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COMBINING MULTIPLE SCENES (EDIT – COMBINE)

If you have recorded numerous short scenes, combining them will be facilitated by the use of Disc Navigation.

Be sure to select consecutive multiple scenes. Combining scenes is possible only when “Category: All” is specified (p. 103). Stills cannot be combined.

1 Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.

2 Press the MENU button, choose “Scene”, “Edit”, “Combine”, and then press .

3 The “Combine Scenes” screen will appear: Point the cursor at the first scene to be combined, and then press the button. The cursor will change to double frames of blue and yellow.

4Use the 2/1/0//buttons to determine the range of scenes to be combined, point the cursor at the last scene, and then press the button.

The cursor will change to a red frame. The last scene will be double frames of red and yellow.

5 If you do not wish to change the scenes to be combined, press the button.

To change the scenes, press the (STOP/ EXIT) button to return the cursor to yellow, and then select the scenes to be combined again.

6 The screen for verifying combination will appear: Choose “YES”, and then press the

button.

The two images appearing on the verification screen are those of the first and last scenes to be combined.

Choose “NO” to cancel combination. After Yes or No setting, the “Combine Scenes” screen will be restored.

The thumbnail of the first scene will appear in the combined scene.

Repeat steps 3 and 6 to combine other scenes.

7 Press the button to quit.

Note:

You can also select multiple scenes after step 1: Press the MENU button to continue the procedure of combination.

If you press the MENU button before pressing the button in step 3, the submenu will appear (see page 79).

With fade effect, the “IN” effect of the first video in the selected range and the “OUT” effect on the last video will be attached to a combined scene.

Scenes in different programmes (different recording dates) cannot be combined: Create a play list first, and then combine such scenes on the play list.



ARRANGING ORDER OF SCENES (EDIT – MOVE)

You can arrange scenes within a play list by moving them to desired positions (p. 96). Create a play list first, and then arrange the scenes [“CREATING NEW PLAY LIST (CREATE)”, p. 91].

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Hitachi DZ-GX5100SW, DZ-GX5060SW Combining Multiple Scenes Edit Combine, Arranging Order of Scenes Edit Move

DZ-GX5100SW, DZ-GX5060SW specifications

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