Feature

Documentation Reference

● Scripts in plain text format

● Preprocessing functions to include/exclude text

● Timecoded file formats                                                                                               

○ File formats can be defined so virtually any text format can be supported

○ Delivered  formats include:                                                      

■ Adobe Encore Filename and Timecode format

■ Adobe Encore Timecode and Filename format

■ Adobe Encore Timecode and Text format

■ Captions Inc.

■ DoStudio (dost) format

■ DBD Creator

■ DVD StudioPro

■ FAB

■ Impression DVD

■ Maestro

■ Spruce Subtitle Format

■ SubRip (SRT) format

■ Subscript Timing (SST)

● Closed Caption Formats

○ EBU NER STL Subtitle Format

○ Scenarist Subtitle Format

● Text encoding supports:

○ ASCII encodings

■ ascii

■ ascii-ctrl

■ iso-8859-1 through iso-8859-16

○ Unicode encodings

■ utf8

■ UCS-2BE

■ UCS-2

■ iso-10646-1

■ UTF-16

■ UTF-16BE

■ UTF-16LE

■ UTF-32

■ UTF-32BE

■ UTF-32LE

■ UCS-4

○ Chinese encodings

■ euc-cn

■ gb12345-raw

■ gb2312-raw

■ hz

■ iso-ir-165

○ Japanese encodings

■ euc-jp

■ shiftjis

■ 7bit-jis

■ iso-2022-jp

■ iso-2022-jp-1

■ jis0201-raw

■ jis0208-raw

■ jis0212-raw

○ Korean encodings

■ euc-kr

■ iso-2022-kr

■ johab

■ ksc5601-raw

○ Taiwanese encodings

■ big5-eten

■ big5-hkscs

● Update Timecodes

● Record timecodes using media file                                                                       

● Media Files Supported are any that are supported by Windows Media Player including:

○ AIF

○ AU

○ AVI

○ MPA

○ MP2

○ MP3

○ MPEG

○ SND

○ WAV

○ WM

○ WMV

● Re-record over selected timecodes

○ Resume Recording

● Playback media with subtitle display according to defined timecodes

● Generate Timecodes automatically with variable or fixed spacing

● Time Shift Using:

○ Quickkeys

○ Timeline

○ Time Shift Window

● Coalesce Timecodes

● Convert Frames per Second

● Insert Timecodes

● Merge Timecodes

● Split Timecodes

● Audit Timecodes

○ Performed on all or selected timecodes

○ Choose which checks are performed

○ Checks include:

■ Start Timecode = 0

■ Start Timecode = 0

■ Start Timecode = End Timecode

■ Start Timecode > End Timecode

■ Start Timecode = Previous End Timecode

■ Start Timecode < Previous End Timecode

■ Minimum Duration

■ Minimum Gap between Successive Timecodes

● Auto-Correct Timecodes

● Undo and Redo of all functions except those performed on directly on the timeline.

● Toggle Time display

○ HH:MM:SS:FF

○ MMM.XXX

○ SSS.XXX

○ HH:MM:SS,FFF (Subrip format)

● Timecodes can be adjusted by a fixed amount upon reading them from an input file

● Timecodes can be adjusted by a fixed amount upon writing them to an output file

● Change Associated Styles for the subtitle for image creation

● Change Associated Tags  for the lines of a subtitle for image creation

● Global Edit Styles associated with the subtitles

● Insert Subtitles

● Merge Subtitles

● Split Subtitles

● Re-Balance Subtitles

● Search/Replace Text

● Audit Subtitles

○ Performed on all or selected subtitles

○ Choose which checks are performed

○ Checks include:

■ Invalid Unicode Text

■ Missing Text

■ Too Many Lines

■ Too Many Characters

■ Missing Style

■ Text out of bound on image

■ Missing Tag

■ Control Character/font inconsistency

● Undo/Redo of All Functions

● Toggle Text Display between:

○ Plain Text using font style specified by user

○ Formatted per Style/Tag Definitions

● Image file names can be defined by the user

● Configurable Style Definitions

● Each subtitle can have a different Style

● Style Definitions Support :                                                                 

○ Image Size

○ Virtually any size supporting

■ video

■ DVD

■ Blu-Ray

○ Image Format. Formats supported include

■ PNG (indexed/non indexed; Transparent or RGB colorspace)

■ TIF (indexed/non indexed; Transparent or RGB colorspace)

■ GIF (Transparent or RGB colorspace)

■ PICT

■ JPEG

■ EPS

■ PS

■ PSD

■ BMP

○ Text Position

○ Font (TrueType), Style, Size

○ Text Alignment

○ Text Coloring

○ Text Encoding (for example Unicode, Right-to-Left Scripts)

○ Antialias of Text

○ Caption Box

○ Shadow effect

○ Stroke of any width with two different colors

○ Character Spacing Adjustment

○ Vertical Line Spacing Adjustment

● Configurable Tag  Definitions

● Each Text Line within a subtitle can have a different Tag

● Tag Definitions Support Overrides for:                                                 

○ Text Position

○ Font (TrueType), Style, Size

○ Text Alignment

○ Text Coloring

○ Text Encoding (for example Unicode, Right-to-Left Scripts)

○ Captioning

● Control Character Formatting such as HTML italic tags can be recognized or ignored

● Title Safe Checks during image creation; errors listed after all images create

● Images created with TitleFactory can be displayed within TitleFactory   

● Timecode Text File formats can be defined by the TitleFactory support staff without having to redeliver the TitleFactory software so virtually any format can be supported

● Delivered  Formats include:

○ Adobe Encore Filename and Timecode format

○ Adobe Encore Timecode and Filename format

○ Adobe Encore Timecode and Text format

○ Captions Inc.

○ CMX36000

○ DoStudio (dost) format

○ DVD Creator

○ DVD StudioPro Filenames

○ DVD StudioPro Subtitle Text

○ FAB

○ Impression DVD

○ SAMI

○ SONY BDN

○ Spruce Subtitle Format

○ Subrip (SRT) format

○ Subrip (SRT) format with HTML style format control characters

○ Subscript Timing (SST)

○ Scenarist Closed Captions

● Output Text File Encoding Options (same support as Input File Encodings)

○ various ASCII, Unicode, Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, Korean encodings

● Optionally Displays Timecoded File after creation in a configurable text processor

● MDI Interface allows sub windows to be minimized, maximized, hidden, or resized individually

● MDI Windows can be automatically or manually arranged or snapped to edges

● Media Sub Window can be detached from the Main window

● Timeline Sub Window can be detached from the Main window

● Function buttons and groups of function buttons can be displayed or hidden on the Main Window

● Subtitle Text Display can be toggled

● Subtitle Text font/style/size can be defined in the preferences

● Timecode Display can be toggled

● Window colors can be changed using defined Themes

● Quickeys for Timecode Time Shifting can be changed with the Preferences

● Timeline Waveform Display can be adjusted

● Buttons can be colored or grayscaled

● Support for two different report formats

● Help and Search Help functions

● Google Search of TitleFactory Website

● Electronic Product Activation

● Electronic Product Deactivation

● Automatic Check for Product Updates

● Manual Check for Product Updates

● Support for Audio/Video Conversion Tools

● Support for configurable sized "recent file/folder lists"

○ Configurable sized file list