# Quickest way to add a slate on timeline

**URL:** <https://forum.logik.tv/t/quickest-way-to-add-a-slate-on-timeline/13117>\
**Category:** Flame Questions\
**Tags:** timeline\
**Created:** [June 28, 2025, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/quickest-way-to-add-a-slate-on-timeline/13117 "2025-06-28T08:37:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marcus\_M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/marcus_m/32/10887_2.png) [@Marcus\_M](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Marcus_M)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2025, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/quickest-way-to-add-a-slate-on-timeline/13117/1 "2025-06-28T08:37:12Z")

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Hi All,

Often i have to add a slate to a lot VFX shots that i have completed. So my goto is to have the single frame slate in a folder and drag it and insert it before the 1st frame which then adds the metadata of the said clip! Annoyingly you have to change the date manually which i find really tedious althogh its easy to do on the master slate if you remember which i often don’t because im 52. I reckon if i added it up I’ve spent weeks of my life repeating the same process. Do you all do this my way or a differnt way. Could there ever be a bit of python scripting that someone a lot more clever than me could write that would allow a slate to be on the end of a button click. I’m curious to know if any of you have a wizadry tip for this.  
Many thanks as usual. M

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**Author:** ![philm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/philm/32/9286_2.png) [@philm](https://forum.logik.tv/u/philm)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2025, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/quickest-way-to-add-a-slate-on-timeline/13117/2 "2025-06-28T09:40:17Z")

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[uber-slate-maker](https://www.pyflame.com/python-scripts/uber-slate-maker)

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**Author:** ![Marcus\_M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/marcus_m/32/10887_2.png) [@Marcus\_M](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Marcus_M)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/quickest-way-to-add-a-slate-on-timeline/13117/3 "2025-06-28T09:53:39Z")

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Im gonna be invetigating this when i get home. Could be the answer. 🫡

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**Author:** ![paul\_round](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/paul_round/32/389_2.png) [@paul\_round](https://forum.logik.tv/u/paul_round)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/quickest-way-to-add-a-slate-on-timeline/13117/4 "2025-06-28T11:48:20Z")

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If this is for shot based work, I always do this in a batch setup, along with the QT setup with show cube and shot cc file, all contained inside a handy compass which I drag out from my project bin.

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**Author:** ![ytf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ytf/32/109_2.png) [@ytf](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ytf)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/quickest-way-to-add-a-slate-on-timeline/13117/5 "2025-06-28T13:01:49Z")

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My slating needs are a little different, but I have a pre-built slate template made from layers of Burn-In metadata gap effects. Most of the layers are connected segments, so when I adjust one, such as the date, it ripples through all of them. The content of the text is tied to `<segment name>` so that I don’t need to open up the metadata dialogue to change it. I just change the name of the segment.