Add a Still Image to

a Document or Transcript

Add a Still Image to a Transcript

Transana allows you to embed a still image in a Transcript as a way to bring the visual into your Transcript. This video demonstrates how by creating an image-based visual transcript of a slide-show style video file.

Add a Still Image to a Document or Transcript

Transana offers two options for bringing still images into the data analysis process.

One option is to embed a still image in a transcript or text document. These still images might be in the form of data files, from photographs or scans for example, or could be screen shots captured from a video file.

Snapshots, which are free-standing code-able images that are used as primary data from any source, are another way to bring still images into Transana for analysis. We will cover importing, coding and analyzing still images later in the Tutorial.

Capture a screen shot from a video file and place it in a Transcript

Make sure your video transcript is in Edit mode.

Play your video, and pause when you see the image you would like to capture.

Place the Transcript cursor where you would like the image to appear.  (We recommend adding a new line for your image.)

Press the “Video Screen Capture” button on the bottom right corner of the Media window. Transana’s Media File Conversion dialog will be displayed.  Press the “Convert” button at the bottom of the dialog.  After some processing time, the image from the video will appear in your Transcript.

Capture a screen shot from a video file to place in a Document

Make sure your video transcript is in read-only mode.

Play your video, and pause when you see the image you would like to capture.

Press the “Video Screen Capture” button on the bottom right corner of the Media window. Transana’s Media File Conversion dialog will be displayed.  Specify a file name and note the file location. Press the “Convert” button at the bottom of the dialog. 

Then import the still image file you just created, as described below.

Import an image from a file into a Transcript or Document

Open the Transcript or Document and place the cursor where you want to place the image. (We recommend adding a new line for your image.)

Make sure the Transcript or Document is in edit mode. You cannot make changes to a Document or Transcript that is in read-only mode.

Go to the Document menu in Transana’s main menu and select the “Insert Image” menu item.

Browse your computer to find the graphics file. It can be in almost any graphics format like .jpg, .png, .gif, tiff, etc.  Press “Open”.