Many languages, set for the screen
Keep every language in one file. Set the font, size, colour, and position for each panel, with outline, shadow, rotation, line and character spacing, and 4-corner correction when needed.
Software
Prepare in the cloud. Run from a laptop.
SuperTitles is web-based software that runs in Chrome. Prepare and manage your files online, then open the same file on the venue laptop to run the performance. If needed, connect it to sound and light systems over OSC and to compatible projectors over PJLink.
From the script to the screen
Each SuperTitles file holds the cues for the production, with one column for each language. The team prepares the text online: dividing it into cues, aligning the translations, and setting how each language will appear.
At the venue, the operator opens the same file in SuperTitles Live. During the performance, they follow the action and send each cue to the appropriate screens. One laptop can drive several outputs, each with its own languages and layout.
SuperTitles can run on its own or connect to the venue’s other systems through NDI, OSC, and PJLink. Audience members can also receive the live text on a phone or tablet.
The production stays in the platform with its files, performance calendar, and team assignments. If the hall has no internet connection, the performance can run from a local copy.
Supported in SuperTitles
As many screens as the laptop can drive
One fullscreen window per display. A projector, an LED, a second language on another output. The limit is the laptop, not the software.
NDI support
Send each selected panel to a media server as its own NDI source, with transparency.
OSC
Use named cues to send OSC commands to QLab, Resolume Arena, and other compatible systems. They can also send GO commands to SuperTitles.
Phones and tablets
The same cues on the spectator’s phone or tablet, or on a screen in the house. No app.
Remote operator
Cue from a phone on the venue network. Show and hide a line while you are away from the laptop. The show stays on the laptop.
PJLink
Open and close the shutter. Power the projector on and off.
Import and export
Word, plain text, SRT, and text from another surtitle program.
The production in one place
Manage the calendar, team roles, operator assignments, and several files for each production. A side-by-side preparation editor with synchronised scrolling keeps languages aligned. The booth opens the same file the team prepared.
Timed playback
Use recorded timings for a film or timed scene, or jump to named cues during a live performance.
Record cue timings
Record cue timings during rehearsal or performance, then export them as SRT.
Cue against a rehearsal video
Keep local videos with the file. Play one beside the cues and mark show and hide on the video’s clock. Start a new timecode, continue an existing one, or just play. A wrong pair comes off in one click.
One slot, many performances
This is how the software is priced. A slot is one production, and that production can run as many performances as it needs. Buying more slots costs less for each. No monthly fee.
Online, and in the hall
It lives online and opens in Chrome, so the file is there when you need it. With no internet, open a local file, run the show, and sync later.
Platform
Organisations, files, calendar, and who is on which night. Open the editor from the project when it is time to cue.
Personal displays
Audience members can receive live surtitles on their own phone or tablet, with no app to install. Venue-specific display systems can also be discussed when needed.
Minimum technical requirements
For one desktop, a Windows laptop with 8 GB of RAM and a Core i3 or Ryzen 3 is enough. 16 GB is the better choice. The number of desktops is set by the CPU.
A Mac with 8 GB of RAM runs the same one desktop in Chrome. 16 GB is the better choice there too. For now, projector control, OSC, and NDI are not supported on a Mac.