Chapter 6 Thumbnail Operations for Clips — Thumbnail operations

Thumbnail operations

Thumbnail operation overview

A clip is a data group that includes the images and voices created from one shooting session, together with additional information such as text memos and metadata.

The following operations can be performed while viewing the clip thumbnails displayed on the LCD monitor. ffPlay back, delete, copy, or restore clips.

ffAdding or deleting a shot mark and text memo to the clip ffCopying part of a clip using the text memo ffChanging the thumbnail image using the text memo ffFormat P2 cards and SD memory cards.

ffUpload and edit clip metadata from the SD memory card.

Thumbnail screen

Press the <THUMBNAIL> button to display the thumbnail screen on the LCD monitor. Press the <THUMBNAIL> button again to return to the regular display. Also, when changing from the regular display to the thumbnail screen display, all clips will be displayed on the thumbnail screen.

Press the <MENU> button on the thumbnail screen to enable thumbnail menu operations.

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1Status message

A message showing the process status is displayed. [UPDATING] and the icon [] are displayed while the screen is being refreshed.

2Card slot, storage device, and LAN status display

The status of the P2 card, storage device, and LAN (scheduled update) connection status are displayed as follows:

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] (White)

The card slot number in which the P2 card is inserted is displayed in white.

 

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] (Yellow)

The card slot number of the P2 card in which the clip in the cursor position is saved is displayed in yellow. If the clips are

recorded across multiple P2 cards, all slot numbers of those cards that contain the clips are displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

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The frame turns red if the inserted P2 card is in any of the following conditions:

 

 

ff[RUNDOWN CARD]

 

 

The maximum number of overwrites on the P2 card has been exceeded.

 

 

ff[DIR ENTRY NG CARD]

 

 

The directory structure on the P2 card is not supported.

 

 

ff[AUTH NG CARD]

 

 

Indicates that the card is a microP2 memory card which cannot authenticate a CPS password.

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Displayed in gray when a storage device is not connected.

 

 

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Displayed in white when a storage device can be used.

 

 

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Displayed in yellow when the thumbnails of clips in the storage device are displayed.

 

 

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Displayed in red when a storage device is connected but cannot be used.

 

 

3Display mode

Displays the types of the thumbnails to be displayed on the screen and the types of other information screens. To switch between displays, refer to “Thumbnail screen display settings” (page 111).

[ALL]

Displays all clips.

[SAME FORMAT]

Displays clips in the same format as the system format.

[SELECT]

Displays clips selected with the <SET> button.

[MARKER]

Displays clips with shot marks.

[TEXT MEMO]

Displays clips with text memo data.

[SLOT n]

Displays clips in the specified P2 card. (n: indicates slot number 1 to 2.)

[P2/REMAIN]

Displays media information (remaining capacity).

[P2/USED]

Displays media information (used capacity).

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