Playback and Recording 3 Chapter

To change a thumbnail image (index picture)

With the thumbnail list displayed, proceed as follows.

1 Press the CLIP MENU (SHIFT + SUB CLIP) button or the MENU button to display the clip menu.

2 Press the M/MARK1 button, m/MARK2 button , </ IN button, or ,/OUT button to select SET INDEX PICTURE.

3 Press the SET button.

“SET INDEX” appears in the upper left of the screen.

4 Select the clip whose thumbnail you want to change (you can do this with the same operations as step 1 of “To select a thumbnail image and start playback” (see page 37)).

5 Press the SET button.

An enlargement of the current thumbnail image appears.

6 Press the PLAY button or use the jog or shuttle dial to play back the clip and display the frame that you want to use as the thumbnail image.

To cancel the thumbnail image change

Press the RESET button.

7 Press the SET button.

This returns you to the thumbnail list. The specified image appears as the thumbnail of the selected clip. A mark is shown to indicate that the thumbnail is not the first frame of the clip.

Mark indicating that the thumbnail is not the first frame

Note

When you press the SET button or the PLAY button after selecting a clip with this mark displayed, the clip is not cued up to the position of the thumbnail. It is always cued up to the first frame.

Searching With the Expand Function

The expand function allows you to divide a selected clip into 12 blocks, and to display thumbnails of the first frame in each block in the thumbnail list. This function is available whenever the thumbnail list is displayed. This function allows you to quickly review the content of the selected clip, and to search efficiently for a target scene. You can repeat the expand operation up to three times (t 12 blocks t 144 blocks t 1,728 blocks).

Note

The maximum number of blocks may be larger than 1,728 when the recorded duration of the clip is short. In this case, the frame interval of expanded thumbnails is fixed at 1 frame. This allows you to view expanded thumbnails at equal intervals.

To execute the expand function

1 With the thumbnail list displayed, select the clip that contains the scene that you want to find.

2 Press the EXPAND (F5) button.

The selected clip is divided into 12 blocks, and the first frame of each block appears in the thumbnail list.

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