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# The Change Timecode Tool

The Change Timecode tool can be accessed as follows:

- In the clip library, from the Tools box, via the Change TC/KC option, when you select Timecode and New Start TC (or New Start & Mode). Use this option to change the the start timecode of Deliverables.

  (a) Change button(b) Timecode/Keycode box(c) Change Target box(d) Change option box(e) Frame Code Mode box(f) Affect Deliverables button(g) Timecode option box(h) Start Timecode field(i) Step Timecode field

- From the A/V Tools box, via the Timecode option, when you select Change TC.

  (a) Change option box(b) Start Timecode field(c) Change Target box

The Change Timecode tool options are described as follows.

Change button
  Click to confirm values entered and apply them to the selected clip.
Timecode/Keycode box
  Select whether to change the timecode or the keycode. Does not affect a Deliverable as it cannot have a keycode.
Change Target box
  Select whether the source timecode, record timecode, or both source and record timecode will change.
Change option box
  Select whether the start timecode and frame code mode will change. Set to New Start TC if only Deliverables are selected.

Select: | To:
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New Start & Mode | Change the start timecode and frame code mode (framerate and drop frame mode).
New TC Mode | Change only the frame code mode (framerate and drop frame mode).
New Start TC | Change only the start timecode. Select this option to change timecodes from Deliverables.

Frame Code Mode box
  Used to change the framerate and drop frame mode. Disabled when the Change option box is set to New Start TC. See The Change Frame Code Mode Tool.
Affect Deliverables button
  Enable to apply the Start Timecode to the selected Deliverables. Only available if Timecode/Keycode is set to Timecode, Change Target is set to either Record or Src/Rec, and the Change option box is set to New Start TC. Uneditable if only Deliverables are selected.
Timecode option box
  Select the timecode relationship between multiple selected clips. The Timecode option box is enabled only for Change TC/KC when the Change option box is set to New Start & Mode or New Start TC.

Select: | To:
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Step | Step the start timecode of multiple selected clips by the duration specified in the Step Timecode field.
Same TC | Assign the same start timecode to all clips.
Sequence | Assign a start timecode sequentially to each clip so that the clips follow each other immediately but do not overlap.

Start Timecode field
  Enter the start timecode of a single selected clip or the first clip in a multi-clip selection.
Step Timecode field
  Enter the timecode step used when assigning a new timecode to multiple clips. Enabled only when Step is selected in the Timecode options box.