DVD-Video SubTitle Image Generator.
STIG is a nice tool to generate DVD-Video subtitle images in an easy and fast way.
Just select any TrueType font, colors and style, load a text file with times, subtitles and start generation.
STIG will generate a script file and all necessary images automatically.
Technical details:
Input:
Formatted text with a tab (») as delimiter, each line is one subtitle.
Number » In Time » Out Time » Text line 1 » Text line 2
The subtitle editor StlEdit from PINGUIN can export this format from standard EBU STL files.
Formatting:
NTSC (720x480), PAL (720x576) format.
Left margin, right margin, bottom margin.
Text color, text background color, background color.
Text alignment left, right, center.
Select any TrueType font, bold, italic.
Antialias, boxing, outline, extend blanks.
Output:
Indexed images (Windows bitmap 4bit, RLE encoded).
Script file for different DVD Authoring systems, e.g. for ©Sonic Solution, ©Daikin, SONY
Additional features:
Generates Outlined Fonts from any TrueType with adjustable spacing and extended blanks.
Edit header for script files. (Header will be saved with project configuration.)
Saves configuration in output path to auto reload settings for each project.
Fast test mode to check for additional line breaks, if selected font is to large.
An error log will list all affected images, lines in input file.
Save test image to inspect font, antialias, outline...
Easy to use, fast generation.
Don't spent your time in making hundreds or even thousands of pictures by hand.
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