Release Notes

Version 1.8.27

10/20/2024

• Auto Format Respects Speaker IDs
• MultiLingual Export Support for SCC
• MultiLingual Export Support for MCC
• AAF Export Support
• Timed-Text MXF Export Support (IMSC 1.1)
• API Key Manager component added to Options menu
• Manual QC Panel added to QuickTools

• Files with < or > import issue fixed
• Reverse Being/End for RTL text fixed

Version 1.8.26

08/27/2024

• New Service Provider - Anthropic Claude
• New Service Provider - Amazon Translate
• New Service Provider - Azure's AI Translator
• Preserve Formatting in Automatic Translate Workflow
• Automatic Speaker Identification
• Local SpellCheck Engine Added
• Check For Updates added to Help Menu
• Team Sharing Link URL
• Iconik Storage Support Expanded (S3, Backblaze B2, and Azure)
• Resource Support added to Work Order API
• Timeline Options added to Editor Settings
• Frame Gap setting is now respected by timeline changes
• Recipient property added to Event Editor
• Iconik - Reload Proxy button added
• New - Marker Import Panel (EDL and JSON)
• Total Character Count added to Style Guides

• DeepL Formatting Issues are now fixed
• Closed Caption Preview For Multi-Line Captions Fixed
• Team Project - Commit History - Revert Changes Fixed
• Team Project Sync Issues resolved
• Speaker Merge option fixed in Speaker Manager
• Batch Export uses Project Incode by default
• SCC Files - Music Notes and French Quotes import resolved

Version 1.8.25 (PATCH)

06/18/2024

• Position Keyboard Shortcuts Added
• Hide Track 2 from Event Group Options Menu

• Import of color information in EBU-STL files fixed
• Import of multi-language MCC files fixed
• Export JSON from AI Transcription dashboard fixed
• Generate Peaks/Extract Audio Waveform Data fixed on Mac
• Multi-Event select/move in Timeline fixed

Version 1.8.24

06/18/2024

• Paste Settings added to Editor Settings
• MacCaption Advanced Profile Added
• Scenerist Advanced Profile Added
• Navigate Markers shortcuts Added
• Color Temperature added to CPS and WPM Metrics
• New Intelligent Timeline
• Resources Property Support added to Work Order API
• CCSL Style5A Template Added
• Project Incode and Frame Rate Options Added

• Shortforms and Auto Replacement bug fixes
• Search and Replace Bug Fixes
• Cheetah Cap File Import bug fixes
• Project Import Bug Fixes
• HTML encode of text in Subtitle Importer
• Transcription Import Bug Fixes

Version 1.8.23

04/22/2024

• Merge Speakers in the Speaker Manager
• Automatic Backup settings
• New condenced CCSL template
• Insert Event above the selected Event
• 4:3 Aspect Ratio support in Closed Caption Mode
• ProRes Video Export Profiles
• Screener Video Export Profiles
• Go To Event shortcut added
• Merge Translation option added to Translation Event Groups
• Title Case/Sentence Case added to Text Format Menu
• Paste Events based on time
• Team Storage option added
• UltraWide Workspace Added
• Event Metrics Color Coding For Errors

• Automatic QC Frame Gap error detected properly
• One line errors fixed in QC Style Guides
• Closed Caption mode fixed margin padding
• AD/DV Export Rerenders Events when Required (DV Plugin)
• Eleven Lab Events are linked instead of re-rendering (DV Plugin)
• Translation Source Event removes blank events before translation
• Context Menu goes offscreen (fixed)
• Player shortcuts (fixed)
• EBU-STL Teletext - Double Height (fixed)
• EBU-STL Position (fixed)
• EBU-STL Music Notes (fixed)
• QC Error Report Export (fixed)
• Media Scanning on Mac (fixed)
• Merge Event Shortcut behaviour updated

Version 1.8.22

02/06/2024

• Automatic Align - Missing Dialogue Detection
• Reply textbox added to Notes
• Notes and Reply status checkboxes
• New default AD Export Presets for loud audio masking
• Automatic Sort of Event List based on Timeline Changes
• New Excel File Script Import Profiles (Subtitle)
• Lock Button Shortcuts added
• Navigate Events by Event Id
• Assign Timecodes based on CPS

• Spellcheck panel shows Event text instead of id
• EBU-STL # parsing fixed
• Markers resort by time when edited or created
• Remind User to Save on Quit
• Shift Word/Line Next/Prev updates timecodes
• Drastic CC Embed & Extraction Plugin Updates
• Click and Drag import of subtitles should behave the same as importing via the subtitle import menu.

Version 1.8.21

01/04/2024

• CCSL Export Support
• Export Markers as CSV
• Create Event Group from Markers Group
• Copy Text From Track 2
• Shot Change Detection Level Options

• Team Sync Update Events
• Scroll-To Errors fixed
• AD Waveform Generation Fixed
• Subtitle Export missing group check
• Fixed Loading Media From Storage Explorer
• Team Share Warnings Updated
• Many other bug fixes as required

Version 1.8.20

12/22/2023

• Offline Version of Closed Caption Creator Available
• SubRip positioning Support added
• Team Workflow Warnings added for issues
• Timing and Sync Panel shortcuts and settings menu added
• Audio Description Selection Export Support
• New AD French Canadian Voices added

• ADR Preview fixed when showing multiple events at once
• EBU-TT support added for MS timecode
• PAC File Decoder remove Dummy End of File text
• Subtitle Import should behave the same with Drag-n-Drop workflow
• Automatic Offset is now optional when importing subtitles
• Team Sync Hides Event Groups (Fixed)
• Merge Events shortcut behaves the same as button
• Binary File Import Fails in Browser (Fixed)

Version 1.8.19

11/28/2023

• OpenAi added as Machine Translation Service Providers
• A.I. Script Assistant (AD Plugin Required)
• Video Filters Panel added to QuickTools
• CSS Color Modes Support Added (Light & Dark Mode)
• Workspaces Added + Split Panes Layout
• Support for Automatic Transcription of YouTube Media
• ADR Preview with ticker tape animation (AD Plugin Required)
• MIDI Device Control (AD Plugin Required)
• Transcription Pedal Support
• AD Waveform (AD Plugin Required)
• Ooona XML Export Profile Added
• EBU-STL Color Support
• Line Up / Line Down Controls added in Caption Mode
• Translation Workflow Updated with Translation Job History Dashboard
• Work Order API available for any 3rd party application
• CaptionPlus Format Support Added
• Insert Speaker Name Onto Same Line
• DaVinci Resolve Cue List Export Support Added

• SCC Export with Center Alignment Options
• Usage Dashboard Fixed to show correct estimates
• MCC Export Fixes
• PAC Import Fixes

Version 1.8.18

09/12/2023

• Closed Caption & Subtitle Mode - Automatically set preview to 15x 32 grid
• 11ElevenLabs Integration
• Spelling & Grammar Check
• Markers Panel
• Commit History panel added to Team Project Workspace
• Duration property added to Dialogue List Export
• Render Event keyboard shortcut
• Trim to Audio Duration keyboard shortcut
• Tags Manager persists between projects
• AD Export - AutoMix Presets updated

• Meta Key support to select multiple Events on Mac fixed
• AD Export of large projects fixed
• Remove SDH Apply All Fixed
• Dialogue List Export with Tags fixed

Version 1.8.17

06/30/2023

• Iconik round-trip integration
• Automatic Timing Correction
• Automatic Formatting *NEW*
• Event Notes Panel added to QuickTools drawer
• Dialogue List Export (CSV, and DocX)

• Minor bugfixes and performance improvements
• AD Preview and playback fixes
• CSV Export Fixes
• Machine translation updates
• Auto Line Breaking for Chinese languages
• PAC Turkish Decode
• Export QC Report Fixed

Version 1.8.16

05/24/2023

• Project Incode option added
• Track 2 Timeline Functionality (Compare Track)
• Automatic Translation Workflow - Sentence Translation
• Batch Transcription Panel
• Event UI updated to supported Tags, Speakers,  and Notes
• Event Approvals added
• 20+ Voices Added to AD Plugin
• Multi-channel Audio Support Added

• Minor bugfixes and performance improvements
• Automatic Sync Updates Applied
• 23.976 Frame Rate Support Fixed
• Frame Rate Inputs now display the correct frame rate
• Event Metrics calculation fixed
• Shift Word Forward fixed
• UI Scaling and Resolution Support improved

Version 1.8.15

02/02/2023

• Additional loudness normalization options added to AD Export panel
• AutoMix Presets updated for AD Export
• Sync Changes option added to Translation Event Groups
• Pre-Checks added to Video Export
• Automatic frame rate and incode detection (desktop only)
• Scroll position and selected Events persist when switching Event Groups
• Team Management dashboard added
• New Team Sharing panel with Event Group options
• Text submenu added to Format menu
• Timing mode compensation added to Timing & Sync panel
• Notification Emails Setup
• ... keyboard shortcut added
• 5 Frame and 10 Frame keyboard shortcuts added

• Minor bugfixes and performance improvements
• Assembly Ai Transcript Import fixed
• Open project from desktop failed (Windows) (fixed)
• Merge Events dashboard crashed application (fixed)
• Fixed "Render Audio" in batches for audio description

Version 1.8.14

10/31/2022

• What's New modal added
• Duration Checks added to Realtime Error Detection
• Short forms and Auto Replacement Tool Added
• Additional Style Guide Options added
• New QC & Review Panel added
• Inherit Event Styles when inserting new Event
• Automatic Checks | Ignore All option added
• Batch Formatting (Bold, Italics, Underline, and Clear)
• New Caption Position Controls added
• Scene Change Markers display overtop of timeline
• Insert Event button added to the selected event
• Automatic Translation is now done in batches
• Shortcut Keys for +/- Frames added
• Shortcut Keys for Go to First/Last Event

• Minor bugfixes and performance improvements
  
• Copy All Events freeze issue fixed
  
• Dismiss notifications fixed
• SCC Exports now include proper positioning
• Fixed "Render Audio" in batches for audio description
• Project Import - Load Media Fixes
• Save Project when no project exists fixed
• Team sync fallback to check job status (instead of timing out)
• Automatic Sync | Event Order Check added
• Audio Waveform Drawing Fixed

Version 1.8.13 (PATCH)

09/12/2022

• Increase and decrease playback speed (shortcut keys)
• ProCap Transfer Export Support Added

• Minor bugfixes and performance improvements
  
• Automatic Save - Extended to 30 days
  
• MAC - Open ccprj files from drive
• MAC - Copy/Paste Fixes
• Audio Track Performance Optimization
• Project Import - Load Media Fixes

Version 1.8.12

08/24/2022

• 'Use Local Storage' option added
• Illegal Character Checks added to Style Guides
• HLS Streaming Support
• Proxy RT (RealTime)
• Automatic Sync (Forced Alignment)
• AutoMix presets added to AD Export window
• 8x and 16x playback speed options added
• Timecode display can be updated manually by user

• Minor bugfixes and performance improvements
  
• Subtitle Import Options saved to user settings
  
• Bootstrap 5 UI Framework Update
  

Version 1.8.11 (PATCH)

07/27/2022

• New Tags Workflow
• New Speaker Workflow
• Long Press Timing Support (Timing & Sync Panel)
• Forced Narrative Subtitle (FNS) Support 
• QuickTools Custom Views Supported

• Minor bugfixes and performance improvements
  
• AD Templates bug fix
  
• Search & Replace bug fix

Version 1.8.10

07/06/2022

• Event Group Segmentation Panel
• AWS Polly Service Provider Added
• Microsoft Virtual Voice Service Provider Added
• Virtual Voice Manager Panel
• Virtual Voice QuickTools Added
• Loudness Normalization On AD Export
• AutoMix Support added to AD Export

• Minor bugfixes and performance improvements
  
• Transcription Export - Reverse Order Fixed
  
• Remove whitespace when expanding and compressing events.
• AD Event Groups Available in Subtitle Export

Version 1.8.9 (PATCH)

05/31/2022

• Tips & Tricks Modal
• Estimated Completion Time added to Transcript Import Dashboard
• Regex Search option added to Search Tool
• Surround Music Note Shortcut Added
• Auto Line Breaks Added to Subtitle Event Editor
• Editor Options Added (multiple)
• Change Caption Style (batch)
• Go to start/end of event shortcut added

• Minor bugfixes and performance improvements
  
• Word Up/Down shortcut function fixed
  
• Video Lock option works for AD Event Groups
• Team Projects now save media settings
• Split Event does not fail
• Fixed SDH removal bug
• SCC Offset Position fixed for exports

Version 1.8.8

05/12/2022

• Illegal Character Detection added to Realtime Error Detection
• Speechmatics added to Transcription Service Providers
• Voicegain added to Transcription Service Providers
• Multi-select and drag support added to Timeline
• Event Templates added to Quick Tools drawer
• New video export profiles added
• Foot Pedal Support
• Copy/paste Timecodes
• Clear Timecodes

• Minor bugfixes and performance improvements
  
• Precheck errors now scrolls to the correct event when abort is selected
• Push/pull words respects the max characters set at the group level
• Zoom no longer returns to 100 on desktop
• Snap to Event Beginnings added to Format Menu

Version 1.8.7 (PATCH)

04/14/2022

• AD Export for Mac Path issue resolved
  
• Media File is imported along with the project
• TC Offset panel reads current time from player
• Disable Load Project button when project import is in progress

Version 1.8.6

04/06/2022

• Overlap Detection added to Realtime Error Detection Options
• ModernMT translation Service Provider added
• Audio Waveform Redraw + Amplitude Options
• Itunes Time Text Export Support Added
• Insert Music Note Shortcut Key
• Page Up and Page Down Shortcut Keys Added
• Creator 7 Project File Support Added
• Characters Per Line (CPL) and Total Characters added to Event Metadata
• Automatic Transcription support added for Cloud URLs
• Block Import option added to Transcript Import
• Automatic Event Group Save & Restore

• Minor bugfixes and performance improvements
  
• DLP Cinema Importer Fixed
• Remove line breaks in events from SRT on export
• LowerCase All/Selected Added
• Play/Pause Global Shortcut Fixed

Version 1.8.5

03/04/2022

• Realtime Error Detection (CPM, WPM, Max Lines, and Max Characters)
• DeepL translation Service Provider added
• Assembly AI speech-to-text Service Provided added
• Deepgram speech-to-text Service Provider added
• Rev Ai speech-to-text Service Provider added
• Usage Dashboard added to Help menu
• Insert Blank Frames

• Minor bugfixes and performance improvements
  
• Menus close when clicking away
• Navigating events using the previous and next event shortcut should also update the video timecode when video lock is enabled
• Zoom Levels saved to local storage

Version 1.8.4

02/04/2022

• Remove SDH option added to Edit menu
• Speaker Insert added to Insert menu
• Drag and drop video to import
• Drag and drop subtitle to import
• Shortcuts added to Timing and Sync panel
• Select All Events added to Context Menu

• Minor bugfixes and performance improvements
  
• Frame accuracy improved when working with locally sourced files

Version 1.8.3

01/13/2022

• Word shift forward and back added
• Line shift forward and back added
• Overlap Check added to Style Guides
• AD Templates
• Auto Format Custom panel added
• Uppercase selected and uppercase all added

• Search and Replace panel fixed
• Transcript Export (docX) formatting fixed
• DLP Cinema format updated with positioning

Version 1.8.2

12/12/2021

• Subtitle Export pre-checks added
• PAC import support for positioning and formatting
• Vitac file support added
• Display Offset properties added to General Options

• SCC file export fixed
• MCC longform export fixed
• Minor bugfixes and performance improvements

Version 1.8.1 

12/02/2021

• Login error fixed when not subscribed to the AD Plugin
• Program crashes when removing Event Groups

Version 1.8.0 

12/01/2021

• Initial Release
• Team Projects
• Automatic Translation
• Audio Description Event Group Support

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