Fade/Wipe Effects

These effects let you make pro-style scene transitions. Use them to spice up the transition from one scene to the next.

Fade or Wipe works when tape recording is started or when you stop recording.

1 Set the VIDEO/DSC Switch 4 to “VIDEO” (GR-D90/ D70 only), then set the Power Switch y to “ ” while pressing down the Lock Button t located on the switch. Open the LCD monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder fully.

2 Press the MENU/VOLUME wheel % in. The Menu Screen appears.

3 Rotate the MENU/VOLUME wheel % to select

“ WIPE/FADER”, then press it.

4 Rotate the MENU/VOLUME wheel % to select the desired function, then press it. Selection is complete. Press the MENU/VOLUME wheel % in again.

•The WIPE/FADER Menu disappears and the effect is reserved. The indicator representing the selected effect appears.

5 Press the Recording Start/Stop Button w to activate the Fade-in/out or Wipe-in/out.

To Deactivate The Selected Effect . . .

..... select “OFF” in step 4.

IMPORTANT

Some Fade/Wipe Effects cannot be used with certain modes of Program AE with special effects ( pg. 23). If an unusable Fade/Wipe Effect is selected, its indicator blinks or goes out.

NOTE:

You can extend the length of a Fade or Wipe by pressing and holding the Recording Start/Stop Button w.

FADER — WHITE

Fade in or out with a white screen.

FADER — BLACK

Fade in or out with a black screen.

FADER — B.W

Fade in to a color screen from a black and white screen, or fade out from color to black and white.

WIPE — CORNER

Wipe in on a black screen from the upper right to the lower left corner, or wipe out from lower left to upper right, leaving a black screen.

WIPE — WINDOW

The scene starts in the center of a black screen and wipes in toward the corners, or comes in from the corners, gradually wiping out to the center.

WIPE — SLIDE

Wipe in from right to left, or wipe out from left to right.

WIPE — DOOR

Wipe in as the two halves of a black screen open to the left and right, revealing the scene, or wipe out and the black screen reappears from left and right to cover the scene.

WIPE — SCROLL

The scene wipes in from the bottom to the top of a black screen, or wipes out from top to bottom, leaving a black screen.

WIPE — SHUTTER

Wipe in from the center of a black screen toward the top and bottom, or wipe out from the top and bottom toward the center leaving a black screen.

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