You can save time in Photo Mechanic by extracting and exporting shorter clips from your longer video files.
Note: This article covers features available to MacOS users. Video playback - and the features dependent on it, such exporting video clips - is only available in the MacOS versions of Photo Mechanic. Windows users should read about how GStreamer can enhance working with videos in Photo Mechanic.
- Open the video in the Photo Mechanic preview window.
- Navigate using the video progress bar until you find the start point for your clip.
- Right-click and select Set Poster Frame.
- Your poster frame will now be marked in your video progress bar.
- Navigate to the end of your desired clip on the progress bar.
- Right-click and select Export video clip...
- A dialog box appears to let you choose the location and compression level for your new clip. Use Gstreamer to view video thumbnails and previews on Windows