Editing Timecode

If you want to capture different material than what appears in the EDL, you can slip or trim the edits to specify the correct material for your final assembly. You can change any source or record timecode in the EDL.

You can also edit timecode and keycode in the Tape List.

To edit timecode:

If you want to edit source timecode, and keycode in and out values are displayed, toggle the Show Timecode/Show Keycode box to Timecode.

Do one of the following:

Click the source or record timecode entry you want to modify and drag right to increase the value or drag left to decrease the value. You can use hotkeys to change the values in varying increments.

Use:	To:
Shift-drag	Jump by seconds.
Ctrl-drag	Jump by minutes.
Alt-drag	Jump by hours.

Double-click the source or record timecode you want to modify to get the calculator, and then enter a new timecode. If the source or record timecode is already selected, click it again to get the calculator. See About the Timecode Calculator.

When you edit source timecode, the corresponding keycode changes to reflect the new frames to be captured. Toggle the Show Timecode/Show Keycode button to see the edited keycode in and out values. You cannot edit the keycode for events in the EDL work area.

NoteOther entries in the same edit affected by your modifications become highlighted as you edit an entry.

Editing Tape List Timecode and Keycode

In Tape List view, you can slip all the start timecode values for a given tape. This is useful when you need to modify the start timecode of a tape that is used in multiple EDLs, because you edit the value only once.

You can also slip keycode and its associated start timecode and duration. This is similarly useful to alter keycode values correlated to the timecode for given sequences on the tapes.

To slip the start timecode value for a given tape:

In the Import EDL menu, from the Display group, enable View Tape List.

Do one of the following:

Click the start timecode entry you want to modify and drag right to increase the value or drag left to decrease the value. You can use hotkeys to change the values in varying increments.

Use:	To:
Shift-drag	Jump by seconds.
Ctrl-drag	Jump by minutes.
Alt-drag	Jump by hours.

Click the start timecode entry you want to modify to get the calculator, then enter a new timecode. See About the Timecode Calculator.

To slip the keycode for a given tape:

In the Import EDL menu, from the Display group, enable View Tape List.
If necessary, click the triangle on the left of the tape entry to expand its contents.

Sequences of timecode on the tape are associated to keycode values. If no keycode is available from the telecine log(s) you loaded, N/A (not available) appears for the sequence.

(a) Timecode start and duration defines sequence, with corresponding keycode (b) Timecode without corresponding keycode
To edit the keycode for a sequence, do one of the following:
- Drag the keycode entry you want to modify to the right to increase the value or to the left to decrease the value.
- Click the keycode entry you want to modify to get the keycode calculator, and then enter a new keycode. See About the Keycode Calculator.
  The keycode values associated to the timecode sequence (defined by the values in TC Start and TC Duration fields) are altered.
  
  If you change the frame rate in the keycode calculator, it is reflected in the Film FCM field.

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