#The Time Code thing
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Sam,
I just read page 17 of the NewTek manual on copying and pasting time code
enties.
Maybe I'm missing something, but where is this useful? I thought you were
talking about re-writing the time code for one clip onto another.
The only advantage I can see is if you are in the fine tune and moved the video
and now want to bring the audio scrubber to the same point. You could click at
the video time code window, press C, go to the audio time code window, and
click on V and the numbers would match. I think you could type those numbers
just as fast.
Is there another use for this feature?
Fred
Fred,
I use the timecode memory when I have digitized a large piece of video and
audio and want to break it into multiple clips. In the "Make CLips"
window I select the first clip and then use "c" to memorize the out point. I
then move to the unused video to find the next clip, and use "v" to paste the
in point of this next clip, which is the out point of the previous clip.
It's also useful if you need to split a clip. Duplicate the clip, find the out
point of the first clip, copy it using "c", then go to the duplicate and use
"v" to copy the timecode to the in point. I've had to do this a lot since the
split edit function is not working.
Mark Karney
Norwest Communications Inc.
>>if you need to split a clip. Duplicate the clip, find the out point of the
first clip, copy it using "c", then go to the duplicate and use "v" to copy the
timecode to the in point.<<
If you duplicate a clip, the in and out points go with it. To start the
duplicate at the end point of the original, just smack that in point slider
right into the end point slider.
If you are doing this to put an insert edit between them, don't forget to start
the second one (the duplicate) at the previos out point plus the duration of
the "insert", PLUS 2 frames (so you are not repeating the same two frames from
the original out point).
Regards,
Gary
Mark,
I stand corrected. The "c" and "v" is useful. I didn't realize that it sayed in
memory beyond one clip.
The first time I heard of the function was the other day and at first I didn't
see it's advantages. Last night I had to reset the starts and end of several
clip, which were duplicates of one clip. I was trying to put a series of
scrolls onto one long clip. So, I broke up the clip into five different
sections. The copy function was faster than typing in the numbers. Easier too.
Thanks for the suggested use.
Fred
Fred,
The one thing that comes to my mind for saving and pasting time code values is:
when you change the in point of a clip so you can see the transition without
having to watch the whole thing (grrrrrr), you can then repaste in the proper
start point after you're happy with the transition.
Regards,
Gary
Gary,
Good idea, never thought of that.
Fred