• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  video output with timecode window on FCP

  Posted by Steve Voyk on October 4, 2006 at 5:58 am

  Hi guys,
  I’m about to jump into buying an FCP system.
  I’d like to know if FCP can output with a burnt in timecode window ?

  I want to import footage from a P2 card and then be able to play out directly to a DVD recorder witha burnt in timecode window so that the producer can select the good takes.

  Is this possisble or do I need a plug in of some kind or external box ?

  If it is possible, what do you guys do when the footage is shot varispeed, let’s say 720/60p. Do you downrez to SD and play it back at 30fps (double the original length now) then add the timecode window to this new footage?

  Regards,
  Steve

  Holycowseattle replied 19 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Holycowseattle

  October 4, 2006 at 8:24 am

  Steve,

  We use FCP in a scenario very similar to what you just described.
  We use FCP with a Blackmagic Decklink Pro Card. (This gives us component, composite and SDI outputs.)
  We typically shoot 720-30pn to P2 cards. (2 8Gb cards, shot in this mode–gives us 30 minutes of shooting time for talking heads, etc.)

  Import the P2 footage into FCP. There is a timecode READER video filter that extracts the embedded timecode and displays it over the footage. This allows you to do your window Burns. We create an SD sequence and render it out, then dump it to VHS or DVD for the client.

  To answer your other question: when you shoot 60fps footage on the HVX-200 (intended for slowdown, etc.), in FILM CAM Mode, WATCH THE TIMECODE on the LCD camera display while you are recording. The end result of what you see is—the timecode appears to record/sequence “twice as fast” as normal. The camera “knows” you are recording at 200% realtime for slowdown on playback, and adjusts the timecode during recording. Timecode is recorded appropriate to the intended playback effect.

  -Punit

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