Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 - Manual (Page 143)

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7. Make sure that the recording device is set to record from the digital port.
8. Begin recording the new tape and then start your original tape playing. Let the camcorders or decks run until the entire original tape has
been copied.
Note: Scene Detect recognizes the starting and stopping points for each shot by looking for jumps in the timestamps. Because copying a
tape this way creates a single clip with a continuous timestamp, you can’t use Scene Detect when you capture the copy in Premiere Pro.
Capturing timecode
The timecode of source video is captured when you use device control. Timecode capture with controllable analog devices depends on the
precision of your tape deck. If your tape deck cannot read the timecode accurately, you may have to calibrate your system or manually assign the
timecode to your movie by matching frames.
Note: Timecode is visible in the tape counter only on equipment that can recognize timecode, unless the timecode has been burned in or
recorded over the picture in a copy of the tape. Most analog home VCRs cannot read or write timecode.
Set timecode manually for a clip
You can change the timecode from that recorded by Premiere Pro. For example, you captured footage from a DV copy of a Hi8 tape originally
recorded with RCTC (Rewritable Consumer Time Code). The DV copy, and the video files on your computer copied from it, carry the DV timecode,
not the original RCTC. For convenience in referencing shot logs made for the original Hi8 tape, you want to reset the timecode to the original
RCTC numbers.
1. Select the clip in the Project panel.
2. Choose Clip > > Modify > Timecode, specify options as needed, and click OK.
Enter timecode
As you capture and edit video, you enter timecode values many times. For example, you enter timecode values to set In and Out points for clips
and to navigate a Timeline panel. Premiere Pro provides many ways to enter timecode.
In Premiere Pro, the duration between the In and Out points includes the frames indicated by the timecode. For example, if you enter the same
timecode for the In and Out points of a clip, the duration of the clip is one frame. When entering timecode, you can substitute periods for colons or
type numbers without punctuation. Premiere Pro interprets the numbers you type as hours, minutes, seconds, and frames.
To set a specific timecode, select the timecode, type a new timecode, and then press Enter/Return.
To adjust the current timecode by dragging, drag the timecode horizontally. For example, to set an earlier timecode, drag to the left.
To adjust the current timecode by using a relative value, type the plus sign (+) or minus sign (–) and the number of frames to add or subtract.
For example, to subtract five frames from the current timecode, select the entire timecode, type –5, and then press Enter/Return.
View timecode as a burn-in
You can display clip timecode within the video preview of the clip by applying the Timecode effect to that clip. You can display timecode within the
video preview of any part of a sequence by applying the Timecode effect to a transparent video clip. then trim the transparent video clip for the
period when you want the timecode visible. Onscreen timecode is commonly referred to as burn-in timecode. It is used in rough edits and proofs to
give frame-accurate reference points to editors and their collaborators.
View clip timecode as a burn-in
1. In the Effects panel, click the triangle next to the Video Effects bin to open it. Then, click the triangle next to the Video bin to open it.
2. Drag the Timecode effect and drop it onto a clip in a sequence.
3. Click the Effect Controls panel to make the panel active.
4. Click the triangle next to Timecode to expose the options for this effect.
5. Adjust the options as needed.
View sequence timecode as a burn-in
1. At the bottom of the Project panel, click the New Item icon . Select Transparent Video.
Note: In Premiere Pro CS6, you can use an adjustment layer instead of transparent video to carry the timecode effect.
2. Drag the transparent video clip to an empty track in the sequence higher than all other video tracks.
3. In the Effects panel, click the triangle next to the Video Effects bin to open it. Then, click the triangle next to the Video bin to open it.
4. Drag the Timecode effect and drop it onto the transparent video clip.
5. Click the Effect Controls panel to make the panel active.
6. Click the triangle next to Timecode to expose the options for this effect.
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