SPRO2003/SPRO3002 - Logging Rushes + TC

Adding Timecode to the rushes allows the Producer/Director to view the files from home and to begin making a paper edit

Follow these steps...

	Select the first of your merged and labelled clips Double click to populate to the Source panel Just a sample You will obviously have a significantly larger amount of data to deal with than this sample size
	In the Effects tab type Timecode Drag the timecode effect onto the clip in the source panel
	In the Effect Controls tab you can manipulate the settings of the timecode to your liking (position, size and opacity) Clear and concise Make sure the timecode settings you create are clear and concise without covering the primary action which is taking place in each shot These are a must: format SMPTE Timecode Source Media Time Display 25 Multiple cameras You can label your clips with camera 1, etc if you have multiple camera sources
	Right click on the timecode effect and select Copy Cmd + c Cmd + c for the short cut
	Shift select the remainder of your merged and labelled clips
	Right click on any of the selected clips and select Paste Cmd + v Cmd + v for the short cut You have now applied the same Timecode effect to all of your clips They will all read the day of time Timecode as per the settings you created when setting up your camera
	Select all of your merged and labelled clips
	Right click and select Export Media... at the bottom of the menu
	This will open an Export Settings dialogue box
	H.264 Match Source - Medium Bitrate Select the Queue button at the bottom of the page
	This will open up Adobe Media Encoder to do the rest of the conversion for you
	By default all the clips will be output to same location as the originals - YOU DO NOT WANT THIS Select all of the clips (Cmd + a) Then click on one of the blue Output File locations (this will change all of the Output Locations at once)
	Create a new folder called Rushes Media Management Good media management would dictate that you create a new folder (inside the Rushes folder) for every day of Shoot Select the choose button once you have set the location correctly
	Select the green play button to encode your clips
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Adding Timecode to the rushes allows the Producer/Director to view the files from home and to begin making a paper edit

Follow these steps...

Select the first of your merged and labelled clips

Double click to populate to the Source panel

You will obviously have a significantly larger amount of data to deal with than this sample size

In the Effects tab type Timecode

Drag the timecode effect onto the clip in the source panel

In the Effect Controls tab you can manipulate the settings of the timecode to your liking (position, size and opacity)

Make sure the timecode settings you create are clear and concise without covering the primary action which is taking place in each shot

These are a must:

format SMPTE

Timecode Source Media

Time Display 25

You can label your clips with camera 1, etc if you have multiple camera sources

Shift select the remainder of your merged and labelled clips

Select all of your merged and labelled clips

Right click and select Export Media... at the bottom of the menu

This will open an Export Settings dialogue box

H.264

Match Source - Medium Bitrate

Select the Queue button at the bottom of the page

This will open up Adobe Media Encoder to do the rest of the conversion for you

By default all the clips will be output to same location as the originals - YOU DO NOT WANT THIS

Select all of the clips (Cmd + a)

Then click on one of the blue Output File locations (this will change all of the Output Locations at once)

Create a new folder called Rushes

Good media management would dictate that you create a new folder (inside the Rushes folder) for every day of Shoot

Select the choose button once you have set the location correctly

Select the green play button to encode your clips

Contact a Post-Production Support Specialist