[Bf-python] embedding timecode

[Johnny Matthews]

Well, nothing with embedding the timecode in an image, but at least to 
make it available as a string.

jochen issing wrote:

>Hi Johnny,
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>On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 08:44:43AM -0600, Johnny Matthews wrote:
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>>Perhaps a little builtin function for returning curframe as
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>>Blender.Get('timecode') returning HH:MM:SS:FF
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>>would be a handy addition. /me goes to play
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>This means you are starting something?
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>>Johnny
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>>Jonathan Merritt wrote:
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>>>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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