How do I apply timestamp and barrel distortion correction together?

Hi guys! My first time posting a question here and I hope to get your sound advice on this editing challenge. At the moment I am using Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 and FastStone Image viewer to do some image and video editing. I am using GoPro Hero 3 HD cam to take photos at certain time interval and then combine then it into a timelapse video. The capture settings are 7mp at medium angle. I know the GoPro take pictures at 12 mp W, but as you know the GoPro is notorious for barrel distortion, so at higher settings, it's even worse.
I am tasked with both correcting barrel distortion and adding timestamp feature on my timelapse videos. I've used the FastStone Image viewer to add time stamp or Premiere CS6 to correction distortion. However, I've been unable to do both at the same time. Now I know that the CS6 has some sort of timecode feature that allows time stamp to be shown, however my time timestamp data needs to be extracted from the original meta data, whereas the timecode feature in CS6 only shows just the total length of the video, not the original date and time when data was captured. Using the FastStone allows me to show a real progression of time on data capture from beginning to end (I am working JPEG images in this case).
Now because FastStone extract the timestamp data from original images and shows them in text label format, when I tried to apply the lens correction on CS6, it would also cause distortion in the text label itself. I've tried the other way too, where I've corrected the barrel distortion in CS6 then imported the images to FastStone, but then I would lose the original metadata (the date and time of capture), FastStone is then forced to work with the modified date and time. Now usually I am working with anywhere from 1000 to 3000 images, and FastStone allows the timestamp to be added in batch conversion. It also has this feature to change time stamp to a desired or specific date and time, however, this cannot be done in a batch, but rather on individual frame or image, and thus isn't very practical when I am working with thousands of images.
So my question is if there's any way I can combine both barrel distortion and timestamp (which is using the capture data)? Thanks guys.

Thanks guys! Turns out it's CS6 is intuitive, I can just combine the two sequences into a single sequence with two different tracks with crop effect superimposed. However, it seems with the distortion correction and crop effect added, I am losing some of the details of original sequence without the distortion correction applied. What tools in CS6 can I use to get some of the clarity and vibrant colors back?

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