How to add Annotations to selected Clips
- Navigate to the Organize Tab.
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Click on the Tag from the Project Summary Box to bring up a playlist of clips that this selected Tag has been applied to. The playlist will populate under the Video Window.
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From the playlist, click to select the clip that you want to add an annotation to. Navigate to the point in clip that you want to add annotations to.
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Click the Edit button. The Edit button will turn orange when successfully selected and the annotation tool menu will populate in the top right corner of the video box.
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Click the annotation icon from the annotation tool menu to add the annotation to the video clip. Once the annotation has been added, click the middle 'x' box to adjust the position on the video clip and click the surrounding boxes to adjust the size of the annotation or area affected.
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Click the edit button
once you have completed creating annotation. There will be two visual indicators that the annotation exists on the playlist, the Playlist clip will be marked with a
and, the video window scrubber bar will show an annotation indicator with a vertical black line
. To jump from annotation to annotation you can click the
in the video window toolbar.
How to Delete Annotations
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Click the newly added annotation located on the Video clip.
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With the annotation select press Backspace on your keyboard.
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- Click the x beside the annotation name located beneath the Annotation tools.
Video Tutorial
Types of Annotations
Player Icon | ![]() |
Inserts colored circles beneath a player to highlight them. | ![]() |
Player Link Icon | ![]() |
Links Player Icons together. | ![]() |
Move a Player | ![]() |
Moves players from one position to another |
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Magnify | ![]() |
Zooms into selected area | |
Curved Line | ![]() |
Inserts a curved line | |
Line | ![]() |
Inserts a straight line | |
Transform Field | ![]() |
Transforms annotations to lay flat along the playing surface. | |
Polygon/Area | ![]() |
Inserts a Polygon | |
Circle | ![]() |
Inserts a circle | |
Text | ![]() |
Inserts text | |
Spot Shadow | ![]() |
Inserts a Player Spot Shadow | |
Free Draw | ![]() |
Users can freely draw on the screen |
Specific Annotation FeaturesPlayer Icon |
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Template - Select the type of circles beneath a player Outer Color - Select the color of the outer circle Inner Color - Select the color of the inner circle Speed - Select the speed of rotation for the circles Use transform - Allows the circles to transform to the field |
Player Link Icon ![]() |
Template - Select the type of circles beneath a player Outer Color - Select the color of the outer circle Inner Color - Select the color of the inner circle Speed - Select the speed of rotation for the circles Line Width - Select the width of the connecting line Line Color - Select the color of the connecting line Fill Color - Number of Sides - Close Polygon - User Mask - Use transform - Allows the circles to transform to the field |
Move Icon |
Source Opacity - Adjust the level of transparency of the Player selected |
Magnify Icon |
Zoom - Adjust how magnified the selected area appears Background Opacity - Adjust the level of transparency of the selected area |
Curved Line |
Line Width - Select the width of the curved line Line Color - Select the color of the curved line Number of Nodes - The number of points on the line that can be selected to change the curve of the line Line End Caps - Change the symbol at the start and end of the curved line Use Mask - Enabling will result in a faded version of the curved line Use Transform - If the transform field option has been used, enabling will result in the curved line appearing flush with the playing surface |
Line |
Line Color - Select the color of the curved line Number of Nodes - The number of points on the line that can be selected to change the curve of the line Line End Caps - Change the symbol at the start and end of the curved line Use Mask - Enabling will result in a faded version of the curved line Use Transform - If the transform field option has been used, enabling will result in the line appearing flush with the playing surface |
Transform |
Reset - Resets the field markers to the original position. The transform annotation transforms annotations to lay flat along the playing surface. To use, drag and drop the corners of the transform grid to match that of the playing surface. |
Polygon/Area |
Line Width - Select the width of the line around the perimeter of the Polygon/Area Line Color - Select the color of the line around the perimeter of the Polygon/Area Fill Color - Select the color of the inner area of the Polygon/Area Number of Sides - Select the number of side of the Polygon/Area Use Mask - Enabling will result in a faded version of the Polygon/Area Use Transform - If the transform field option has been used and set, enabling will result in the Polygon/Area appearing flush with the playing surface |
Circle |
Line Width - Select the width of the line around the perimeter of the Circle Line Color - Select the color of the line around the perimeter of the Circle Fill Color - Select the color of the inner area of the Circle Use Mask - Enabling will result in a faded version of the Circle Use Transform - If the transform field option has been used and set, enabling will result in the Circle appearing flush with the playing surface |
Text |
Text - Type the text you want displayed into this box Text Color - Select the color of the text Text Size - Select the size of the text Use Transform - If the transform field option has been used and set, enabling will result in the text appearing flush with the playing surface |
Spotlight |
Style Picker- Allows for users to remember color patterns and recall them Outer Color- User chosen color selections Use Transform- Allow for the spotlight to be transformed to the media |
Free Draw |
Style Picker- Allows for users to remember color patterns and recall them Line Width- User defined line width Line Color- User defined line color picker Use Mask- Ability to mask onto video Use Transform- Allow for the spotlight to be transformed to the media |
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