Export to Video

You can record a video of the functions of the Vertex program. By recording a video you can, for example, create an installation or usage guide or communicate easily with Vertex Helpdesk.

When recording, the program takes frames of a specified area of the screen at a specified frame rate. The captured frames are saved in a temporary folder in the user folder of the Vertex program. When the recording is finished, a video is created from the saved frames, after which the frames and the temporary folder are deleted.

In case the program is closed before finishing the recording, the frames are kept in the temporary folder. The next time the program is started, you can choose to create a video from the frames in the temporary folder. This way you can save the video even if the program stops responding in the middle of video recording.

Define the recording settings and record a video as follows:

1. Select >  Export >  Export to Video.
2. Edit the settings in the Screen Recording dialog box.
3. Select Start recording.
4. Press Shift+F11 to stop recording, or reselect the function.
5. Select one of the following:
   • Play video - Play the video with the default program selected for the MP4 file in the operating system.
   • Open file location - Open the video file's storage folder in the Windows file explorer.
   • Copy to clipboard - Copy the video file to the clipboard.
6. Click Exit to close the dialog box and quit the function.

Dialog Box Options

Displays to be recorded

If more than one display is used, select the displays to be recorded:

• All displays
• Only the active display

Note: Recording several displays requires more performance from the computer and may slow down Vertex.

Windows to be recorded

Select the windows the be recorded:

• The entire screen - The video is recorded from the entire screen area, so the video will record, for example, the taskbar of the operating system. If the Vertex program window is not full-screen, everything else that is displayed on the screen will be recorded on the video in addition to the program.
• Only the Vertex window - The video is recorded from the area where the Vertex program window is located. Everything that appears on the computer screen in that area is recorded on the video.
• Only the working window - The video is recorded from the area where the active working window (drawing or model window) is located. Everything that appears on the computer screen in that area is recorded on the video.

Note: The video's area limits are only set at the beginning of the recording, which means that the area to be recorded does not follow if you move the Vertex program window.

Video quality

Select the quality of the video. The higher the quality, the more storage capacity the video will require. The quality of the video does not affect the performance or the use of disk space during video recording, but only the video created as a final product. Select one of the following:

• Best quality, largest file
• High quality, larger file
• Default
• Lower quality, smaller file

Video file finishing

Select the level of compression for the finishing step of the video file. When more time is used in finishing the video, the resulting video will require less storage capacity. Finishing the video does not affect the performance or the use of disk space during the video recording, but only the video created as a final product.

Select one of the following:

• Faster finish, larger file
• Default
• Slower finish, smaller file

This feature is significant when shooting long videos:

• Finishing a long video takes more time than finishing a short one, but the waiting time can be shortened by speeding up the finishing. In this case, the final video file is larger.
• The file size of a long video is larger than that of a short one, and for example, the size limit of an e-mail attachment may be reached. You can reduce the file size by slowing down the finishing.

Frame rate (fps)

Select the frame rate of the video, or how many frames per second are taken in the video. You can select 4, 6, 12 or 24 frames per second.

Frame rate (fps)	Description
4, 6	Is enough for a slow presentation and produces a smaller video.
12	Is enough for a normal presentation.
24	Good quality motion tracking, produces a larger video.

Note: A higher frame rate will require more performance from the computer and may slow down Vertex.

Recording length

Select the length of the final video:

• Indefinitely - The final video is created from the beginning of the recording to the end.
• Time window - The recording is on from the start to the end, but the final video is made only from the last clip, the length of which you can set in Save the last. Enter the length in minutes and seconds in the text fields.

Video file name

Select the video file name and storage location by typing the file path in the text field or by clicking Browse. The file type is MP4 video.

Create the Video After Interruption

In case the program is closed before finishing the recording, the frames are kept in the temporary folder ../user/buffer. The next time the program is started, you can choose to create a video from the frames in the temporary folder. This way you can save the video even if the program stops responding in the middle of video recording.