OVERVIEW

EdiCue enables sound editors to create ADR Cues and Department Notes within Pro Tools. It can create PDF scripts in various formats and generate files that trigger audio beeps or vision wipes to assist the recording process. Available in OS X (Universal Binary) and Windows (for XP - Win7), the program initially runs in demonstration mode (fully featured) for three days.

For a list of what's new in EdiCue version 2, click here.

DEMO VIDEO

EdiCue Demo Video (Durn 10:27)

WHY CREATE CUES IN PRO TOOLS SESSIONS?

The most efficient way to create cues is from within Pro Tools. This new workflow not only speeds up the process of creating cues, but these cue tracks can be used by other editors or mixers as an indication of what work is in progress.

If pictures are re-cut while cueing, cue timing can easily be updated by grouping cue tracks to edit tracks during the re-conform. Once the edit tracks have been re-conformed (either manually or using third-party software like EdiTrace), the cues can be played with the new pictures to update timing or text as required. 

FEATURES

♦ New Session Interface window simplifies entry and automatically spell checks ADR Cues, Department Notes and Scene Description text 

♦ Extracts character lines and scene descriptions directly from PDF shooting scripts  

♦ Cues films or television episodes using footages or timecodes

♦ Loads multiple reels of a film from one session (now available when using footages) 

♦ Set scene numbers in each cue, or by creating region groups on a 'Scene Number' track at scene change points 

♦ Prints PDFs in various formats and colors          Example PDFs

♦ Creates midi files containing markers, cue beeps, vision wipe commands or text cue commands that can be read by EdiPrompt

♦ Exports separate XML/text files for each character that can be loaded into ADR Studio, AV Media Pyxis, Colin Broad VS-1 visual streamer, VoiceQ, ADR Manager or EuroTaker

♦ Exports all ADR cues as XML files or tab/comma delimited text files

♦ Exports ADR Cues as script files to burn-in subtitles into quicktime movies

♦ Sets the Text Encoding (character set) used while loading and saving text files, required for compatibility with internation characters

♦ Generates unique cue numbers during print or assigns custom cue numbers while logging cues

♦ Configues a Midi Solutions Relay to trigger GPI devices 

♦ Store the settings and last cue number(s) printed for up to 10 productions

♦ Import ADR Cues from various databases including cue numbers

♦ Compatible with Pro Tools version 5, 6, 7 and 8 (although version 7 or 8 recommended)

SCREEN SHOT

EdiCue main window

AUTHORIZATION

EdiCue v2 uses PACE iLoks for authorization. Click here for more information.

DEMO DOWNLOAD

The demo download contains a current version of EdiCue, comprehensive User Guide and a sample Pro Tools session.
 

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Mac:                 OS X (PPC or Intel) version 10.3.9 or above (tested with 10.6.3)

Windows:        XP, Vista or Win7 (32-bit). Internet Explorer version 5.5 or above

Pro Tools:       Compatible with Pro Tools|HD® and Pro Tools|LE®

HD systems: Version 5 and up can be used, but version 7 and above is recommended. Tested with 8.0.4.

LE systems: Any version can be used to create cue session, but version 7 and above is recommended. However, version 7 or 8 is required with DVToolkit2 to export data with the Export As Text function. Tested with 8.0.3.

Note: Version 7 or 8 is recommended so that cues can be created using Region Groups and region names can contain more than 31 characters.

PURCHASING

EdiCue can be purchased from:

♦ the Purchase and Download page

     (credit cards and PayPal accepted)