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Summary of Contents for VIXIA HF M30

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Page 2: ...mageMixer 3 must be installed in a personal computer in order to edit video and record video on DVDs and Blu ray discs Find the serial number of the camcorder and install ImageMixer 3 according to the...

Page 3: ...here is the serial number on the VIXIA HF S21 HF S20 HF S200 It is below the viewfinder Refer to the illustration on the left and remove the battery to find the serial number Where is the serial numbe...

Page 4: ...and computer are connected with a USB cable Follow the steps below to import the video into the personal computer Importing Video from the Camcorder Lesson 01 Launching ImageMixer 3 and Importing Vid...

Page 5: ...ations on the left to find the location of the USB port Connecting the VIXIA HF M31 HF M30 HF M300 and the USB cable Turn on the camcorder and set it to video playback mode Connect the USB cable to th...

Page 6: ...g Windows XP only compatible with Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3 2 When creating a disc free capacity that is equiv alent to two times the ca pacity of the disc is neces sary What about other ways t...

Page 7: ...re imported In the latter case all video will be im ported including video that is already in the computer Whichmediatoselect The icons displayed as the Sources correspond to the following media SD me...

Page 8: ...another All of the video files in between will also be selected Hold ing down the Ctrl key and clicking video files will select all the files that were click ed You can edit the video after it has bee...

Page 9: ...ragging the files from the library to the storyboard A video can be deleted from a project by selecting the video in the storyboard and clicking on the wastebasket icon Dragging and dropping a video f...

Page 10: ...Lesson 2 Right click the video file to be trimmed Click Trim multiple ranges What are the IN point slider and OUT point slider The range of the video to be kept is specified with two points The IN po...

Page 11: ...r to the desired location What if a clip is de leted by mistake Drag the IN point and or OUT point slider to re designate the range of the video to be kept This method can also be used to recover scen...

Page 12: ...ef fectively to show emo tions for example use red for happy scenes and blue for sad ones ImageMixer 3 includes a Titler that allows you to add text to videos Text can be added in the desired color fo...

Page 13: ...n clicked yet then the same procedure as that described above can be used to make changes If Apply has been clicked right click the Titler T icon to delete it then restart the process from the beginni...

Page 14: ...creen will allow the music to start at the de sired point Click Adjust volume Video file volume can also be adjusted The sound volume of a video can be adjusted by right clicking a video on the timeli...

Page 15: ...ve Input the file name Drag the up down slider to adjust the volume The Adjust volume screen is displayed Drag the left right slider to adjust fade in and fade out Click Apply What are fade in and fad...

Page 16: ...video to DVDs First a DVD List or AVCHD List must be prepared to write videos to DVD with ImageMixer 3 Preparing to Write to DVDs Lesson 06 Disc List DVD Select the Video Files to be Written Start Ima...

Page 17: ...Conversely to de lete videos from a list right click a video on the list confirmation screen and select Delete What about the qual ity of the files written to DVD In the case of DVD Lists the video w...

Page 18: ...DL refers to dual lay er DVDs This is where you specify one of these types When using a single layer DVD R or DVD RW then select 12cm When us ing a dual layer DVD R DL then select 12cm DL After a lis...

Page 19: ...Writing to the disc is completed Click Cancel Click OK Load a DVD in the computer s drive This describes writing to a DVD R What is disc erase When using a DVD RW any data on the disc must be erased...

Page 20: ...y discs are used to write long videos in high definition This section describes the prepara tions to write video to Blu ray discs Follow the steps described below Preparing to Write to Blu ray Discs L...

Page 21: ...allow them to be handled as chapters Drag the video files to be written to the list Click Yes Click Library Files can be added to lists at a later time To add videos to a list at a later time click Li...

Page 22: ...5 GB and dual layer about 50 GB DL refers to dual layer Blu ray discs This is where you specify one of these types When using a single layer BD R or BD RE then se lect 12cm When using a dual layer BD...

Page 23: ...to create many copies of the same Blu ray disc In this case click OK and mount a new Blu ray disc in the computer to continue the writing pro cess Writing to the disc is completed Click Cancel Writin...

Page 24: ...videos so it is possible to show videos to a global audi ence YouTube URL http www youtube com You can make your recorded videos available around the world through the Internet by uploading them to v...

Page 25: ...YouTube user name and password refer to Acquiring a YouTube account on the right and create an account Click Next What to input for the title and description The text you input here will be made publ...

Page 26: ...0 Language English ImageMixer is a trademark of the Pixela Corporation Microsoft Windows and Windows Vista are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation AVCHD is a trademark of the Panasonic...

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