To learn more about the various features of {site.name}, just select a topic on the left.

Please note that this help section is a work in progress.

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Lists of {itemName.plural}, and also individual {itemName.singular} themselves, can be displayed in different views. Both for lists and for {itemName.plural}, you'll find the menu to switch between views in the toolbar near the top of the screen.

List Views


as ListA table with fully configurable columns
as GridA grid of icons (posters or stills)
with TimelinesA list of icons with timelines
with ClipsA list of icons with clips
as ClipsA grid of video clips that match your current query
on MapA map with all places that appear in your current results
on CalendarA calendar with all events that appear in your current results

Item Views


InfoBasic information about the {itemName.singular}
PlayerA video player
EditorAn editor to add time-based annotations
TimelineA small video player that moves on a large timeline
ClipsA grid of all clips of the current {itemName.singular}
MapA map with all places that appear in the current {itemName.singular}
CalendarA calendar with all events that appear in the current {itemName.singular}

A timeline is a visual signature of a {itemName.singular}. It provides an instant overview of what is happening in a {itemName.singular}, and can be used for navigation. You can switch between different types of timelines: anti-alias (average colors), slit-scan (see below), keyframes (full frames) and waveform (audio).

Some views don't show lists of {itemName.plural}, but lists of video clips — for example clips matching your query, or related to a specific location on a map. These clips can be sorted by various properties (like saturation, see below), and each clip is a video player. The video will load once you've selected it, and you can then simply click to play. If you doubleclick, you'll get to the {itemName.singular} itself, and its video player will be at the very position of the clip.

Any list of {itemName.plural}, just like every individual {itemName.singular}, can be displayed as a map. This map shows all places that appear in annotations, and selecting a place will display a list of all matching clips.

Calendars work just like maps (you can pan or zoom in and out), but they don't show places on a world map, but historic events on a timeline. Selecting an event will display a list of matching clips.

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A list is simply a list of {itemName.plural}, and you can create as many lists as you want. These lists behave like folders — you can add {itemName.plural} to them, either via drag & drop or via copy & paste, and you can also remove any item from a list.

Smart lists, on the other hand, are saved searches (like "all {itemName.plural} longer than one hour" or "all French {itemName.plural} from the 1960s"), and they will update dynamically.

All personal lists you create are initially private, but you can share them by making them public, so that other users can find and browse them, and add them to their favorites. Your own favorite lists are initially empty, but if you click on "Manage Favorite Lists", you will see all public lists, and you can add the ones you like to your favorites.

Finally, there are featured lists, which are selected public lists, picked by {site.name}.

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In the editor view, you can add and edit time-based annotations. Just set an in point and an out point, and pick one of the different types of annotations to add.

Keyboard Shortcuts


{addAnnotationShortcuts}
SpacePlay/Pause
PPlay from in point to out point
0Mute/Unmute
-Turn volume down
+Turn volume up
Shift -Small video player
Shift +Large video player
Go one frame back
Go one frame forward
Shift ←Go one second back
Shift →Go one second forward
Go one line up on the timeline
Go one line down on the timeline
Shift ↑Go to first frame
Shift ↓Go to last frame
ISet in point
OSet out point
Shift IGo to in point
Shift OGo to out point
[Go to previous annotation
]Go to next annotation
\Select current annotation
BSelect previous annotation
NSelect next annotation
<Go to previous cut
>Go to next cut
/Select current cut
FFind
Shift GGo to previous result
GGo to next result
ReturnEdit annotation, submit changes when editing
Shift ReturnSubmit changes (for text annotations with line breaks)
EscapeDeselect annotation, revert changes when editing

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