Canon Vixia HF R20 User manual

Gallery and Scene Operations
ManagingStories
The gallery initially contains two groups, [Unsorted] for your regular
scenes and ]Video Snapshot] for your video snapshot scenes. In addi-
tion, you can create new groups, or "stories", which contain scenes of
your choosing, arranged in an order to your liking. For example, you
can create a story that is a collection of scenes from a particular event
or trip.
CreatingaNewStory
Operating modes:
1 Open the gallery screen.
2 Create a new story.
Touch [No] to exit without creating a new story.
(_ NOTES
Including [Unsorted] and [Video Snapshot], a memory can contain a
maximum of 1O0 stories.
[Unsorted] and [Video Snapshot] cannot be deleted.
Deleting Scenes and Stories from the Gallery
You can delete scenes in the gallery that you no longer need. When
you delete scenes, you can choose to delete individual scenes or an
entire story (including all the scenes that comprise it).
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To delete individual scenes
1 From the gallery screen, select the story that contains the scene
to delete.
2 Deletethe scene.
The scene is deleted and the gallery screen appears,
To delete scenes by rating
You can delete all the scenes in a story with a particular rating.
1 From the gallery screen, select the story that contains the scenes
to delete.
Drag your finger right/left to bring the desired story to the front.
2 Open the [Delete] screen.
3 Select a rating mark that corresponds to the rating of the scenes
to delete.
The selected rating mark will be highlighted and the number of
applicable scenes will appear. Ifa story does not contain scenes of a
particular rating, the corresponding rating mark will be grayed out.
You can select multiple rating marks.
4 Deletethe scenes.
* Touch [Stop]to interrupttheoperationwhileit is in progress.Some scenesmay
bedeletednevertheless.
The scenes are deleted and the gallery screen appears,
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To delete a story
You can delete new stories that you have created.
1 From the gallery screen, select the story to delete.
Drag your finger right/left to bring the desired story to the front.
2 Delete the story.
_ [St0ry Deta !s] @[Ed t si0ry] _} [De!ere Si0rY] _} [Yes]i
@ [OK]
* Touch [Stop]to interrupttheoperationwhileit is in progress.Some scenesmay
bedeletednevertheless.
The story is deleted and the gallery screen appears.
O _MPORTANT
Deleting a scene from the gallery screen or date index screen will delete
that scene permanently from the camcorder.
M0ving or C0pying Scenes in the Gallery
Move scenes in the gallery (individually or by rating) to play them back
in the order of your choice. You can also copy scenes to another story.
Note that you cannot move or copy scenes to [Unsorted] or [Video
Snapshot].
To move individual scenes
1 From the gallery screen, select the story that contains the scenes
to move.
Drag your finger right/left to bring the desired story to the front.
2 Touch [Scene List].
3 When the desired scene appears in the orange bar, touch the
frame on the right side.
You can drag your finger up and down to browse through the scene
list.
The [Edit Scene] screen will appear.
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4 Touch[Move]or[Copy].
Thumbnailsofeachstory(exceptfor[Unsorted]and[VideoSnapshot])
willappear,
5 Touchthethumbnailofthestorywhereyouwanttomoveorcopy
thescenes.
Ifyouaremovingorcopyingscenestoanemptystory,skiptostep7.
6 Dragyourfingerupanddowntoselectthedesiredpositionand
thentouch[Set].
Theorangebar(destinationicon)indicateswhereinthestorythescene
willbemovedorcopiedto.
7 Touch[Yes].
Whencopyingscenes,youcantouch[Stop]tointerrupttheoperation
whileitisinprogress,Afterscenesarecopied,touch[OK]whenthe
confirmationscreenappears,
8 Touch[2:3].
To move scenes by rating
You can move scenes of a particular rating from one story to another.
1 From the gallery screen, select the story that contains the scenes
to move.
Drag your finger right/left to bring the desired story to the front.
2 Open the [Move Story] screen.
3 Select a rating mark that corresponds to the rating of the scenes
to move.
The selected rating mark will be highlighted and the number of
applicable scenes will appear, if a story does not contain scenes of a
particular rating, the corresponding rating mark will be grayed out.
You can select multiple rating marks,
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4 Movethescenes.
Thescenesaremovedandthegalleryscreenofthesourcestory
appears.
@ IMPORTN/T
Youcannotmoveorcopyscenesto[Unsorted]or[VideoSnapshot].
CapturingVideoSnapshotScenesandPhotosfrom a Movie
You can capture video snapshot scenes or photos from a previously
recorded scene. For example, you may want to take photos from video
recorded at a party or create a small video clip using video snapshot
scenes from the highlights of an event.
Operating modes: .... I
Capturing a Video Snapshot Scene
1 Open the index screen that contains the scene from which you
want to capture the video snapshot scene.
2 Play back the desired scene.
3 Press [START/STOP to capture the video snapshot scene.
The camcorder captures the video snapshot scene for about 4
seconds (the blue frame serves as a visual progress bar), and then
enters playback pause mode. You can change the length of video
snapshot scene you capture with the _ _ [Video Snapshot
Length] setting.
4 Touch the screen and then touch Ira] to return to the index
screen.
(___ NOTES
A video snapshot scene can be captured only during playback; it can-
not be captured during playback pause mode.
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Thecapturedvideosnapshotsceneissavedtothesamememorythat
containsthesourcescene.
Inthegalleryscreen,acapturedvideosnapshotsceneissavedin
_/ideoSnapshot]asthelastscene.
Videosnapshotscenescannotbecapturedfromanyofthefollowing
typesofscenes.
-Scenesshorterthan1second
-ScenesthatwereeditedusingthesuppliedsoftwarePIXELA's
VideoBrowserandwerethenwrittenbacktothecamcorder.
Whenthesourcesceneisitselfavideosnapshotscene,youmaynot
beabletocaptureavideosnapshotscenedependingonthelengthof
thesourcesceneandthelengthcurrentlyselectedforvideosnapshot
scenes.
Whenyoustartcapturingavideosnapshotscenelessthan1second
fromtheendofthescene,thevideosnapshotscenewillbecaptured
startingfromthebeginningofthefollowingscene.
Duringtheplaybackofvideosnapshotscenescapturedfromaprevi-
ouslyrecordedmovie,youmaynoticesomeanomaliesinthepicture/
soundatthepointwheretheplaybackswitchestoanewscene.
CapturingPhotos
Youcancaptureaphotofromamovieduringplayback.Thesizeofthe
capturedphotoswillbe1920x1080.
PleasereadtheIMPORTANTsectionbeforeusinganEye-Ficard.
Operatingmodes:
1 Playbackthescenefromwhichyouwanttocapturethephoto.
2 Pausetheplaybackatthepointyouwanttocapture.
3 Press[Pi4_6_fully.
4 Touch[m]toreturntotheindexscreen.
O IMPORTANT
WhencapturingphotosonanEye-Ficardinmemorycardslot_]l,pho-
toswillbeuploadedautomaticallywhenthecamcorderisinplayback
modeifyouarewithintherangeofaconfigurednetwork.Alwaysverify
thatEye-Ficardshavebeenapprovedinthecountry/regionofuse.See
alsoUsing an Eye-Fi card ([_] 131).
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(_ NOTES
Thedatacodeofthephotoswillreflectthedateandtimeofrecordingof
theoriginalscene.
Photoscapturedfromascenewithalotoffastmovementmaybe
blurred.
Photoswillberecordedonthememoryselectedforrecordingphotos.
DividingScenes
You can divide scenes in order to leave out the best parts and later cut
out the rest.
Operating modes:
1 Select the scene you want to divide and touch it to start playing it
back.
You can also divide a scene in a story.
2 Pause the playback at the point where you want to divide the
scene.
3 Open the scene division screen.
_ [Edit] _ [Digide]
4 Bring the scene to a precise point, if necessary.
During playback pause: Touch [_] to play back the scene. Touch
[_||] or [||_] to jump a frame backward/forward.
During playback: Touch [||] to pause the playback. Touch [_] or
[1_11_]for fast playback backward/forward.
5 Divide the scene.
{_ [_ Div de] 0 [Yes]
The video from the division point to the end of the scene will appear
as a new scene in the index screen.
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(_)NOTES
Whenadvancing/reversingframeswhiledividingthescenes,theinterval
betweenframesisabout0.5seconds.
Ifthescenecannotbedividedatthepointwhereyoupausedtheplay-
back,advance/reverseaframeandthendividethescene.
Duringtheplaybackofascenethatwasdivided,youmaynoticesome
anomaliesinthepicture/soundatthepointwherethescenewascut.
Thefollowingscenescannotbedivided:
-Videosnapshotscenesandotherscenesthataretooshort(lessthan
3seconds).
-ScenesthatwereeditedusingthesuppliedsoftwarePiXELA's
VideoBrowserandwerethenwrittenbacktothecamcorder.
Scenescannotbedividedwithin1secondfromthebeginningorthe
endofthescene.
DecoratingScenes
Add a new level of enjoyment to scenes by decorating them. You can
add animated graphics, stamps, even your own drawings with the sup-
plied stylus pen, and more!
Operating modes: I
Decorating while Recording
1 Open the decoration screen.
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YoucanopenthedecorationscreenwhentheLCDpanelisstowed
withtheLCDscreenfacingawayfromthecamcorder.Insuchcase,
makesure_ _ [AutostartDecoration]issetto[_ On].
Canvas:Thisistheareaonwhichyouwilldrawandsee
yourdecorationsinaction.Items_ to_ collectively
makeupthetoolbarandareusedtodecoratethe
canvas,
[Pens and Stamps]: Allows you to select the type of pen
or stamp and its color. After you add decorations, you
can save the canvas. However, only one canvas can be
saved per memory.
[Animated Stamps]: You can select animated stamps to
include in your decoration. You can place them anywhere
on the canvas.
[Date and Time]: Adds the date and/or time to the can-
vas. You can then move it anywhere you like.
Image mix: Choose one of 27 different frames to add to
the canvas and mix with live video. This can be used in
combination with the pens, stamps and animated
stamps.
Freeze screen: Freezes the screen when decorating. You
can record the screen while it is frozen.
Minimize toolbar: Minimizes the toolbar to the top of the
screen. To restore the toolbar, touch [_..].
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