Canon Hf G20 Owners Manual

The Index Selection Screen: Selecting the Content to Play Back
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The Index Selection Screen: Selecting the Content to Play Back
From the index selection screen you can select the content you want to play back (original scenes by 
date or by story, or photos, for example). You can also select the memory from which you want to play 
back your recordings.
In any index screen, touch [G]. 
During single photo view, touch the screen once to display the controls then touch [ f] to open the 
[Photos] index...

Deleting Scenes and Stories
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Deleting Scenes and Stories
You can delete those scenes and stories that you are not interested in keeping. Deleting scenes allows 
you also to free up space on the memory.
Deleting a Single Scene
1 Play back the scene you wish to delete ( A91).
2 Touch the screen to display the playback controls.
3 Open the [Delete] screen.
[ Ý ] >  [Edit] >  [Delete]
4 Touch [Yes].
• The scene is deleted.
5Touch [OK].
Deleting Scenes from the Date Index Screen
1 Open the date index screen...

Deleting Scenes and Stories
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Deleting a Single Scene from a Story
1 Open the list of scenes of the story that contains the scene you want to delete.
[G ] >  [ê  Gallery]  > Bring the desired story to the front  > [Scene List]
2 In the [Scene List] screen, drag your finger up/down to select the scene you want to 
delete.
3 Touch the orange box on the right to open the [Edit Scene] screen.
4 Touch [ ] and then touch [Yes]. 
• The selected scene is deleted.
5 Touch [OK] and then touch [ K].
Deleting...

Deleting Scenes and Stories
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Deleting Stories
Deleting a story permanently deletes all the scenes it contains. The two preexisting stories, [Unsorted] 
and [Video Snapshot], cannot be deleted.
1 Select the story you want to delete.
[G ] >  [ê  Gallery]  > Bring the desired story to the front
2 Open the [Delete Story] screen.
[Story Details]  > [Edit Story]  > [Delete Story]
3 Touch [Yes].
• Touch [Stop] to interrupt the operation while it is in progress. Some scenes may be deleted 
nevertheless.
4Touch...

Dividing Scenes
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Dividing Scenes
You can divide scenes in order to leave out the best parts and later cut out the rest.
1 Play back the scene you want to divide.
2 Pause the playback at the point where you want to divide the scene. 
3 Open the scene division screen.
[Edit] > [Divide]
4 Bring the scene to a precise point, if necessary.
• Playback controls will appear on the screen ( A88). Use any special playback modes (fast 
playback, frame reverse/advance) as necessary to locate the desired point.
5...

Selecting the Playback Starting Point
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Selecting the Playback Starting Point
If you have a very long scene, you may want to start playing back the scene from a certain point. You 
can use the movie timeline to break the scene to segments at fixed time intervals ranging from 6 
seconds to 6 minutes.
1 Open the date index screen (A91).
2 Open the scene’s [Timeline] screen.
[ I ] >  Desired scene
• The [Timeline] screen appears. The large thumbnail will show the first frame of the scene. Below  it, the...

Capturing Video Snapshot Scenes and Photos from a Movie
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Capturing Video Snapshot Scenes and Photos from a Movie
You can capture video snapshot scenes, single photos or a series of continuous photos from a 
previously recorded scene. For example, you may want to print photos from video recorded at a party 
or create a small video clip using video snapshot scenes from the highlights of an event.
Capturing a Video Snapshot Scene
1 Play back the scene or story from which you want to capture the video...

Capturing Video Snapshot Scenes and Photos from a Movie
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Capturing Photos
You can capture a single photo or a series of photos. The size of the captured photos will be 
1920x1080 and it cannot be changed.
Please read the IMPORTANT section ( A98) before using an Eye-Fi card.
To select the photo capture settings
1 Open the [Photo Capture from Video] screen.
[MENU]  > r  >  [Photo Capture from Video] 
2Touch [ o Single Photo] or [ p Photo Sequence] and then touch [ X].
To capture the photos 
1 Play back...

Using Story Creator to Create Video Stories
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Vide o S to rie s a nd C inem a  Style
Using Story Creator to Create Video Stories
Story Creator is a helpful function that offers suggestions for typical scenes in a number of situations. 
With Story Creator, creating a video story with a structured yet interesting storyline is as easy as 
selecting one of the story themes, such as [Travel], [Kids & Pets] or [Blog], and following the suggested 
categories to record video. You can even select [Unrestricted]...

Using Story Creator to Create Video Stories
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To select a different story scene (category)
1Touch [ë] to return to the list of story scenes. 
• Alternatively, when the story scene title (currently selected category) appears at the bottom of the  screen, you can touch it instead.
2 Drag your finger up/down to select another category and touch the orange frame on the right  (number of scenes).
To exit Story Creator mode
1 Touch [FUNC.] and then touch [ éStory Creator].
2 Touch [Yes].
NOTES
• When...