Help please - I messed up!

arkclk · Post by **arkclk** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:17 pm

In filming a wedding yesterday, I used a camera that placed the time, including seconds on the film. Now, I cannot get the video into my computer without also having this anoying time code constantly flashing each second. I used a Sony TRV85 camera.

If anyone knows how to turn the timestamp off that would be great but I doubt this is possible. Assuming the worst, is there any advice on how to create a beige or black colored box that could simply cover up the date code?

I'm kicking myself because if I would have hit the "Time" button once I could have avoided this mess.

Thanks

rguthrie · Post by **rguthrie** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:32 pm

Have you tried pressing the DATE and or TIME button during playback to see if that clears the screen? I don't have his camera. I thought that kind of stuff went away in DV cameras.

Ron G.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 11:18 pm

I had thought at first it was a Digital 8 camera, not a mini DV one, but on checking, I think it is indeed a mini DV. So yes, the date should simply turn off on the camera, and not be transferred on capture (except as background information when you hover the mouse over the file).

arkclk · Post by **arkclk** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 11:51 pm

Thanks for the replies. This is a Sony analog camcorder, that's why I believe it's too late. I'm thinking of creating a "Title" box and using it to hide the mess.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:56 am

Sorry. I found a review of a Sony TRV80, which was a high price mini DV camera, and so thought that a TRV would be one step up. But if it is analog, then no - no way of getting rid of it except by the tedious method you suggest. There are software (freeware?) programs for removing things like date stamps, but you would need to do a Google search to find them.

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 5:28 pm

You could just make a coloured 'box' on a green background in Photoshop (or whatever you have) and then put that in the overlay track and use the 'Chroma-key' function to render the green invisible and leave only the box - which doesn't have to be a box shape but could be a shape connected to a wedding such as a heart, - a bell, a church etc.

play with the overlay screen size settings in UVS to get it the right size and in the right place.