26 EN RECORDING Advanced Features For Video And D.S.C. (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 Programme AE with special effects ( pg. 28). If an unusable Fade/Wipe Effect is selected, its indicator blinks or goes out.

MENU/BRIGHT Wheel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recording

 

 

Power Switch

Start/Stop Button

 

 

FADE/WIPE SELECTION (

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

1 Set the VIDEO/DSC Switch to “VIDEO”, then set the Power Switch to “ ” while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch.

2 Press MENU/BRIGHT. The Menu Screen appears.

3 Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to select “ ”, then press it.

4 Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to select the desired function, then press it. Selection is complete.

•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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VIDEO/DSC Switch (Open the

LCD monitor to access this switch.)

To Deactivate The Selected Effect . . .

.... select “OFF” in step 4.

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.

The Picture Wipe or Dissolve works when video recording is started.

1 Follow steps 1 through 4 above.

2 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.

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JVC GR-DVL108, GR-DVL109, GR-DVL309, GR-DVL308 Fade/Wipe Effects, To Deactivate The Selected Effect, Select OFF in step

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