Display the Thumbnail Menu.

1Add sub clips: Use the Add Sub Clips command to add the clips you want to use to a clip list. You can add up to 300 sub clips to one clip list.This operation can be carried out in the following thumbnail screens.

Clip thumbnail screen

Expand thumbnail screen

Chapter thumbnail screen

Clip list thumbnail screen

2Change the sub clip order: Use the Move Sub Clips command to change the order of sub clips in a clip list.

Delete sub clips: Use the Delete Sub Clips command to delete specified sub clips from a clip list.

Trim sub clips: Use the Trim Sub Clip command to adjust the In and Out points of a sub clip. This function can also be used to adjust the overall duration of the clip list.

Set the start timecode: Use the Set Start Time Code command to set the timecode at the start of a clip list.

3Play the clip list: Use the PLAY/ PAUSE button and other playback controls to play the current clip list and check its contents.

4Save the clip list: Use the Save Clip List or Save Clip List as… command to save the newly created clip list to the disc.

To reedit clip lists on the disc

Use the Load Clip List command to load the clip lists you want to edit, and perform the steps 2 to 4 in the previous section.

You can also delete clip lists on the disc.

For details, see “Managing clip lists” (page 119).

Note

Clip lists can be created and edited even when the Write Inhibit tab of the disc is set to recording disabled. However, if you need to save the clip list, set Write Inhibit tab to enable recording before you create or edit the clip list.

To add sub clips

You can add sub clips to clip lists from with the clip thumbnail screen or the clip list thumbnail screen. However, you must use the clip list thumbnail screen to edit clip lists.

Adding sub clips from the clip thumbnail screen

The following procedure explains operations in the clip thumbnail screen. You can proceed in the same way in the expand thumbnail screen and the chapter thumbnail screen. Expanded blocks are added as sub clips in the expand thumbnail screen, and chapters are added as sub clips in the chapter thumbnail screen.

See page 103 for more information about thumbnail screen operations.

1 In the clip thumbnail screen, select the clip that you want to add as a sub clip (multiple selections possible).

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3 Select Add Sub Clips, and then press the SET/S.SEL button or the MENU knob.

The Add Sub Clip screen appears.

The clip(s) selected in step 1 appear in the upper part of this screen, and the clip list appears in the lower Scene Selection window. The I cursor in the Scene Selection window indicates the location where the currently selected sub clip(s) will be inserted.

 

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To display the total duration after addition of the selected clip

Press the SHIFT button.

4 In the Scene Selection window, move the I cursor to the location where you want to insert the clip. (The existing thumbnails arrange themselves to the left and right of the I cursor.)

5 Press the SET/S.SEL button or the MENU knob.

The selected clip is inserted as a subclip and a “+” mark appears on the thumbnail in the Scene Selection window.

To check the addition results

Move the cursor.

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