03b Clip Import/Export

Paint supports importing clips from video files in most common video formats. Paint is also capable of exporting recorded or previously imported clip back to LSM or to a video file.

Import

• In the skin, open a context menu on a clip slot, where the clip(s) should be imported. Choose "Import Clip(s)...". Import dialog appears.

  

• Source - Choose source of clips - File, EVS etc.
• Match Video Format - when enabled files are tested before import if their format matches the current video format set in Paint and non-suiting ones are reported in the following dialog.
  
  ‎When disabled Paint will attempt to resample them during the import.
• Other checkboxes related to plugins may be present.
• Import button will start the import process. Clip will be placed to available slots starting with the one chosen for the import.
  
• Import dialog is closed and the progress of the import is indicated by a progress bar over the clip.
• You can cue another import, it will start when the current process is finished.
• Clip name will be automatically set to the imported clip ID.
• Cancel the current import via the popup menu on the clip button or from the Tools menu.

File Clip Import

File Clip Export

You can export a clip to a standalone video file, which can be later played in any video player. Graphics saved in the clip are rendered into the exported clip.

Right click on the clip in a bank and choose Export Clip…

Clip ID

File name for the exported clip. The destination folder is added automatically if not specified. File extension is added automatically according to the selected Profile. Both Destination folders and file extensions can be set in Config.

Profile

You can have several export profiles defined (with different parameters for the output codec). You can switch the profile here. Not all profiles can be used with the video format you currently use. If you try to export a clip with a profile not compatible with the current video format, then the export fails. This usually shows the error “Operation not permitted”.

Flatten

When checked, all tool drawings stored in the clip are rendered into the exported footage.

When unchecked, clean video footage is exported. The drawings are exported in the form of clip metadata and stored within the exported file. 3^rd party video players ignore the metadata and play only clean video. When a non-flattened clip is imported into the Paint, the drawings become available and are fully editable.

The clip can contain pause points made by the Pause tool which are unpaused by pressing play during normal operation. This interaction during export is not possible, however you can set the predefined length of the pause in the Config editor, Clip Import/Export tab.

Metadata

When the destination format supports storing metadata (e.g. .mov), an exported clip can contain:

• Chroma key settings
• User pause points (see Pause tool)

Non-flattened clips also contain:

• Timeline (see Playback speed timeline)
• Tool drawings

These data are used again after the clip is imported back to Paint.

Codecs

You can choose from several predefined codecs. Some codecs like DnxHD or ProRes are not present until a valid License is present.

NVIDIA H.264 encoder requires a Kepler-based Nvidia GPU or newer.

Motion JPEG

This codec is used in the built-in disk recorder. When you select MJPEG export profile for unflattened export, video data is copied into the destination file without any recompression in full quality. Unflattened MJPEG clips are intended to be imported into Paint again later.

Interlaced clips might not be playable in the 3^rd party video players until they have full MJPEG support. We recommend e. g. VLC media player for playback.

 

Export process

All user interaction and video output is disabled during export. You are informed of progress of the export and you can cancel the process.

Bulk Clip Export

Bulk export allows you to export several clips into either a single file or individual files for each clip at once. The clips are exported in user-defined order (= order of selection).

To export clips in bulk first select the Bulk Export… option in any clips context menu. A dialog with all available clips grouped by banks will appear with all from the current bank preselected. You can alter the selection and order by clicking on the check boxes on the left of banks and clips.

In the next dialog you can choose the destination file (in case of export to on file) or folder (when exporting each clip separately - name is taken from the clip username) and export profile. See the Profile chapter in the section above for more information about export profiles.

You will be informed about the total and current clip export progress during exporting.

Flatten

When exporting into one file, flattening of graphics is always turned on. Otherwise you can select whether or not to flatten the individual clips in the second stage dialog by Flatten check box.

Note: Exception being clips from Formation Tool where unflatten export is not supported.

Smart import splitting

Imported clip can be automatically split into many representing individual instances defined in the metadata.

Currently supported formats:

• Sportscode (.xml)
• XOS (.xchange)

To use this you first need to specify the format of metadata in the Config Editor - Clip Import/Export.

After that, when the Split Clip option is checked in the import clip dialog, Paint will look for specified metadata and then split the given clip accordingly. When no metadata is found an error message appears and the clip continues to import normally (as one).

Split clips can be exported individually or in bulk, combined with any other normal and/or split clips in any selected order. Relevant metadata will be preserved, normal clips will appear as time gaps.

Any operations applied to individual clips resulting in timing changes (e.g. applying a slowmo or pause) will also be automatically applied during the export.

Smart export

Clips automatically split by metadata can be also easily exported simply switching to the Source clips view in the export clip dialog.

Here you can see only the automatically split clips grouped by individual imports.

Simply select a whole group, in our case MATCHTRACKER LONG THROWS, to export all relevant in the apparent order or pick individual clips in any order required.
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