Show timecode in Canvas question

[4God]

I did a search and didn't find anything, so here it goes:
I've seen a couple of people using Final Cut that have the timecode
showing in the canvas window. I don't mean those little overlays, I mean
like the example used in the "Coen's" video on Apple's site. You can go here
to see what I mean. I've tried using the filters (Timecode Generator
and Timecode Reader) but that's not quite it. Anybody got ideas?
Is it some 3rd party thing or am I just missing something? Any help
would be greatly appreciated.

 

[LethalWolfe]

I did a search and didn't find anything, so here it goes:
I've seen a couple of people using Final Cut that have the timecode
showing in the canvas window. I don't mean those little overlays, I mean
like the example used in the "Coen's" video on Apple's site. You can go here
to see what I mean. I've tried using the filters (Timecode Generator
and Timecode Reader) but that's not quite it. Anybody got ideas?
Is it some 3rd party thing or am I just missing something? Any help
would be greatly appreciated.

The timecode (and keycode if it's coming from film) is "burned in" (recorded onto) the video image when the tapes are made.


Lethal

 

[4God]

Yeah, but I used to use this feature when I had a Canopus setup.
You could toggle on/off the timecode display in the "canvas" window
and it would show even during editing/playback. I'm looking for a similar
feature that I've seen others use while editing DV/HDV.

 

[LethalWolfe]

That might have been something specific to Canopus then. AFAIK the only way to get TC in the Canvas window of FCP is using the "timecode overlay" feature.


Lethal

 

[4God]

Well, dang. Maybe it'll be a new feature in Final Cut 6.
I just thought I had seen it used before, as in the example above.