User manual SANYO VPC-GH3

[. . . ] INSTRUCTION MANUAL Dual Camera VPC-GH3EX VPC-GH3GX VPC-GH3PX VPC-GH3TA VPC-GH4 Important note This manual explains how to safely operate the VPC-GH3EX, VPC-GH3GX, VPC-GH3PX, VPC-GH3TA and VPC-GH4. Any information regarding only one of these products will be labeled as such. Please read these instructions carefully before using the camera. Make sure to read and understand the separate booklet "SAFETY MANUAL". [. . . ] HINT If the "Contrast correction not successful" or "Red-eye correction not successful" message appears. . . i The camera was not able to successfully repair the image. i The correction function works to automatically edit flaws that the camera detects in captured images. In some cases, the camera may fail to correct a flaw. Concerning the date and time information for the saved image i When an image is corrected and saved, the recorded date and time of capture (Exif information) remains unchanged from the original image. However, the file date shown on the computer changes to the date and time the image was revised. NORMAL/PLAYBACK English 106 Editing video clips You can trim away unwanted portions from a video clip and save it as a new video clip (video clip cutting [extracting]). You can also join video clips together and save them as one separate clip ("joining"). Procedure to cut (extract) a portion of a video clip Specify the frames (1, 2) where the video clip is to be cut. 1 2 A J B C Extract the specified portion. [Two ways to cut the video clip] i Trim away portions A and C, and save portion B. i Delete portion B, and join portions A and C. i The original video clip is not affected. (You can also choose to erase the original video clip when the new clip is saved. ) 107 English Procedure to join video clips Specify the video clip that will come first. J Specify the video clip that you wish to append (join). i The video clips are joined. NORMAL/PLAYBACK i The original video clips are not affected. (You can also choose to erase the original video clips when the new clip is saved. ) CAUTION Caution when editing video clips i When editing video clips, do not turn off the camera, as doing so may erase the original video clip. i As the number or size of the video clips increases, the card memory may become full, making it impossible to edit or save the video clips. In this case, you will need to free some of the memory on the card by deleting files that are no longer necessary (pages 53 and 78). Regarding the capture date of the saved files i The capture date of edited images changes to the date that the files are saved. English 108 Video clip cutting (extracting) 1 2 Display the video clip from which you wish to extract a segment. Display the NORMAL Mode Playback Menu (page 38), select "EDIT VIDEO", and press the SET button. EDIT VIDEO CUT JOIN OK 3 Select "CUT" and press the SET button. h The Cutting Screen appears. Start point CUT 00:00:10 / SAVE 109 English 4 Specify the start point of the extract. h Use the procedure below to specify the frame from which the video clip extract will start. h Play the video clip until approximately the desired point, pause the video clip, then play the video clip one frame at a time, stopping at the start point of the extract. This will be the first frame of the extract. h If the start point of the video clip is also the start point of the extract, proceed to step 5. <Procedure> Play: After pausing playback, press and hold [H] for about 2 seconds for forward playback, or [G] for reverse playback. [. . . ] NOTE i If the background is distracting, it will not show your subject to his best advantage. Move in closer to your subject or zoom in so that the background does not compete with the subject. i In portrait photography your subject is clearly the central figure, so try techniques that allow the subject to stand out. i If light is coming from behind your subject (backlit), his face will appear dark. [. . . ]