Panasonic VDR-M53PP Operating Instructions Manual page 108

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Dividing Movies (Edit - Divide)
You can divide a scene into two parts.
Todelete unnecessary portion of scene, first divide the scene, and then delete the unnecessary portion.
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Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2
Select the scene to be divided.
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Press the MENU button.
4 Choose "Scene", "Edit",
"Divide" and then press
the I_/11 button.
5 The "Divide Scene"
screen will appear. If you
are sure you want to
divide the selected scene, press the_/ll button:
The selected scene will be played back.
If you want to change the scene to be divided,
you can change it on this screen.
The selected scene will be played back.
6 When you reach the point
where you want to divide
the scene, press the
SELECT button.
Note:
• The status bar of scene being played back can be
switched off or on by pressing the DISPLAY button,
• Search and frame advance are useful when designating
division points,
• If a special effect has been added to the original scene,
the IN" effect will be added to the first half of scene, and
the "OUT" effect to the latter half.
• The division point may drift before or after the designated
point by approximately 0.5 seconds.
• Since a scene with skip set cannot be played back, no
division point can be specified, Release the skip for the
scene before dividing it.
• If the division point is at a still, a message will appear, but
no division will be made,
• If the division point is at the start or end of a scene, a
message will appear, but no division will be made.
• A movie scene whose recording time is 0.5 seconds or
less cannot be divided.
• If free space available on disc is insufficient, division will
not be possible. Delete unnecessary scenes,
• Pressing the • button on the verification screen will
restore the thumbnail display screen,
• If you press the MENU button before pressing I_/11 in
step 5, the submenu will appear (see page 103).
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The screen for verifying
division will appear:
choose "YES", and then
press the I_/11 button.
Status bar of scene
being played back
Choose "NO" to cancel
division.
After division, the "Divide Scene" screen will be
restored.
Repeat steps 5-7 to divide another scene.
8 Press the • button to quit.
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