Saving Recorded Snapshots

The Viewer offers multiple ways to save recorded snapshots. Most of the time, you will not have a need to save or print a recorded snapshot, except in special situations where keeping a record of a particular snapshot(s) is required (disciplinary actions, for example).

Figure 1: Snapshots Tag and Save

Saving Current Snapshot

The Viewer offers two convenient options of allowing you to select the current snapshot to be saved: via the File menu and Save Tagged button

To save the currently displayed snapshot:

Go to the snapshot you wish to save
Click on the File command or the Save Tagged button. (If you clicked on File, also click on Save As). A dialog window opens, offering you the choice of selecting to save the snapshot either as an image or as video

Figure 2: Save Snapshots Dialog

Save as an Image By default, the Viewer will save the snapshot as a JPEG (image) file with the file extension of .JPG. If you wish, you can change this to a Bitmap (image) file, but the Bitmap file size will be considerably larger. By default, the Viewer will save the snapshot to a file and automatically names the file for you. You can change the file folder in which this program saves the file, as well as each file name.
Save as a Video If selected, the Viewer will save the snapshot as a video file with the file extension of .AVI

Select Snapshots to Save
Select Current
Click on the Save button

Saving Multiple Tagged Snapshots

The Viewer offers two convenient options of allowing you to select multiple snapshots to be saved: via the File menu and Save Tagged button

Under Snapshots to Save, select Tagged. (Click here to learn about tagging snapshots)
Click on the File command or the Save Tagged button. (If you clicked on File, also click on Save As) A dialog box opens. You have the choice of selecting to save the snapshot either as images or as video

Save as an Image By default, the Viewer will save each snapshot as a JPEG (image) file with the file extension of .JPG. If you wish, you can change this to a Bitmap (image) file, but the Bitmap file size will be considerably larger. By default, the Viewer will save the snapshot to a file and names each file for you. You can change the file folder in which this program saves the file, as well as each file name
Save as a Video If selected, the Viewer will save the snapshot as a video file with the file extension of .AVI

Select Snapshots to Save
Select Tagged
Click on the Save button

Save All Snapshots

The Viewer offers two convenient option of allowing you to select all snapshots to be saved: via the File menu and Save Tagged button

Click on the File command or the Save Tagged button. (If you clicked on File, also click on Save As) A dialog box opens. You have the choice of selecting to save the snapshots either as images or as video

Save as an Image By default, the Viewer will save each snapshot as a JPEG (image) file with the file extension of .JPG. If you wish, you can change this to a Bitmap (image) file, but the Bitmap file size will be considerably larger. Also by default, the Viewer will save the snapshot to a folder and names the folder for you. You can change the file folder in which this program saves the file, as well as the file name for the image
Save as a Video If selected, the Viewer will save the snapshot as a video file with the file extension of .AVI

Under Snapshots to Save, select All
Click on the Save button

Note: The Viewer will use the base name that you provide and append the frame number after it. For example, if you choose image.jpg and have tagged frames 1, 7, and 8, the Viewer will create the files image1.jpg, image7.jpg, and image8.jpg.

Saving a Series of Snapshots

The Viewer provides the option of saving a series of snapshots. For example, you may want to save 10 or 20 snapshots in a row. While you could save these one at a time, that would be a tedious process. If you want to save them as a series, all you need to tell the Viewer is where to start and stop saving snapshots.

Notice at the bottom of the snapshot window there is a status line, which shows you the frame number of the current snapshot. For example, Snapshot 3/87 means there are 87 snapshots and you are currently looking at snapshot number 3.

To save the series:

Find the first snapshot you want to save and write down the number of the snapshot
Page Down until you find the last snapshot you want to save. Write down the number of this snapshot
Click on the File command or on the Save Tagged button. (If you clicked on File, also click on Save As) A dialog box opens. You have the choice of selecting to save the snapshots either as images or as video

Save as an Image The Viewer will save the snapshot as a JPEG (image) file with the file extension of .JPG. If you wish, you can change this to a Bitmap (image) file, but the Bitmap file size will be considerably larger. The Viewer will save the snapshot to a folder and name the file for you, both of which you may change if desired
Save as a Video If selected, the Viewer will save the snapshot as a video file with the file extension of .AVI

Under Snapshots to Save…, click on Selected Range
Below Selected Range, type in the number of the first snapshot to save (in this example, this would be the number 3. This number should be typed in the box to the right of the upper Snapshot Number
Type in the number of the last snapshot to save (in this example, this would be the number 87). This number should be typed in the box to the right of the lower Snapshot Number
Make sure to choose a file name and file folder to save these snapshots
Click on the Save button

Note: The Viewer will use the base name that you provide and append the frame number after it. For example, if you choose “image.jpg” and have tagged frames 1, 7, and 8, the Viewer will create the files "image1.jpg,” “image7.jpg,” and “image8.jpg.”