![]() ![]() UPDATE (26th January 2017): As Brad mentions in the comments below, you can now download the TC.XLAM 2.0 beta, which is no longer password protected and works on modern versions of Excel.With the following little piece of code, you can retrieve the distance between two points. For those that no longer use Excel, there’s also a Google Sheets version explained here. Today I was contacted by a filmmaker friend that wanted to work out a way to calculate timecode within an Excel spreadsheet. You can do all your calculations and print or save the total form. The spreadsheet calculator has the following advantages over a calculator or a spreadsheet. ![]() It has 14 inline calculator and one display window. Fortunately there are some great Macro’s out there that allow you to do just that, however the one I recommended is not terribly well documented, so I thought I would jot down some notes here. The spread sheet calculator was made for any person who can use a calculator can use the spreadsheet calculator. The tool I recommended was Excel Time Code Extension by Matthias Bürcher. It hasn’t been updated since 1997, however it still works great, even on the later versions of Excel. Although there is some great documentation floating around on the Internet ( this blog is probably the best resource – especially the comments), when I first downloaded it all I really wanted was a Installation Guide and an Example. Here’s a crash course for Mac users out there – although the workflow is very similar for PC users. I tested this on MacOS 10.6.8 and Excel 2008.ġ. Download the XLA script from here (I hope you don’t mind Matthias, but I’ve also mirrored it here – just in case your site ever goes down).Ģ. Unzip the download, and then drag the XLA file into Excel.ģ. You will be presented with a Macro Warning – just click Open.Ĥ. You will now be left with a blank Excel workbook. To activate the plugin, press Command+Option+T (Windows users can just press Control + T I’m told, although I haven’t tested it personally yet). In the bottom status bar you should see a message like the below to confirm that everything is working properly:ĥ. You can now start getting to work! Select the fields you want to use as timecode fields, then click Format > Style from the top menu bar.Ħ. Then select Time Code from the Style Name and click OK.ħ. You can now enter timecode into the fields you selected previously. #FRAME TO TIMECODE CALCULATOR FULL#Įnter it as a full number, without any spaces (for example 01013000). ![]() Excel will automatically format it nicely (i.e. With that complete, you can now start doing some calculations. For the purposes of this demonstration, let’s just add A1 and A2 together. There’s probably a much quicker way to do this, but the most reliable method I’ve found is to convert the timecode values to frames, do the calculations as frames, then convert the frames back to timecode at the end. So, in B1 let’s display the value of A1 as frames (at 25fps). Now let’s use the cell A4 to show our final calculation. However, most functions don’t really need much explanation, so here’s a summary of what’s available: There is a list of all the different functions you can use here, although there’s a more detailed explanation on the French page (which you can use Google Translator or similar to translate).Īnd assuming everything was typed in correctly – you should now have your finished calculation! The first thing you need to do is change it to a timecode style (as per step five and six above), then you can enter the following calculation:ġ2. Hi Chris, I’m unable to get this to open with my version of Excel (Excel for Mac 2011, v14.0.0). There’s an option to click OK, which I did, and then I get another window: If you save it, the file will contain the Visual Basic project” However, nothing happens, b/c immediately, this window pops up: When I drop the “TC.XLA”, a window pops up, and it says: #FRAME TO TIMECODE CALCULATOR FOR MAC# “This workbook contains defined names that conflict with valid cell references. To correct this issu, underscores (_) have been added to the defined names that conflict with the cell references. #FRAME TO TIMECODE CALCULATOR CODE#Ĭonflicting names in XLM macro code have not been changed, and muc be corrected manually.”Īgain, there’s an option to click OK, and when I do, the “Microsoft Excel 5.0/7.0 opening TC.XLA” window disappears, and then nothing happens. So … basically, I can’t get it into my Excel. Any tips you can offer would be greatly appreciated. There HAS to be a way, but I can’t figure it out!! :( Reply I have a list of thousands of shots (TC/in and TC/out), and I JUST found out that I need to indicate the duration of each shot. I hope Chris Hocking doesn’t mind but I will post a few notes I have migrated from workstation to workstation concerning the TC.xla over the years. I have lots of notes but I will only put a few here. The original TC.XLA has been update to work with modern version of Excel and should be used. #FRAME TO TIMECODE CALCULATOR PASSWORD#. ![]()
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