timer
timer is an advanced plug-in for iMovie that provides you with all timing-related tools you ever need. use it to time real-time events (e.g. footage of a sporting event, experiments, forensics), add '24'-style time information to your clip, or create countdowns, or provide time base lines for your stop-motion videos. in short, any time-related information can be added with this plug-in.
as a 'reference class' plug-in this effect sport the following features:
timer:
- real-time timer (based on the clip's frame count)
- real-time count-down
- time dilation/compression from 1:10 to 10:1
- pre-set to any start value (timer)
- count-down to any stop value (count-down)
- count all frames in a clip
- calculate time (you provide start and stop times, the plug crates all time values in-between)
- 11 different timer formats available
artistic:
- place the time anywhere on the clip -- using the mouse!
- easy font scaling scale font with mouse
- use any post script font (note that this is an effect, not a title plug-in!)
- use any color for time display
- optional panel behind timer for improved contrast (only available in versions previous to 3.0)
- use any color for panel (if enabled, only in versions previous to 3.0)
- 100 levels of transparency
- rotate your text
- choose between three different styles
- interactively set spacing
video timing (for real-time timer/count-down):
- 30 fps (NTSC)
- 25 fps (PAL)
note to advanced video editors:
since iMovie does not pass any original DV timing info to the plug-in, this plug-in can only be used to newly time-stamp source, not re-establish lost timing code.
note:
version 3 currently supports only installed postscript font
use this plug-in for any time-related information required in a video, e.g.
- time of day
- time passage for stop-motion
- clocking real-time events
- '24'-style time info
- establish time codes for videos
- count-downs
- frame counter
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