Whether you are viewing live or playback video in a tile, you can save the current video frame as an image file, and then organize and share all files using the Vault tool.
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What you should know
All snapshots are saved with the following naming convention: CameraName (Date Time).png. By default, snapshots are saved as PNG file in the following location: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Genetec Security Desk version#\Vault.
If you plan to use the snapshot for incident investigation, note that only JPEG files include EXIF tags that provide chain of custody information.
To take a snapshot of video in a tile:
Select the tile that is displaying the video image you want to save as a
snapshot.
Do one of the following:
In the camera widget, click Save a snapshot ().
Right-click in the tile, and click Camera
> Save a snapshot ().
A thumbnail preview is displayed in the upper-right corner of your Security
Desk window for 2 seconds.
To open the Vault, from the home page, click Tools
> Vault.
Thumbnails of all snapshots are displayed in the Vault.
To delete a snapshot, right-click the thumbnail and click Delete.
If you delete the snapshots, the image files are no longer available.
To rename a snapshot, right-click the thumbnail and click Rename.
Next topics
Customizing snapshot options
Before taking snapshots of video, you can choose the file format and folder location of your saved snapshots, and enable the printing of an overlay on the snapshot image that shows the camera name, timestamp and user name.
Editing video snapshots
To ensure privacy or to hide elements of a video snapshot, you can use the editing tools in the video snapshot image editor.
Viewing snapshot EXIF data Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) encodes additional information in an image file, such as when and where the image was taken. This additional information provides chain of custody information that can be can be used by internal or external authorities in the analysis of a case and in a court of law where admissible.
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