Film manuscript
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The film manuscript importer's primary purpose is to enable import of manuscripts to Sub Machine, but due to the sheer number of formats and lack of proper standardization this feature cannot guarantee proper importing of every conceivable format. Therefore we have currently limited the import to three different types of manuscripts that seem to have widespread usage. These formats all share some common traits. For instance they require that the order of subtitle data is arranged like this:
Text number / in cue (in feet) / out cue (in feet) / duration (in feet) / <Paragraph1 start> Subtitle text <Paragraph1 end> (optional indentation) <Paragraph2 start> Subtitle notes <Paragraph2 end>
Every “/” is a separator that can be one of three different formats:
1.The separator is a simple tab character, and every part of a subtitle is divided by them. 2.The separator is a simple tab character, but every subtitle resides in an autonumbered list. 3.The separator is a separate table cell, and every subtitle resides in a large table.
The subtitle text is always the last paragraph on the line, and if there is a second paragraph on the next line (optionally with extra indenting) and the paragraph lacks any cue information, then that paragraph will be treated as a Subtitle note.
All feet to frames conversion will depend upon the current FPS (frames per second) setting in Sub Machine, so if Sub Machine’s current FPS is set to 25, then every foot will be converted to 16 frames and automatically mapped into 25 Frames per second.
August 2014: Now also with added support for import of normal time code format.
Examples of formats:
1) Tabulator is used as separator
2) Tabulator is used as separator but each subtitle resides in an autonumbered list
' 3) Tables cell is used as separator and every subtitle resides in a large table
Example of successful import:
This is the original manuscript ...
... and this is how it looks in Sub Machine after the import.
This is the original combined continuity ...
... and this is the modified copy with one column deleted and the others swapped. Save it as .docx, and it can be imported.
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