Code Media Data with a Transcript

Let’s take a closer look. In the Collections node of the Database Tree, you will now find a Quick Clips Collection. If this Collection doesn’t already exist, Transana creates it automatically.

Assuming this is the first Quick Clip you created from this Episode, you will see the Quick Clips Collection with only this Clip in it.聽 Transana takes the name of the Episode and automatically names and numbers the Quick Clip.

Double-click the new Quick Clip so it opens in the Document window, replacing the Episode transcript. You will see just the selected Transcript text. Looking in the Visualization Window or at the Keywords Tab in the Data Window, you will see that the Quick Clip has been assigned Keywords inherited from the Episode coding and the Keyword which you used to trigger the Quick Clip creation.聽 When you play the Clip, you will see that it starts at the time code preceding your selection and ends at the time code following your selection.

In the Data Window, right-click the Clip and select Locate Clip in Episode from the menu. This will re-load the source Episode and will highlight the text between the time codes used to create the Clip. Without moving your selection in the Transcript, double-click another Keyword. Transana will add additional Keywords to your existing Quick Clip, rather than creating a new, duplicate Quick Clip, when you signal the creation of another Quick Clip without changing your text selection.聽 A single Clip with multiple Keywords is analytically more useful than multiple identical-text Clips with one Keyword each.