Adding time code question
by Terry Esslinger
on
Mar 16, 2007 at 10:12:01 pm
I am capturing video from 8mm film in one long event (full 50 ft reel, full 400 ft reel etc). The client wants a window dub (time code) to make an EDL for me to rearrange the segments. The camera is not really taping the film, the optics are just transferring it to the computer which captures 8 frames of film per second. Another program then puts the 'avi stills' back together as a movie and at the correct speed. Where could a window dub be placed in this process and how?
Re: Adding time code question by Kim Nance on Mar 17, 2007 at 1:06:29 am
Applying timecode to each clip will give you a whole bunch of clips all beginning at 00:00:00:00. A better option might be to throw them all on a timeline, add a new track above, insert and empty event and stretch it to the same duration as all your clips combined, and then add the timecode to this empty event. I often do this when faced with the need to supply clients with a window dub of their footage that contains timecode breaks.
Re: Adding time code question by Gary Kleiner on Mar 17, 2007 at 2:53:43 am
As Peter correctly points out, adding timecode to the media in the Project Media tab will display the correct timecode for any part of the media whereever it is on the timeline assuming the timecode meta data is embedded.
Re: Adding time code question by Peter Wright on Mar 17, 2007 at 6:46:43 am
That's fine, Kim, but it only gives a reference relative to that particular arrangement on the timeline. By using media t/c it is there in the clip wherever it is used, and if different clips need differentiating, you can always add a superimposed "Tape 1", Tape 2" etc or similar.
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
www.allroundvision.com.au
Re: Adding time code question by JerryW on Mar 18, 2007 at 2:59:28 pm
I like adding a generated text event as the top line, stretching it over the project and putting the timecode there. Then I can turn it off and on by just turning off that track.
