Adding/Deleting Shot Marks

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SHOT MARK2: To display thumbnails only of the frames marked with shot mark 2

SHOT MARK screen example

		120min		SHOT MARK			0031 / 0031
		120min		SHOT MARK			0031 / 0031

	S1	01 : 10 : 20 : 00	S2	01 : 10 : 30 : 00	S2	01 : 10 : 40 : 00	S1 01 : 10 : 50 : 00

		01 : 11 : 00 : 00		01 : 11 : 10 : 00
	S1	01 : 11 : 00 : 00	S1	01 : 11 : 10 : 00		- - -	- - -


		- - -		- - -		- - -	- - -
01 / JAN / 2007			10 : 53 S&Q Mot i on			29 / 24fps	TCR 01 : 12: 00 : 00
JPAN0011(1)				HQ 1080 / 24p			DUR 00 : 03 : 19 : 23

The detailed information of the clip is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

The items other than the following are the same as those on the EXPAND CLIP screen:

1.Timecode indication

The timecode of the frame at the cursor on the SHOT MARK screen is displayed.

Clip Operation menu on the SHOT MARK screen

When you select a frame on the SHOT MARK screen and press the joystick or the jog dial, the Clip Operation menu pops up to permit you further operations.

Item	Function
PAUSE	To set to Pause mode at the selected
	frame

SET INDEX PIC	To specify the selected frame for the
	index frame of the clip (page 107)

SHOT MARK1	To delete the shot mark 1 from the
DEL	selected frame (page 106)

SHOT MARK2	To delete the shot mark 2 from the
DEL	selected frame (page 106)

DIVIDE CLIP	To divide the clip into two clips at
	the selected frame (page 107)

You can add shot marks to the clips after recording or delete the recorded shot marks.

Adding a shot mark in Pause mode

1 Pause the playback at the frame to which you wish to add a shot mark then press the joystick or the jog dial.

The Clip Operation menu pops up.

2 Select “SHOT MARK1 ADD” or “SHOT MARK2 ADD” from the Clip Operation menu.

The information screen for the selected frame appears, and a confirmation message is displayed below the image.

3 Select “Execute.”

Adding a shot mark on the EXPAND CLIP screen

1 Select the frame to which you wish to add a shot mark on the EXPAND CLIP screen then press the joystick or the jog dial.

The Clip Operation menu pops up.

2 Select “SHOT MARK1 ADD” or “SHOT MARK2 ADD” from the Clip Operation menu.

The information screen for the selected frame appears, and a confirmation message is displayed below the image.

3 Select “Execute.”

Deleting a shot mark

You can delete shot marks on the EXPAND CLIP screen (page 104) or on the SHOT MARK screen (page 105).

1 Select a frame from which you wish to delete the shot mark on the EXPAND CLIP screen or the SHOT MARK screen then press the joystick or the jog dial.

The Clip Operation menu pops up.

2 Select the “SHOT MARK1 DEL” or “SHOT MARK2 DEL” from the Clip Operation menu.

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Clip Operations

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Sony PMW-EX3 manual Adding/Deleting Shot Marks

Models: PMW-EX3

SHOT MARK screen example

Clip Operation menu on the SHOT MARK screen