Making the timecode stop

JimR wrote on 12/14/2012, 7:48 AM

I am doing a side by side product usage comparison video using two timers side by side with Sony timecode (cookie cutting it down to show only min:ss)

I would like both the timers to stop at different points while the video moves on and I'm not sure how to do this. If I slice the video the timer starts form 0:00 again.

The only way I have found is inserting crude graphic on top and that will probably be pretty jumpy and ugly as you can never hit the same place/font/size/colour etc.

Any ideas? Thanks

JimR

Comments

Steve Grisetti wrote on 12/14/2012, 7:59 AM

Placing a graphic of a fake timecode over your video is the only way I know of, Jim.

OhMyGosh wrote on 12/14/2012, 11:24 AM

Steve's idea is a good one. You can cut the final timecode you want out of a 'snap shot' you take of the frame that has the right time you want and paste that over the underlying time code (best done in an outside photo editting program). Adjust it with Pan/Crop to get it just where it goes and it should be fine. My thought was to just split the video where you want it and take a snap shot at that point of the time code and stretch it to the end of the other video. Cin

DocSatori wrote on 12/14/2012, 5:22 PM

Splitting media with timecode fx applied just causes the timecode to rest to zero for the split piece. But, if your preview window is set to best, capturing and saving the preview window image is just as high as the quality of your original media. If it's not for some reason, a little creativity comes in handy.

JimR wrote on 12/15/2012, 8:19 AM

Thanks for the answers. I ended up just placing a simple text with the same font on a clip following the timecode clip. I was allright, not great but allright! I was considering to go the snapshop way too.

I would really like to have a more costumisable timecode function that could make mm:ss and have a transperant background for these purposes.

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Jim

Former user wrote on 12/15/2012, 8:45 AM

Try this. After you get your video edited on your timeline. Create a new video track and select the whole length of the video. Insert GENERATED MEDIA>SOLID COLOR. The color should run the length of the program. Doesn't matter what color. Go to the setup for the color and drop the transparency to 0. In the PROJECT MEDIA bin, add the timecode effect. Now add a velocity envelope to the generated media timeline. When you change the velocity to 0, the timecode will stop.

Dave T2

TOG62 wrote on 12/15/2012, 9:15 AM

Now add a velocity envelope to the generated media timeline.

Velocity envelope in Movie Studio?

Former user wrote on 12/15/2012, 1:43 PM

Oops, is there not a velocity envelope in Studio? Sorry abou that.

Dave T2