Apple's DVD Studio Pro versions 2, 3 and 4 have the option to import subtitle files in the Spruce .STL format. These require a certain formatting. This FREE TitleSheet application is designed to organise and pre-produce DVD subtitles. This provides you with a much better workflow than editing subtitles in DVDSP itself.
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• Import title data by copy & paste from any text editor
• Automatic end time calculation, based on a. predefined gap between titles and b. max title length
• When needed, manual overruling of automatic end time per title
• user defined timecode shift for batch shifting of all time codes (which can be very useful if you have made the titles, then decide to cut some parts away from your film)
• the option to easily work with multiple languages
• fit for NTSC and PAL
• output can directly be imported into Apple's DVD Studio Pro 2.x and 3.x as STL files, or into the old Subtitle Helper that came with DVD Studio Pro 1
• Excel sheet, thus multi-platform. Can easily be sent to any service agency. And when you get it back, you can still make all the changes you want. |
STL files will not import into DVDSP if:
• The font name in the STL file does not *exactly* match that of a font loaded into your system
• The font does not contain Bold or Italic versions, when these are defined in the STL file
• The STL file contains too many Tab-characters or is saved in the wrong text format
• The STL file resides on a network disk rather than on the local Mac.
Also beware that in DVDSP you cannot move multiple subtitles at once!
Note: all of these have nothing to do with TitleSheet, they are DVDSP bugs |
