I imported a movie with a frame rate of 29.97 and a 29.97 NDF timecode window burn. How can I position it precisely on the timeline so that my timeline display and timcode window burn agree?
First of all, if you’re using Pro Tools LE rather than a TDM system, Digidesign has made your life much more difficult by removing the SMPTE timecode and Feet/Frames timelines, so the following applies principally to the TDM systems. Step one is to precisely locate the leading edge of a specific frame in the movie. If your movie has a proper SMPTE leader on it, you can use a frame with a standard positional reference, such as the “2” frame of the countdown leader. (If not, you can use any frame and substitute its burn in location value for the numbers used in this example.) Make sure you’re working in the grid mode. In this example, we’ll set our main timeline to display Feet/Frames (use Timecode if you prefer.) Start off with your Nudge increments set to 1 frame. Navigate to the frame you’re interested in. Let’s suppose it’s the “2” frame. In that case your SMPTE window burn probably says “nine seconds” from your session start, or 01:00:06:00. If you have a 35mm feet/frames window bur
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