User Guide

ADOBE PREMIERE PRO 2.0

User Guide

To ensure that you always shoot continuous timecode, record at least 5 seconds of extra video past the end of the

action in any shot. If you review a clip in the camera, be sure to rewind the tape back into that 5-second margin before

recording again. Your camcorder reads the timecode from the frame on which you stop and begins recording timecode

withtheverynextframenumberwhenyoustartyournextshot.Becareful;ifyouleaveagapbetweenthelastframeof

the previous shot and the first frame of the next, the camcorder begins writing timecode at 00:00:00:00 again.

Striping or replacing timecode

You can ensure continuous timecode by recording timecode onto the tape before you use it. This process is called

striping the tape. Striping is not necessary if you follow recommended shooting practices, but it can protect you from

accidentally breaking timecode by miscuing a tape in your camera.

To stripe a tape with timecode

Put an unused tape in the camera. It should have no timecode.

2 If you’re using a camera for striping, attach the lens cap and disable audio recording.

3 Ensure that all camera settings (particularly the audio sample rate) are exactly thesameasthesettingsyouwilluse

when you shoot. Use all these same settings whenever shooting on that tape.

4 Begin recording. Let the camera or deck run until the entire tape has been recorded.

5 Before you record video on a striped tape, play about 30 seconds of it from the beginning. Verify that the

camcorderisreadingthetimecodeyoustripedbeforeyoustartshooting.The30-secondemptyleadonthetapealso

helps in batch capturing.

Check your camera’s settings whenever changing tapes, especially when reinserting a tape you had begun shooting

previously. Though you may want to use different settings for different tapes, it’s best to use the same settings from

beginning to end of each tape. These should match the settings used when first striping that tape.

To replace DV timecode

If your source footage is in DV format and its timecode isn’t continuous, you can replace its timecode by making a

DVcopy,ordub,ofthetape.TheDVdevicemakingthecopyrecordsnewtimecodethatiscontinuous,soyoucan

then log and capture video, with the new timecode, from the copy.

Note: This technique does not work when dubbing to the DVCAM format or using a Panasonic AG-DV2500 as the

record deck.

1 Load the tape you shot into a camcorder or deck, and fully rewind it.

2 Load a new tape into a second camcorder or deck, which you will use to record the copy.

3 If the recording device includes an option to record video with the timecode from your original tape, be sure that

this option is disabled. See the operating instructions for the device for information on this option.

4 If both devices are digital, connect them using a digital connection, such as IEEE 1394 or SDI. This will make a

full-quality copy.

5 Connect the recording device to a television monitor.

6 Set both devices to VTR mode.

7 Make sure that the recording device is set to record from the digital port.

8 Beginrecordingthenewtapeandthenstartyouroriginaltapeplaying.Letthecamcordersordecksrununtilthe

entire original tape has been copied.