If you were to render the footage in question with timecode FX applied normally, then take that rendered clip, bring into Vegas, reverse play, done.

It is not an effect as such i.e. it doesn't modify the video.
It (or it should) reads the embedded time code data in each frame of the video and adds it as an overlay over the video.

That said you could take a piece of video, add the TC FX, mask out just that part of the frame, render it out as an uncompressed AVI with transparency and bring that back into your main project and reverse it.

You could also try nesting the project with the mask and reversing that in your main project. What you see might be funky, nesting and velocity changes are a bit hit and miss in preview in my experience although they come out just fine in the final render.

Bob.

This used to be easy;
Add FX in the Project Media window, then reverse the media. It no longer works, sadly...
Rendering with a mask is the easiest thing, I think.

Okay great thanks a lot everyone!
That's kinda what I figured I would have to do but hope that there might be a faster easier way to do it.

=)


Josh

How about making it on a solid color background; make a clip of it running backwards; then paste it over the video where needed and key out the solid color... is that any faster?
That would be my first attempt. . .

Until that time... Earl J.

Just finished the effect desired... here is the sequence I used:
1 - new project; 2 - insert generated (solid color - ugly lime green); 3 - insert Sony timecode; 4 - insert video envelope>event velocity; 5 - drag it to -100;
6 - render it as a clip.
Open video clip to which the timecode will be added.
Import the timecode clip and insert it over the video clip.
Use Sony Chroma Keyer and key out the ugly lime green color.
If required, key out the black around the timecode as well. . .
Just insert a second Sony Chroma Keyer function.

Done. . .

Probably takes less time to perform it than read it. . . the timecode function does seconds and many others, but no minutes and seconds...
(sigh)

Good luck... Earl J.

No need to render or chromakey...

1. Media Generator >> Solid Color -- set the color to transparent (checkerboard)

2. Make the "Length" in the media properties as long as the highest number you need to count down from.

3. Earl's Method: Right-click the media on the timeline and add Velocity Envelope, and set it to -100%. Locate the media in the media pool and apply the Sony Timecode fx (in the media pool).

No rendering needed. Timecode on transparent background, trim beginning and end and overlay as needed.

EDIT: By the way, for those who don't know this: if you apply the TimeCode FX to an item in the Media Pool, you will get the timecode of the media itself, not the "timeline" timecode. So if you create a 30 second generated media item, it will count from 0 to 30 (or 30 to 0, if reversed) regardless of where that media is placed on the timeline.

EDIT #2: OOOPS ! I originally posted an alternate method (see below) but it DOES NOT work!
I thought it worked when I tried reversing the clip and adding the timecode to the reversed clip in the media pool, but it only worked because I still had that -100% velocity envelope applied.

This DOES NOT work: 3a. Spot's Method: Right-click the media on the timeline and select reverse. Right-click again >> Select in Project Media list. In the media pool (on the reversed event) apply the Sony Timecode fx. (As Spot noticed, when you reverse the clip on the timeline it apparently loses the media fx applied to it. But you can apply new media fx to the reversed version of it in the media pool.)

I did a detailed description of how to make a near-full screen countdown just with vegas:
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=636809here[/url]

That was to make a counter from 1000 to 0, so you'd need to change things slightly.

Thanks fellas,
I (before reading the one about Chroma Keying it, which would have been way faster) Did a solid black backround and then rendered the clip-put the clip into the timeline the used a couple of Cookie cutter effects to eliminat the black. Worked fine but took way too much time.

Next time I'll use the other methods listed here.

thanx agian,

Josh