Cinecred is Free Software
Licensed under the GPLv3, everyone can use Cinecred free of charge forever. The source code is publicly available in a GitHub Repository. Contributions, bug reports, and suggestions are welcome! In case of questions, issues, or ideas, also don’t hestitate to send me an email to [click to reveal e-mail adress].
Use Your Favorite Spreadsheet Editor
Cinecred can read the raw credits data from a Credits.xls(x) (Microsoft Excel),
Credits.ods (OpenOffice/LibreOffice Calc), or Credits.csv file. Edit it with
your preferred spreadsheet tool, integrating perfectly with the rest of your production workflow. Need
to add a credit or fix a typo later on? Just change the spreadsheet!
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | |
| 1 | @Head | @Body | @Tail | @Vert. Gap | @Content Style | @Spine Position | @Page Style | @Page Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | A | Dirc Director | Film | Card | Card | |||
| 4 | ||||||||
| 5 | Executive Producers | Callie Cash | Card | |||||
| 6 | Molly Money | |||||||
| 7 | ||||||||
| 8 | Crew | Heading | Scroll | 00:01:42:07 | ||||
| 9 | ||||||||
| 10 | Director of Photography | Peter Panner | Gutter | |||||
| 11 | 1st Assistant Camera | Paul Puller | ||||||
| 12 | 2nd Assistant Camera | Charly Clapper | ||||||
| 13 | Luke Loader | |||||||
| 14 | 3 | |||||||
| 15 | Extras | Heading | ||||||
| 16 | ||||||||
| 17 | Restaurant | Emil Eater | Bullets | |||||
| 18 | Megan Muncher | |||||||
| 19 | Dylan Delicious | |||||||
| 20 | 3 | |||||||
| 21 | Songs | Heading | ||||||
| 22 | ||||||||
| 23 | “Loremium Ipsumium” | Written by Cicero | Song | -200 | ||||
| 24 | Dedicated to Brutus | |||||||
| 25 | ||||||||
| 26 | “Hoppe hoppe Reiter” | Wr. by an Unknown Lad | 200 Parallel | |||||
| 27 | in Ancient Times |
Live Visualization
While editing the credits data and its styling, Cinecred continually updates an interactive visual
preview and indicates any problems with the Credits file. Optional layout guides (press
the red button) make both learning Cinecred and styling your credits sequence dead easy.
Interactive Styling
All the styling options Cinecred provides might seem overwhelming at first. But the interactive nature of Cinecred—including contextual input, live application of changes, and easy reverts—make it intuitive and fun to play around with different settings and thereby explore and learn the ins and outs of Cinecred’s styling system.
Flexible Design
Apart from standard use cases, Cinecred’s flexible styling system enables a wide range of credits layouts and designs. Whatever you have in mind, Cinecred can likely assist you in implement it.
Your Desired Runtime
Have to add another name, but the score has already been recorded and synced to the earlier version? Just tell Cinecred the desired runtime of the whole sequence or specific sections, and it will shrink vertical gaps to exactly match it—without resorting to flicker-prone fractional scroll speeds.
Play Back at Any Time
Want to watch your credits in motion to verify your latest changes? Just like your favorite editing suite, Cinecred offers instant real-time playback at any time. No need to wait for your sequence to render out. Also supported are the JKL shuttle keys.
Manifold Delivery Options
Does your post-production workflow require ProRes, DPX sequences, or even TIFFs which you animate yourself? Do you want to send around PDFs of the credits sequence for checks? No matter what the need, Cinecred probably has you covered.
Cinecred Is Not Opinionated
Cinecred was specifically designed to cater to every user’s needs as fully as possible, without adding bloat, making it hard to use, or requiring a steep learning curve. If you miss some feature, let me know by submitting an issue on GitHub or sending an email to [click to reveal e-mail adress], and I’ll try my best to add support for your use case.
Sample Credits
Watch the following sequence to get a feel for the capabilities of Cinecred. The clip is taken from the German movie Etiology and optimized for display on computer monitors for illustration purposes.
Introductory Screencast
While Cinecred offers an introductory hint track after installation, you may prefer a comprehensive screencast. We’ve got you covered: after watching this video, you’ll familiar with the essentials of Cinecred.