When a video is playable in Guardify, there are two primary video redaction tools available that allow you to clip specific segments of a video out of a longer video, as well as mute specific portions of a video.
Note: This is a tool for streaming videos only.
To redact a video file, open the case that the video file is located in, and click on the video file.
This will open the video player for you to view the video. At the bottom left of the video player, you will see two icons: a scissor icon for making video clips, and an audio icon for muting a video.
Clicking either of these icons will open a timeline across the bottom that allows you to create a segment for clipping the video or muting the audio. Click the plus sign to add a new clip segment.
Once a segment has been added, you can adjust the length by clicking the edit button, which will let you customize the start and stop time for that clip in seconds. You can also drag the left and right sides of the segment window to change the clip duration.
Multiple segments can be added together. Once you have added one segment, click the plus icon again to add another segment. If one segment start/end time is dragged into or overlapping a different segment, the two segments will be merged.
You can preview your segments by clicking the "preview" button, and the video will play only the parts of the video that you have set specific segments for.
To mute any of these segments, you click the audio icon at the bottom left. This will create another segment that you can adjust the same way as you did the video clips. anything within the black box of your segment will be "muted."
If you want to mute specific parts of a video, but do not want to clip the video or remove any video content, you can create a mute audio segment with the audio icon without creating a video clip segment. Just click the audio icon instead of the scissor icon.
When you click "Save Clip" you will be prompted to name your clip.
The new video file will then begin processing in your list of files. This video clip inherits the same properties/settings of the source video: transcription, language, labels, and folder location.
A “Redacted” label is automatically added to the new video clip, and since clips are a known redaction, this label cannot be unchecked/removed.
The new video clip will behave like any other video: it can be played, downloaded, shared, and even a new clip can be created from this video clip.