Video Gallery Help

This is a help screen for the video gallery.

What is the Gallery ?

The gallery provides the same function as Windows Explorer does for Windows. This is a tool for managing files in your system. The structure and functionality is the same as Explorer. Videos are shown as files and can be stored in directories. Directories can contain subdirectories and each subdirectory can contain files.

This component provides the central role in the operation of the application. Behind the gallery is a powerful database application, which supplies document management facilities to MotionCoach.

The Gallery is split into two sides: The left "Tree View" and the right "List View". The tree view provides a higher-level view of the directories configured into the system. The list view provides a detailed view of files in the current directory.

The "New Folder" Button?

This button creates a new folder in the current directory. After this button is pressed, the Gallery will automatically select the new folder and activate it for renaming.

The "New Clip" Button?

This button will create a new empty video. This button is provided mostly as a placeholder for future applications, such as game taping and segment marking.

The "Delete" Button?

This button will trigger the deletion of what ever has been highlighted. If you want to delete a video, click on the video file in the Gallery list view, and then click on this delete button. The file will be deleted. The same can be done for directories.

Use caution when deleting because there is no undelete.

The "Cut/Copy/Paste" Buttons?

These buttons provide the basic Cut/Copy/Paste functionality common to all Windows programs. With these buttons, select the video file or directories you want, and then press the Cut or Copy buttons. After you press one of these buttons the Paste button will go active. Next, select the destination directory where these files go and press Paste.

The "Folder Up" Button?

The folder up button is used to move to a higher directory. Once the highest level has been reached, the button will have no more effect. This is for navigating out of a subdirectory.

The "View Style" Button?

The view style button changes the displayed format of the list view. The displayed style is a matter of user preference.

The Import and Export Buttons?

The Import and Export buttons are for bringing video files into the application and storing files out of the system. All MotionCoach video files are stored in a single directory. To import a video file from a CD implies copying that file into the MotionCoach video directory. MotionCoach will make an actual copy of the video. After the import, the CD with the original file can be removed system.

Export is the opposite of import. When a file is exported, the video file is copied to the selected destination. This exported file could be deleted without affecting the file in the gallery.

Two options here allow you to choose export to CD or export to disk folder. Multiple files can be exported at once, simply press and hold the CNTRL key on the keyboard down while you click on the videos.

The "MotionCAD" and Templates Button?
The MotionCAD button is used to open the selected video file into MotionCAD, the motion analysis application. To use this button you must first select a file in the gallery, if more than one file has been selected only the first is opened. If a directory is selected an error message will be displayed stating that only video files can be viewed in MotionCAD.

Also directly to the left of the MotionCAD button is a little down arrow. If you click on this arrow you are able to select a MotionCAD template. Which ever video has been selected in the gallery will now be transferred to the MotionCAD template.

Only ten templates can be quick selected with this button. To configure which templates appear in the quick select list you need to configure the templates using the Template manager. The Template manager is open with the Menu option Config/Templates.

The "MotionCAD" and Templates Button?

The MotionCAD button is used to open the selected video file into MotionCAD, the motion analysis application. To use this button you must first select a file in the gallery, if more than one file has been selected only the first is opened. If a directory is selected an error message will be displayed stating that only video files can be viewed in MotionCAD.

Also directly to the left of the MotionCAD button is a little down arrow. If you click on this arrow you are able to select a MotionCAD template. Which ever video has been selected in the gallery will now be transferred to the MotionCAD template.

Only ten templates can be quick selected with this button. To configure which templates appear in the quick select list you need to configure the templates using the Template manager. The Template manager is open with the Menu option Config/Templates.

The "MotionSpeed" Button?

The MotionSpeed button works in the same manner as the MotionCAD button except that video are opened in the MotionSpeed application.