The Footnotes feature lets you create timestamped notes during your recording sessions to track edits and highlight key moments. Footnotes are integrated into Zencastr Editing for easy navigation during postproduction and manual clipping and can be downloaded as a reference for external editing workflows.
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What Are Footnotes And Why Use Them?
Footnotes let you create timestamped notes during your recording sessions, visible only to you as the host. These notes can help you keep track of edits, mark key moments, or highlight standout segments.
If you’re using Zencastr Editing, footnotes are displayed on your timeline in the Editor, making it easy to locate and jump to specific points to cut sections, mute words, or correct the transcript. If you are using Zencastr Clips, footnotes are great for pinpointing segments you want to turn into clips using manual clipping.
Even if you’re using external editing software for postproduction, you can download footnotes as a separate text file once the recording ends. This lets you quickly locate the areas that need attention, ensuring no important details are overlooked.
No matter what your editing process is, footnotes serve as internal markers that help keep your workflow organized and efficient.
Adding Footnotes
To add a footnote:
From your Dashboard, click the Sessions tab.
Under the ‘My Sessions’ list, click the name of the session.
Click the Join Session button.
On the Recording Page, click the Footnotes tab or press the F key on your keyboard.
Type your footnote.
Press the Enter or Return button on your keyboard.
Result: The footnote will appear in the footnotes section with an hour (h), minute (m), second (s) timestamp for when in the recording it was added. If you add a footnote before you start the recording, the timestamp will be 0h 0m 0s.
Viewing Footnotes in the Editor
To view footnotes in the Editor:
From a Recording page, click the Preview button.
OR
From your Dashboard, on the Sessions tab, under the ‘My Sessions’ list, click the name of the session.
Locate the recording you want to edit and click the Preview button next to its name.
On the Preview page, click the Edit button in the top right corner.
Result: The footnote will appear at the corresponding times on the timeline below the preview. Hover over a footnote to see its text. Drag the slider to the footnote to reach that point in the recording.
Downloading Footnotes
When you stop the recording, footnotes become available to download.
To download the footnotes:
On the Recording Page, click the Footnotes tab.
Click the Download button at the bottom of the tab and the footnotes will download to your computer as a text (.txt) file.
