Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 822)

To see how speed settings affect the timecode view
1 Open a clip in the Viewer.
2 Choose Modify > Speed (or press Command-J).
3 Type “25” in the Speed field, then click OK.
The clip now plays back frames from the media file at 25 percent speed. The source
timecode plays back just as slowly.
4 In the Viewer, move through the clip one frame at a time using the Left Arrow and Right
Arrow keys.
Note that the timecode numbers change once every four frames. This is because the
speed-adjusted clip holds each video frame for a duration of four frames, and the native
timecode numbers are displayed. The video frames and the timecode numbers change
only every fourth frame when viewed in the speed-adjusted clip.
5 Control-click the Current Timecode field, then choose View Native Speed from the shortcut
menu to deselect it.
Note: When View Native Speed is deselected, the timecode field is no longer italicized.
6 In the Viewer, move through the clip one frame at a time using the Left Arrow and Right
Arrow keys.
Final Cut Pro now increments the timecode at the frame rate of the clip, ignoring any
speed adjustments. This timecode is not accurate to the timecode of the media file, but
it allows you to see the timecode counter increment each time you advance a frame.
If you want to see the actual source timecode of each frame of the media file, leave View
Native Speed selected.
Modifying Timecode in Media Files
In Final Cut Pro, you can modify media file timecode in several ways:
• Individual clips can be adjusted by choosing Modify > Timecode.
• Multiple clips can be adjusted in the Browser timecode columns (such as Media Start
and Media End).
In general, choosing Modify > Timecode provides deeper control over your timecode
modifications, but the Browser allows you to modify multiple clips at once.
Using Browser Using Modify > Timecode Timecode modification
Not allowed Allowed Adding or deleting timecode
tracks in a media file
Allowed only with offline clips
not associated with media files Allowed on any clip Modifying timecode (Media
Start)
822 Chapter 51 Working with Timecode