Using Thumbnails for Better Navigation

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Using Thumbnails for Better Navigation

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The Thumbnail feature is a fast and convenient way to navigate through archive. Thumbnails are single snapshots taken from archived video footage that are displayed on the Time Line. This feature serves as another useful forensic tool for analyzing video.

To open Thumbnails:

1.Click on the desired Camera.

2.Click on THMB button or point a mouse cursor over the top of Time Line, click and pull it up:

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If no Thumbnails are displayed, then there is no archive available for this particular Camera.

Thumbnails panel can be re-sized. To re-size, point a mouse cursor over Time Line, click and pull it up or down.

The white dots under the pictures point on the exact archive place where the shot has been taken. When clicking on Thumbnail, the current playback position will jump to the corresponding spot in the archive.

To close Thumbnails, press THMB again or pull the Thumbnails Panel down.

See also "Preview Search".