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Re: “Gap or slug” and “making timecode visible” posts below
Partly a response to these posts and partly a question:
I’m working in DV PAL. The TCG filter is RT (which is as it should be, but still it’s cool.).
Applying it to a nested sequence, where the original sequence has gaps in the timeline, causes an odd thing to happen.
When playing down the nested sequence the TC disappears at those spots where a gap exists on the original sequence.
I pause playback in the “gap” and the TC reappears. (Note – I am monitoring external video.)
Now I render the nested sequence. *The same thing happens*. [Insert spooky music here]
Walter – your advice below fixes this – ie fill gaps with slug. But I don’t understand why this happens. And in fact I used to avoid using the slug because it is not a PAL clip. I thought I could get problems with EDLs and nests if I used it in a PAL sequence.
In response to Mark Wilkinson – just as Brian T pointed out – filters apply to clips, not sequences. If you apply the TCG filter to all the clips in a sequence, they behave the same way, ie TC resets at the start of each clip. (Makes sense as the TCG is not for the sequence, but the clips.) This is why to get a burn-in of a sequence you need to nest the whole thing first. Then adjust the filter so the TCG starts at the code you like.
Back to you Walter – maybe the problem I’m having stems from a confusion FCP has between clips and nests? Any thoughts?
Cheers,
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[Tom Ackroyd] “This is why to get a burn-in of a sequence you need to nest the whole thing first.”
Actually…there is another and easier method. For those from the Avid/discreet school of applying an effect (such as tc) to a blank track, it can be done in FCP. Simply add a slug of the desired duration to a blank track above your clips, then add the TC filter to the slug. You then need tp change the composite mode of the slug to Add (IIRC). It worked when I did it yesterday, although the caveat is that the clips underneath the tc slug were B&W with a strobe – I didn’t check the solution for simple color clips.
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Annoying little bug, isn’t it? Been around for years, and nobody can or will squash it.
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