Segments & Groups

Segments & Groups

Segments are the single most important concept within Frameline.

A Segment is the name for a piece of media over time, the name for a unit of temporal media. What nature this ‘piece’ takes is quite open: A song could be called a Segment, or a verse a Segment. A shot of video from camera cut to camera cut can be called a Segment, or a clip that includes a number of shots can be called a Segment.

In Frameline, the edit window is used to add cuts so as to create Segments within a video file.

Because the word Segment is not very well known, we use the term 'Clip' as well as 'Segment' within the application to refer to Segments.

Groups of Segments

A Group of Segments is exactly that, Segments grouped together to represent either a scene or a sequence or any other form of grouping that you wish to represent. There are no rules, however the easiest way of considering segments and groups may be in the traditional film and television methodology, i.e. with Segments as ‘Shots’ and Groups of Segments as ‘Scenes’

In Frameline 47, Segments and Groups are represented with a graphic Timeline in the Edit Window, and with a traditional list view in the notate window.

Clip Filter

Frameline enables all your video clips & files to be organised so that they can be found, used & shared. The File Window enables video Files to be tagged found and used, while the Clip Filter enables Segments & Groups of Segments to be found & used. This distinction is at the core of the Frameline concept.

If you wish to consider a file as a Segment, then it needs to be annotated in the Notate Window, only files or Segments annotated in the Notate window will be available to be found in the Clip Filter.