User Manual

DW Spectrum 3.0
Rev. 072017 Page | 150
The white dots under the pictures point on the exact archive place where the shot has been taken. When clicking on
Thumbnail, the current playback position will jump to the corresponding spot in the archive.
To close Thumbnails, pull Thumbnails Panel down.
See also "Preview Search".
Preview Search
This feature helps to search data through large archives. It breaks the selected range of time into smaller time
increments and displays these increments as separate Items. For instance, it breaks a month period into ten 3-days
periods displaying them as separate Items, which makes it possible to locate a specific event in one of these periods
(then breaking this period into nine 8-hour periods and so on). Finally location of a specific event in archive may take
3-5 such iterations for initial period of several months.
To perform Preview Search:
1. Select the desired camera on Scene.
2. Select the region to export on Time Scale:
 Use Right-Click Drag
 Open Context Menu on Time Scale and click Mark Selection Start (or press “[”), then Mark Selection End (or
press “]”)
 To clear selection, use the corresponding Context Menu item
 Adjust the region by dragging edges to export
 To make zooming easier, zoom on Time Line using a Mouse Wheel
3. Invoke Context Menu and choose Preview Search.
New Tab will be opened. The Tab contains several Items representing the selected Camera in different periods.