Operation Manual

Creating Your Story
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Detect Scenes in a Video Clip
The scene detection function automatically creates individual clips
based on the individual scenes contained within a video clip.
Detected scenes are not split from the original clip, but can be added
to the workspace like any other media clip. Likewise, they may also
be merged together or removed entirely without changing the
original video clip.
To detect scenes in a video clip in the Library, do this:
1. Select the video clip whose scenes you want to detect.
2. Click . The Scene Detection window opens.
3. Increase or decrease scene detection sensitivity, if necessary.
Increased or decreased scene detection sensitivity yields an
increased or decreased number of scenes that are detected. You
may do this in one of the following ways:
• Drag the Sensitivity slider.
• Click the or buttons.
4. Click Settings and set your scene detection options, if necessary:
• The Detection Method section pertains to video clips that
have been captured. (If the video clip was not captured, the
Detection Method options are disabled.) If you have a DV
AVI clip that contains multiple time codes (i.e.: time codes are
automatically set when you start and stop recording) and you
wish to split up your clip in this manner, select Detect by