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RECORDING

AdvancedFeatures(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. 24). If an unusable Fade/Wipe Effect is selected, its indicator blinks.

MENU/BRIGHT Dial

Power Switch

Recording Start/Stop Button

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.

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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.

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JVC GR-DVL30 specifications 22 EN, Fade/Wipe Effects, Picture Wipe or Dissolve Selection

GR-DVL30 specifications

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