Grass Valley iTX SmartClient v.2.6 - Manual (Page 24)

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The Browse Workspace
Event Logging and Annotating
Viewing video-clip metadata
To view video-clip metadata:
1 Load a video clip on the clip level.
2 Select the Metadata tab.
3 Ensure the tab displays the information you want to view.
• Expand or collapse visible sections as necessary. See The Metadata Tab on page 84.
• Show any hidden sections you need to see. See Setting Up the Default Metadata
Tab View on page 88.
Editing a video clip
To edit a video clip:
1 Load a video clip on the clip level.
2 Ensure SmartClient is in the annotating mode (the Annotate button is red).
3 On the Media Viewer, use one of the following methods to change either or both of the
clip boundary points.
• Drag the in-point or out-point marker.
• Click a timecode display, or the point-marking button next to it, when the Media
Viewer is showing the frame at the intended in-point or out-point.
4 Click Save to save the clip, or Save Copy to save a copy of it with a different name.
Annotating a video clip
To annotate a video clip:
1 Load a video clip on the clip level.
2 Ensure SmartClient is in the annotating mode (the Annotate button is red).
3 Select the Metadata tab.
4 Edit any of the existing metadata you want to change. See Editing Metadata on
page 86.
5 Add a new business-metadata section, if necessary, and enter the required details. See
Adding Business-Metadata Sections to the Metadata Tab on page 87.
6 Click Save to save the clip, or Save Copy to save a copy of it with a different name.
Event Logging and Annotating
On the clip level, you can view details of events in the video clip that is loaded in the
workspace.
If you have editing rights for the clip, you can put SmartClient in the annotating mode. You
can then: modify event in- an out-points; delete an event; mark and annotate a new event.
Playing back an event and view its metadata
To play back an event and view its metadata:
1 Load a video clip on the clip level.
2 Select the Events tab.