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- Go to the archive playback mode
Select Export - Hide exporting area in the camera's functional menu.
Info title Note. Later, when viewing the archive, you can uncheck or check the Show hidden areas checkbox to hide or show the mask when playing the archive.
When setting up a mask, the checkbox must be selected.
- As a result, the Hide area window opens, and an area with anchor points will be displayed in the viewing tile.
- Find a frame on which the object appears for the first time. You can search for videos using one of the methods described in the Archive browsing section.
- Set the required position and size of the mask by dragging an area with anchor points across the viewing tile (1).
Click Add in the Hide area window (2). As a result, the date and time of the beginning of the mask display is added to the table, and the position of the area is saved in the internal database.
Info title Note. To delete a time interval, click Delete in the corresponding row of the table.
Start archive playback. If the hidden object moved, repeat steps 4-6 to set the new mask position. The mask will smoothly move between the specified points to follow the object movement.
Repeat steps 4-7 until the object disappears from the frame.
Info title Note. You can set mask only in the first frame and in the last frame where the object is visible. However, the more points you set, the more precisely the mask hides the object.
Info title Note. For the convenience of tracking an object, you can hide the mask using the Hide current area button (3). When the area is hidden, the Add button is disabled.
- If necessary, you can enter a comment in the text box in the Hide area window.
If in the exported file it is necessary to hide the area around the selected object, then set the Inverted masking checkbox (4). As a result, the specified mask will be displayed on the video, and the area around it will be masked.
If, when viewing a live or archive video in the Surveillance Monitor, as well as during export, it is necessary to completely hide the screen before and after the selected segment with inverted masking, set the Hide screen completely before and after mask checkbox (5). If at the same time it is necessary that the screen is not hidden before and after when playing a live video, then set the WholeScreenHideMode key (see Registry keys reference guide).
By default, the area is masked with solid black color. You can change the value of the Method of hiding switch (6) so that the mask looks like a blurred or pixelated area.
Info title Note The selected method of hiding is applied in the exported file. When viewing the archive in the Surveillance Monitor, the area is masked in black.
After completing the settings for masking areas, click the Save button (7).
Info title Note If you do not save the changes, then when you try to close the Hide area window, a warning will be displayed:
A similar window will be displayed when trying to close the archive playback mode in the Video Surveillance Monitor if the changes to the masking areas settings were not saved.
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- Go to the archive playback mode
Select Export - Hide exporting area in the camera's functional menu.
Info title Note. Later, when viewing the archive, you can uncheck or check the Show hidden areas checkbox to hide or show the mask when playing the archive. - As a result, the Hide area window opens, and an area with anchor points will be displayed in the viewing tile.
- Find a frame on which the object appears for the first time. You can search for videos using one of the methods described in the Archive browsing section.
- Set the required position and size of the mask by dragging an area with anchor points across the viewing tile (1).
Click Add in the Hide area window (2). As a result, the date and time of the beginning of the mask display is added to the table, and the position of the area is saved in the internal database.
Info title Note. To delete a time interval, click Delete in the corresponding row of the table.
Start archive playback. If the hidden object moved, repeat steps 4-6 to set the new mask position. The mask will smoothly move between the specified points to follow the object movement.
Repeat steps 4-7 until the object disappears from the frame.
Info title Note. You can set mask only in the first frame and in the last frame where the object is visible. However, the more points you set, the more precisely the mask hides the object.
Info title Note. For the convenience of tracking an object, you can hide the mask using the Hide current area button (3). When the area is hidden, the Add button is disabled.
- If necessary, you can enter a comment in the text box in the Hide area window.
If in the exported file it is necessary to hide the area around the selected object, then set the Inverted masking checkbox (4). As a result, the specified mask will be displayed on the video, and the area around it will be masked.
If, when viewing a live or archive video in the Surveillance Monitor, as well as during export, it is necessary to completely hide the screen before and after the selected segment with inverted masking, set the Hide screen completely before and after mask checkbox (5). If at the same time it is necessary that the screen is not hidden before and after when playing a live video, then set the WholeScreenHideMode key (see Registry keys reference guide).
By default, the area is masked with solid black color. You can change the value of the Method of hiding switch (6) so that the mask looks like a blurred or pixelated area.
Info title Note The selected method of hiding is applied in the exported file. When viewing the archive in the Surveillance Monitor, the area is masked in black.
After completing the settings for masking areas, click the Save button (7).
Info title Note If you do not save the changes, then when you try to close the Hide area window, a warning will be displayed:
A similar window will be displayed when trying to close the archive playback mode in the Video Surveillance Monitor if the changes to the masking areas settings were not saved.
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