SubMagic is a tool to convert, edit, translate, synchonize or create movie subtitles. It supports several subtitle formats, has a lot of features and functions, is easy to operate and best of all... it's free! SubMagic is written in C++ using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and doesn't need a .NET framework or any other external libraries. DirectX 9.0c is needed for video playback. SubMagic is available in English and (partly translated) in Dutch.

March 28th 2009... Version 0.71 has been released. What's new:  

• General: Build with Visual Studio 2008 and DirectX 10 SDK (November 2008) to better support Windows Vista and Windows Se7en.

• Portability: Uses a configuration file to store all settings instead of the Windows registry.

• Unicode: Support for Unicode subtitle files added.

• User Interface: several cosmetic changes.

• Video playback: fixed disappearing of video window when resizing, switching tabs or switching applications.

• General: Check for new versions at startup is now performed in the background to prevent some delay before the application could be used.