Elapsed Time - Stopwatch Overlay

[K***@adobeforums.com]

Is there a method within Premiere Elements to overlay elapsed time or a stopwatch type function? Is there a third party "plug-in"?

Looking for some way to overlay elapsed time on track and field videos for splits, hurdle touchdown times, etc.

Thanks...

[C***@adobeforums.com]

It is called Time Stretch ;)
Yes you can. There are two ways, 1. the Time Stretch tool and 2. Right click on the clip and select Time Stretch.

[K***@adobeforums.com]

Chuck...thanks for the reply.

Not sure if I was real clear on my post - but I'm looking to overlay (super-impose) elasped time onto videos.

I've found a plug-in that allows overlaying the time code and date information - which is close.

What I would need is a tool that would take the time code and convert it to elapsed time.

[C***@adobeforums.com]

Opps, sorry. Your right, I didn't understand the question :")

Here is a Timecode Frame Generator that might work
<http://www.2writers.com/download.htm>

Here is the topic of discussion
<http://muvipix.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=29865#p29865>

[K***@adobeforums.com]

Chuck,

Thanks for taking the time to reply to my posts!

I didn't think I'd be the first to need this type of feature. Too bad PE doesn't include this function.

Have to play w/the TFG tonight!

Kelly

[C***@adobeforums.com]

There is a similar tool available in the Pro products, Premiere and After Effects, just not the Elements version.

Check out the topic at Muvipix, there are a number of suggestions there ;)

[K***@adobeforums.com]

Well...

Found several ways to get the time-code overlayed onto a video - problem is - I need true elaspsed time. So the time-code (frame counts) would need to be converted into real time.

I've found a published conversion chart (http://www.trackinfo.org/videotiming.html)

[R***@adobeforums.com]

<http://www.dvdate.ru> has a plug-in that you can use. It works with any video, even if it's not DV-AVI.

You can also use the WAX plug-in from <http://www.debugmode.com>. Then you need the the virtualdub plug-in "Add Frame Numbers." That also has elapsed time:

<http://www.thedeemon.com/VirtualDubFilters/detailed.html#42>

Within WAX you point to the location of the virtualdub plug-in folder.

[C***@adobeforums.com]

Here is a topic about creating your own timer and a few people that share theirs (2 and 3 minutes)
<http://www.videoforums.co.uk/adobe-premiere-premiere-elements-after-effects/9464-premiere-pro-stopwatch.html>

[K***@adobeforums.com]

PROBLEM SOLVED!

Just to follow up on my original post...

I was able to work with the folks (Ilya Topolnitsky) at DV Date (http://www.dvdate.ru/en/dvrecdate.html) - who were gracious enough to update their flagship product "DV Date" to include actual elapsed time. The plug-in is simple to use and works great!

The time overlay is easily modified (font, color, shadowing, position, etc.) - so it should work for anyone who wants to overlay elapsed time.

I have an example of the plug-in in action:

<http://www.hurdlecentral.com/Videos/DV_DATE_Test.wmv>

The video is about 10MB - as it includes a slow motion segment.

[R***@adobeforums.com]

I requested that the installation of DVDate be compatible with Premiere Elements. Wallah!

Before a couple years ago it would only install in the Pro version.

[K***@adobeforums.com]

As if by magic!

Wishes do come true...