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Fade/Wipe Effects
These effects let you make pro-style scene
transitions. Use them to spice up the transition
from one scene to the next. You can also vary
transitions from scene to scene.
IMPORTANT:
Some Fade/Wipe Effects cannot be used with
certain modes of Program AE with special
effects (
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pg. 46, 47). If an unusable Fade/
Wipe Effect is selected, its indicator blinks or
goes out.
Recording
Start/Stop
Button
MENU Wheel
Power Switch
FADE/WIPE SELECTION ( , , , ,
, , , , and )
Fade or Wipe works when video recording is started or
when you stop recording.
1
Set the VIDEO/DSC Switch to “VIDEO” (GR-DVX78
only), then set the Power Switch to “ ” while
pressing down the Lock Button located on the
switch. Open the LCD monitor fully or pull out the
viewfinder fully.
2
Press the MENU Wheel in. The Menu Screen
appears.
3
Rotate the MENU Wheel to select “ WIPE/
FADER”, then press it.
4
Rotate the MENU Wheel to select the desired
function, then press it. Selection is complete. Press
the MENU Wheel in again.
•The WIPE/FADER Menu disappears and the effect
is reserved. The indicator representing the selected
effect appears.
5
Press the Recording Start/Stop Button to activate the
Fade-in/out or Wipe-in/out.
To Deactivate The Selected Effect . . .
...select “OFF” in step 4.
PICTURE WIPE OR DISSOLVE SELECTION
( , , , , , and )
The Picture Wipe or Dissolve works when video
recording is started.
1
Follow steps 1 through 4 above.
2
Engage the Record-Standby mode.
If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during recording . . .
.... press the Recording Start/Stop Button when one
scene is finished. The point at which the scene
ended is stored in memory.
If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during Record-
Standby mode . . .
.... press the Recording Start/Stop Button to start
recording and press it again when one scene is
finished. The point at which the scene ended is
stored in memory.
If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during Record-
Standby mode after performing a Picture Wipe/
Dissolve . . .
.... the point at which the scene ended is already
stored in memory.
3
If you start recording a new scene within 5 minutes of
the end of the previous recording (without having
turned the camcorder’s power off), the previous scene
wipes out, revealing the new scene.
NOTES:
●
You can extend the length of a Fade or Wipe
by pressing and holding the Recording Start/
Stop Button.
●
If the power is turned off after a scene is
finished recording, the stored point is
erased, disabling the Picture Wipe/Dissolve
combination. When this happens, the
Picture Wipe/Dissolve indicator blinks. Also
note that power shuts off automatically if 5
minutes elapse in the Record-Standby mode.
●
The sound at the end of the last recorded
scene is not stored.
●
Picture Wipe/Dissolve cannot be used while
Night-Scope is being activated (
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pg. 45).
Lock Button
VIDEO/DSC Switch
(GR-DVX78 only)