Combining Multiple Scenes
You can combine multiple scenes into one.
Be sure to select consecutive multiple scenes when combining.
1 Use the joystick to select the scenes to be com- bined, referring to “Selecting Consecutive Scenes Together” on page 70, and then press the MENU button.
The Disc Navigation menu screen will appear.
2 Use the joystick to choose, “Scene”, “Edit”, “Combine”, and then
press the
button.
The screen for verifying combination of scenes will appear.
3 If you are sure that you wish to combine the scenes, use the joystick to choose “YES”, and
then press the
but- ton.
The selected movies will be combined into one, and the thumbnail display screen will be re- stored: The first scene before combination will appear as a thumbnail.
Note: Still images cannot be combined.
Note: If you choose “NO” on the screen for veri- fying combination, combination will be canceled. Note: To restore the separated status of a com- bined scene, divide it.
Note: With special effects, the "in" effect of the first scene in the selected range and the "out" ef- fect of the last scene will be chosen.
Note: If you combine scenes from different pro- grams (different recording dates), a message that prompts you to update the control information will appear each time Disc Navigation is started. Even if you have chosen “YES” and updated the con- trol information, the same message will appear when Disc Navigation is started next time. To pre- vent this, when combining scenes from different programs, create a new play list and then com- bine the scenes on it.
Note: Pressing the 
button on the screen for veri- fication will restore the thumbnail display screen.
Dividing Movies
You can divide a scene into two parts. To delete unnecessary portion of scene, first divide the scene, and then delete the unnecessary portion. You can also cut out a part of scene and use it in the play list.
1 Use the joystick to select the scene to be divided, and then press the MENU button.
The Disc Navigation menu screen will appear.
2 Use the joystick to choose, “Scene”, “Edit”,
“Divide”, and then
press the
button.
3 When you reach the point where you want to divide the scene, press the SELECT button.
The screen for verifying division of scene will appear.
Status bar of scene being played back
The “Select Division Point” screen will ap- pear, and playback of the selected scene will start.
4 If you are sure that you wish to divide the scene,
use the joystick toEnglish choose “YES”, and then
press the
button.
The scene will be divided at the specified point, and the thumbnail display screen will be re- stored, with the divided thumbnails, appearing side by side.
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