Review and Edit a Recording in Personal Capture for Mac
In this section:
Overview
After you complete a recording, you will want to review it.
You may also want to edit it. When the recording is ready, you will want to /wiki/spaces/54/pages/590217399 the recording so it can be viewed by students.
If your institution has integrated Lecture Tools with EchoSystem, you can also /wiki/spaces/54/pages/590217411, to provide students with pre-class exercises, such as polls or quizzes. Student responses can then be discussed in class.
Review a Recording
- Use either method to select a recording to edit:
- In the My Recordings screen, select the recording and click View/Edit. The Edit Recording screen appears.
- Immediately after stopping a recording, the Edit Recording screen appears.
- In the Edit Recording screen, press the Play button.
- Review the recording.
- Check that the video quality is satisfactory, especially if you used high definition cameras.
- Decide if there are any portions you want to remove in the editor. If you paused and resumed a recording but did not use the keyboard shortcuts, you will have on-screen actions that you may want to remove.
Edit a Recording
You can:
- Trim the beginning and end of a recording ("top 'n tail")
- Cut a segment from the middle of a recording
Trim ("Top 'n Tail")
You may want to trim off the beginning and end of a presentation, leaving only the substantive portion.
- Select the recording to be edited.
- Click View/Edit. The Edit Recording screen appears.
- Drag the left slider in to trim the beginning of the recording.
- Drag the right slider in to trim the end of the recording.
- Make sure the playhead is at the beginning of the timeline.
- Play the recording with the cuts in place.
- Either clear the cuts (with the Clear Cuts button) or save your changes (with the Apply Edits button).
- If you save changes, the edits are applied and the My Recordings page displays.
- Notice that your recording is shown as Edited.
Cut a Segment
If you paused and resumed a recording, you may want to cut out the middle portion of the recording that shows you clicking the pause and resume buttons.
- Select the recording to be edited.
- Click View/Edit. The Edit Recording screen appears.
- Mark the segment you want to be cut, using either the playhead and marker buttons or the sliders.
- To use the playhead and marker buttons:
- Position the playhead on the section where you want the cut to start. In this example, the cut begins at 00:00:15 seconds.
- Click the mark-in button. This places the mark-in point at the current playhead position.
- Position the playhead on the section where you want the cut to end.
- Click the mark-out button. This places the mark-out point at the current playhead position.
- Position the playhead on the section where you want the cut to start. In this example, the cut begins at 00:00:15 seconds.
- To use the sliders:
- Find the sliders to the left of the timeline.
- Drag the left slider in to the start of the segment.
- Drag the right slider in to the end of the segment.
- Verify that the sliders are in the correct positions.
- Find the sliders to the left of the timeline.
- To use the playhead and marker buttons:
- Click Cut.
- Notice that the cut area appears gray on the timeline.
- Play the recording with the cuts in place.
- Either clear the cuts or save your changes.
- If you save changes, the edits are applied and the My Recordings page displays.
- Notice that your recording is shown as Edited.
Clear Cuts
You can use these methods if you are cutting a middle segment. You cannot use this method when trimming the beginning or end of a recording.
- To clear the last cut made, double-click the gray cut area.
- To clear all cuts made to the timeline, click the Clear Cuts button at the bottom of the application window. A pop up dialog box asks for confirmation to clear all cuts from the recording. Click Clear all cuts.
Review Changes
Use the playback control buttons to view and/or listen to the edited recording.
Save Changes
Click Apply Edits.
Changes Are Permanent
Changes cannot be undone after the edits are applied.
- Confirm or cancel changes.