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Old 06-12-12 at 12:27 AM   #1
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Images Creating an Animation on Mac, plus Sound, plus Subs?

What would be the best software or software combination for Mac OS X (not the fastest graphic card & processor - yet if I wanted to create:

An Animation with a soundtrack and 3 exchangeable subtitles?

Is anyone among you well skilled for such a task? I probably will need some support.

I also made a post concerning this matter: http://tehparadox.com/forum/f85/my-g...93/index4.html

If you are only operating a PC, please share your knowledge with me anyway!!

Thx in advance!
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Old 06-13-12 at 10:42 PM   #2
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Are you kidding me? This is the Graphics and Web Design section, isnīt it?

Someone?!? Please!
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Old 06-19-12 at 02:04 PM   #3
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Hey dude,

I would definitely reccommend Cinema4D and Adobe After Effects, they inter-link well in terms of workflow, and you can get some INCREDIBLE animation with that! Maybe its a little advanced for what your doing (i have no idea what level of 3D modelling you are at etc.)

Not so sure about the 3 exchangeable subtitles thing, never had to do that, have a look at 'dvd studio pro.' I think that comes with the FCP studio package (another brilliant video editing tool)

I hope that helped? PM if you want more info or help etc!
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Old 06-19-12 at 10:34 PM   #4
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Thank you! I sent you PM
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Old 07-03-12 at 05:35 PM   #5
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For subtitles, I strongly prefer iSubTitle by Bitfield (for soft codeds subtitles -- for hard coded, use their "submerge" product)

http://www.bitfield.se/isubtitle/index.html
isubtitle is really the way to go for interchangable titles (though there are lots of ways you can do it, this one is very elegant)
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Old 07-04-12 at 10:35 PM   #6
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For subtitles, I strongly prefer iSubTitle by Bitfield (for soft codeds subtitles -- for hard coded, use their "submerge" product)

Thank you!!! What is the difference between a soft codeds subtitle an a hard?
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Old 07-04-12 at 10:53 PM   #7
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In general, soft subs are stored in a separate file from the video, allowing you to display no subs or different subs without re-encoding, while hard subs are permanently affixed to the video frames. For MKV containers though, you can include multiple subtitle streams, (much like the fact that you can include multiple audio streams) which blurs the lines of soft and hard subs.
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Old 07-04-12 at 10:59 PM   #8
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Which method do I have to choose if I want to offer a couple of subs that can be swiiched or turned on and off whenever the user wants to?

Looool, now I know the nature of those darn separate sub files. How do I re-encode?
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Old 07-05-12 at 12:16 AM   #9
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That gets complicated, depending on what container format you're using. For old-fashioned AVI, you'd need to create individual subtitle files for each language, but the quickly switching languages would require the use of specific (feature-rich) media players, I think. For MKV, there are programs that add the subtitles to the MKV container, and as long as the media player supports DVD-style subtitle selection, changing languages on the fly would be easily achieved by the users. This is on the periphery of my knowledge though, so I'm not versed on which programs to use.
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Old 07-05-12 at 12:19 AM   #10
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Quote: Originally Posted by Noledox View Post
That gets complicated, depending on what container format you're using. For old-fashioned AVI, you'd need to create individual subtitle files for each language, but the quickly switching languages would require the use of specific (feature-rich) media players, I think. For MKV, there are programs that add the subtitles to the MKV container, and as long as the media player supports DVD-style subtitle selection, changing languages on the fly would be easily achieved by the users. This is on the periphery of my knowledge though, so I'm not versed on which programs to use.
F*ck. OK, I am going to purchase a new player! Sigh!
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Old 07-05-12 at 12:29 AM   #11
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I meant software players; though hardware players can have similar problems, I have no useful knowledge in the area.
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Old 07-05-12 at 12:43 AM   #12
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Those f*...*s...*##;x* subs haunt me!
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