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Adding time code question
I am capturing video from 8mm film in one long event (full 50 ft reel, full 400 ft reel etc). The client wants a window dub (time code) to make an EDL for me to rearrange the segments. The camera is not really taping the film, the optics are just transferring it to the computer which captures 8 frames of film per second. Another program then puts the ‘avi stills’ back together as a movie and at the correct speed. Where could a window dub be placed in this process and how?
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Does the movie you finish up with after the “avi stills” are put back together have newly generated time code?
If so, applying the Time Code FX to each clip in Project Media (Right Click / Media FX) will put this time code onscreen.
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au -
Applying timecode to each clip will give you a whole bunch of clips all beginning at 00:00:00:00. A better option might be to throw them all on a timeline, add a new track above, insert and empty event and stretch it to the same duration as all your clips combined, and then add the timecode to this empty event. I often do this when faced with the need to supply clients with a window dub of their footage that contains timecode breaks.
Regards
Kim Nance
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As Peter correctly points out, adding timecode to the media in the Project Media tab will display the correct timecode for any part of the media whereever it is on the timeline assuming the timecode meta data is embedded.
Gary Kleiner
Learn Vegas and DVD Architect
http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
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That’s fine, Kim, but it only gives a reference relative to that particular arrangement on the timeline. By using media t/c it is there in the clip wherever it is used, and if different clips need differentiating, you can always add a superimposed “Tape 1″, Tape 2” etc or similar.
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au -
I like adding a generated text event as the top line, stretching it over the project and putting the timecode there. Then I can turn it off and on by just turning off that track.
JerryW
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