Canon EOS C500 PL - Manual (Page 3)

Introduction
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Introduction About Canon XF Utility
Canon XF Utility offers various options for managing and playing back clips recorded with Canon HD
camcorders compatible with MXF files. Following are some of the things that Canon XF Utility lets you
do.
Conventions in the Manual
Important precautions related to the software’s operation.
Additional information that complements the main procedure.
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File > Open This font is used to indicate menu options and commands, as they appear onscreen.
• For brevity’s sake, throughout the manual the application will be referred to simply as “XF Utility”.
• For the most part, screens shown in this manual were captured on a computer running Mac OS X,
ver. 10.6. Actual screens may differ slightly.
Disclaimers
• This software was developed for exclusive use with clips recorded with Canon HD camcorders
compatible with MXF files. It should not be used to handle clips recorded or edited using other
devices.
• While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this manual is accurate
and complete, Canon shall not be liable for any damages resulting from corrupted or lost data due to
mistaken operation or malfunction of the software.
• Your camcorder may not support all of the features and functions described in this manual. Screens
show clips recorded using a Canon EOS C300 camcorder.
• The software records internal operations, including full path information of the clips used, on a log file
kept on the hard disk. The information recorded will be used only for the purpose of providing
technical support in case of a problem with the software.
Checking and playing back clips Display a list of all the clips recorded on a CF card, search the list
and play back clips.
Saving and writing back clips Save clips that were recorded on a CF card to the computer, or
write back previously saved clips from the computer onto a CF
card.
Creating and editing User Memo
profiles Create, edit and save User Memo profiles on SD memory cards.
Later, you can load a User Memo file from the SD memory card
to the camcorder and embed this information with the clips you
record.
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