Using the Timecode Burn-In effect
It is very common to have to supply an output of your content with a Timecode overlay (commonly referred to as a Timecode Burn-In) for reasons such as:
Provide a visual Timecode reference (or other data, for example, film edgecode) for a visual effects artist, music composer, sound designer, sound mixer, or film negative conformer
To indicate the version and/or date of the output, who is receiving the output, and/or to place a copyright notice
For this recipe, we'll be using the relatively new Timecode Burn-In effect found in the Generator category of the Effects Palette. Not only does it play in Real Time (and if rendering is required, it will render much faster than a Non-Real Time effect), but it has multiple displays and a great deal of customizability.
How to do it...
This simple recipe of steps will tell you how to create what Avid calls an Effect Template. Once customized and saved, you can then re-apply it at any time in the future and have all your customizations...
