Attach Multimedia to Event

Multimedia are electronic files that have been uploaded against an event.

In IC-Inspection, you can attach multimedia to events as described below.

Add Images from Active Events

If your digital video recorders support it, you can capture images from the video recorder and attach it to the event while creating events in the Active Events pane. Multimedia types can include images or video files. To add an image, follow the steps below:

  1. Start creating the event as described in Create Events.

  2. In the Active Events pane, click the Capture Image toolbar button to capture a snapshot from the incoming video signal. You can capture as many snapshots as you prefer.

  3. If required, you can review and edit the image on the Multimedia tab of the Active Events pane. For more information, see Active Events.

  4. Select the images that you want to be attached to the event on the Multimedia tab.

  5. Save the event record.

    Result

    The selected images are stored in the database against the event, which you can see on the Event Listing pane.

Add Multimedia from Event Listing

You can attach multimedia to existing event records on the Multimedia tab of the Event Listing pane. To make the Multimedia tab visible, ensure that you enable the Details toolbar button on the Event Listing pane.

Note

The following file formats are supported: GIF, JPG, JPEG, JFIF, TIF, BMP, PNG, PDF, DWG, CGM, DXF, SVG, WMF or EMF.

Add Multimedia Items

Follow the steps below to add new multimedia items to events:

  1. Select the relevant event or events on the Event Listing tab.

    Note

    If you select multiple events, the multimedia file will be attached to all selected events.

  2. Open the Multimedia pane.

  3. Use one of the following methods to upload the file:

    • Choose add Add on the Multimedia pane to upload the file manually.

    • Drag & drop the multimedia file from Windows Explorer onto the Multimedia pane.

  4. In the Add Multimedia dialog, enter a name for the multimedia (mandatory) and enter other parameters as required. For details, see Add/Edit Multimedia Dialog.

    When adding the multimedia file manually, you can choose to Import or Link the file:

    • Import: Saves the file to the NEXUS IC database. Changes made to the original file on disk will not affect the stored version.

    • Link: Links to the original file on disk. Any changes made to the file will be reflected the next time it is viewed in NEXUS IC.

    Note

    If you drag and drop multiple files, they will be added, and then multi-selected in the grid. You can then click Edit to modify them in buld (see Multi-Edit). Drag and drop will import items, not link them.

  5. Click OK.

Edit Multimedia Items

To edit an existing multimedia item, proceed as follows:

  1. On the Multimedia pane, select the multimedia item.

  2. Choose edit Edit on the toolbar.

  3. In the Edit Multimedia dialog, update data as required. For more information, see Add/Edit Multimedia Dialog.

  4. Click OK to save your changes.

Preview Multimedia Items

If you click the Preview button on the Multimedia pane, you can open a floating window to display the selected image in full size. If the selected events contain more images and you scroll from image to image on the Multimedia pane, the Preview window gets refreshed with whatever image is selected.

Crop Multimedia Items

You can crop image files in the Multimedia pane as follows:

  1. Select the file and click Crop in the toolbar.

  2. Click Crop in the toolbar of the Edit Image dialog.

  3. Click and drag a rectangle on the image as required.

  4. Before completing the crop, click Keep Original if you want the new cropped image to be added to the event’s collection of images without overwriting the existing image. If you want to replace the existing image with the new cropped version, ensure Keep Original is not selected.

  5. To complete the crop, click the commit button, or choose Crop To Selection from the toolbar.