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RECORDING
Advanced Features (cont.)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. You can also vary
transitions from scene to scene.
IMPORTANT:
Some Fade/Wipe Effects cannot be used with
certain modes of Program AE with special
effects (
Z
pg. 24). If an unusable Fade/Wipe
Effect is selected, its indicator blinks.
Recording Start/Stop Button
MENU/BRIGHT Dial
Power Switch

FADE/WIPE SELECTION ( , , , ,

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Fade or Wipe works when recording is started or when
you stop recording.
1
Set the Power Switch to “ ”.
2
Press MENU/BRIGHT. The Recording Menu appears.
3
Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to move the highlight bar to
“FADER/WIPE”, then press it.
4
Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to move the highlight bar to
the desired function, then press it.
•The FADER/WIPE Menu disappears and the effect is
reserved. The indicator representing the selected
effect appears.
5
Press the Recording Start/Stop Button to activate the
Fade-in/out or Wipe-in/out.

PICTURE WIPE OR DISSOLVE SELECTION

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The Picture Wipe or Dissolve works when recording is
started.
1
Follow steps 1 through 4 above.
2
Engage the Record-Standby mode.
If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during
recording . . .
....press the Recording Start/Stop Button when one
scene is finished. The point at which the scene
ended is stored in memory.
If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during Record-
Standby mode . . .
....press the Recording Start/Stop Button to start
recording and press it again when one scene is
finished. The point at which the scene ended is
stored in memory.
If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during Record-
Standby mode after performing a Picture Wipe/
Dissolve . . .
....the point at which the scene ended is already
stored in memory.
3
If you start recording a new scene within 5 minutes of
the end of the previous recording (without having
turned the camcorder’s power off), the previous scene
wipes out, revealing the new scene.
NOTES:
●
You can extend the length of a Fade or Wipe
by pressing and holding the Recording Start/
Stop Button.
●
If the power is turned off after a scene is
finished recording, the stored point is erased,
disabling the Picture Wipe/Dissolve combina-
tion. When this happens, the Picture Wipe/
Dissolve indicator blinks. Also note that
power shuts off automatically if 5 minutes
elapse in the Record-Standby mode.
●
The sound at the end of the last recorded
scene is not stored.