InTime 1.2 may be freely copied and distributed provided that
1. only a nominal copying fee is charged,
2. this file is included,
3. if InTime is included with other programs in a compilation disk
or set of disks, then a copy of these disk/s is sent to me.
InTime may not be used for any commercial purposes without express written permission.
InTime is a program to overlay a 'timecode' onto videotape while making working dubs of original footage. It is not intended to be super accurate - it only counts in seconds, not in frames. It is designed to be used as as aid in logging and finding sections of a video tape.
Version 1.2 is an update of Version 1.1. The main change is to correct problems while using a WorkBench 2.0 overscan WorkBench screen.
Installing InTime:
All that is required is to drag the InTime icon into whatever drawer you wish it to be in - on either a hard or floppy disk. There are no other files needed for operation and no assigns are needed, although you can save a configuration file for your convenience.
Starting InTime:
Double-click the InTime icon to run. If running from the CLI type the program name. There are no CLI parameters or icon tooltypes.
InTime will open a borderless window on its own screen. The InTime display consists of a series of numbers. These are (reading from left to right)
the Tape Number, Hours, Minutes and Seconds.
eg. 1 0 2 34
would mean Tape Number 1, 0 Hours, 2 Minutes, 34 Seconds.
The display is changeable. You can choose to have any combination of these numbers as the display, however the order of the numbers can not be changed.
InTime will count in one second increments up to 99 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds. It will then go back to zero time. The tape number can go up to 9999.
Operation:
After startup, the timer will be set to zero and start counting. All commands are set by menus. These are the commands in the 'Project' menu.
Pause: This will pause the timer at the current time.
Continue: This will restart the timer after a Pause.
Reset: This will bring up a screen containing string gadgets where you
can change the numbers in the display. eg to change the Tape
Number from 1 to 2, select 'Reset Timer' from the menu and then
change the number in the string gadget called 'Tape'. The time
part of the display can also be changed to whatever you wish.
Zero: This will set the time part of the display to all zeros. The
tape number will not be changed.
Hide: This will remove the timer from the screen.
Show: This will show the timer after a 'Hide' command.
Move: This allows you to reposition the timer on the screen. After
selecting this command, a black box representing the display
will appear attached to the mouse pointer. Move this box to
where you want the display to be, then click the left mouse
button once.
Pointer: This is a toggle command to turn the mouse pointer on or off.
Font: This will allow you to change the font used in the display.
After selecting this command, a requester will appear showing
you the fonts in the current fonts directory. The font
directory can be changed by typing in the appropriate name in
the 'Path' string gadget. Click on the font you want to use,
then another screen will appear showing you the sizes available
in that font. Click on the size you want to use or enter a
number in the string gadget (if you are using Workbench 2.0)
and the display will be redrawn using that font and size.
Palette: This will bring up a palette requester where you can change the
colours of the screen. The text of the timer is drawn using
colour 3, and the background (covered below) is uses colour 2.
Screen to back: InTime does not have a depth gadget, so this will allow you
to send the InTime screen to the back, to allow access to other
programs.
Save configuration: This command will save a file called "s:InTime.conf".
This file will contain information on the current configuration.
This consists of -
- the font used
- size of the font
- font directory
- resolution of the screen
- colours of the screen
- position of the display
- which parts of the timer are to be shown. (The Hours,
Minutes, etc.) See below for more information. When InTime
starts up, it checks to see if this configuration file
exists and sets the display to match it if it does.
Iconify: This reduces InTime to a small title bar on the Workbench screen.
To reactivate the program, click once on the title bar with the
left mouse button (to make it active) and then click once with
the right mouse button. If you click in the CloseWindow gadget,
InTime will quit.
Quit: This will quit the InTime program.
The commands in the 'Timer' menu are all toggle attributes of various parts of the InTime display. They are
Background: This will put a background box behind the display. This is
designed to make the display easier to see when genlocked on
top of video.
Tape number: This determines whether or not the 'Tape number' part of the
display will be shown.
Hours: This determines whether or not the 'Hours' part of the display
will be shown.
Minutes: This determines whether or not the 'Minutes' part of the display
will be shown.
Seconds: This determines whether or not the 'Seconds' part of the display
will be shown.
Counter: This changes the time part of the display from Hours, Minutes
and Seconds to a single counter which counts up once a second,
up to a maximum of 359999.
Low resolution: This changes the screen to a low resolution screen.
High resolution: This changes the screen to a high resolution screen.
Interlace: This determines whether or not the screen will be interlaced.
Defaults:
If InTime doesn't find a configuration file when it first starts up, then it will put up the font requester so you can load a font to use. The other default options are high resolution, non-interlace screen, and the display positioned at the top left of the screen.
