Clock Display shows an analog or digital clock. Allows free manipulation of the displayed time by key framing     Used files:       clockdisplay.fex V3.0   Update clockdisplayV22.fex V2.2     Installation: Save the file in the folder “ ..\pinnacle\Studio 10\plugins\rtfx\\timecodefx” or “..\Avid\Avid Liquid 7\PlugIns\RTFx\timecodefx”

Version	Date	Description
V3.0	20.7.2007	Improvements much better performancet Antialiasing (Smoothing) for font and drawing
V2.2	30.3.2007	Error correction: 16:9 display for clock and LED 7-segment corrected time value rel(percent) maximum value now 200% New: optimized Studio user interface
V2.1	25.3.2007	first release

This effect adds a clock display to the video. This could be usefull for sport events, if you want to show the time passing by or whereever you need a clock.

Effect Display

The effect provide following displays

• analog clock
  color of hands and background can be select. The background and the timepoints can be removed. This allows you to use your own clock design as background.
  
• digital clock (font)
  shows a digital clock using any windows font. The type of display can be selected in a wide variety
  
  
  
• digital clock (LED 7-segment)
  shows a digital clock simulating an LED 7-segment diplay. The type of display can be selected in a wide variety
  
  

Time Control

The effect provides three ways for controlling the time value displayed:

• Automatic
  The clock runs automatically. The elapsed time of the clip is used for calcualting the time value to be shown. A base time can be added to this calculated time value. Shows the real time that passes by. Cannot be controled by keyframes.
   
• Time value relativ
  In this mode you can control the time value displayed per frame individually by using key frames. You specify the displayed time as a percentage form 0 to 100%.
  This sounds complicated but makes sense as key frames in Liquid are all relative to the clipduration. When you change the clip duration the position of the keyframes adjusts to the new clip duration.
  
  Examples:
• Realtime clock:
  Keyframe at start of the clip - Time value = 0%
  Keyframe at the end of the clip - Time value = 100%
  The clock runs forward in realtime from 0 to the kength of the clip. If you change the length of the clip the time is adjusted automatically.
• Realtime clock backwards:
  Keyframe at start of the clip - Time value = 100%
  Keyframe at the end of the clip - Time value = 0%
  The clock runs backwards
• Slow motion clock
  Keyframe at start of the clip - Time value = 0%
  Keyframe at the end of the clip - Time value = 50%
  The clock runs with half the speed
• Fast motion clock
  Keyframe at start of the clip - Time value = 0%
  Keyframe at the end of the clip - Time value = 200%
  The clock runs with double speed
• Late start of clock
  Keyframe at start of the clip - Time value = 0%
  Keyframe at 50% of the clip - Time value = 0%
  Keyframe at the end of the clip - Time value = 50%
  The clock stay at 0 until half of the clip is played and starts then in real time.
   
• Time value absolute
  In this mode you can control the time value displayed per frame individually by using key frames as before. But You specify the displayed time as an absolute value in seconds. This is usefull if you know the exact time value you want to show at given frames.
  
  Examples:
• Ski race:
  Keyframe at start of the clip - Time value = 0 sec
  Keyframe at frame with the start of the race - Time value = 0 sec
  Keyframe at the end of the race - Time value = exact time in seconds when the skier arrived (The time can be specified up to 1/100 sec). The maximum length is 90000 sec > 24 hours.
• Football (Soccer) game:
  Keyframe at start of the clip - Time value = 2700 sec (= 45 min)
  Keyframe at the start of the game Time value = 2700 sec (= 45 min)
  Set a keyframe at each time the game is interupted with the exact time value you want.
• Physical experiment:
  Keyframe at start of the clip - Time value = 0 sec
  Keyframe at frame with the start of the experiment - Time value = 0 sec
  Keyframe at the end of the experiment - Time value = exact time in seconds when the experiment ist stopped (The time can be specified up to 1/100 sec). The maximum length is 90000 sec > 24 hours.
• Fast motion (24 hours in 1 minute)
  a 1 minute clip
  Keyframe at start of the clip - Time value = 0 sec
  Keyframe at frame at end of clip - Time value = 86400 sec (24 hours)
   

The possibilities are endless.

Remark: The interpolation for the keyframes has to be set to “LINEAR”. !!!

Installation

• Save the file in the folder “ ..\pinnacle\Studio 10\plugins\rtfx\\timecodefx” or “..\Avid\Avid Liquid 7\PlugIns\RTFx\timecodefx”
   
• After launching Liquid Edition/Studio , you’ll see in the effectlist a new categorie “TimecodeFX”. In the effects list you will find the effect “ClockDisplay”.

If you want to apply this effect over more than one clip and get a continous timer you have following choices:

• create one AVI from the clips and use the effct on this AVI
• add one transparent title to the clips and apply the timer to this title.
• set the start time of the adjacent clips to the end time of the predeceding clip.

Parameters

Parameter Description Clock Type Select the display type of the clock: Analog clock Digital clock (font) Digital clock (LED 7-segment) X-Pos X-Position Y-Pos Y-Position Time Value Type Automatic Time relative (in percent) Time absolut (in sec) Timecode Time relativ Time in percent of the clipduration (0 - 200%) Time absolut Time in seconds 0 - 90000sec, 0.01 seonds resolution Style  Style of the timer: hh:mm:ss.mmm - hh:mm:ss.mm - hh:mm:ss.m - hh:mm:ss - hh:mm - mm:ss - mm - special Base time h Start hour - will be added to the calculated time value Base time min Start minute - will be added to the calculated time value Base time sec Start second - will be added to the calculated time value Foregrd Color Color of the foreground, i.e font, hands or LEDs Transperancy FG Transperancy of foreground Backgrd Color Background Color Transperancy BG Transperancy of background Background Show background Smoothing Smoothing / Antialiasing switch on/off Font Type Select the windows font. Font size Size of the font Font Weight Font Weight

Italic Italic Underline Underline Strikeout Strikeout Special Styles If the selected time code style is “Special” it is possible to define an individual style with the follwing parameters h Style hour display: hh - h - no display h separator hour separator: “:” ”.” “-” “/” “ “ min Style Minute display: mm - m - no display min separator MInute Separator: “:” ”.” “-” “/” “ “ sec Style Second Display: ss - s - no Display sec separator Second separator: “:” ”.” “-” “/” “ “ msec Style Millisecond display: mmm - mm  - m - no Display Analog Clock:   Size Radius of the clock in % of the screen width 0 - 100% Points Display the clock points Hand sec Display the second hand Hand min Display the minute hand Hand hour Display the hour hand

Autor: Harold Linke, E-Mail: harold.linke@t-online.de ,Datum: 28/08/07