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Finalsub 1.1 beta release for open test

finalsub_admin — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:46:38 +0000

New features:
1. Drag and drop support.
2. Doc, rtf and text support.
3. Waveform for predicting the portion of next sentences.
4. Support Final Cut Pro X.
5. Set default language to English when the system preference isn’t Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese.

You can download here to have a test and click here to have a video tutorial.

Final Cut Pro 10.0.1 update support xml

finalsub_admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:01:57 +0000

Final Cut Pro 10.0.1 release today. One of the most exciting features is xml import and export. That may make FinalSub working with Final Cut Pro X. We are working on it.

Rich XML Support

Now you can import and export Final Cut Pro X project and Event information via a rich XML format. XML interchange enables a wide range of third-party workflows, including high-end visual effects, color grading, and media asset management. Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve, Square Box System’s CatDV, and many other third-party applications will offer XML-based workflows with Final Cut Pro X.

Apple Link: http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/software-update.html

How to work with NTSC or 23.97 frame rate sequences?

finalsub_admin — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:39:32 +0000

When work with NTSC or something like 23.97, 29.97 frame rate format, VTR will drop frames automatically. But Non-linear just works with integer frames. So, Final Cut Pro take Drop Frames as default when we work with VTR or output or export occasions.

Then the problem comes that when you send Finalsub result to Final Cut Pro, the subtitles won’t sync with video. That’s because the Drop Frame setting. So, please, when you work with NTSC or non integer frame rate sequences, follow the following 3 steps:

1. Before exporting a quicktime movie, choose Final Cut Pro menu “Sequence-Settings…” 2. Click on label “Timeline Options” and make sure the “Drop Frame” is not checked.

3. Before you output your sequence to VTR tape, please check the “Drop frames”.

Thanks to Mr. Su in Taibei to tell us this solution for drop frames.

Subtitles from Final Cut Pro to DVD Studio Pro

finalsub_admin — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 05:00:28 +0000

When we made a bunch of subtitles in Final Cut Pro. How can we convert or translate those subtitles from Final Cut Pro to DVD Studio Pro for authoring?

Launch FinalSub, click on “Get FCP Sample Text” button. All subtitles are loaded from Final Cut Pro timeline. Then choose menu “File-Export STL File” to save the subtitles to a standard STL file. You can load the STL file as a text track in DVD Studio Pro.

Also, you can make a SRT file by the same steps.

Irregular timecode formats

finalsub_admin — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:41:49 +0000

If you ever got the following Irregular timecode, how can you transform them to the Finalsub format or SRT/STL format, or even Adobe Encore Text Script format?

00:00:00:00
00:00:00.00
<00/00/00;00>
[00;00;00;00]
{00,00,00,00}
(00.00,00;00)
<00.00.00.00}

With Finalsub, you just choose menu “Tools-Convert Timecode Format”, Finalsub will convert all irregular timecode to the Finalsub format: [00:00:00.00]. You can now export the subtitles to Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Adobe Encore or SRT files.

But if you got a file like below. It’s different from FinalSub. How can we transform them?

00:03:56:17 00:04:01:00 I bet you did.
00:04:02:21 00:04:05:24 Who cares?
00:04:06:01 00:04:08:13 You’d better not to go.
00:04:08:15 00:04:10:03 It’s out of control.
00:04:10:06 00:04:15:10 Dangerous everywhere.
00:04:15:13 00:04:18:18 How can I make it?
00:04:18:20 00:04:21:21 Think about it.

All we need to do it paste them to Finalsub, choose menu “Tools-Convert Timecode Format”. Then select all and copy, under the “Hand” mode, press delete to delete timecode only. After that, choose menu “Edit-Replace the selected timecode”.

How to make multi language subtitle based on the same timecode?

finalsub_admin — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:26:46 +0000

Some times, after we authoring a DVD or making a final output movie, we want to do a multi language subtitle. We already have all the timecode made in Finalsub, or we have a SRT file already. How can we easily make a multi language subtitle file?

With FinalSub, it’s super easy! Make sure the other language text is exactly the same lines to original one. Copy them, return to FinalSub, Select all the content you want to replace with, Choose menu “Edit-Replace the selected text(Command+option+v)” .

Finalsub will retain the timecode and replace the text. Then you can send the subtitles to Final Cut Pro or export to SRT file.

If you have a SRT file, just import the corresponding movie, then load the SRT file by choosing Finalsub menu “File-Load SRT file”. Do the samething above.