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Documentation for InTime Version 1.2
Copyright 1992.
Gary Smith,
Atelier Films,
P.O. Box 550,
Hamilton,
Queensland,
Australia, 4007.
5-3-92.
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 res: This changes the screen to a low resolution screen.
High res: 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.