CHAPTER 2: CAPTURING VIDEO 223Capturing a sequence of still framesShooting the entire duration of a flower blooming with a DV camcorder may bethree hours in length or longer. You can compress this length by capturing asequence of still frames at certain intervals from a DV device.To capture a sequence of still frames:1. Connect your DV camcorder to your IEEE-1394 FireWire interface card.2. Turn your camcorder on and set it to Play mode (or VTR/VCR mode).3. Run Video Capture.4. Click View: Capture to see the video on your screen. Click Capture: Video toopen the Capture Video dialog box. Select Manual as the capture methodthen click Settings.5. Under Capture Sequence Settings, set the attribute for the capturing work.Set the capture interval time in Sequence settings. The capture engine willcapture a frame based on the set interval time. Select Capture duration andset how long you want the capturing process to last. Click OK to accept thesettings and close the dialog box so you can start the capture process.Capture historyVideo Capture provides a capture history dialog box to track the latest capturedfiles. Select File: Capture History to open the Capture History dialog box. Thevideo files can be sorted by file name, file size, or captured date.Click Play to display a preview of a selected file. You can also use Capture Historyto copy or delete of files to or from the Production Library of the Video Editor.Press Info to view the file properties of a selected file.When acquiring video from an analog source, be sure that the analogcapture card you are using supports RGB or YUV capture.If the Capture duration option is not selected, you have to press [ESC] tostop the capturing process.
