Setting Clip Properties

Use the Clip Properties to set the File Name, Categories and Values for newly captured clips. These information define a so-called Capture Form that will be used to categorize the video clips during capture.

Read the section Organizing your library to learn more about categories and values.

Defining the Capture Form

1.	Click the Add a category link. The Add Category dialog will appear.

2.	Select a category from the list or create a new one.

3.	Click OK. A new category box will appear on your Capture Form.

4.	Repeat steps 1-3 until boxes for all the categories you want to use are displayed on your form.

Using the Capture Form

1.	Type a file name in the file name text box.

Each file captured using this file name will be numbered sequentially. For example if you type "Training Apr10", each captured clip will be named Training Apr10(1), Training Apr10(2) etc.

The filename you use must follow MS Windows file naming rules: Max length 256 characters; use of ":", ";", "/" or "\" is not possible.

If no file name is specified a generic name of Untitled(1) etc will be given.

2.	Select the values you wish to give the clip by selecting them from the drop down list for each category box. For example, you might intend to capture all of the men's Giant Slalom competitors in Chamonix. Your form should look like this:

If a value does not already exist, for example a new competitor, you can type that value into the appropriate box. This new value will only appear in the Library module's categories list after clips have been captured.

If a category is to remain with no value, for example if the name of a competitor is unknown, the value may be deleted from that category box (select it and use the Backspace key on your keyboard). Do not use the Clear button as it will remove the category box from the form.