How to say what disqualifies a clip, not just what to look for
Tell Vizard Agent what disqualifies a moment, not just what you want. "Best drifts, no crashes" is a selection rule it can apply to every candidate, including the spectacular one that ends in a touch. That is exactly the clip a person would talk themselves into keeping.
What do you type into Vizard Agent?
Give the exclusion and the permission in the same sentence. "Up to 90 seconds, less if there are not enough clean ones" stops a reel being filled out with mediocre manoeuvres that make everything around them look worse. Define clean, too: Vizard Agent checks every candidate against your rule, so "no contact at all" and "light contact is fine" give different reels from the same session.
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What does Vizard Agent actually do?
Most of the work is rejection rather than selection, and each rejection is specific and checkable rather than a matter of taste. The most watchable clip in a session is usually the one where something goes wrong at the end, and no editor drops it voluntarily. A rule does. In the session behind this article it:
- Looked for the cleanest drifts and overtakes in a race recording, separating controlled slides from collisions.
- Checked each manoeuvre closely to exclude even light contact, and discarded attractive manoeuvres that ended in a touch.
- Searched once more for drift overtakes without contact, so a crash could not slip in, and validated two more candidates.
- Checked the entry and exit of each drift so the whole manoeuvre survived the cut, not just its most dramatic frame.
- Assembled about fifty seconds rather than filling the ninety allowed with weaker manoeuvres, keeping the original engine sound.
- Reviewed the exported frames, the audio continuity and the absence of contact.
When does this not work well?
Some footage simply does not contain enough clean material. If most of the session ends in contact, the honest output from Vizard Agent is a very short reel, and the alternatives are changing the rule or filming another session. Contact can also be hard to see: a light touch off camera, a collision out of frame in single-camera racing, or fast manoeuvres blurring together at low frame rates.
Common questions
Can it judge "light contact"? Up to a point. Tell Vizard Agent how strict to be and check the edge cases.
Does this work for other sports? Yes. Give Vizard Agent the disqualifier, such as fouls, falls or run-offs, and it applies it.
Can it keep the crashes as a separate reel? Yes. Ask Vizard Agent for both and post them separately.