Working with Timecodes

Working with Timecodes

Every frame of an animation or picture list has a timecode associated to it. The timecode controls the time the frame is shown during playback. MainActor VE displays the timecode in milliseconds, therefore a timecode of 1000 would mean that the frame would be displayed exactly one second.

Projects can have two different kinds of timecodes: Global or local timecodes.

Pictures have always a default local timecode of 1 second.

Converting projects with different timecode methods can be tricky, have a look at the Timecode Translation .