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customizing the time code overlay
I apologize if this has been covered before, but my searches did not help me. I run a lot of high speed video (usually at 1000 fps or 500 fps). My customer has requested that I put the time (in milliseconds) on the video. If my video is 1000 fps, not problem, I can set the timecode format to frams (1 frame = 1 millisecond). The problem I am having is when I need to do it for a 500 fps recording (first frame display 0, second frame display 2, 3rd frame display 4, 4th frame display 6, 5th frame display 8, and so on). In otherwords, if I can multiply the frame count by 2, if that makes any sense. Perhaps I am making this harder than it needs to be… Thanks in advance.
Matt Hostetler
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I don’t know of a plugin that would do that in premiere, but to me it seems like an expression in After Effects would do the trick for you!
Create a text layer in a new comp.
Then drag the expression “Frame Number” from your presets and apply to your text layer.
Expand down text, source text and ALT-CLICK on the stop watch for the expression “Timetoframes()” and change it to “(Timetoframes())*2” this will then do exactly what you described above.
If you don’t want to do it over your footage inside of after effects, you can just make the stand alone counter in a blank comp created to any time/length you want and then export the counter with an alpha channel to use it over your footage in premiere.
Here’s a screen grab…
fast-speeds.jpgTim Robinson
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