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V7.3.0 — August 2025​

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Stellar CREATE — All forms of localization and access services in a single tool

  • New – Compliance and timed metadata capture
    • Markup media with timed tags for compliance, viewer ratings and QC.
    • Use centralised Tag lists to standardise outputs.
    • Use standard Tags to mark up subtitle, AD and dubbing files for QC and reviewer feedback.
  • New – Improved synthetic voice interface
    • Now with voices from Deepdub with accent selection (more control over voice sound).
    • Instant voice-to-voice morphing — one-click recording transforms your voice into the selected voice while maintaining timing and emotion.
    • Phonetic dictionaries — set exact pronunciations using normal or phonetic alphabets.
    • Casting voices from any supplier in your dubbing task:
      • New Casting screen to review, test and assign voices per Role.
      • Share casting across multiple episodes and series.
    • Stretch/Squeeze audio takes to fit timing (automatic and manual controls).
  • Improved handling for all Teletext display settings.
  • Improved style and colour editing controls.
  • Improved user dashboard
    • Customise sections with auto-resizing.
    • Quick buttons for creating a new Task and for adding Media.
  • Improved network status and warnings — know instantly if there’s an internet issue.
  • New formatting options for multiple or all subtitles in a single action.
  • Add Style Profiles when dragging and dropping files into Stellar Create.

Stellar MANAGE — Tasks, Media, Users and User Groups

  • Create and control central resources across all users in your company:
    • Spelling Dictionaries
    • Phonetic Dictionaries
    • Metadata tag lists
  • Control automatic deletion of media and tasks to stay in control of cloud storage and costs.
  • Improved user onboarding — add multiple users from a list or CSV file.

Stellar AUTOMATE — Media Ingest, Workflows, AI Integration, Audio Mixing, Encoding and Delivery

  • Create a dubbing script automatically with Speech to Text (AI assigns dialog to each speaker; add correct character names).
  • Larger range of video resolutions on media ingest.

V7.2.0 — April 2025​

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Stellar Create

  • Add Sound effects detection in ASR when available.
  • Add Speaker Diarization in ASR when available.
  • Add warning if text is changed after audio is recorded.
  • All note areas now support clickable URLs.
  • Add network status icon with warnings and service status; new Services status page.
  • Add “Drag to bin” to remove files from a Task or Project.
  • Support display of Open and Closed subtitles over video from two separate files.
  • Improved version history for all text files — Alt+Z (version stored on Task Server).
  • Fix issue with saving Layers of Style Profiles.
  • Add ElevenLabs ASR service.

Stellar Manage

  • Fix problem with Task sort order.
  • Add Column Displayed selection in Tasks and Tutorials tabs.
  • Improve view on smaller screens.
  • Make list length and sidebar mode persistent.
  • Fix issue with external contractors and custom workflows.
  • Show ownership icon for all tasks.
  • Tool to onboard multiple new users from CSV/email list.
  • Add API support for creating new users.
  • Media access tracking.

V7.1.0 — 19 January 2025​

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Stellar Create

  • Improved Layout icon controls; optional accented/special characters toolbar (language specific).
  • Undo (Ctrl+Z) supports multi-file actions.
  • Improve Auto-Fix for max characters per line.
  • Clarify inter-subtitle gap timing rules and error reporting.
  • Support drag & drop of .json word list files.
  • Improved multi-user pop-ups; text-edit toolbars; more toolbars in standard layouts.
  • Text wrapping modes: top/balanced/bottom-heavy — Ctrl+Alt+W.
  • Improved linked text display for translation work.
  • Show Workflow and Step for current Task:
    • Update Task to next Workflow Step.
    • Show hover help for current Workflow text.

Stellar Manage

  • Multi-selection across Tasks, Media, Users, User Groups (random/range/all).
  • Edit most fields on multi-selected items; delete multi-selected items.
  • Direct editing of workflow step, owner, assignment, due date on Task rows.
  • New Task tab sections: Task Details, Media details, Task files (editable metadata), Media Files, per-file Activity log with user/time spent.
  • Show users active in all Tasks.
  • Add/replace assigned users in a Workflow Step.
  • “Clear All Filters” across tabs.
  • Bulk user onboarding from CSV/email list (add staff; invite contractors with their own Stellar accounts).
  • Improved user provisioning; add list import for multi-user provisioning.

Stellar Automate

  • Multi-selection of Jobs (edit/delete).
  • New filter options for Jobs.

V7.0.0 — 8 September 2024​

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Stellar Suite

  • Initial full release of Create, Manage and Automate parts of The Stellar Suite.
  • Manage Media, Tasks, Workflows, Users and User Groups in a new web console.
  • Automate workflows to streamline media handling and processes.
  • No more emails/WeTransfer/Dropbox file transfers.
  • High media security with DRM and 2FA.
  • New User Onboarding — add users directly in Task Manager (no Nebula pages needed).

Stellar Create — Major Changes

  • New User Dashboard (Tasks, Projects, Tutorials).
  • Integration with new Stellar Manage and Stellar Automate; links to control Tasks/Workflows.
  • More Task data shown in Create/Manage.
  • Interactive Help widget; Tutorials with interactive help window.
  • Workflow and Steps in standard displays; Workflow Step control on top menu.
  • Central Google Dictionaries for spellcheck; QC shows spelling errors.
  • New Toolbars — Standard & Custom per layout.
  • New Task/Media actions use Workflow system and Local Library.
  • Improved sync between Task Server and local cache; faster load times.

Minor Changes

  • Direct Device page access from Stellar.
  • Styling controls for whole file or multi-selected titles.
  • Manual language code override.
  • Audioshake filtering moved to automated ingest.
  • Files button in Project Properties.
  • Style Profiles updated for Japanese/Chinese/Korean reading speeds.
  • Version details moved to Help → About Stellar.
  • Voice info added to WAV files and Roles tab in File Status.
  • Retain voice selection filters.
  • Take mute/delete muted controls on Timeline.
  • Warn if missing audio files when mixing.
  • Control how “Current Title” changes in Rehearse mode.
  • Hotkey to open Layouts dialog — Ctrl+Shift+Alt+X.
  • Improved multi-track audio support.
  • Mix audio for one or more Roles.
  • New QC tests for blank timecodes.
  • Version numbers moved to Help menu.

Stellar Manage & Automate — Major Changes

  • Separate browser portal (no need to run Stellar to manage Tasks/Media).
  • Tags for Tasks/Media to improve filtering/sorting.
  • Workflows — define steps; client-specific workflows; different flows for AD and Subtitling.

V6.3.0 — 10 March 2024​

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Major Changes

  • Add Respeecher voice-to-voice service.
  • Add ElevenLabs synthetic voices.
  • Add Microsoft Azure Speech-to-Text (ASR).
  • New Synthetic Voice Widget; voice style/settings for Microsoft/ElevenLabs.
  • Update ESF handling to support legacy systems.
  • Integrate drivers for .890, IMSCR, Lambda Cap, .scc, Ooona TTML.
  • “Three Dot” shortcuts in most widgets (right-click options).

Minor Changes

  • Rehearse mode doesn’t change current subtitle until next title intime.
  • “Goto Subtitle” in Rehearse no longer starts playback.
  • Shortcut Ctrl+Shift+R to realign subtitles on timeline.
  • Shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Q to open all Comment boxes.
  • Target audio level settings in Style Profiles.
  • Delete muted audio Takes (per Title/Role/file).
  • Improved Subtitle Split (considers reading speed).
  • Auto-mute hidden audio tracks.

V6.2.1 — 7 December 2023​

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Major Changes

  • ESF compatibility with Starfish Advantage.
  • Conform options: match text duration to audio or pad audio with silence.
  • Full support for Subtitle Zero and matching QC checks.
  • Simplify video timecode settings; hide/unhide timeline tracks.
  • Better management of synthetic voices for Roles in dubbing files.
  • Multi-key sequence support in hotkey maps.
  • Auto-fix control for AD fade mismatch error.

Minor Changes

  • Tidy text file context menu (new File Options submenu).
  • Remove audio scrub track option from video import.
  • Three default AD fade depths (Quiet/Normal/Loud).
  • Edit track titles on timeline.
  • Split sets intime of second title at current video time.
  • Add “Exit Task or Project” button to top bar.

V6.2.0 — 15 October 2023​

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Major Changes

  • Support all aspect ratios (cinema widescreen to social portrait).
  • Improved shot-change snap rules/display for subtitles.
  • More native formats — edit directly:
    • IMSC-Rosetta (universal subtitle format).
    • LamdaCAP (Japanese vertical text & Rubies).
    • Cavena .890
    • .scc (Closed Captions)
    • .ass (Aegisub)
  • Improved text format bar; Centre-Left justification (where supported).
  • Mark/Cut/Copy/Paste titles within/between files.
  • ChatGPT integration to rephrase for reading speed limits.
  • IMDb search integration.
  • File split/merge/append; mass format/delete/correct in File Status.
  • Auto-Correct history in File Status.
  • Direct access to individual audio files in AD/Dubbing (edit in external tools).
  • Favourites list for synthetic voices; assign voice per Role.
  • Hide/unhide tracks on timeline.

Minor Changes

  • Show current hotkeys in Hover Help.
  • Move Title maintains style/duration.
  • Workflow improvements (fewer clicks).
  • Better timecode format support for Script Imports.

Note: Layouts moved to Settings menu.

V6.1.1 (Build 922) — 27 April 2023​

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Minor Changes

  • With “Edit Over Video” enabled, subtitles update correctly in Rehearse Mode.
  • In Rehearse Mode, placing a cursor in a text box pauses video; clicking out/Esc resumes.
  • Fix Subtitle Renumber function.
  • Fix remote audio recording stop issue in Dubbing mode.

V6.1.1 — 20 March 2023​

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Major Changes

  • Task Manager support:
    • Task upload/download
    • Upload Media
    • Add Users/User Groups
    • Assign work to any user
    • Auto-sync all changes
    • Multi-user Task access for collaboration/review

Minor Changes

  • Split Dubbing files by Role; merge Dubbing files.
  • Improve dialog gap detection for AD template creation.
  • Configure low reading speeds as warnings or errors in QC.
  • Improve shot-change rule QC and reporting.

V6.1.0 — 15 January 2023​

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Major Changes

  • New Layout zoom behavior for easier fit on different screens.
  • New larger-text display modes in editor for small screens.

Minor Changes

  • Improve Undo coverage.
  • QC tests for reading speed; display improvements.
  • Softel Swift hotkey map & layout.
  • Microsoft Azure synthetic voices (TTS).
  • Drag & drop to import text into a Project.
  • Option to move video to subtitle incue on text-box click (Rehearse mode).
  • Right-click text bar: Google/Wikipedia/Translate lookups.
  • Fix Chrome V109 right-click in text column tab.

V6.0.1 — 24 August 2022​

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Minor changes and bug fixes

  • Drag & drop of subtitle files and audio waveforms.
  • Rehearse mode text scrolling changes.
  • Clicking a title in Rehearse moves video to incue (if enabled).
  • While cursor is in a text box and video is playing, text scrolling pauses.
  • New Wikipedia/Google/Translate options on text format pop-up.
  • Disable Record when in Rehearse or file type isn’t AD/Dubbing.
  • Option to disable Alt+Letter hotkeys (conflict with accents) — toggle F2.

Bugs

  • Fix Advanced file setting control for some formats.
  • Prevent invalid font uploads.
  • Fix horizontal alignment issues in some formats.

V6.0.0 — 7 August 2022​

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Major Feature Release — Subtitling focus

General Features

  • Enforce login to use Stellar.
  • Undo/Redo on most edits.
  • Hotkey Maps (EzTitles/WinCAPS simulation).
  • Style & Rules Profiles (centralized, instant updates; per-project overrides).
  • Improved File Split/Append.
  • Company Layouts stored centrally; auto-updated.
  • Easier file browsing with drive/network visibility and folder shortcuts.
  • Smarter defaults reduce manual steps.
  • Renumber titles (auto/manual).
  • Full screen video window (great for checking subs/recording booths).
  • Improved Media Import (default folders, add existing files, higher-res option, FR/TC autodetect).
  • Integrated Web Search (Google/Wikipedia/Translate).
  • Find & Replace across one/all files.

Audio Description

  • Automatic Gap Detection via ASR (creates AD file with blanks in dialog gaps).
  • Dip program audio while recording.
  • Many AD scripting/recording/mixing improvements.
  • TTAL support (edit directly; convert between TTAL/SRTAD/ESF).

Subtitling

  • QC Rules with auto-fix and centralized Profiles (support multiple profiles in one Project).
  • Directly edit SRT/STL/PAC/FPC; convert between formats.
  • Comprehensive styling/hotkeys/right-click bar.
  • “Edit over video” option; Classic view (Prev/Current/Next).
  • Central font storage (.ttf).
  • Subtitle Splitting (timed word lists ↔ subtitles).

Bug Fixes

  • General fixes and minor improvements.

V5.5.1 — 13 January 2022​

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Minor Features

  • Better retention of last-used paths for import/export.
  • Default filename suffixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix media path/extension handling on import.
  • Fix Project Export (missing files).
  • Fix Audio File Import.
  • Fix browsing for Layout.
  • Fix filename loss on “Save As”.

V5.5 — 22 December 2021​

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Major new features

  • New top menu with: Find & Replace, account links, media/record level manager, background process status.
  • Subtitle output encoding/rendering:
    • Burn-in & transmission formats (web/broadcast/Mov timed graphics).
    • DVB & Powerview encoding/multiplexing.
  • Simplified Text file handling:
    • New Files submenu (new/add/open/convert).
  • ASR to create AD templates (gap detection rules; auto blank boxes).
  • Record hotkeys: F12 start/stop; Esc stop & abandon.
  • Temporarily hide AD text overlay.
  • Remember last video/text positions in a Project.

V5.4 — 24 November 2021​

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New ASR Services

  • Add Google, Amazon and Speechmatics ASR (in addition to Apptek and Rev.ai).
  • Improve silence detection when recording.
  • Add company branding support.

V5.3 — 14 September 2021​

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Bug Fixes and Updates

  • Protected Text mode; improved editability settings; Text-only option.
  • Multi-track audio (separate faders; synced names).
  • Netflix TTAL support.
  • Simplified Project/Layout menus.
  • Auto Silence detection for AD recording (no manual threshold).
  • Word count in dubbing info on File Status.
  • Better cursor handling on Insert/Split/Merge.
  • New Task Management version.
  • Full DRM + 2FA.
  • Login to Nebula from within Stellar.
  • New OCR (requires OCR Process).
  • “No Video Loaded” banner in video window.

Bugs

  • Remote playback fixes; AD fade defaults; import/ASR path handling; negative TC prevention; duplicate audio handling.

V5.2 — 21 June 2021​

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Bug Fixes and Updates

Audio Recording

  • New Record Stop Modes (Abort/Keep/Merge).
  • Record end guard.
  • Auto-Trim for ESF (option).
  • AD Layout defaults improved.
  • Foldback level and VU meter update fixes.

V5.1 — 16 June 2021​

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Bug Fixes and Updates

Audio Recording

  • Ctrl+D / F12 work correctly (Start/Stop); Ctrl+Shift+D Start/Stop & keep partial Take.
  • Rationalised “Insert Subtitle” in text box.
  • Improved AD recording alignment; updated AD Layout defaults; clearer Auto-Alignment descriptions.

Audio Conforming

  • Alt+Double-click to conform a Take or Title.

Align & Recut

  • Better dialogs, tidier operation; enable video controls while open.

Script Text Display

  • Line countdown & progress mode; pie-chart progress option.

V5.0 — 16 May 2021​

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New Features

Audio Description

  • Original AD Widget removed; AD script over/under video in Rythmoband/Wipe/Static.
  • Record countdown (graphic or numeric).
  • Multiple Takes on new Timeline; improved trimming/aligning.
  • Simplified synthetic voice controls.
  • Enhanced Record modes (sub-sections/multiple titles; auto splitting/aligning; auto fades).
  • Global Fade settings & editing.

New Timeline

  • Major update for AD/Dubbing and subtitle editing.
  • Re-orderable tracks; fixed/moving playhead; improved time track.
  • Hover shortcuts over text/waveform boxes.
  • Show/hide AD/Dubbing audio; subtitle text/number on timeline; better in/out editing.
  • Multi-track alignment tools.
  • Dubbing: roles as tracks; record multiple takes; move/trim/split/merge/mute/delete; role mute.
  • Multi-track media audio (up to 8 tracks / 4 stereo pairs); per-track mute/mix.

Video Overlays

  • Fit/shrink scaling (maintain AR); timecode, meters, intercom, AD/Dubbing prompts; better context controls.

Subtitle Align & Recut

  • Simplified alignment; timeline/text shortcuts (Align/Recut/Stretch).

Other

  • Improved hover help; Preview play mode (play only content sections).

V4.0.0 — 27 October 2020​

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New Features

  • New UI (consistent colors/controls; new screens/dialogs; better context menus; time editing for Offset/Recut/Stretch).
  • Zoom-to-fit control.
  • Improved Layout editing (auto-zoom; screen-size canvas).
  • Media Controller: small-step buttons.
  • Machine Translation UI refresh; more services.
  • Subtitle encoding outputs via new Subtitle Tools widget:
    • DVB / Powerview Plus (Imitext); TS subtitle only / multiplexed.
  • Software update warning screens.
  • General bug fixes/minors.

V3.9.0 — 14 August 2020​

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New Features

  • Import/Export text files with format conversion.
  • Dedicated Volume controls (fixed mixer; input/output; mutes; dB; rename).
  • More MT services; “Translate File” tool.
  • Zoom button & auto-zoom; layout auto-zoom in Layout mode.
  • Improved context menus.
  • Subtitle Tools → Subtitle Render (DVB with/without multiplex; timed graphics MOV; Powerview with/without multiplex).

Shortcuts

  • Windows desktop shortcuts (Stellar, Device Status/Start).
  • Browser bookmark support (Device must be running).

V3.8.0 — 25 June 2020​

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Major AD update

  • Improved AD recording: Multiple Takes; playback while recording; audio scrubbing.
  • Improved AD mixing; mono WAV output; better I/O control.
  • Better right-click context menus across widgets.

Subtitle Cueing

  • “Go To” subtitle (by number/timecode).
  • Timeline highlight of selected text box.
  • Drag video position on timeline; double-click waveform to jump.
  • Spacebar play/pause (when no text cursor; press Esc first).
  • Intuitive cueing; hold Shift to override min gap rules.
  • Overlay timecode over video.

Text Columns

  • Better sorting; swap positions; configurable column count; order stored per Project.

UX

  • Recent Projects/Layouts on Open dialog.
  • Edit column names in place; hover file info (counts, path, R/W, comments).
  • Project file status (on-disk presence).
  • Remember last folder; trap unsaved changes; higher-level Undo (Alt+Z).
  • Auto-detect missing Nebula Device; more hover tips; general fixes.

V3.7.1 — 16 April 2020​

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Minor update — ASR functions

  • New AI Tools (if enabled): external ASR services; extract audio; audio→SRT; text/audio alignment.
  • File access can be configured to support drive roots (C:/) for Import/Export/Deliver.

V3.7 — 2 April 2020​

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Major Subtitling update

  • Reading speed indicators & warnings.
  • Subtitle style settings (colors, justification, style, vertical position).
  • Recent Project/Layout tabs.
  • Subtitles over video; per-subtitle comments.
  • Improved file browsing.
  • Direct editing: PAC, FPC, STL, SRT (others read-only).
  • Conversion on Duplicate.
  • Style Templates (charsets, supported styles, line lengths, limits).
  • AD Reorder (multiple takes per text element in SRTAD).
  • Adjustable text size; audio scrubbing option; auto-trim AD audio.
  • Direct media import; import/export whole Projects (with/without media).
  • Stretch/Compress subtitle time.
  • Save Layout shortcut on top bar.
  • Esc closes all dialogs; smoother layout drag; Media Control widget updates.

V3.6 — 2 Sept 2019​

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File access dialogs

  • Better display on small screens and with many files.

User Forum

  • Link moved to Discourse-based forum.

Other

  • .fpc supported for read & time edit.
  • AD Recorder auto-saves WAV when gain applied.
  • “New Project” fixed; default.proj used as template when present.

V3.6 — 22 July 2019​

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Top Menus

  • New graphics/layout; enhanced Help (User Forum, Active Hotkey list).

Context Menus

  • Right-click pop-ups on some widgets (more to follow).

Video Widget

  • Click to play/pause.

Duplicate Text files

  • Single-click duplicate to Project (backups/new versions).

Timed Text Widget

  • 19:3 or 16:9 display options (vertical positioning visualisation).

Print & Preview

  • Print subtitle/AD files; preview subtitles over video.

User Forum

  • Google login required; invite-only (Nebula users added automatically).

AD Tools

  • Synthetic voice config/rendering.
  • Automatic gap detection from subtitle file.
  • Convert single WAV back to AD segments + file (useful when originals lost).
  • Collect & Zip AD files for delivery.

Layout Templates

  • System Templates (protected).
  • User Templates (protect from overwrites).

V3.5 — 14 June 2019​

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AD Recorder

  • New graphics/layout; automatic pan/fade by default (configurable); configurable lead-in countdown.

AD Mixer

  • New graphics/layout; option to mix AD audio back into original MP4.

AD Synth Voice Render

  • New widget; 400+ voices (Google/Amazon/Cereproc/Acapela); rate/pitch/volume controls.

Text Editor

  • Updated layout/styles; AD text type; variable visible subtitle count; supports all timecode styles.

System

  • Consistent look in Projects/Files/Layouts; comments fields; default layout per Project; demo file download; updated Help (F1).