMaker Plus (.cap), DAS.
  • Enhanced import of transcripts in MS Word (.doc) format.
  • Plugin installer: security updates.
  • Revised video controller.
  • Compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 DP2 (Lion).
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.9.8 (Mar 15, 2011)

  • Added compatibility with Mac OS X 10.7 DP (Lion).
  • Revised Swift Interchange File import.
  • Revised QuickTime Movie with Closed Caption export.
  • Better support of accented Tibetan and Thai.
  • Korean and Thai plain text import now expects unicode or Windows text encoding.
  • Polishes and performance improvements.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.9.7 (Feb 15, 2011)

  • Import of italics from plain RTF without timecode.
  • Polishes

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.9.6 (Jan 18, 2011)

  • This update is strongly recommended for users of version 1.8.9.5.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.9.5 (Jan 17, 2011)

  • Added: Paste multiple subtitles to the timeline.
  • Added: Create document from movie.
  • Added: Import of more feet based scripts (35 mm)
  • DLP Cinema export: Added single line at top for two line subtitles.
  • Auto split wraps sentences.
  • Added support for more .890 files
  • Polish: Auto-validation when extending overlaps multiple entries.
  • Slice mode is ignored here.
  • Minor polishes: german localization, timeline validation.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.9.4 (Dec 14, 2010)

  • Added import of Adobe Premiere/Soundbooth speech transcription XML (rime, text, speaker).
  • Continuous speech is combined, Optional import on word level.
  • Added import: TitraPro 35mm (timecode/feet), italics.
  • Added basic import of japanese Videotron/Lamda
  • Corrected import of some PAC formats with blank subtitles.
  • Final Cut Server 1.5 Annotation import: Added timecode offset field.
  • Cavena .890 import: Added turkish, greek, cyrillic, hebrew, chinese etc. Changed import of vertical position.
  • DVD Studio Pro STL export is now plain unicode.
  • DVD Studio Pro STL import as .rtf is detected.
  • Added export: Final Cut Server 1.5 Annotation (text, timecode).
  • DLP Cinema export: Extended leading range.
  • Corrected recent export menu (vs. 1.8.9.2) .
  • Updated Image Export Plugin
  • Includes Annotation Transcriber 1.6.4.2Enhanced script alignment to timecode tracks.
  • Optional FCP Clip Marker text limit.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.9.2 (Nov 16, 2010)

  • Added import: Capmaker Plus .cap (text and timecode)
  • Added import: MacCaption .cca (program A, italics,, positon).
  • Minor polishes and performance improvements.
  • Revised Final Cut batch list export.
  • zeitAnker Teletext 1.0.4 Demo (performance improvements)
  • Added zeitAnker Timecode a utility t manage QuickTime timecode tracks.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.9.1 (Nov 1, 2010)

  • Added import of AIFF audio markers to gather information from audio applications.
  • Especially useful to transfer scene detection markers from Apple Logic 9.
  • Import can be limited to markers with minimum duration.
  • Import can be limited to start values.
  • Corrected first version of dual channel SCC support. Some single channel files were also affected.
  • Revised .SCC channel 2 and dual channel export.
  • Revised DAS export.
  • Revised AutoDesk Smoke .ttg support
  • Added new updated preview of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • DAS import and export polishes and fixes
  • Minor polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.9 (Oct 16, 2010)

  • Cavena (.890) import. Added import of vertical position. and combined subtitles.
  • EBU STL (import/export). Extended support for non-word characters.
  • SSC Closed Caption export : Added dual channel CC1/CC2 export of two selected tracks.
  • SSC Closed Caption Import : Added dual channel CC1/CC2 import.
  • SCC Closed Caption: Revised partia italics.
  • DAS import/export: Added import of vertical position
  • Revised Softitler import.
  • Revised DVS SP STL import .
  • Enhanced support of composed characters.
  • Toggle display italic/marked works again.
  • Added a new sneak preview of zeitAnker Teletext, the most complete EBU STL tool on the Mac.
  • Features include:
  • EBU STL 1 import/export: colors, background colors, alignment, granular position.
  • EBU STL 0 import/export: italic, underline, alignment, position.
  • EBU subtitles can be flagged as comment.
  • All EBU character sets.
  • Extended EBU STL metadata.
  • Live preview of EBU formatting.
  • Conversion between EBU STL 1 and 0.
  • Cavena 890 latin import: color , italic, underline, alignment, position.
  • Screen PAC import: latin, greek: color , italic, alignment, position
  • DAS (rtf,doc) import: latin, italic, alignment, position
  • DVD SP (stl) import,:latin, color, italic, underline, alignment, position
  • SRT import:: italic, underline, alignment
  • FAB Script and revision doc import
  • Transcript (doc.rtf.txt) import.
  • RTF with Timecode import and export: Keep most EBU ST information when working with translators.
  • DFXP Timed Text export: color ,background color, italic, underline, alignment.
  • Optional automatic insert of a new subtitle after row maximum.
  • Continuous readability checks.
  • Fast log mode of scripts.
  • Fast spot mode.
  • Translation spotting mode.
  • Automatic synch of Quicktime movies with timecode to EBU file.
  • Scalable preview in secondary window.
  • Named snippets for insert of styled text.
  • Template support for metadata and snippets.
  • Support for multi-language audio tracks.
  • Undo and redo for all changes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.8.6 (Sep 15, 2010)

  • Revised Cavena (.890) import.
  • File save allows display of extensions, the track title is the suggested file name.
  • Added Import DKS (.dks), MPL2 (.mpl), JacoSub (.joss). JacoSub italics are supported.
  • Better time-shift of continuous subtitles with identical start/end value.
  • Minor polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.8.4 (Aug 15, 2010)

  • Extended Final Cut xml marker support to create and maintain asset based transcripts/translations.
  • Added Final Cut clip marker export. The movie is linked. Truncated markers get marked.
  • FCP 7 colored marker types are supported, ratings are mapped to colors.
  • Added menu to apply Final Cut marker types (comments).
  • Added Final Cut xml clip marker import. A single clip is expected. The movie is linked.
  • Added Final Cut xml import option: Select audio, video or sequence markers.
  • For convenience only markers visible in the Final Cut timeline are imported.
  • All carriage returns in marker names and comments are substituted with the pipe ("|") character.
  • Added shortcuts and menu items to extend selection by all recent or following subtitles.
  • Added Final Cut Server annotation xml import. Offset may need adjustment.
  • Added option to save a backup copy.
  • Added option to display the most recent document at startup.
  • Corrected a preference in german localization.
  • Includes Annotation Transcriber vs. 1.6.4.
  • Extended Final Cut xml marker support to create and maintain asset based transcripts/translations.
  • Added Final Cut clip marker export. The movie is linked. Truncated markers get marked.
  • FCP 7 colored marker types are supported, ratings are mapped to colors.
  • Added menu to apply Final Cut marker types (comments).
  • Added Final Cut xml clip marker import. A single clip is expected. The movie is linked.
  • Added Final Cut xml import option: Select audio, video or sequence markers.
  • For convenience only markers visible in the Final Cut timeline are imported.
  • All carriage returns in marker names and comments are substituted with the pipe ("|") character.
  • Added shortcuts and menu items to extend selection by all recent or following subtitles.
  • Added Final Cut Server annotation xml import. Offset may need adjustment.
  • Added option to save a backup copy.
  • Added option to display the most recent document at startup.
  • Corrected a preference in german localization.
  • Includes Annotation Transcriber vs. 1.6.4.
  • Polishes.Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.8.2 (Jul 15, 2010)

  • Added Celtx 2 (.htm,.celtx) dialogue import (character, dialog, scene, action, note).
  • Corrected an issue that could affect preferences.
  • Revised Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) compliance. Mac OS 10.5.8 or higher is recommended.
  • .890 import. Revised several special characters.
  • BDN Blu-ray plugin: 1.8.7.1
  • Renamed to: Image Export (Blu-Ray, DVD, NLE).
  • Adjusted a default in Blu-ray HD/SD image export.
  • Enhanced QuickTime NLE movie export.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.8 (Jun 16, 2010)

  • Changes:
  • DLP Cinema export. Added option to exclude font declaration for use with current versions of Fraunhofer EasyDCP.

  • Blu-Ray BDN plugin 1.8.7: Added fast export to NLE movie with alpha for Adobe Premiere Pro or After Effects CS5. Other systems may require additional rendering to animation codec.

  • Enhanced RTF without timecode export and import (justification, partial italics, metadata).

  • Added SAMI (.smi) import. (partial italics, justification).

  • Added Adobe Story (.astx) export.

  • Added CPS warning color levels >: blue , +4 purple, +8 orange.

  • Added import of Audiotranskription F5. (TC before first entry is expected).

  • Extended Swift (sif) import and export: partial italics, metadata.

  • Revised SAMI (.smi) export (Added partial italics, justification, special character encoding).
Font settings and default alignment use Movie Layout preferences.

  • Revised .astx/.fdx duration/calculation. 

  • SCC Import: The "Use current track offset" import option now works with SCC.

  • SRT import: Faster and more forgiving.

  • Revised SSA import.

  • GUI polishes

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.7.2 (May 25, 2010)

  • Added Final Draft 8 (.fdx) import and export (tags dialogue, character, descriptions, script notes).
  • Revision markers will add empty script notes, Logging comments will add script note text).
  • Duration on import is calculated.
  • Added Adobe Story import (tags dialog, character, scene location).
  • Export as Final Draft 8 (.fdx) for Adobe Story.
  • Revised Fetch from Final Cit Pro.
  • Revised DVD Studio Export
  • Polishes and fixes

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.7 (May 11, 2010)

  • Corrects issues found in version 1.8.6/1.8.6.1 May 2010 (strongly recommended).
  • Added Avid ALE import
  • Added NCI (.flc) rollup closed caption import.
  • Faster Captionate (.xml) import.
  • Added Captionate (.xml) export (single track,timecode, text, partial italics, alignment).
  • Import option to synch offset to current track applies to most timed text imports now.
  • Added option to use document specific timebase.
  • This applies also for documents created from Annotation Transcriber, FCP, EBU STL, Avid ALE and more.
  • Imported files are assumed to match the current timebase.
  • Revised Avid ALE export.
  • Revised OuickTime text import.
  • Revised OuickTime movie text track import.
  • Revised Softel Swift (.sif) import.
  • Polishes.
  • Added updated preview of zeitAnker Teletext.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.6.1 (Apr 29, 2010)

  • Corrects an issue with a german interface file, that could also affect older systems.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.6 (Apr 28, 2010)

  • Adds Import of vertical offset by carriage return from DVD Studio Pro track item
  • Corrects an error with timecode offset to/by introduced in version 1.8.4.1.
  • QuickTime SMIL is compatible with QuickTime 7.6.x on Snow Leopard.
  • Revised SCC export and "QuickTime movie with closed caption" export.
  • (QuickTime currently expects closed captions saved as non drop frame).
  • Added option to shift 2 lines up at bottom.
  • CIP Import/export: Start Of Movie (SOM) is interpreted as track offset.
  • Extended auto-commit.
  • Native time-code offset is now written to all tracks.Turn it off for changes to selected tracks.
  • Revised SCC import: Supports import of partial italics.
  • Revised auto-detection of YouTube SBV.
  • Blue Ray BDN export: Added support for cropped iSD mages with Spruce son, and Sonic sst.
  • Final Cut XML import: Revised import of horizontal position.
  • Please note Final Cut 7.0.2 may not save carriage returns to XML.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.5.1 (Apr 15, 2010)

  • Fixes build issues found in feature release 1.8.5 and Blu-Ray plugin. (PPC compliance,, preferences).
  • Blu-Ray plugin also adds Ultech .usf export to aid .uyc conversion.
  • Added export of track offset / program start to Cube Master Pro.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.5 (Apr 13, 2010)

  • Adds Import of vertical offset by carriage return from DVD Studio Pro track item
  • Corrects an error with timecode offset to/by introduced in version 1.8.4.1.
  • QuickTime SMIL is compatible with QuickTime 7.6.x on Snow Leopard.
  • Revised SCC export and "QuickTime movie with closed caption" export.
  • (QuickTime currently expects closed captions saved as non drop frame).
  • Added option to shift 2 lines up at bottom.
  • CIP Import/export: Start Of Movie (SOM) is interpreted as track offset.
  • Extended auto-commit.
  • Native time-code offset is now written to all tracks.Turn it off for changes to selected tracks.
  • Revised SCC import: Supports import of partial italics.
  • Revised auto-detection of YouTube SBV.
  • Blue Ray BDN export: Added support for cropped iSD mages with Spruce son, and Sonic sst.
  • Final Cut XML import: Revised import of horizontal position.
  • Please note Final Cut 7.0.2 may not save carriage returns to XML.
  • Polishes

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.4.1 (Mar 31, 2010)

  • Changes in respect to Mac OS X 10.6.3.
  • 
Multitrack SMIL QuickTime preview is now optional.

  • On Snow Leopard QuickTime Player 7.6 .x is only required for QuickTime SMIL preview..

  • Mac OS X 19.6.3 did not solve the QuickTime 7.6.3 SMIL display bug. 

  • Corrects a possible text overlay issue in video controller, when horizontal position was set.

  • Plugins show nicer font selection behavior.

  • PAC import: Vertical position is now supported.

  • Marked subtitles can show up with markers in Final Cut Pro.

  • Revised Final Cut Pro XML plugin pair, includes AE Subtitle 1.2

  • First track in subtitle sequence is left empty for your video.

  • Added Installer with options for Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express.

  • Improved handling of free formatted scripts.

  • Automatically corrects illegal shift by line values.

  • Better handling of QuickTime movies with low time scales.

  • Now uses character count for subtitle split.

  • Translates horizontal position to justification for formats that only use justification.

  • Ndashes and MDashes are only normalized when required.

  • Corrected german localization.

  • Revised export to QuickTime movie.

  • BluRay BDN export plugin vs 1.8.5: 

  • Added shift line up/down to cropped and fullframe images.

  • Added option: Adjust attributes or font size.

  • Added backdrop preview.

  • Allows cropped BDN / FCP / DVD SP / Encore SD images.

  • Added zeitAnker Timecode (preview) for providing timecode tracks.

  • Less processor usage.

  • Refinements.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.4 (Mar 29, 2010)

  • PAC import: Vertical position is now supported.
  • Marked subtitles can show up with markers in Final Cut Pro.
  • Revised Final Cut Pro XML plugin pair, includes AE Subtitle 1.2
  • First track in subtitle sequence is left empty for your video.
  • Added Installer with options for Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express.
  • Improved handling of free formatted scripts.
  • Automatically corrects illegal shift by line values.
  • Better handling of QuickTime movies with low time scales.
  • Now uses character count for subtitle split.
  • Translates horizontal position to justification for formats that only use justification.
  • N-dashes and M-Dashes are only normalized when required.
  • Corrected german localization.
  • Revised export to QuickTime movie.
  • Blu-Ray BDN export plugin vs 1.8.5:
  • Added shift line up/down to cropped and full-frame images.
  • Added option: Adjust attributes or font size.
  • Added backdrop preview.
  • Allows cropped BDN / FCP / DVD SP / Encore SD images.
  • Added zeitAnker Timecode (preview) for providing timecode tracks.
  • Less processor usage.
  • Refinements.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.3 (Mar 1, 2010)

  • Added shortcuts for insert/delete before or after current subtitle.
  • Added menu items to process subtitle lines.
  • Discreet assignment of justification and horizontal position.
  • For export to FCP XML AE Subtitle and Blu-Ray BDN images.
  • Export preferences: Added option to include metadata in RTF formats.
  • RTF with Timecode import. Added import of track metadata.
  • Added auto detection to more transcript formats, e.g. GoogleTranscript, Transcriva doc,rtf.txt, Transana (rtf,txt,doc), Transcriber (trs) -text,timecode.
  • TranStation .DUB/SUB/CAP import (text, timecode).
  • Added option to export speaker information (characters metadata) to RTF.
  • Added processing options for transcript preproduction.
  • Changed "Swap Lines" to "Process Lines", Options are Swap lines, Create track without first line, create track without last line, transfer first line to characters metadata. Please check the new key modifiers.
  • Added Cheetah International cap import (many closed caption attributes).
  • Revised Fast Logging calculates end: The previous entry can be sliced.
  • PAC import: enhanced compatibility with some PAC dialects. Added import preference to read greek PAC files. Speed improvements.
  • Added Titra .tit import (DOS latin-1, partial italic, horizontal and vertical alignment).
  • Basic SPOT.spt import. (latin text ,timecode).
  • Allows non-standard Google Translate srt.
  • Updated Final Cut plugin pair: Enhanced backward compatibility:
  • Added "Justify Centered" position, font measurement.
  • Please revise your FCP Export font settings
  • Includes older plugin pair to avoid migration of archived projects.
  • Revised SCC import and export.
  • Added title safe margin setting.
  • Easier Fast Logging setup.
  • New Blu-Ray BDN plugin vs.1.8
  • New Annotation Transcriber 1.6.3 .
  • Updated zeitAnker Teletext preview.
  • Added QOS reporter.
  • Fixes and polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.2.1 (Feb 8, 2010)

  • Repackaged with updated version of zeitAnker Teletext.
  • Localization of our new subtitle plugin for FCP.
  • Easier Fast Logging setup.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.2 (Feb 1, 2010)

  • Added quick access to recent export and plugins.
  • Added de-interlacing to more file formats.
  • All products are tested with MXF4Mac.
  • EBU STL import/export. Added cyrillic, hebrew, greek and arabic.
  • Select russian, hebrew, greek or arabic as track or EBU export language.
  • Import preferences can force a specific character encoding.
  • EBU STL latin import/export: Added symbol characters.
  • EBU STL import/export: All code pages are supported.
  • Enhanced icelandic PAC/RAC import.
  • Revised new FCP XML backdrop export, Final Cut XML settings import and partial subtitle plugin backward compatibility.
  • For left/right alignment with justification choose the new AE subtitle plugin.
  • OS X specific fixes: DVD SP / DFXP italic import, Apple Remote support.
  • Finalized QUBE Master Pro import/export.
  • Revised word shuffle and merge with next/previous subtitle.
  • Revised selection behavior with gaps set to zero.
  • DFXP export.: Nicer formatting of partial italics.
  • .890 import: Cleaned up partial italics.
  • Also updated Annotation Transcriber, zeitAnker Teletext (Preview) and Blu-Ray BDN plugin.
  • Enhanced general stability, user interface and localization.

New in Annotation Edit 1.8.1 (Jan 7, 2010)

  • Added Screen .PAC import: (PAL, partial italics, latin, alignmentt).
  • Added Screen .RAC import: (PAL, partial italics, latin, alignmentt).
  • Scantitling .890 import: extended latin character set.
  • Added import of 1080p and 720p CEA 708 QuickTime closed caption tracks.
  • FInal Cut XML import: Added import of more 3rd party text generators.
  • This release includes an early test version of zeitAnker Teletext (EBU STL 1 for the hearing impaired).

New in Annotation Edit 1.8 (Dec 28, 2009)

  • Added first version of Scantitling .890 import (partial italic, alignment, western latin).
  • Added import Cheetah asc closed captions (partial italic, alignment,, caption type).
  • Added Screen Win2020 ASCII import (partial italic, alignment).
  • Added first version of MAGPie project import
  • (caption tracks with partial italic and alignment, audio description tracks).
  • Added import of Softitler txt (partial italic and alignment).
  • Added import of partial italic to QuickTime Text, Universal Subtitle, DLP Cinema format and DFXP Flash CC component in addition to CCForFlash.
  • Added import and export: YouTube sbv.
  • Added import and export: Cube Cinema Text.
  • Final Cut Pro export: Added compatibility with Motion 4 templates.
  • Added Motion 4 example templates.
  • Added new Final Cut export and Final Cut AE Subtitle plugin.br Refined margin, alignment/justification, vertical offset per subtitle, backdrop rendering and metadata. All new features require the new FCP plugin.
  • Final Cut Pro export: Changed to respect track program start value. Less verbose XML.
  • Final Cut Pro import: extended import of logging metadata.
  • Final Cut Pro import: Added settings import from a single selected subtitle XML.
  • DAS import: Added compatibility with more DAS variants.
  • Added basic SoftNI import (alignment, vertical alignment, partial italic).
  • DFXP import: Enhanced compatibility with 3rd party DFXP files.
  • DFXP export: Less verbose paragraph styles.
  • Export of author and track title as metadata.
  • Better import of hand-coded partial italics.
  • Revised EBU STL import and export.
  • Revised for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger backward compatibility.
  • Revised some more rarely used importers.
  • Revised Blu-Ray BDN installer.
  • Finalized import of QuickTime movie text, chapter and subtitle tracks.
  • General performance improvements and fixes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.7.9.7 (Oct 31, 2009)

  • DFXP export: Added option to export for BBC.
  • Added NCAM CCForFlash multi-language format.
  • DFXP import: Added import of NCAM CCForFlash multi-language format.
  • Added option to export QuickTime chapter movie (compatible with QuickTime X).
  • This feature currently requires Mac OS X 10.5.
  • Revised plugins for font setting compliance with Snow Leopard.
  • Revised Avid ALE export.
  • includes Annotation Transcriber 1.5.7
  • Optimized file exchange with Annotation Transcriber.
  • Performance improvements.

New in Annotation Edit 1.7.9.6 (Oct 14, 2009)

  • Blu-Ray BDN image export vs 1.7.7: Added backdrop option.
  • FCP XML export revised backdrop option.
  • EBU STL import: support for Ayato italic style.
  • Revised several generic timed text importers.

New in Annotation Edit 1.7.9.5 (Sep 30, 2009)

  • Faster DFXP import.
  • DFXP export: Alignment is applied to each subtitle for better compatibility.
  • EBU STL export revised line shift.
  • incl Blu-Ray BDN plugin vs.. 1.7.6
  • Minor Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.7.9.4 (Sep 7, 2009)

  • Qualified for Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6).
  • Added import of CEA 608 closed captions wrapped into CEA 708 QuickTime tracks.
  • SCC Export: Revised export to DF with "Use semicolon indicator" option turned off.
  • Minor Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.7.9.3 (Aug 31, 2009)

  • Final Cut Pro XML import: Added import of timeline offset to Annotation Edit track offset..
  • Disabled Final Cut tracks containing subtitles are now omitted
  • Revised 24p/23.976 FCP XML import.
  • Security enhancements (automatic update).

New in Annotation Edit 1.7.9.2 (Aug 28, 2009)

  • New Blu-Ray plugin version 1.7,5. This version adds export to SD DVD Images.
  • Supported script formats are STL, SST and SON.
  • Suggested color index values are identical to DVD SP STL text export.
  • Either SD DVD .tif or Blu-Ray/NLE .png images are exported.
  • QuickTime Text export: Added option to save as MacRoman.
  • EBU STL Export:: First program time-code is forced to frame 1 if zero.
  • SCC Import: Added compatibility with more SCC dialects.
  • DAS import: Added import of partial italics.
  • Performances enhancements.
  • Annotation Edit is even faster on Snow Leopard.
  • Merged tracks inherit attributes.
  • Added import of language attribute from DVD SP track and DLP Cinema.
  • Faster generic timed text import.
  • Polishes: German/English localization.

New in Annotation Edit 1.7.9 (Aug 17, 2009)

  • Added progress bar to waveform extraction.
  • 
More accessible text display in table view.
  • 
The search filter high-lights all found text in the main editor for the current selection (case-sensitive).
  • Active filtering is indicated by a background color shade.
  • 
The find menu item activates the search field.
  • 
A consecutive subtitle is always kept visible in the table view.
  • 
New Quick Spotting setting: Delay for better perception.
  • 
Added import of IPhone/iPod subtitle tracks from mov/m4v (time, unicode text,languages).
  • 
Added import of text tracks from QuickTime movie (time, unicode text,languages).
  • 
Export to QuickTime with Closed Captions: Corrected aspect ratio display on Windows.
  • 
Added import of ATSC closed captions from QuickTime movie pop-on / roll-up.
  • 
SCC closed captions: Generally enhanced SCC import.
  • 
Added context menu item to merge roll-up captions to standard 2-line subtittles.
  • 
Support of more generic subtitle/caption formats, often even when masked by wrong file type.
  • 
Better detection of Windows latin-2 text files.
  • 
Adjust Duration also shortens to duration maximum.
  • 
Cut/split subtitles inherit metadata and style.
  • 
More tolerant SRT import.
  • 
Added Real SMIL export: Time-code, text, italics.
  • Latin character set.
  • 
A secondary selected track will be exported as closed captions.
  • Identical QuickTime and Real file names ate assumed.
  • 
Real SMIL export uses QuickTime layout settings for overlay and font color.
  • 
Added RealText .rt import: Time-code, text, italics.
  • 
Revised Excel XML import/export.
  • "Marked" info is included.
  • 
Avid SubCap non-standard STL N19 import 
EBU STL export: Open teletext correctly ignores teletext-1/2 double-height values.
  • 
Export: NetBlender DoStudio, added NTSC DF declaration, Changed text encoding to UTF-8.
  • 
Added change of writing direction (e.g. arabic) for editing (toggle) and Blu-Ray export.
  • 
BDN Blu-Ray Export: images are rendered separately now.
  • 
Includes BDN Blu-Ray export plugin update vs. 1.7.4.
  • 
Revised validation.
  • 
Polishes and performance enhancements.
  • 
New beta versions of additional plugins.
  • (MPEG4 Subtitle plugin now sets color and partial Italic, you can also link to a server video).
  • 
Includes Annotation Transcriber update vs. 1.5.5

New in Annotation Edit 1.7.8.2 (Jun 19, 2009)

  • Fixed preference bug in vs. 1.7.8.1 hat could affect export and line wrap.
  • Highly recommended for users of 1.7.8/1.7.8.1

New in Annotation Edit 1.7.8.1 (Jun 17, 2009)

  • 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.

New in Annotation Edit 1.7.8 (Jun 16, 2009)

  • 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

New in Annotation Edit 1.7.5 (May 13, 2009)

  • New document info pane.
  • Added exchange of project specific metadata with Annotation transcriber.
  • Added option to display the duration in seconds and minutes.
  • Revised DLP Cinema export: partial italics are now supported,
  • Revised DLP Cinema import.
  • Blu-Ray BDN export: Added option to export scripts that were not adjusted in Annotation Edit.
  • EBU STL ARTE revision sheet: Illegal characters are printed on yellow.
  • EBU STL export: Revised ARTE N19 (French).
  • Includes metadata from document info.
  • EBU STL import: Allows to import subtitles that begin before program start.
  • Revised SSA import.
  • Includes Annotation Transcriber 1.5.3.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.7.4 (Apr 30, 2009)

  • Added EBU STL ARTE N19 compatibility alert.
  • Added Italic/detail filter to subtitle menu.
  • Auto Save: Saving the waveform is now optional. The default is no.
  • New Annotation Transcriber version.
  • New Bu-Ray BDN export plugin 1.7.
  • Added option to position single lines at top.
  • Added option to use track title as file name.
  • Changed positioning to constant baseline.
  • Enhanced Lemony 4 import.
  • Stability and performance improvements.
  • Corrected issues with older systems.

New in Annotation Edit 1.7.3 (Apr 21, 2009)

  • Final Cut export: Added import of subtitle settings from Final Cut XML.
  • This applies to our subtitle plugin and partly to standard outline text.
  • Preference Pane: Revised "General Preference"s.
  • Fix Final Cut export:: Corrected an issue that could render value displays transparent in English localization on Leopard 10.5.6.
  • Fix: Corrected an issue that value fields could be rendered invisible on Mac OS 10.6 in Englidh version of Final Cut export plugin.
  • Fix: Text without time-code as doc or rtf.
  • Replaces version 1.7.2.

New in Annotation Edit 1.7.2 (Apr 17, 2009)

  • Added export of multiple selected tracks for all self-containing file formats.
  • Added apply track offset and program start to multiple selected tracks.
  • Annotation Transcriber import: added alignment, italics and revision mark style.
  • RTF with time-code import/export,: added alignment, italics and revision mark.style.
  • Import of partial italic emphasis: EBU STL, SRT, DVD Studio Pro STL, DVD Studio Pro track item description, Lemony 4, RTF with time-code,. Annotation Transcriber.
  • Includes Annotation Transcriber 1.5.
  • Exchange of time-code offset and time-base with Annotation Transcriber.
  • Updated native frame-rate read-out to latest QuickTime version.
  • More file formats that may occur in NDF will be imported according to NDF preference.
  • DVDSP/SCC import: Added option to interpret track offset according to currently selected track.
  • Removed "Guess offset".
  • SCC import: Support of more SCC dialects.
  • Revised SCC closed caption import and "SCC Export Test".
  • STL EBU import: "Double Height" vertical line adjustment.
  • STL EBU export: Corrected vertical centered alignment.
  • Text import with duration calculation: the minimum duration is 1 second now.
  • Adjust Duration: Subtitle duration is extended according to minimum settings.
  • Use "Adjust CPS " in the processing to allow shortening.
  • Processing Pane: Enhanced validation. Fix: Text without time-code as doc or rtf.
  • Fix: "Adjust Duration" was linked to "Toggle Marked.".
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.7 (Mar 28, 2009)

  • BDN Export Plugin 1.5.1: Added optional 2k(2048x1080) and 4k ((4096x2180) image export.
  • Added NDF support (29.97/59.94), revised 24p 23.98 NDF.
  • Updated DVD Studio Pro track item description import.
  • Older item description export may require NDF/DF conversion after import.
  • MS Excel XML NDF import & export.
  • New Excel XLS templates; Declare the NDF time-base by adding NDF.
  • (;)-syntax is not necessary and ignored.
  • Excel XLS Export: NDF type is set according to your preference.
  • Final Cut Export plugin; revised NDF export (29.97/59.94).
  • QuickTime Movie Export: Changed text to 3gp,.
  • Text display beneath the video is reserved to preview and server projects for now.
  • QuickTime Movie Export: MPG movies are allowed,.
  • Changed "Adjust to CPS" to "Adjust Duration": If the correct character/second value is shorter than the duration minimum the subtitle is extended to duration minimum.
  • Tools Menu: Added "Toggle Display Marked" for a quick overview of subtitles with revision mark.
  • Tools Menu: Added forced aspect ratio correction for non NLE movies.
  • Processing pane: More comprehensive in NDF mode.
  • Changed absolute program start display to relative value.
  • Subtitle table: In NDF mode:: Duration is displayed as real time.
  • Control characters/multiple spaces/empty lines are filtered on import and insert.
  • Polishes German localization.

New in Annotation Edit 1.6.5 (Mar 20, 2009)

  • New Final Cut Export plugin. Added standard horizontal alignment. Uncheck "Justify centered" to use this feature. Added margin adjustment for left/right alignment. Corrected 24p/23.976 support.
  • New Final Cut Export import plugin. Install it to use the new alignment modees
  • NDF mode: Enabled time-code shift in processing pane.
  • Support for more DAS variants.
  • Added menu function and shortcut to quickly verify SCC export. Time-code changes due to caption pre-load may lead to illegal values, when open subtitle spotting was done.
  • Added general preference to auto-restore the work environment from preferences saved to the document.
  • EBU STL Added vertical position adjustment. up to two lines up or down to avoid lower 3rd text collision.
  • EBU STL is the first format supported by this feature.
  • Text import: A non-breaking space is now mapped to standard space character.
  • Revised export to QuickTime movie with closed captions.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.6.4 (Mar 6, 2009)

  • Added separate preference for "Adjust Gap on Cut" minimal gap.
  • Corrected "Adjust Gap on Cut" function introduced in version 1.6.3
  • Added preference to step by frame without audio. Hold "Alt"-key to temporarily toggle the behavior.
  • Compatibility with font management software: uses fallback if a default font is not accessible.
  • Added support of partial italic to Gelula DAS export.
  • Added import of Gelula DAT text only.
  • Added import of Gelula DAR time-code only.
  • Added import Gelula files with work-mode index.
  • Added export to Gelula DAT and Gelula DAR .
  • EBU STL export: Added option to export italic to teletext-1. Files saved with this option are used by certain broadcasters but they are non-standard. You should enable it only on demand.
  • Revised Lemony 3 project import.
  • Added preliminary Lemony 4 project import: Multiple tracks, text, time-code.
  • Revised import of text without time-code.
  • Revised RTF with time-code italicization .
  • Revised FAB text export.
  • Changes to German localization.
  • Includes Blu-Ray BDN plugin 1.4.5
  • Revised defaults for better rendering of small type-faces especially on PowerPC.

New in Annotation Edit 1.6.3 (Feb 24, 2009)

  • Changes:
  • Smoke xml export: Added 2k/4k, cinema aspect ratio. Extended margin ranges.
  • Added shortcut to apply minimal gap at both sides of current movie time. Use it to legalize subtitles at cuts. For this operation the minimum gap value from the general preferences is used.
  • Final Cut export: Changed export type selection.
  • EBU STL import: better support of teletext-1 variants.
  • Re-added import of legacy Annotation Edit text format (mvtx) with in-/ out-time-code for backward compatibility.
  • Revised menu activation in German localization.
  • User interface refinements.
  • Polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.6.2 (Jan 31, 2009)

  • Added shortcut to spotting view : Press "Tab" to activate the text field and select all text for update.
  • Added Softitler import: Italics per subtitle, optional header section is ignored for now.
  • Added display of pre-roll offset time-code for files with zero offset.
  • Added Smoke XML export plugin (carriage return is now supported).
  • Includes Blu-Ray BDN plugin 1.4.9.1.
  • Processing Pane: Added "Program start" track information for material with pre-roll offset. "Track offset" and "Program start" should be used if native time-code is not suitable or available. Different to native time-code every track will have its own values. Turn "Native time-code" off to use "Track offset" and "Program start". Values apply to most time-code savvy export formats.
  • You will require a movie attached to set the "Program start"value..
  • Added DF/NDF environment switch for material without native tme-code. This also affects general export to time-code savvy formats.
  • EBU STL import: STL info "Program start" is now mapped to track offset.
  • EBU STL export: track offset is mapped to "Program start".
  • For ARTE the mandatory first title defines "Program start".
  • Avid DS export: Fixed an DF/NDF error.
  • Enhanced SCC import.
  • Revised import: SRT files could confilct with Blu-Ray BDN export.
  • Final Cut Pro export plugin: Changed output to formatted XML.
  • A bit slower but more human readable.
  • Final Cut Pro export plugin: revised support of older Final Cut versions.
  • Google timed text export is now compatible with YouTube.
  • Please note SRT export should be set to UTF-8 for Google Video.
  • Enhanced Contour Shuttlle / Scroll wheel support.
  • You may need to refresh your cache files.
  • Polishes and performance enhancements.

New in Annotation Edit 1.6 (Jan 2, 2009)

  • Includes BDN Blu-Ray export plugin 1.4.8. This fixes a rendering issue that could affect very short subtitles on systems with latest OS X security patches.
  • Includes Annotation Transcriber 1.4.4.
  • Added EBU STL teletext color / background color setting.
  • Teletext option to assign italicization to color value.
  • Open subtitle export with font color setting.
  • EBU STL export: Added single line top, when maximal 2 lines are used.
  • Revised Final Cut XML import: Added support for FCP text generator XML in French, Japanese, Chinese.
  • Final Cut Import: You can now fetch all subtitle tracks directly form your open Final Cut Pro project. No extra XML necessary to quickly setup your environment.
  • For regular project exchange use XML files.
  • SCC closed caption export. Improved export of partial italics. Indicating DF with "semicolon" is now optional.
  • Final Cut XML export: Added option to export to standard "Text with Outline".
  • This allows file exchange without installing our plugin or export to FCP XML savvy 3rd party applications like Smoke. The exported XML is not localized.
  • Final Cut XML export: Added "Send to Final Cut Pro". Your subtitle sequence will immediately show up in your first open and saved project. Final Cut Pro 6.0.2 required Use it for easy fast environment setup. For regular project exchange use XML files.
  • Export: DVD Studio Pro STL, DVDit, SCC Avid DS, Avid ALE, Smoke:
  • This update adds new NTSC/NDF export settings for plugins.
  • For standard exports NDF/NTSC will rely on a native time code track, if the format is NTSC NDF savvy. Please check your preferences.
  • Important: Please adjust the track offset in the processing pane.
  • Important: You may need to apply NDF/DF conversion in the processing pane after re-import when using NDF.
  • For approval native NDF SMPTE timecode is displayed in the workspace.
  • Please note: Spotting and editing is easier with zero offset and clock time code.
  • Sonic DVDit export: some polishes.
  • New Avid ALE export.
  • Added sneak preview of Autodesk Smoke export: plugin.
  • Processing pane: Corrected naming "25 to 24p" to "25 to 24".
  • Changed emphasize shortcut to allow applying emphasis in spotting window.
  • Adjustments to support latest QuickTime versions.
  • RTF timed text export,: Added italic and bold font face for approval with MS Wordpad , TextEdit or OpenOffice. Please note: Do not use MS Word with this export.
  • Added general MS Word export similar to ARTE revision sheet.
  • Marked subtitles are indicated. The file can be imported as well..
  • Gelula DAS import: More variants are supported. Incl. text only.
  • Please note: DAS files in rtf of doc format will need DAS unicode import checked.
  • Only DAS formats in ANSI MS-DOS should be imported with DAS unicode import checked off.
  • Fixed: SCC Export compatibility issue on PowerPC introduced with vs.1,3,1.
  • Fixed: Document template settings are reliably read again.
  • Fixed: DVD Studio Pro STL import "Guess Timecode offset" preference read out.
  • Revised timed text details (Karaoke).
  • Polishes.
  • EBU STL N19 ARTE. If vertica position is unchanged the ARTE defaults are applied.
  • Please note: Additional packages are not updated by the "Get Update" function, please download the full package instead.

New in Annotation Edit 1.5.3.1 (Dec 15, 2008)

  • Less picky QuickTime preview (automatic continuity fix, apply fix gaps for more control).
  • You can drag DVD Studio Pro dspTrack descriptions to the tracks table or use the import menu. (This was limited to file open or drag on application before).

New in Annotation Edit 1.5.3 (Dec 12, 2008)

  • Added EBU STL language code setting.
  • Added EBU STL teletext level-1 export.
  • Better import of EBU STL teletext files with color changes.
  • Allows vertical positioning for EBU STL ARTE N19.
  • Changed pre-roll preference to apply to start/stop. (Applied to go to start/end of subtitle before).
  • Minimum gap values are now automatically applied for most editing operations.
  • Added support for french localized FCP text generator XML of type "Texte".
  • Fixed Blu-Ray BDN installer. Blu-Ray BDN export as full frame HD. (introduced with version 1.5.2)
  • Includes Annotation Transcriber 1.4.3.

New in Annotation Edit 1.5.2 (Nov 24, 2008)

  • Includes Annotation Transcriber 1.4.2
  • Added "Adjust to CPS" function. This extends subtitle durations to meet the character/second maximum.
  • Added "Trim Edit" of subtitle entries. Hold "Shift" while dragging in/out markers or subtitle entries in the waveform view to use this function.
  • Added Sonic DVDit (HD) Export plugin.
  • Timecode, font, unicode text, tape offset, italic, horizontal/vertical alignment per subtitle.
  • Added Sonic DVDit (HD) reimport. The Sonic DVDit format does not declare the frame rate, so project settings are used for import.
  • Added Roxio DVD Creator reimport.
  • DFXP export: Added italic, horizontal alignment per subtitle. Partial italics are ignored for now.
  • DFXP reimport: Added italic, horizontal alignment per subtitle.
  • Added basic Blu-Ray BDN Text import.
  • Added Google transcript import.
  • DVD Studio Pro Export: Changed the range of vertical offset to allow less standard values.
  • Revised SCC import.
  • Revised Adobe Encore text import/export.
  • EBU STL N19 Arte export: now compliant with files saved on PowerPC.
  • EBU STL import: Removed cropping of track title.
  • Revised some preferences update behaviors.
  • Better handling of generic text or MS Word documents (e.g. RTF type).
  • Tool tips: Revised German localization.
  • Performance enhancements.

New in Annotation Edit 1.5.1 (Nov 10, 2008)

  • DFXP Export: changed time-code format to milliseconds.(was SMIL 1/100th before).
  • DFXP Import: Added support of SMPTE time-code if declared in DFXP file.
  • Added support of time-code with partials in 1/1000th, 1/100th, 1/10th with preceding zeros. DFXP is still waiting for wide acceptance, so real world use still varies.
  • Quick Spotting: Added option to add up to a second to the end of a spotted entry.
  • SCC Export: leveraged the minimum gap duration for easier export. Differently to open subtitles you usually will want to prefer continuous captions over short gaps.
  • Added a short help file for successful authoring of closed captions and a new template.
  • DVD Studio Pro STL Export: Fixed an issue where italic paragraphs were not closed properly (introduced in 1.4.9, silently fixed in 1.5).
  • Added Google transcript xml import.
  • Added Captionate xml import (first track, time, text, alignment,italics). Added basic import of USF (Universal Subtitle Format). text alignment, position and italics are supported. No support yet for styles and karaoke.
  • Added basic export to USF (Universal Subtitle Format). Alignment and italics are supported.
  • Titlevision Cue format: Added import and export of alignment and iitalization per subtitle. Titlevision uses reserved symbols (less than, greater than) to italicize.
  • The Titlevision Cue format is limited to ANSI characters. You should use USF (Universal Subtitle Format) for exchanging unicode files with Annotation Edit.
  • Generic Timed Text import: Revised rounding behavior.
  • Includes Annotation Transcriber 1.4.1

New in Annotation Edit 1.5 (Oct 27, 2008)

  • Avid DS/SubCap export: Added option to export to the Avid SubCap generator. As this is the only unicode format supported by Avid SubCap, we suggest to ignore the Avid EBU STL import option for now. EBU STL style and position as well as Avid DS basic style are omitted by the current Avid SubCap generator.
  • BDN Export plugin: Fixed a preferences issue introduced in 1.4.9. Highly recommended.
  • EBU STL ARTE N19 export: Changed extension string to capital letters.
  • EBU STL ARTE N19: Checks for U/T for S/T subtile, if the first subtitle begins later than 2 minutes after first empty subtile at program start.
  • Added reimport of DVD Studio Pro STL saved as RTF.
  • Added reimport of Cinevator RTF.
  • For easier cross platform exchange with translators using MS Word we recommend Cinevator RTF, DVD Studio Pro RTF or Avid DS Subcap. If time-code information shall be included. These file formats can even be imported when saved as MS Word doc.
  • Added Google timed text reimport.
  • Revised Gelula DAS import. Most unicode, RTF or DOC versions are allowed. For DOS-Latin turn off import as Windows Latin 1.
  • In case of temporary license time-out Annotation Edit demo mode is re enabled.
  • Re-enabled sorting by text. Please sort by start for general use.
  • Added Annotation Transcriber 1.4 (with transcript preprocessing).
  • German localization: some polishes.
  • Minor polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.4.9.1 (Oct 11, 2008)

  • Import: More forgiving import of malformed Spruce/DVD Studio Pro STL, better compatibility with EZTitles SCC.
  • File exchange with MS Word doc and RTF: Multiple empty lines are allowed as single subtitle delimiter.
  • Export: revised tabbed text UTF-8.

New in Annotation Edit 1.4.9 (Oct 8, 2008)

  • ARTE EBU STL N!9 export: added option to create ARTE doc sheet.
  • The doc sheet requires a linked movie to include movie duration.
  • Illegal characters are replaced by "%" on export. This makes revision easier than automatic normalization. According to ARTE N!9 text position is limited to bottom, color to yellow, italics are omitted.
  • Enhanced ARTE template.
  • EBU STL import/export: Solved square bracket character encoding for open subtitles.
  • Square brackets are encoded as < or > with ARTE N19.
  • SCC closed caption export/import: Closed caption buffer delay is compensated.
  • For import of files without buffer compensation, you can turn it off.
  • Text details:
  • Added subtitle menu entry to add and modify text details in the document view.
  • Added column to display availability of text details.
  • Text details are displayed italic in video overlay.
  • QuckTime export: Text details can be exported as timed text details (karaoke) or italic.
  • Text details are exported as partial italic with Blu-Ray BDN, DVD Studio Pro STL, EBU STL, SRT, SCC, SSA or DFXP. For partial italic you should turn off italic per subtitle.
  • Blu-Ray BDN plugin 1.4.5 is required for partial italic .
  • Updated Blu-Ray BDN plugin vs. 1.4.5:
  • Added NetBlender DoStudio DoST format.
  • Added QuickTime tracks drawer. Disable/enable tracks and rebuild waveform.
  • Perian may not like disabling tracks on the fly when looping videos.
  • Added option to add and display subtitle revision mark.
  • Removed shortcuts for font-size changes in document text-view to prevent accidentally changes to document text-view ruler/font settings.These are saved with the document and may allow consistent preview of character limits.
  • Fix: CPS/WPM display updates correctly again.
  • Video overlay no longer mimics hard wraps when "Hard wrap keeps lparagraphs" is turned off. This behavior was introduced in 1.4.6.
  • Added new shortcuts.
  • Minor polishes.

New in Annotation Edit 1.4.6.1 (Sep 18, 2008)

  • Fixes an issue introduced in version 1.4.6, that QuickTime text would not support unicode, when displayed beneath the movie.

New in Annotation Edit 1.4.6 (Sep 11, 2008)

  • Split function in document view:
  • You can split any entry at text insertion marker. The duration is calculated.
  • If no marker is set, text will split according to your text maximum settings.
  • Convenience change for Asian languages. If duration calculation is set to character mode shuffling words will shuffle characters and hard wrap applies on character level.
  • Added undo to word / line shuffle.
  • Text video overlay is soft wrapped to your text maximum settings.
  • New shortcut: Hard wrap ⌘⌥-K.
  • Text view style and ruler are saved in the document, rtf and rtf with time-code.
  • Easier document exchange according to rules for SCC or open subtitles. Reading environment settings from document templates is optional.
  • Text view: font size is saved to document files now.
  • Style and ruler are maintained with Annotation Transcriber documents.
  • Added example templates for Arte open subtitles and closed captions.
  • SCC export: If native time-code is not available, the time-code offset in the processing pane can be applied.
  • Revised SCC import.
  • Removed rtf with time-code import demo limitation.
  • Fix: occasionally project settings could fail to load completely from a document template.
  • Minor polishes.
  • IBC 2008 unlimited trial.

New in Annotation Edit 1.4.5 (Sep 5, 2008)

  • Added word/line shuffling between subtitles with shortcuts.
  • Added updated printable shortcut list to the help menu.
  • Revised duration calculation.
  • Convenience change: Duration is re-calculated on "Fast Logging".
  • This mode relied on import with duration calculation before.
  • Added preference to use characters for WPM duration calculation with Asian languages.
  • Added second mode to "Split Entry" function in document view.
  • You can split any entry at text insertion marker. The duration is calculated. If no marker is set, text will still split according to your text maximum settings.
  • Added 'Structured Titles' import.
  • Enhanced generic timed text import.
  • HTML import now supports time-code links.
  • Added surrounding music symbol for text selections and subtitles.
  • Added character/second display. The character/second display ignores surrounding spaces and line breaks. They will be stripped on export.
  • Added "Quick Spotting" option to leave text blank.
  • Leveraged the illegal red duration warning to about 2/3 second.
  • Added SCC export option to use drop frame without native video time-code.
  • Fixed SCC line order issue for positions: bottom centered / bottom right.
  • Added red text warnings in subtitle table if duration/text ratio should not comply to SCC requirements.
  • Fixed: Processing pane time-code offset functions allow DF delimiter again.
  • Added basic SAMI utf-16 export (time/text/font size/font color). Refined parameters can be set with SAMI CSS.
  • BDN NLE image export. Final Cut XML includes absolute image paths now.
  • Just double-click the Final Cut XML file.
  • Minor polishes to German localization.
  • Large icons.

New in Annotation Edit 1.4.3 (Aug 4, 2008)

  • Added characters per second preference (subtitles with too many characters per second are rendered blue now).
  • Added "Fix Gaps End" to the processing drawer. Gaps are created by shortening the end of continuous subtitles. More accurate gap calculation.
  • Corrected "Fix gaps" when called from context menu of subtitle table view.
  • Fixed a stability problem on Mac OS X 10.5.x Leopard introduced with version 1.4.2, we strongly recommend this update to all Leopard users.
  • Corrected paste of subtitles in the waveform view.

New in Annotation Edit 1.4.2 (Jul 25, 2008)

  • Final Cut XML export: added negative leading for nicer rendering of text without descenders (Chinese).
  • Added generic timed text import to support formats with time-code in-value only.
  • Added requested Fast Logging calculates end.
  • Further performance enhancements.
  • Several polishes that did not make it into feature release 1.4.
  • Fixed a perhaps critical problem with an initial default introduced in 1.4
  • Fixed a localization file that caused problems on PowerPC systems running Tiger.
  • Fixed a rare problem when dealing with unsupported timed text formats.
  • Better German localization.
  • BDN Plugin allows wider range of vertical alignment.

New in Annotation Edit 1.4 (Jul 16, 2008)

  • Includes Annotation Transcriber 1.3. Annotation Edit can open Transcriber documents now. (incl. text, time-code, movie and waveform data - no need to create the waveform twice).
  • Added DLP Cinema XML import.
  • Added QuickTime text reimport (incl. italic style, alignment)
  • Added Annotation Transcriber import ((text / time-code and text).
  • Added SubStation Alpha ssa/ass import (time-code, text, italic, title, author)
  • Added import and export of CineVator rtf.
  • Revised TitleVision import.
  • Equalized QuickTime subtitled movie export and SMIL preview layouts. Subtitle overlay is now bottom-aligned. Please review your QuickTime layout preferences. QuickTime multiple subtitle track is still a SMIL-only feature.
  • Added TitleVision UTF-16 export for lossless text exchange. TitleVision may not support UTF-16, but your OS can.
  • SubStation Alpha ssa export: Revised initial defaults, added italic style per subtitle.
  • Less verbose QuickTime text export file.
  • Performance improvements.
  • Added adjustable waveform resolution.
  • Changed "Merge Text" toolbar action to "Merge". You can either merge subtitles or tracks. Track creation is kept discrete: "Add Entry" just adds subtitles for ease of use.
  • Toolbar action "Split text" will process multiple selected entries now. Fixed "Split text" problem in "Hard wrap keeps paragraphs" mode.
  • Track merges are rejected now if overlaps were found and "Overlap Highlight" is turned off. Turn it on to solve the overlap problem.
  • Changed "Split" button fallback in the spotting window.If the split point is not set in text field or wave view, the standard toolbar "Split text" is performed. Within the waveform view auto-correction is performed.
  • A new entry is added to the end of the subtitle list if insertion is rejected.
  • Track duplicates keep author, info and track offset, it had been initialized before.
  • Limited subtitle sorting to start value only.
  • Nicer update of waveform view after "Undo" or "Split".
  • Added an option to save your preferences in the Annotation Edit document. This feature allows to create project specific master documents. You can load master document preferences from the "Tools" menu by selecting "Import Document Preferences".
  • Added cut / copy / paste of subtitle entries. Overlaps are rejected or highlighted if "Overlap Highlight" is turned on.
  • Added cut / copy / paste of single subtitles to and from the waveform view with auto-correction.
  • A file alias is correctly resolved when dragged to the track table.
  • Added track creation by dragging selected subtitles to the tracks table.
  • Added drag and drop of selected tracks or subtitles to another documents subtitle table. Overlaps are rejected or highlighted if "Overlap Highlight" is turned on.
  • Added drag and drop of any text directly to the tracks or the subtitle table. Overlaps are rejected or highlighted if "Overlap Highlight" is turned on.
  • Removed "Delete", "Delete Track" (use the toolbar "Delete" or back-space instead).
  • Revised "Undo": More speaking undo actions. Revised undo for complex projects.
  • Set back "Redo" into revision state.

New in Annotation Edit 1.3.6 (Jun 24, 2008)

  • Added import and export of standard closed caption 2/3/4 line roll-up modes for news casts. Please note: Use single line subtitles for roll-up, the lines will be combined on-screen according to the selected mode. QuickTime 7.5 now allows to view closed captions in the web browser, so roll-up mode will be appreciated.
  • Added "Double Control" option for analogue broadcast encoders.
  • Export to QuickTime movies with closed captions still requires the ClosedCaptionImporter.component.
  • Added Softel Swift Standard Interchange File import (supports alignment, vertical position, italic style for Swift open subtitles).
  • Added Softel Swift Standard Interchange File export (supports alignment, vertical position, italic style for Swift open subtitles).
  • Added Lemony 3.1 project file import: multiple tracks, text, time-code, author, track-title.
  • Belle Nuit Subtitler import: italic style, horizontal alignment.
  • Changed "New Entry" toolbar action to try to insert a new entry after the current selection. Auto-validation is applied. If no selection is found, the new entry will be added at the end of the list, just like before.
  • Removed overlap warning in spotting window. New overlaps are corrected instantly.
  • To conveniently check imported files, you should use the table view instead.
  • Fixed an error in toolbar split text action.
  • Processing drawer: Set track offset attribute button is functional again.
  • German localization (tool tips, subtitle list).
  • Removed overlay if no movie attached.
  • Several polishes and performance enhancements.
  • Documents recovered from auto-save should be saved regularly before work.
  • Waveform creation might be slower with QuickTime 7.5 for certain codecs.

New in Annotation Edit 1.3.6 (Jun 24, 2008)

  • Added import and export of standard closed caption 2/3/4 line roll-up modes for news casts. Please note: Use single line subtitles for roll-up, the lines will be combined on-screen according to the selected mode. QuickTime 7.5 now allows to view closed captions in the web browser, so roll-up mode will be appreciated.
  • Added "Double Control" option for analogue broadcast encoders.
  • Export to QuickTime movies with closed captions still requires the ClosedCaptionImporter.component.
  • Added Softel Swift Standard Interchange File import (supports alignment, vertical position, italic style for Swift open subtitles).
  • Added Softel Swift Standard Interchange File export (supports alignment, vertical position, italic style for Swift open subtitles).
  • Added Lemony 3.1 project file import: multiple tracks, text, time-code, author, track-title.
  • Belle Nuit Subtitler import: italic style, horizontal alignment.
  • Changed "New Entry" toolbar action to try to insert a new entry after the current selection. Auto-validation is applied. If no selection is found, the new entry will be added at the end of the list, just like before.
  • Removed overlap warning in spotting window. New overlaps are corrected instantly.
  • To conveniently check imported files, you should use the table view instead.
  • Fixed an error in toolbar split text action.
  • Processing drawer: Set track offset attribute button is functional again.
  • German localization (tool tips, subtitle list).
  • Removed overlay if no movie attached.
  • Several polishes and performance enhancements.
  • Documents recovered from auto-save should be saved regularly before work.
  • Waveform creation might be slower with QuickTime 7.5 for certain codecs.

New in Annotation Edit 1.3.5.4 (Jun 13, 2008)

  • Since Annotation Edit validates overlaps on subtitle creation, overlap highlight is optional now for better performance. You can turn it on anytime.
  • Better support of some EBU STL dialects.
  • Tested with QuickTime 7.5.

New in Annotation Edit 1.3.5.3 (Jun 12, 2008)

  • This update fixes upward compatibility of an interface preference, that could lead to incorrect table-view display. It is recommended to all users, who want to keep their previous preferences intact. Please note: You will have to remove the new preference file to work with a version older than 1.3.5.1.
  • The offending interface preference was managed by the system, not by Annotation Edit itself.

New in Annotation Edit 1.3.5.2 (Jun 9, 2008)

  • Several polishes and fixes.
  • Instantly updates to native time-code display.
  • Processing pane now allows a very large processing range.
  • Fixed two sticky preferences.

New in Annotation Edit 1.3.5.1 (May 29, 2008)

  • SCC Export: Alignment top and bottom: Added centered / centered justified left / right / right justified left. Justified left is set as default in Import/Export preferences.
  • SCC Export/Import, QuickTime closed caption export: Revised extended character set support
  • Corrected closed caption placement for Apple TV encodings.
  • BDN Export plugin 1.3: Added left / center/ right justification. Justification requires all characters to be in one font. (Arial and Times contain the music symbol.) Added 8-bit with simple transparency (hard edges, non-transparent shadows.) Limited 8-bit to 255 colors. Fixed stability issues. Up to 50 % faster, but locking rendering.
  • Fixed an error that some "Fast Logging" modes were bound to movies with native time-code.
  • Final Cut Export XML Export option: backdrop for subtitles (color/opacity,crop). Due to short-comings in Final Cut Pro the width cannot be exactly determined. Use the fine-tuning setting to adjust the width in Final Cut Pro. Then enter the correct value when exporting, the corrected value will fit for all subtitles. This feature requires the included new Final Cut plugin.
  • QuickTime movie export: New option to add a semi-transparent backdrop.
  • Final Cut Pro Import: Added re-import of subtitles with with fade-in/fade-out exported from Final Cut Pro.
  • Updated InqScribe import.
  • Added re-import of DFXP for Adobe Flash and JW FLV files.
  • Added import of FAB Text
  • Added re-import of Encore Text and timed text formats with similar pattern (in/out/text).
  • Added re-import of DLP cinema XMLfiles.
  • Added validating duration display in the table view for easier error check.
  • Several fixes and polishes (new subtitle table view for compliance with Leopard`s blue aqua style). Revised initial preferences.
  • Revised German localization
  • Includes Annotation Transcriber 1.2.5

New in Annotation Edit 1.3.4.1 (May 5, 2008)

  • Polishes and fixes.
  • Rebuilt validation of overlaps in imported files. It did id not make it for 1.3.4.
  • Subtitles that overlap or are completely within the range of another subtitle are marked red. Extremely short or negative durations are marked red as well.
  • Added menu shortcuts to merge the current subtitle with the previous or next.
  • Removed the "Select index" button. Just enter the index and hit return.

New in Annotation Edit 1.3.4 (Apr 30, 2008)

  • Added a test-drive of our first DLP Cinema Export plugin
  • Added basic export and import of Gelula DAS subtitle format br (Windows latin 1 / DOS latin-1 / italic) Depending on your workflow set your default in the Import/Export preferences The header section is written according to Ayato. FAB may need textual changes
  • Added some symbol characters to EBU STL export and import: copyright, registered, trademark, dollar
  • STL EBU export: br Vertical positioning supports a wider range of applications - it is often proprietary though
  • Export to Adobe Encore utf-8 text
  • Blu-Ray BDN 1.1.2: br Export to FAB image script for use with Adobe Encore
  • Added preference to compensate reaction time when setting in-markers with Fast Logging
  • Tabs in imported text files are no longer ignored but replaced by single-space
  • Now you can work with movies placed on web servers This feature no longer requires Annotation Edit Server You can keep your waveform, relinking is instant If you need to work with rtsp streams choose Annotation Transcriber
  • Annotation Transcriber 1.2.4 is included
  • Added dynamic subtitle index display
  • Added select by subtitle index
  • Minor GUI enhancements.

New in Annotation Edit 1.3.3.1 (Apr 11, 2008)

  • Export as QuickTime reference movie with closed captions (no recompression).
  • This feature currently requires the ClosedCaptionImporter.component.
  • Keep in mind: QuickTime does not accept entries shorter than 1:18 seconds.
  • For IPhone, iPod, AppleTV only h264 movies should be used.
  • Added an option to keep the waveform when changing the attached movie.
  • This allows fast use of alternating proxy media and file exchange.
  • Basic export to EBU STL teletext (box, large or small font).
  • Revised detail mode (QuickTime Karaoke).
  • Prepared CMX 3600 EDL for use with Blu-Ray images.
  • Drop frame time-code teken from native if available .
  • Logging pane reads native reel info if available.
  • Revised tabbed text export.
  • Revised Avid ALE export.
  • Revised SCC export.
  • Better SCC compatibility with QuickTime 7.4.5
  • Fixed a validation inconsistency: rendering red lines in video overlay.
  • Blu-Ray BDN 1.1.1 New typesetter. Fast, high quality images, (temporarily only square pixel are supported )
  • Changed text alignment rendering to centered left, centered, centered right.
  • Margin display format is set to pixel.
  • Includes Annotation Transcriber 1.2.2 (with JKL)

New in Annotation Edit 1.3.2.1 (Mar 20, 2008)

  • Export und import of Titlevision Cue format.
  • Changed EBU STL, numbering.
  • Better file compatibility with Boris Red and Cavena's latest Toolbox.
  • Added an import option to guess STL time-code offset.The default is no.
  • Polishes to German localization..
  • Fixed a bug in color highlight validation introduced in vs 1.3.2, that could stall the application.

New in Annotation Edit 1.3.1.1 (Feb 22, 2008)

  • New exporters: Microsoft Excel xml and plain RTF.
  • New MS Excel template includes movie time-code offset.
  • EBU STL export with native time-code offset (requires movie attached)
  • DVD Studio Pro export with native time-code offset
  • (DVDSP requires m2v with identical time-code)
  • Fixes and polishes:
  • Fast Excel XML import.
  • Imported tracks get titled by filename, if no track name is availabe in file.
  • Cleaned up enabled states of the new processing pane.
  • Better typing response all over the program.
  • Better time-shift processing of projects with native time-code option.
  • Please note: Processing capabilities are limited in the demo version.
  • And several fixes to errors found after feature release 1.3.
  • Fixed the broken DFXP plugin include in 1.3.1.

New in Annotation Edit 1.3 (Feb 15, 2008)

  • New processing pane:
  • Select all entries with too long/ too short or invalid duration.
  • Select all entries with too long or too many lines.
  • Hard wrap selected text entries.
  • General preferences for handling hard wraps.
  • The time-code entry field can be fed with current movie time-code.
  • Select all entries with time-code overlap errors. This may happen with imported files.
  • Hint: If there is a there is a group of continuous selections, there is a complete overlap.
  • Try to fix this first, it will be one of the last two entries of the selected group.
  • Single-side small overlaps can be fixed instantly by using "Fix Gaps".
  • Synchronize: Applies time-code of first selected track to all selected tracks.
  • Use drag & drop to move the reference track to top of the list .
  • Processing of imported files or processing for certain export targets:
  • Remap time-code from and to 24p and 25 fps.
  • Remap time-code from and to DF and NDF.
  • For visual control you should connect the new target video to your project.
  • New color coded processing pane.
  • Import/export changes:
  • Text import without time-code now calculates the subtitle duration based on words per minute. You can turn it off to return to previous behavior.
  • Text import without time-code now supports several standard text formats txt, doc,rtf.html.
  • Added Avid DS txt import. Revised Avid DS export. Excel XML import revised.
  • Added "RTF with timecode" import.
  • Added DVD Studio Pro Import options:
  • Apply italic inline style to subtitle, ignore inline styles.
  • FCP XML import revised.
  • SRT import/export supports italic style.
  • Now detected aspect ratio (16:9) is applied to QuickTime export, QuickTime preview and SMIL Export. Before standard QuickTime files had been assumed.
  • Takes care for compatibility of imported files with QuickTime preview.
  • New QuickTime Controller functions
  • New "Fast Logging" option: Fast Logging shifts to current TC.
  • Just wait for the text on your screen to be said and hit the "Fast Logging" button.
  • Your subtitle will be shifted to match the new out-marker.
  • New "Snap start/end to current time" functions:
  • Hold the "Control"-key pressed while hitting "Mark-in" or "Mark-out" buttons to use the new snap function. Your selected subtitle start or end will shift to current time.
  • Please note: This function requires a selected subtitle.
  • New "Add generic subtitle at current time" function.
  • Hold the "Control"-key pressed while hitting "New" button to use this function.
  • New "Add subtitle at current time with calculated duration" function.
  • Double click the waveform view at insertion point to deselect current selections.
  • Enter your text and hit "New" . The new entry will be created based on your "Words per Minute" setting.
  • New "Change and select next" function.
  • Hold the "Control"-key pressed while hitting "Change" button to use this function.
  • Now automatically commits pending changes when switching windows.
  • Pending text changes are now automatically committed when returning to waveform view.
  • Easier preparation of "Fast Logging". Necessary dependencies are set automatically.
  • Renamed "Steps off" mode-button to less abstract "Fast Log". The functionality is unchanged. With "Fast Log" turned on subtitles can be selected in QuickTime Controller without changing the movie time. This mode is is required for "Fast Logging".
  • New shortcuts:
  • Toggle italicize"Control-i".
  • Left align "Control-b"
  • Center align"Control-n"
  • Right align"Control-m"
  • Bottom align "Control-," (colon)
  • Top align"Control-." (dot)
  • The shortcuts apply to a single selected subtitle.
  • Fixes:
  • FCP XML import supports "Lower 3rd" again.
  • Typing speed improvements when working on long movies with zoomed in waveform.
  • SSA plugin revised.
  • GUI, Leopard and localization inconsistencies.
  • Additional Info
  • Included is a free test-drive of our Blu-Ray BDN-Plugin.
  • Annotation Transcriber 1.2 is included.
  • Added requested loop point shortcuts to Annotation Transcriber
  • Toggle loop:"Command-Shift-l."
  • Set loop start "Command-Shift-i"
  • Set loop end "Command-Shift-o"
  • If you set loop markers outside the current loop range, loop mode will be released.
  • Automatic text encoding detection will fail for Hungarian (Windows Latin-2) and Turkish (Windows Latin-5). Please import the text files with TextEdit selecting the proper encoding and same them as unicode text before use.
  • Annotation Edit detects many file formats, unknown files are sent to QuickTime for further testing.
  • The German manual is still laid back We wanted to give you the chance to use Annotation Edit though.

New in Annotation Edit 1.2.2.12 (Jan 23, 2008)

  • A miniature update to keep subtitled multi-track QuickTime movies available with QuickTime 7.4 and Mac OS X 10.5.1. Plugin functionality has been temporarily replaced by separate droplets.
  • Enhanced German localization.

New in Annotation Edit 1.2.2.11 (Jan 19, 2008)

  • New Excel XML template. Extended Excel XML import (metadata: author, description,comment, revision).
  • Added FCP XML subtitle metadata import/export (description, comment, revision).
  • Added turkish STL EBU (850) import/export
  • Minor UI changes: window positions, follow mode.

New in Annotation Edit 1.2.2.9 (Dec 20, 2007)

  • Enabled use of ContourDesign Shuttle products with latest Leopard versions.
  • Added HDV / HD size settings for Final Cut export.
  • Includes Annotation Transcriber 1.1.6

New in Annotation Edit 1.2.2.8 (Dec 6, 2007)

  • Now with Annotation Transcriber 1.1.5.1.

New in Annotation Edit 1.2.2.7 (Nov 29, 2007)

  • Includes Annotation Transcriber update (1.1.4)
  • Tested with closed caption import component 1.2
  • QuickTime chapter export revised.
  • Avid DS Export revised.
  • German localisation: QuickTime export settings revised.

New in Annotation Edit 1.2.2.6 (Nov 22, 2007)

  • Evertz ProCap txt import (text and timecode)
  • Internet file export revised (Google video, SRT, DFXP)
  • Annotation Transcriber - Internet file export revised (Google video, DFXP, RIT)
  • You can call for beta testing Blu-Ray BDN export now.

New in Annotation Edit 1.2.2.5 (Nov 6, 2007)

  • This is a maintainance update of Annotation Edit 1.2 and Annotation Transcriber 1.0.
  • This update fixes major issues, that were found on daily use with Leopardsince the first Leopard security update.
  • A new subtitled reference movie export has been added.
  • The old export plugin is disabled on Leopard.
  • More convenient handling of native timecode for several formats.
  • Added waveform overdrive to Annotation Transcriber.

New in Annotation Edit 1.2.1.9 (Sep 21, 2007)

  • Added basic Adobe Flash CS3 DFXP import.
  • Revised Annotation Transcriber plain text import and exoort.

New in Annotation Edit 1.2.1.8 (Sep 14, 2007)

  • Added basic Adobe Flash CS3 DFXP import.
  • Revised Annotation Transcriber plain text import and export.