Latest Versions

[25.01.2011] Annotation Edit Suite 1.9.11

- 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.

Version 1.9.9
- 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.

Version 1.9.8

- 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.

Version 1.9.7

- 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 PAC markers to italics.
- 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.
- 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.

Version 1.9.6.4

- 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).

Version 1.9.5

- 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.

Version 1.9.4.1

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.
EBU STL Export: Revised Line shift values.
Please download and install the full package.

Version 1.9.4

- 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

Version 1.9.3

- 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

Version 1.9.2

- 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.

Version 1.9.1.1
- 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)

Version 1.9.1

– 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.

Version 1.9

- 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.

Version 1.8.9

- 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.

Version 1.8.9.7

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

Version 1.8.9.6

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

Version 1.8.9.4

- 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.

Annotation_Edit_1.9.11.zip

[23.10.2011] zeitAnker Annotation Transcriber 1.7.4

Changes:

- Updated demo mode.

Version 1.7.3.1

- Added HTML5 WebVTT (caption, chapter) import/export.

Version 1.7.2

- Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion):
- Added an informative alert and relaunch on changes to Autosave/Versions .
- Added import: MS Word 2007 (.docx), Open Office (.odt). (Mac OS 10.5 or higher required)
- Added import of new Annotation Edit File format (.mvtf)
- Revised Contour Design Shuttle setting examples.
- Better video scrubbing now also when "Scrolling with Inertia" is selected in System Preferences.

Version 1.7

- Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion):
Shuttle Express/Pro and scrubbing gesture are no longer affected by scroll direction changes.
- Added Contour Design Shuttle setting examples.
- Many polishes.

Version 1.6.7

- Updated Final Cut Pro marker export.
- Added support for concurrent waveform rendering in multiple documents
- Revised DFXP (w3c Timed Text) import and export.

Version 1.6.6

- Added compatibility with Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion).
- Revised waveform display.
- Polishes

Version 1.6.4.3

- Enhanced script alignment to timecode tracks.
- Optional FCP Clip Marker text limit.
- Minor Polishes

Version 1.6.4

- Added Final Cut xml clip marker export. The movie is linked.
- Added option: Save backup.
- Added option: Automatically open recent document.
- Fixes and polishes.

Version 1.6.3.2

- Added timecode update for Audiotranskription F4/F5 imports
- Some polishes.

Version 1.6.3.1

- Allows non-standard Google Translate .srt
- Added QOS report.

Download: Annotation_Transcriber_1.7.4.zip