add a negative time offset to timestamps
When tapping out a piece of media with the insert timecode shortcut, it would be really helpful if you could do a negative offset on that timecode stamp, i.e. - i hit the shortcut at 1h0m10s0f, and my offset option is -6, so the stamp inserted would be 1h0m4s0f.
Many times when working with timecode, you want the program to set you up so that you can give yourself a second or two to get your timing right, rather then the TC mark being right on the event, which make you have to edit the TC stamp, or rewind quite often. This feature would allow you to do that.
jason baeri
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jason baeri
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ah, thanks eric!
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AdminEric Baumgartner
(Admin, InqScribe)
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You can do this now. Create a new snippet and set its text to "{$time_offset(-00:00:06.00)}". Then set the snippet to an appropriate keyboard shortcut. Whenever you insert the snippet, it'll insert the current time with the given offset applied. Negative offsets work just fine.
See http://www.inqscribe.com/docs/snippetvariablereference.html for more information about dynamic things you can do with snippets.