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FCP Timecode Generator Dropouts
Hello all-
Prior to exporting a QT for final mix ref. I am putting a Visible TC (TC Generator) over picture. I took my entire final sequence and dropped it into a new one in order to be able to appy the TC Gen. to one long clip.
The problem occurs when the it comes to a place where there was a hole (black) in the original sequence. The TC Gen. drops out and then comes back once picture comes back on. The TC stays accurate, but the holes are a problem.
I duped the original sequence and nested it to get a singular clip. Same dropouts occured.
I am used to being able to apply TC Gen. to a filler track in Avid that is seen regardless of what is going on under it.Any and all help is much appreciated,
eppyad -
6 Replies
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Fill the “Holes” with either a Matte color that is black or use the Slug.
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I have to say, I just encountered the same issue and its ridiculous that it works that way. Apple should fix that in a hurry. Who has time to deal with stuff with like that? Timecode is not a luxury, its a necessity, and it should be as simple as toggling a switch. Discreet Edit had that feature perfected six years ago, and so you would have to imagine that its not exactly rocket science.
DRW
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I’m with you there. There are a few stock things on Discreet Edit that I really miss here, but otherwise, I really love my FCP.
Thanks,
Gary -
Gary,
Funny thing is, Apple definitely copied some things directly from Edit* and some of the other NLEs, but they didn’t copy some of the very best from Edit*. However, I do like my FCP very much, and I go back to use Edit* only when an old project needs to be resurected.
DRW
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If FCP allowed the use of filler (empty) layers, it would be a HUGE improvement. The ability to drop an effect above media as opposed to directly on it makes life so much easier in my opinion.
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That’s true, but the quicker, and better, fix for the timecode burn issue is to make it like Discreet’s was. It wan’t a generator or an effect, it was a sequence setting that you turned on or off. It had nothing to do with the contents of the timeline at all. It just very very simply, displayed the timeline’s timecode. It even had options. You could have it also display the clips timecodes if you wished, and even the clips descriptions, and more. I can’t even remember all of the options right now. To display timcode while playing your timeline, should be as simple as displaying it in the viewer or canvas is now. I find it really strange that in order to display your sequences timecode, you have to apply an effect to a clip. That alone is a little disturbing to me. Add to that, the clip has to be a nest of the sequence that you want to see timecode for. It’s one of the least thought out things in FCP, in my opinion.
The job I’m working on now is broken into 4 very defined sections. So, I have a section 1 sequence, section 2 sequence, section 3 sequence, and section 4 sequence. Then I have a full length sequence which contains each of the 4 sections plus a temporary visible phone number title. Then I have a completely new full length sequence just so I can display timeline timecode in my exports that I upload for my client to see online. With discreet, the second full length sequence isn’t needed. You simply click on a button at the top of the timeline and turn on “Show Timecode”, and hit OK.
Back to your original statement, the earlier versions of Discreet had a DVE track that you could stretch out a DVE on and it would effect everything under it, even if there wasn’t anything there.
Thanks,
Gary
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