Screens GUI in Operations 5 Chapter
To play a clip list, insert a disc into the unit, load the clip list that you want to play, and press the PLAY button. Clips are played according to the data in the clip list.
Creating and editing clip lists
The following table lists the steps in the creation and editing of clip lists with the scene selection function. To create a clip list, you always need to carry out the steps inside the heavy lines. Other steps can be carried out as required.
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 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 70).
Note
Clip lists can be created and edited even when the write inhibit tab of the disc is set to recording disabled, and when REC INH on the HOME page of the function menu is set to ON. However, if you need to save the clip list, set write inhibit tab and REC INH 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 58 for more information about thumbnail screen operations.
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3 Select Add Sub Clips, and then press the PUSH SET(S.SEL) 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 PUSH SET(S.SEL) knob.
The selected clip is inserted as a sub clip and a “+” mark appears on the thumbnail in the Scene Selection window.
66 Scene Selection (Clip List Editing)