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The Transitions Team : Keeping It Smooth
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Beyond Infinity: Updates on the winning

projects of Infinity Awards

InX Editor

The InDesign XML Editor, or InX Editor, is an innovative
project designed to eliminate InDesign limitations and

simplify typesetting XML requirements by allowing
users to complete XML corrections and typesetting
requirements within InDesign. This also helps

prevent XML production dependency for new inserts brought in 45,000 USD in revenue, thus “converting a Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
and existing updates for all type of workflows simple idea into a revenue-generating model for SPi”. elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut
including TAPS. It ranked third in awarded projects According to Ajit, SPiCAPs did not only “open a new laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi

during the Infinity Awards. Gejaraj’s team continues to enhance the module and steady stream of revenue for SPi”, but also a new enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation
and will soon be releasing Phase III. door for extending its services to the media industry. ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea
Gejaraj Raja, who spearheaded the project, said that

winning the Infinity Awards helped enhance coordina- SPiCAPs In May 2018, only a year after the project’s launch, commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor
tion among team members and “proved that combined SPi Global landed a US$2 million contract with in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie conse-
efforts will never go vain”. As audiovisual content grows into a trillion-dollar HOOQ, a leading on-demand streaming services quat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero
industry, the need for an effective and economical eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit
InX Editor’s Phase I module was rolled out in June subtitling tool becomes more important. provider. Using SPiCAPs, SPi Global will be rendering praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore
2018 and adopted for live production projects. Based translation, subtitling, and smart dubbing te feugait nulla Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in

on studies and feedback from production leads, In March 2017, SPiCAPs (SPi Captioning Services) services for the company, beginning with Hindu dub- hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie conse-
Gejaraj’s team continued to refine the module and was launched to provide the best quality, cost- bing, followed by Tamil, Telugu, Thai, and quat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero

add more features. This resulted to Phase II, a more efficient, and time-saving subtitling services to Indonesia languages in consequent phases. eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit
advanced module that has been adopted by production media providers across the globe. The tool can Initially made possible by only one team member praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te
teams that utilize InDesign for typesetting. The be utilized for any video format and supports who specialized in big media, the SPiCAPs team grew feugait nulla

upgrade resulted to a reduction in TAT and improve- multiple languages. into a 28-man group that, to date, has
ment in XML quality and earned well-deserved praise Project founder Ajit Nair explains that the goal is to completed over 300 hours of subtitling in more Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulpu-

by clients. create a tool that will serve as SPi Global’s “launch than 20 languages and generated approximately tate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore
pad into the media services industry and to be a 600,000 USD in revenue. eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et
Since its implementation, InX Editor has been

responsible for bringing in 30,000 entries – a market leader in providing end-to-end services for The team is constantly expanding and improving iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum
number that is expected to rise as Phase II the audiovisual industry worldwide”. its processes to further accommodate media- zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla
becomes fully implemented across all production Only two months after its rollout, SPiCAPs gained its related services such as audio description and smart

teams in Manila and India. first client. Within nine months, its 10-member team dubbing, particularly for the gaming industry.