Visible timecode in picture

[Steve Wargo]

Are you going straight from the D-Beta to the DVD recorder or are you going into final cut and then making DVDs? The first method is quick and easy and cheap.

Method two is clumsy and waaaaaay too much work

Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona

It’s a dry heat!

[Michael Werk]

Thanks for the reply Steve.

I’m going from FCP. I don’t mind the work so long as I know how to do it. Can you give me the details
TIA
Michael

[Tony]

It’s called a window dub with burned in timecode.

You can either do two methods.

1) the easiest is to dub from the dbeta deck to a dvd burner via the composite output which can “superimpose” the timecode off tape.

2)after you have captured into FCP use the timecode filter to burn in the timecode over the clips. This could be a time consuming process if you have to render out the timecode filter effect depending on how powerful you system is.

Tony Salgado

[David Roth weiss]

Michael,

Since Steve is recovering from a bad accident I’ll step in for him…

Nest your seq. by dragging and dropping it from the browser into a new timeline. Next, drop the Timecode Generator filter from the VIDEO FILTERS – VIDEO folder onto the video track and voila, instant timecode window. To change the parameters of the timecode window right click or option click on the video track and select open in viewer. In the filter tab you’ll see parameters for size, placement, and most importantly, hour offset. If you are like most of us, you typically use timecode starting at hour 01:00:00:00. In that case, add a 1-hour offset. Depending on your system speed, drive setup, number of layers etc, you may not have to render, but there are never any promises in renderland…

DRW

[Michael Werk]

David and Tony,

Many thanks for the great input.

I’ll give it a try

Michael

[Jeremy Garchow]

When I need to do this ( I don’t have a direct to DVD recorder) I usually export straight to compressor from FCP. That way I don’t have to render in the timeline, then export. i render, export, and encode at the same time. I need this functionality rarely so my down time is negligible. The advantage of rendering first is that you can export and then encode in compressor, and keep working in FCP, of course that means you will wait for the render. That’s why I do it the way I do, File>export> using compressor. Just food for thought as you will find the best way that works for you.

Jeremy

[Michael Werk]

Thanks Jeremy,

I just tried to export using Compressor but that option is grayed out. I know I have the Compressor application in the Applications folder. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance
Michael

[Jeremy Garchow]

Are you sure that the timeline you are exporting is active? Hit Apple-3 (this make the timeline window active) or simply select the timeline in the timeline window.

Jeremy

[Michael Werk]

Yes the timeline window is active and I’ve selected the sequence to export (the whole timeline) and still the Compressor option is grayed out

[Jeremy Garchow]

Puzzling. You don’t have to select the clips in the timeline. You just need to hit the timeline tab; if your sequence is marked sequence 3 for example, hit the sequence 3 tab in the timeline window. Do you have ins and outs selected? If so clear them and reset them if you need to mark a specific in and out. If you want to export the whole sequence, make sure your ins and outs are cleared and you can also select it (single click) in the browser and then choose File>Export>Using compressor.

If none of that works, quit FCP and try again.

Jeremy