JVC GR-DVL257 40 EN, Fade/Wipe Effects, FADE/WIPE Selection, Picture Wipe or Dissolve Selection

40 EN

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. 38, 39). If an unusable Fade/ Wipe Effect is selected, its indicator blinks or goes out.

MENU/BRIGHT Wheel

Power Switch

Lock Button

Recording Start/Stop Button

VIDEO/DSC Switch (GR-DVL557/ DVL555/DVL357/DVL355 only; open the LCD monitor to access this switch)

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.

●Picture Wipe/Dissolve cannot be used while Night-Scope is being activated (
pg. 38).

FOR RECORDING (cont.)

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” (GR-DVL557/DVL555/DVL357/DVL355 only), then set the Power Switch to “ ” while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch.

2 Press the MENU/BRIGHT wheel in. The Menu Screen appears.

3 Rotate the MENU/BRIGHT wheel to select “ WIPE/FADER”, then press it.

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

•The WIPE/FADER 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.

To Deactivate The Selected Effect . . .

.... select “OFF” in step 4.

PICTURE WIPE OR DISSOLVE SELECTION

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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.