Panasonic HX-A100D - Manual (Page 64)

64 HD Writer WE
Advanced Features
Editing videos on your computer
Timeline area
Perform steps
1
to
9
in “Creating a new motion picture editing project (Creating a new project)” (→44) , and then click [Timeline] so that the
video you want to edit appears as a scene clip (a rectangular box). The length of each block corresponds to the playback time of the clip.
A selected scene clip will have a yellow frame.
You can set the BGM individually for each scene clip. When an effect is added to a scene clip, an icon appears.
Scene track
Click [Add] to add a scene clip.
Up to 300 scenes can be added.
Title track
Click [Add] to add a title clip
(blue).
BGM track
Click [Add] to add a BGM clip
(green).
Timescale slider
Move the slider left or right to change
the displayed portion of the timescale.
When there are gaps between scenes,
black color clips appear when you toggle to
the storyboard area.
Timescale
Indicates the timescale of the motion picture. When you adjust
the timescale slider, the timescale is automatically updated.
Use this button
to switch to the
storyboard area.
Transition
This icon appears when
two scene clips overlap.
When you click the icon,
the [Transition] tab appears.
Here you can make settings
for the transition.
When the positions of the clips
are perfectly aligned without any
overlap, a black line appears. This
indicates a transition that has not
yet been set.
To set it, (→61) .
Sliders
When you click a clip, a slider
appears at the beginning and
the end of the clip.
Click the slider and move it left
or right to adjust the playback
time and display time of the clip.
Note, however, that the playback
time of scene clips cannot be
made longer than their original
length.
Playback position bar
Indicates the current
playback position. You
can change the playback
position by moving this bar.
Display interval slider
Move the slider left or
right to change the display
interval of the timescale.
When you select a scene clip, a yellow frame is
added to it and a slider appears at each end.
Editing motion pictures (Editing in the timeline area)