Time Code green/newbie question......

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gstarza

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I am working on my first documentary. I really know nothing about editing. To save money, I decided to import all footage into FCP by myself and then hand it off to the editor and transcriber. Figured I save labor cost this way.

I'm assuming the footage needs to have time code. How do I import and have time code on the files? Does finaclut automatically do this? Is there a certain way to save the file afterwards.

best,
jerry
 
Effects - Video Filters - Video... Timecode Reader.

This will pull the TC off the clip. If you want TC to run off the timeline then use TC Generator. You can save different formats of the Filter to have your TAPE name as part of the script... so...

If you've got Reel 001 thru 003 then save 3 different filters as favorites and drag each one onto the clips from their respective reels.

To find out which reel each clip is from you can color label them in the browser. Then each clip in the timeline will be coded that color.

Good luck,

CaptM
 
Pardon my ignorance. I guess what I'm asking is if you hook the camera up to the computer, launch fcp, and hit capture, will time code automatically be recorded on the file. Or is that a separate setting? I figured I just do that and hand off the hard drive.
 
The time code will be linked to the footage, yes. But if you want to see it over the video (best for transcribers) you need to go throught the process the captain has mentioned.
 
imovie to fcp???????

imovie to fcp???????

Your post helped.

I was planning on reimporting all the footage via the camera into fcp for timecode purposes because I initially did it imported into imovie and there's no timecode in that application.

however, I just did what you recommended with the timecode reader and generator filter to the footage I already imported into imovie (I just did apple+I and pulled the media files into fcp) and was able to put a timecode onto that footage. Is this a legitimate way to do this? It looks right, but I thought I would have to reimport via the camera all over again.

If this is ok, I'll save a ton of time.

best,
jerry
 
Compare it with an actual tape. You maybe seeing timecode just generated for the sequence. It's not likely iMovie would capture and save the timecode in a QuickTime.
 
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