OT - Need a stop watch clip

srode wrote on 2/16/2009, 6:13 AM

I need a stop watch clip or a digital display of time to include in a video to be displayed in a corner to show elapsed time for a section. Anybody have one or know where I can download one? Minutes / seconds is what I need - don't need tenths

Thanks

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rs170a wrote on 2/16/2009, 6:29 AM

Count Up/Down Sports Clocks

Mike

srode wrote on 2/16/2009, 5:10 PM

Thanks, that looks like it will work, very helpful - but I don't know how to use it - how do I bring this into a video and how do I set the start time to zero? Looks like you just drag the end of it over to the endpoint of the clip and adjust velocity change to zero to stop the clock, just need help setting it up, and maybe changing the color of the number and size of the text.

richard-amirault wrote on 2/16/2009, 5:25 PM

Hmmmm ... how about Video FX ... Timecode ... Seconds?

srode wrote on 2/16/2009, 6:24 PM

That works great - now how do I stop it and maintain the end time for the rest of the video after it reaches a certain point in the video? I think I could do a screen shot or put in a text block at that point positioned so it's at the same location but in a different video track - but would be great if there's an easier way to stop the clock.

Jim H wrote on 2/16/2009, 9:43 PM

You could try to set up the time code in a separate veg and nest it. Then use velocity envelope to stop it when you need to. Nice for slowmo if you need to have the clock slow down try to "ctl" stretch it to fit the length of the video.

Here's an example of the stop watch but without the stopping trick.
http://www.vimeo.com/701609

PeterWright wrote on 2/16/2009, 10:53 PM

If you study the above Veg file, the event to which time code was applied had a velocity envelope, and this had two nodes inserted and changed from 100% to Zero, and the time code froze from that moment on.

srode wrote on 2/17/2009, 2:25 AM

Thanks folks, I think I understand both the clock and the velocity envelopes now - two features I didn't know existed in Vegas - impressive! I'll work on it this evening.