Press the Recording Start/Stop Button to activate fade- in/out or wipe-in/out.

RECORDINGAdvancedFeaturesEN21

Fade/Wipe Effects

EFFECT

Button

Power Switch

Recording Start/Stop Button

These effects let you make pro-style scene transitions. Fade- or wipe-in works at recording start, and fade- or wipe-out works at recording end or when you enter Record–Standby mode.

1 Set the Power Switch to “PRO.”.

2 Press EFFECT repeatedly until the desired mode’s name and indication appear.

They are displayed for approx. 2 seconds, then the name disappears so that only the indication remains. The effect is reserved.

3

4 To cancel a fade or wipe, press EFFECT repeatedly until “OFF” appears.

“OFF” is displayed for approx. 2 seconds and the fade/wipe standby mode is canceled.

NOTES:

●Pressing and holding the Recording Start/Stop Button allows you to vary the length for the image during fade in/out or wipe in/out.

●The screen becomes slightly reddish when the Fade/Wipe is used with Sepia (☞ pg. 22).

●With the Electronic fog filter mode

(☞ pg. 22) engaged, the image fades in/out to a white screen.

FADER

Fades in/out to a black screen.

MOSAIC (Fader)

Gradually turns/returns the picture into/from a mosaic pattern.

SHUTTER (Wipe)

A black screen moves in from the top and bottom, closing over the image like a shutter, or a new image pushes open the black screen vertically from the center.

SLIDE (Wipe)

A black screen moves in from the left to gradually cover the image, or a new image moves in from right to left.

DOOR (Wipe)

Wipes in as the two halves of a black screen open to the left and right, revealing the scene, or wipes out and the black screen reappears from left and right to cover the scene.

CW:CORNER (Wipe)

Wipes in on a black screen from the upper right to the lower left corner, or wipes out from lower left to upper right, leaving a black screen.

WW:WINDOW (Wipe)

The next scene gradually wipes in from the center of the screen toward the corners, covering the previous scene.

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GR-SXM520 specifications

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