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Viewing Interplay | Production Thumbnails
 
The Thumbnails pane lets you display a series of small images of an asset (thumbnails). Viewing and double-clicking thumbnails can help you navigate through source clips and markers more quickly. You can view thumbnails in the following arrangements:
Time-based: Shows the first frame of the asset, the last frame of the asset, and a frame at the frequency that you choose. Use the slider to select one of the following frequencies:
- one frame every 10 seconds (default setting)
- one frame every 1 minute
- one frame every 5 minutes
- one frame every 10 minutes
This setting persists from one session to another. The exact frame displayed depends on the type of timecode (drop-frame, non-drop frame, 24 fps, and so on). Timecodes are displayed beneath each thumbnail, reflecting the timecode display that is set in the Media pane: Master, Absolute, or Remain.
Marker-based: Shows any frame with one or more markers. A frame with a marker is indicated by a marker in the upper right corner of the thumbnail.
Both time-based and marker-based thumbnails.
The following illustrations show each of these arrangements: time-based, marker-based, and both.
Note the following:
You can show thumbnails for master clips and subclips, and sequences when loaded in Asset mode.
You can view thumbnails for video clips, clips with video and audio, and audio-only clips.
The size of the thumbnails depends on the aspect ratio selected in the Media pane. Changing the aspect ratio changes the size of the thumbnails.
You can show thumbnails for group clips. The thumbnails reflect the grid selected in the Media pane: 1x1, 2x2, or 3x3.
Currently, you cannot adjust the size of the thumbnails.
You can view thumbnails for a clip that is ingesting (edit-while-capture) after it is checked into the Interplay Production database (approximately every two minutes). Click the Refresh button to update the display.
*Support for edit-while-capture (EWC) is qualified only for Avid AirSpeed Multi Stream and AS5000 systems.
Click the Refresh button to update the display for changes to the asset, for example, if you add or delete a marker.
*There is an option to turn off generation of thumbnails when the Thumbnails pane is hidden. See Disabling Background Thumbnail Generation.
To view thumbnails:
1. Select Panes > Thumbnails.
If an asset is already loaded in Asset mode in the Media pane, thumbnails are displayed in the Thumbnails pane.
2. In the Assets pane, do one of the following:
*Double-click a master clip or subclip.
*Right-click a sequence and select Load in Asset Mode.
The asset is loaded in the Media viewer and thumbnails are displayed in the Thumbnail pane, with timecode for each thumbnail below it. If the asset contains markers, a thumbnail is displayed for each marker.
3. To show only time-based thumbnails, click the Marker button so that it is inactive. To show only marker-based thumbnails, click the Time button so that it is inactive. If you want to show time-based thumbnails, use the slider to select the frequency at which frames are displayed.
4. To navigate to a particular frame in the Media pane, double-click a thumbnail.
The position indicator in the Media Timeline jumps to the frame.
If the double-clicked thumbnail has a marker associated with it, the associated marker information is highlighted in the Markers pane. If there is no marker associated with the thumbnail, the nearest marker information is highlighted.