1. Project Folder

In Cinecred, you create a new project for each credit sequence. 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.
• 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.
• Custom font files (TrueType ttf/ttc or OpenType otf/otc).
• Custom picture files (png/gif/svg/pdf/ai/eps/ps).

Font files and pictures can be organized in arbitrary subfolders. Thus, a typical project folder could look like this:

• My Cinecred Project
  
  • Credits.csv
    
  • Styling.toml
    
  • Fonts
    
    • Blabladino.ttf
      
  • Logos
    
    • Rental
      
      • Blubber Rent.eps
        
      • Podunk Rental Company.svg
        
    • Software
      
      • Cinecred Large.svg
        

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 configure these templates to match your needs.