Apple Final Cut Pro HD (4.5): New Features - Manual (Page 86)

86 Chapter 5 Viewing and Modifying Timecode
Unless you make speed adjustments to a clip, switching this setting on and off won’t
have any noticeable effect on the way timecode displays.
Important: Adjusting speed affects how a clip plays back the frames of a media file, but
it does not affect the frames of the media file itself. Constant and variable speed
adjustments are nondestructive—they leave the media file intact.
To see how speed settings affect the timecode view, try the following:
1 Open a clip in the Viewer.
2 Choose Modify > Speed or press Command-J.
3 Type 25% in the Speed number box and click OK.
The clip now plays back frames from the media file at 25% 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 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. Therefore, the
video frames and the timecode numbers only change every fourth frame when viewed
in the speed-adjusted clip.
5 Control-click the current timecode field, then deselect View Native Speed from the
shortcut menu.
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 and right
arrow keys.
Final Cut Pro now increments the timecode at the frame rate of the clip, ignoring any
speed adjustments.
If you want to see the actual source timecode of each frame of the media file, leave
View Native Speed selected.
Timecode Overlays
Timecode overlays in the Viewer and Canvas display source time (not clip time) from
the media file. Timecode overlays are not affected when clip time is selected or View
Native Speed is deselected.
You can use timecode overlays to verify that video “window burn” timecode (visible
timecode in the video picture itself ) matches the source timecode of the media file.
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