In CaseGuard, you can create a fast-motion effect with the Drop Segment tool.
The Drop Segment tool changes the playback speed of a clip by removing select frames, thus shortening your media segment’s duration.
The duration is the total length of time a video plays from its first frame to its last frame.
Get started
- Select the
Drop Segment tool from the Toolbar.
- The Tool Properties Panel will populate.
To drop segments, you’ll need to enter a start and end time for when the dropping should take place. There are a few ways you can do this.
Method one: Manual Typing
Manually type start and end times into the Start and End box..
- Click on the Start box.
- Type start time into the box.
- Click on the End box.
- Type end time into box.
- Optionally, add a reason for dropping the segment using the Reason dropdown menu
- Click the Drop Selected Segment.
Method 2: Drag the Player Timeline
- Drag the indicator on the Player Timeline to where you want to start dropping segments.
- Click
Capture Start Time that is next to the “Start” field to log the start time. Confirm that the Start box has updated to reflect the start time.
- Drag the indicator on the Player Timeline to where you want to end dropping segments.
- Click
Capture End Time that is next to the “End” field to log the end time. Confirm that the Start box has updated to reflect the end time. - Optionally, add a reason for dropping the segment using the Reason dropdown menu
- Click the Drop Selected Segment.
Method 3: Press and Hold
- Playback the file you want to drop its segments.
- When you want to start dropping a segment, immediately click the Press & Hold
with your mouse. - Keep pressing
as long as you want to drop the segment then release when you want to stop dropping the segment.- The Start and End boxes will update to reflect the start and end time for when to drop segments.
- Press your spacebar on your keyboard. This will stop the playback of the file.
- Click the Drop Selected Segment.
- Optionally, click the spacebar to start playback again. You can then repeat the steps above to continue dropping multiple segments in your file.