Sony DCR-PC55 - Manual (Page 47)

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Using the Menu
DCR-PC55 2-548-724-11(1)
OVERLAP (fade in only)
WIPE (fade in only)
DOT FADER (fade in only)
D. EFFECT (Digital effect)
You can add digital effects to your
recordings.
 Touch the desired effect.
 Adjust the effect with / , then
touch .
When you select [STILL] or [LUMI.
KEY], the image when you touch is
saved as a still image.
Effect Items to adjust
STILL The degree of
transparency of the
still image you want
to superimpose on a
movie.
FLASH The interval of frame-
by-frame playback.
LUMI. KEY The color scheme of
the area in the still
image which is to be
swapped with a movie.
TRAIL The fade time of the
incidental image.
SLOW
SHUTTR
*
Shutter speed (1 is
1/30, 2 is 1/15, 3 is
1/8, 4 is 1/4).
OLD MOVIE * No adjustment
necessary.
* Available during recording only.
 Touch .
appears.
To cancel [D. EFFECT], touch [OFF] in
step
 .
STILL
Records a movie while superimposing it on
a previously recorded still image.
FLASH (flash motion)
Records a movie with a serial-still-image
effect (strobe effect).
LUMI. KEY (luminance key)
Replaces a brighter area in a previously
recorded still image (e.g. background of a
person) with a movie.
TRAIL
Records a picture so that an incidental
image like a trail is left.
SLOW SHUTTR (slow shutter)
The shutter speed is slowed down. Suitable
for shooting a subject more clearly in a
dark place.
• Adjust the focus manually using a tripod since
adjusting the focus automatically is hard when
[SLOW SHUTTR] is selected. ([FOCUS], p.
42)
OLD MOVIE
Adds an old movie effect with a sepia hue
to pictures.
• You cannot record pictures edited using special
effects on the tape in your camcorder.
• You cannot add effects to externally input
pictures. Also, you cannot output playback
pictures edited with digital effects via the DV
Interface.
• You can save pictures edited using special
effects on a “Memory Stick Duo” (p. 59) or
record them on another tape/DVD (p. 57).
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