Adding Annotations
Once you’ve added clips to your presentation, you can include annotations to help highlight and explain what’s happening in each clip.
- Open the presentation window, and choose to show annotations using the section in the image attached below.
- If you are still not seeing the annotations menu, please click the arrow as shown below.
- Once the toolbar is displayed you can click directly on the desired annotation.
Editing Annotations
- To change the length of the annotation, highlight the annotation that you want to edit, drag the beginning or end to the right or left to extend or shorten the annotation.
- To change the annotation text colour, highlight it and select the colour box next to the trash can icon.
- To delete an annotation, highlight it, and click the trash can icon.
Annotations Explained
Below is an explanation for each of the options seen on the toolbar, starting left to right.
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Text |
Adds in a text box. Once it pops up, type your comment into the box. |
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Straight arrow |
Adds in a straight arrow. |
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Curved arrow |
An arrow with a 3rd point to make it curved.
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Ellipse |
A circle that can be reshaped to be an oval.
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Spotlight |
Highlights an area of the screen.
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Magnifier |
Zooms in on the selected area.
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Polygon |
Allows you to move each corner to create a highlighted zone. |
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Line of Sight |
A triangular view displaying what a player can see. |
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Player Icon |
Circle that hovers around a player. |
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Player Link |
Inserts multiple player icons and links them with a line. You can add in as many as desired, and move each icon in any direction.
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Stopwatch |
Creates a clock on the screen to show the time elapsed from one point to another. |
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Player Move/Erase |
Allows you to highlight a player, “cut” them from their current position, animate their movement to a new location, and then “paste” them in that space.
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Freeze Frame |
Allows you to stop the film for a certain amount of time. You can change the duration of the freeze underneath the timeline. This can also be set up with another annotation to show the annotation during the freeze frame. |
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Player Trail |
Allows you to draw a trail tracking a player's movement during the duration of the clip. |
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Masking |
Setting a mask lets you separate the background from the players and annotations. You can choose from Off, Auto, or Manual modes. Once a clip has been added to a presentation, expand the Masking menu in the right panel and click Detect Colours. This allows the presentation suite to automatically detect colours in the clip. After detection, you can fine-tune the results using the Tolerance and Smoothening dials at the top. Enable Run on Import if you want the presentation suite to automatically detect colours for any clip added to a presentation. |
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Pitch Perspective |
Allows you to manually set the perspective of football pitches by selecting specific points in the video and creating multiple calibration points along the timeline. Once the pitch perspective is set, Player Icons, Player Links, and Polygons will align with the pitch layout. Use the Run Calibration button to apply pitch perspective to the selected clip, or Run Calibration for All Clips to apply it to every clip in the presentation. Enable Run on Import if you want the presentation suite to automatically apply pitch perspective to any clip added to a presentation. You can also click the football/soccer ball icon to select a sport, which will adjust the pitch perspective accordingly. |
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Tracking |
Automatically track players for single-item annotations, such as Player Icons and Spotlight. To achieve optimal results, adjust the tracking box to cover the player you want to track. Click Track All Players to track the movements of all players in the clip. Enable Run on Import to have the presentation suite automatically run auto-tracking for any clip added to a presentation. Auto-tracking is available for all annotations marked with a small circle in the top-right corner of their icon. For example: |
For a video tutorial see also: Adding Annotations to a Presentation Walkthrough