[Bf-python] embedding timecode

[Johnny Matthews]

Perhaps a little builtin function for returning curframe as

Blender.Get('timecode') returning HH:MM:SS:FF

would be a handy addition. /me goes to play

Johnny

Jonathan Merritt wrote:

>Hi Jocen,
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>>I am searching for an easy method to embed the timecode into each frame.
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>If you can find a way to render the text you require into a Blender
>image buffer, you could do this efficiently in C using a sequence
>plugin.  Actually rendering the text into the image buffer is the
>difficult bit; compositing it onto the frame in the plugin is easy.
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>Alternatively, if you fetch the framerate (available from
>Blender.Render.RenderData objects using  the framesPerSec() method), you
>could do this using a script that post-processes a sequence after it has
>been rendered.  To do the actual post-processing, you can use the Python
>Imaging Library (PIL):
>       http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/
>PIL can draw on an image using either bitmap or OpenType/TrueType
>fonts.  There is lots of documentation available on their website.
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>Hope the above helps.  I have used PIL for quick timecoding / frame
>marking of several sequences.  I find myself using a script that runs
>completely outside of Blender most of the time, because I also use it
>for sequences rendered by Aqsis.
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