Data Burn-In (add timeline name)

I am needing to output my edits with the name of the timeline burnt in.
This doesn't seem to be an option?
I would normally do this for the first frame with a sound bleep for my presentations and WIPs.

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This option is already available. Select one of the Custom Text fields and then in the dialogue box on the right type %timeline name and you will get the timeline name as a burn-in.

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To confirm, I am not suggesting you just type in the timeline name into the custom text box, but to use the timeline name metadata variable to generate the burn-in text from the current timeline name.

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%timeline name

To confirm, I am not suggesting you just type in the timeline name into the custom text box, but to use the timeline name metadata variable to generate the burn-in text from the current timeline name.

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%timeline name

amazing! thanks Tim!
(Bizarre its not a box checkable option)
- J

amazing! thanks Tim! (Bizarre its not a box checkable option) - J

There are literally over a hundred variable data burn-in selections you can use when you choose the % dropdown. I'm not sure if all the data fields are even listed in the manual! Suffice it to say... there's a lot of them.

One I use all the time is the Timeline Index number, which is really just the clip number in the timeline. I dunno why the don't call it "Clip Number," but I would guess it depends on how many timelines are stacked on top of each other on each track, and how many clips are lined up in a row. But I use the Timeline Index number as a way to gauge how many shots I have to color correct in a given day, so I can look up and see, "ah, I'm on shot #200. I have at least 150 shots to go before this timeline is finished."