Many times, I have run into the situation where I want to display a timer that counts up or down and that can freeze to display a certain time (like when some event in the video happens, or freezing on 0 before starting).
The only way I have found to add a timer is to add the Timecode videoFX as an event level videoFx to a blank generated text media clip on the track above my intended subject media.
That only gets me 1/2 way to my solution. Why can't I apply the timecode to the subject media and then apply velocity envelopes to the subject media and have the time code slow as well?
Or why can't the timecode Fx be keyframed to start /pause / stop on cue?
Instead the timecode FX just counts like mad from the start to the end of the media it is applied to. Velocity envelopes have no affect and nothing can make the timer stop, pause, or count down. Keyframes in the timecode FX have no ability to affect the running timecode. Useless!
Not to mention that none of the timecode presets involves the ability to count down from a time, or to change the number of significant digits, or to specify the units to be used (only seconds, or Min:Sec, etc).
Is there a different FX I need to be using? Is there some other way to do this? Do I need to look elsewhere for this sort of functionality?
This seems very basic so I cannot imagine why this is not possible with Vegas 8 Pro.
The only way I have found to add a timer is to add the Timecode videoFX as an event level videoFx to a blank generated text media clip on the track above my intended subject media.
That only gets me 1/2 way to my solution. Why can't I apply the timecode to the subject media and then apply velocity envelopes to the subject media and have the time code slow as well?
Or why can't the timecode Fx be keyframed to start /pause / stop on cue?
Instead the timecode FX just counts like mad from the start to the end of the media it is applied to. Velocity envelopes have no affect and nothing can make the timer stop, pause, or count down. Keyframes in the timecode FX have no ability to affect the running timecode. Useless!
Not to mention that none of the timecode presets involves the ability to count down from a time, or to change the number of significant digits, or to specify the units to be used (only seconds, or Min:Sec, etc).
Is there a different FX I need to be using? Is there some other way to do this? Do I need to look elsewhere for this sort of functionality?
This seems very basic so I cannot imagine why this is not possible with Vegas 8 Pro.