Clip Operations

Displaying a Frame Index Screen of a Single Clip

You can display an index screen of a single clip broken down as frames at fixed intervals. This is useful when you have a long clip or wish to play back a clip from a certain point. You can change how many thumbnails are

122displayed.marks. You can also perform other operations from this index screen, such as adding and deleting shot

1 Select the desired clip and then press SET to open the clip menu.

2 Select [Expand Clip] and then press SET.

•The [Expand Clip] index screen appears, which shows thumbnails of frames taken from the clip at fixed intervals. The time code under the thumbnail indicates the time code of the frame.

•You can change the fixed interval between frames by showing more or fewer thumbnails. To show more thumbnails, open the clip menu and select [More Index Pics] and then press SET. To show fewer thumbnails, select [Fewer Index Pics] and then press SET.

•Press the INDEX button to return to the clip index screen.

Thumbnail icon: Indicates that the clip thumbnail in the clip index screen is from the frame with the thumbnail icon.

Time code of the displayed frame

NOTES

•After you finish playing back a clip from this index screen, the index screen that was open before the [Expand Clip] index screen will appear.

Adding or Deleting Shot Marks from an Index Screen

From the [Shot Mark] index screen or [Expand Clip] index screen, you can add/delete a shot mark to/from a frame. You can add or delete both shot marks, only the cmark or only the dmark.

Adding a Shot Mark

1 Open the [Shot Mark] index screen or [Expand Clip] index screen.

2Select the desired frame (thumbnail) and then press SET to open the clip menu.

3 Select [Add Shot Mark 1] or [Add Shot Mark 2] and then press SET.

•The clip information screen appears and it prompts you to confirm the operation. 4 Select [OK] and then press SET.

•The screen changes back to the previous index screen and the selected shot mark appears next to the selected clip’s thumbnail.

•Select [Cancel] instead to cancel the operation.