PE 15: DVdate Plugin For Timecode Within Timeline Video Clip

INTRODUCTION

The DVdate plugin for Adobe Premiere Elements* allows the user to apply a timecode within the Timeline video clip. I last explored this plugin in 2014 in Premiere Elements 10, 11, and 12. It worked well. For details, please refer to a Premiere Elements forum discussion** back in 2014. See HERE. The following important DVdate source and setup details from that discussion are excerpted for convenience

I just downloaded the DVdate plug-in. Road tested 10, 11, or 12 Premiere Elements with Windows 7 64 bit).

Download DVdate plug-in from link given in post 1.

It is a bit of a detour for 11 and 12, but...

Double click the downloaded DVdateSetup.exe to start its installation.
When you get to the dialog for selection the destination, select
Target Application
"Adobe Premiere Elements 10.0, 11.0 (64 bit)"
and, below that, for Folder accept
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Elements 10\Plug-ins\en_US"

This will put the plug-in in the version 10 location. After the installation is successful in 10, then I copied the DVdate Folder in the 10 en_US Folder and pasted it in the comparable location for versions 11 and 12.

In versions 11 and 12, the DVdate plug-in is found in Expert workspace/fx Effects Tab/Video/DVdate. After you drag the effect into the clip, you edit the effect via Applied Effects/Applied Effects Palette/DVdate Panel. In the DVdate Panel is a Setup icon. Click on that for the complete setup.

Version 10, its Edit Header/Effects/Video Effects/Video/DVdate. And, then Edit Effects for the Properties Palette and its DVdate Panel with the Setup icon.

The DVdate Folder in the en_US Folder contains files named 409.Ing, 419.Ing, DVdate.prm, DVdate409.chm, and DVdate419.chm. Open the DVdate409.chm for how to use in project. The author of the DVdate409.chm file is Ilya Topolnitsky with copyright dated 2012. 

ISSUE

When that DVdate Folder stored from the 2014 time was copied in 2017 into Premiere Elements 15
C:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Premiere Elements 15/Plug-ins/en_US (on Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 bit or Windows 10 Home 64 bit) it functioned well.

If a user has the DVdate Folder still installed on his/her computer, this DVdate plugin should work for him/her as described above. The DVdate Setup.exe appears to be no longer available online. Please refer to DVdate plugin availability comment in the COMMENTARY section of this blog post.


SOLUTION

In the absence of using stored older download, there appears to be no solution for use of DVdate plugin in conjunction with Premiere Elements when wanting to insert timecode into Premiere Elements Timeline video. The unavailability of the DVdate Setup.exe/DVdate Folder appear to be the limiting factor.

COMMENTARY

I am still searching online for possible archived DVdate plugin files. The following may be a possible source, but I am hesitant to download from an archived web site that is unknown to me. The link referred to is
https://archive.is/73WLO which I have left inactive in this post.

A program named DVMP-Pro 6.3 might be a consideration for insertion of a timecode within Timeline video, but it is not free, and I have not downloaded nor tested it in conjunction with any version of Premiere Elements.

ADD ON entered into this blog post on December 10, 2017.
Current version 2018 as well as earlier versions of Premiere Elements do not come with a built in feature for applying timecode to a video.

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* With my computers, I did not experience any security issues when opening the active link https://archive.is/WLVqF used here for the archived description of the exact 2014 source of my DVdate plugin.
** I no longer visit the Adobe Premiere Elements forum, consequently I will not respond to 2017 follow up questions added to that 2014 thread. Hopefully, the details above will update my views of the DVdate plugin used in conjunction with Premiere Elements.


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PE: Audio Volume/Audio Effects Bypass Option

INTRODUCTION

In a Premiere Elements forum in 2015 I gave the following description of Volume Bypass to a Premiere Elements user who was then using version 10. The following is an excerpt of what I wrote at that time:

When your audio comes into the project, it is assigned a 0 dB value. That value represents the volume of the file as recorded by the recording device.
You can lower or increase the volume at the Timeline level by moving the audio file's orange "Volume Clip Volume" rubberband up or down. All the way to the top represents +6 dB, and all the way to the bottom represents infinity. The "Volume Bypass" option is going to work for you as long as the Volume reading is no longer 0 dB.

The "Volume Bypass" orange line rubberband is a different line than that for the "Volume Clip Volume". "Volume Clip Volume" deals with setting the Volume whereas "Volume Bypass" allows you to decide what segments of the Volume change that you want be to heard without going back to Volume Clip Volume to make Volume adjustments.

When you set the audio clip for Volume Bypass, it is normal for the Volume Bypass orange line to be all the way to the bottom (Off) because that represents the Volume Bypass letting you hear the Volume change that you made. It is allowing you to hear however you adjusted the Volume away from 0 dB. With Volume Bypass, you decide what segments of that Volume change across the clip you want heard and do not want to be heard without having to go back to the Volume Clip Volume's orange rubberband. In the Volume Clip Volume phase, if you have set audio fade in and fade out, then you make sure that Volume Bypass is Off at those times. Also, consider, do you really need or want Volume Bypass in your workflow? What benefit is it to your audio for the effect that you are trying to achieve?

Also refer to the following related follow ups to the topic

PE12: Audio Features
May 2, 2014
http://atr935.blogspot.com/2014/05/pe12-audio-features.html

PE: Rubberband Options Detailed
March 20, 2014
http://atr935.blogspot.com/2014/03/pe-rubberband-options-detailed.html

PE 11: Video and Audio Track Content Rubberband
June 9, 2013
http://atr935.blogspot.com/2013/06/pe11-video-and-audio-track-rubberband.html

ISSUE

Since not yet reported here for current version Premiere Elements 15 and since there was some interest in the topic, the ON/OFF for Premiere Elements 15's Audio Bypass options were revisited at the levels of the Timeline rubberband, Audio Adjustments, audio effects found under Applied Effects.

OBSERVATIONS

Audio Bypass Options

Applied Effects/Audio Effects
After application of any of the audio effects found under fx Effects/Audio/Audio Effects, the related Applied Effects Palette then contains the audio effect's viewing/editing panel which includes a Bypass option*. That Bypass option

• is keyframeable with views for setting/editing/and viewing the set keyframes when "Show/hide keyframe controls" is activated in the Applied Effects Palette.

• has an On Off feature with On = check mark in its box, and Off = removal of any check mark in its box (single click on box toggles this On Off).

Figure 1. Premiere Elements 15. Audio Effects Bypass Option in Applied Effects Palette. Channel Volume Audio Effect Is Used For Demonstration Purposes. Show/Hide Keyframe Controls View.

The audio Bypass here can be seen at the rubberband Timeline level as well as the Applied Effects/"Show/hide keyframe controls" level. But extra steps are needed to work with the Bypass keyframes at the Timeline level.

• The audio clip's default rubberband is for Volume Level and needs to be changed to "Rubberband: Channel Volume:Bypass" in the clip's title (in Figure 1 Timeline, see Channel Volume/Bypass after click on the tiny triangle at the end of the clip's title).

• Must do step - right click Timeline audio clip, select "Show Clip Keyframes"/Channel Volume/Bypass. The Bypass keyframes are editable at the rubberband level.

• At the Timeline rubberband level, the audio Bypass is Off when the rubberband is at the bottom of the clip and On when the rubberband is at the top of the clip.

Adjustments/Audio Adjustments

Audio clips placed on the Timeline present with adjustment options for Volume, Balance, Treble, Bass, and Audio Gain. None of the panels in the Adjustment Palette were found to offer a Bypass option. With the exception of Audio Gain, the other adjustments were each found to be keyframeable when done with "Show/hide keyframe controls" activated view of its opened panel. It appeared that any Bypass option for these adjustments are in conjunction with the Timeline rubberband activity.

Figure 2. Premiere Elements 15. Audio Adjustments In Conjunction With Timeline Rubberband Access To An Audio Bypass Option. Bass Adjustment Is Used For Demonstration Purposes. Adjustment Palette's Show/Hide Keyframe Controls View.

In order to get a Bypass option for the Audio Adjustments

• Select the Audio Clip in the Timeline. Bass adjustment is used for demonstration purposes.

• The audio clip's title is changed to "Rubberband:Bass:Bypass". In order to have the Bass option appear in  the Rubberband options (as in Figure 2) the Bass value needs to be changed to other than 0.0 dB.

• Must do step - right click audio clip, select "Show Clip Keyframes" and the wanted option in order to see the wanted type of keyframes (in this demonstration, that is, "Show Clip Keyframes"/Bass/Bypass).

Volume Level And Volume Bypass At Timeline Rubberband Level

Please refer to references cited in the INTRODUCTION. For all intents and purposes, the Volume Level and its Bypass Option at the Timeline Rubberband Level appear to be the same from at least Premiere Elements 10 through 15.

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*Also see Adobe document titled "Adding and Removing Effects/Apply An Audio Effect" found
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/using/applying-removing-effects.html

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