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Burnt in time code?
Hi guys
I know its possible it use the video filter timecode reader to put burnt in time code on to a movie but if i want to put the sequence timecode over the whole movie how is this done?
is it done with timecode generator and if so do i creat a slug the lenght of my sequence to apply it to? and is it possible even to create such a slug?
Slan
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12 Replies
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Just nest the sequence and drop the “TC Reader” filter.
Rafael -
Hi Ciller,
you have two TC Generators TC generate and TC read.
If you use TC generate it shows a burnt in TC beginning with 0 for each clip. If you render the whole film as one clip you can generate a TC beginning with 0Rainer
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Rafael,
I think you mean the TC generator on a nest, no?
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what’s a nest?
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Timecode READER is what he wants.
And nesting means that he might have to render the footage, if he had clips that required rendering in the first place.
I prefer to FILE>EXPORT>QUICKTIME MOVIE…not self contained. Then reimport that and drop that onto a timeline and add the READER. No rendering required.
Shane
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I think people – especially those with longer video experience – get confused by these “generators”.
FCP has two “filters” (which of course don’t resemble filters) which will burn a time code into the image. Pretty much like the old-timey “window burn” function on some TCRGs.
“Time Code Generator” doesn’t generate any time code at all. What it does by default is to start a window burn with TC 0 on the first frame of the clip or it’s applied to. It has no relationship to any existing time code.
“Time code Reader” creates a window burn from the file- or clip-based time code of the clip it’s applied to. If there is no time code then it acts the same as Time Code Generator. It doesn’t read or deal with LTC, although Bouke has something that will.
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I just used the TC generator last week, on a nest which sits at 01000000 on my timeline. It starts at 00000000 and that’s what I wanted. If I put the TC reader on the same sequence, the TC starts at 00583000, which is what my timeline starts at, and not what I wanted at all. That’s why I said use the TC generator. Like braker said, it always starts at zero.
Oh and BTW, no rendering was required with either one. But I don’t see what benefit it would have been for my purposes to use the reader.
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If you are making a DVD screening copy, Compressor 3 now includes a timecode burnin filter, which can add the visual timecode during the encode.
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Hey, that sounds great. Does it read actual source time code, or just start at 0 like the “generator”?
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That’s exactly what I need, perfect.
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