1. Project Folder

In Cinecred, you usually create a new project for each film. A project is nothing more than a folder with the following files:

• Credits.xlsx/xls/ods/csv, which is a spreadsheet with your list of credits. You edit it with your favorite spreadsheet editor (Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice, LibreOffice etc.). Every time you save the file, Cinecred refreshes the preview.
  Alternatively, you may use a Credits.url/webloc file that points to a Google Sheet.
  The Credits file may host multiple credits sequences by having multiple worksheets (e.g., one for opening and one for closing credits).
• Styling.toml, which stores project-wide settings and a list of styles. You edit this file via the styling window in Cinecred.
  On its own, Cinecred wouldn’t know how to render your credits. To tell Cinecred, you first configure styles in the styling window and then assign them at various points in the Credits spreadsheet.
• Font files (TrueType ttf/ttc or OpenType otf/otc)
• Raster picture files (e.g., png/tiff/jpg/tga/psd)
• Vector picture files (svg/pdf/ai/eps/ps)
• Video files (e.g., mov/mkv/mxf/mp4)
• Image sequence folders

Fonts, pictures, videos, and image sequences can be organized in arbitrary subfolders. Thus, a typical project folder could, for example, look like this:

• My Cinecred Project
  • Credits.csv
  • Styling.toml
  • Fonts
    • Blabladino.ttf
  • Logos
    • Rental
      • Blubber Rent.eps
      • Hintertupfingen Verleih.svg
    • Software
      • Cinecred.svg
  • Videos
    • Blooper.mov
    • Vanity Card
      • Vanity Card.0000001.png
      • Vanity Card.0000002.png
      • Vanity Card.0000003.png
      • …

To collaborate with others, you can simply share the project folder as it is fully self-contained.

Creating a Project

To create a new project, you point the creation wizard to an empty folder—for example by drag-and-dropping it into the welcome window. Cinecred then places template Styling.toml and Credits files in that folder and thereby initializes the project. You can select the language, resolution, frame rate, and timecode format, choose to start with sample credits, and decide between a local Credits spreadsheet and a Google sheet:

If you decide on a Google Sheet, you first need to add your Google account in the preferences tab in the welcome window: