Adjusting the Speed of a Timecode

Question

Hi everyone,

I'm quite new to Premiere Pro, and I've been having some trouble with timecodes. I have a series of clips, which are all set at different speeds (i.e. some are sped up to 200%, some to 300%). I would like to have a timecode which persists across the entire sequence, but speeds up and slows down at the same rate as the individual clips.

How would I go about this? Is it even possible?

Thanks in advance for your help.

ah_photo · Answer

Not quite sure if I understand what the purpose behind this would be. Maybe if you explain your goals a bit more this would help?

Timecode at the end of the day is meant to be a consistent timing base SOURCE or SEQUENCE. Each clip has its own source timecode (relevant to that one clip) and each sequence has timecode for the sequence. For the actual timecode of the clips or sequences to change speed would defeat the purpose.

If you're talking more about timecode overlay (to burn into your clips) this is a bit of a different story. If you're just trying to demonstrate how much time has lapsed but have it account for your speed changes, I would suggest using nesting:

Create a nest with the video you want, in order, everything at 100% speed. Make sure the nest uses the same frame rate that you recorded in.
In the nest, add a transparent video layer over everything, and add the Timecode generator effect to it
Then, edit with the nest. This way if you remap the speed/timing in the nest, the timecode should follow.

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