Hints

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

Each time you press DISPLAY, the operation guide, the recording date/time of the selected scene, movie quality (VIDEO Mode), screen aspect ratio, and the recording length (when using HDD) will appear.

 

Notes

 

• Scenes in different programs

 

(different recording dates) cannot

 

be combined. Create a Playlist first

 

(p.96), then combine such scenes

 

on the Playlist.

 

• When using the HDD, you cannot

Editing

combine scenes of different movie

qualities (“VIDEO mode” settings) /

 

 

wide mode (“16:9”) settings.

 

• If you combine scenes, both with

dub marks “ ”, the dub mark will appear on the combined scene.

If you combine scenes, both with and without dub marks, the dub mark will not appear on the combined scene.

HDD RAM -RW (VR)

Adding Special Effects (Edit –Fade)

You can add fading to the beginning and/or end of a scene.

There are three types of special effects:

White

Fade Out

Fade In

·Fades in from a white screen.

·Fades out to a white screen.

Wipe

Fade out

Fade in

·In: From a black screen, the image opens from a horizontal split at the center.

·Out: The image closes with two black wipes meeting at the horizontal center.

B/W

Fade out

Fade in

·Fades in from a black and white screen to a full color screen.

·Fades out from a full color screen to a black and white screen.

1Press .

Select the scene you want to apply a

2special effect to, then press MENU.

You can also choose multiple scenes (p.49).

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