2. D780 Online Manual
  3. Options for Movie Recording and Editing
  4. Editing Movies

Editing Movies

Movies can be edited using the following options:

Option

Description

9

[Choose start/end point]

Create a copy from which unwanted footage has been removed.

4

[Save current frame]

Save a selected frame as a JPEG still.

r

[Add index]

Add indices to movies during playback. Indices can be used to quickly locate frames during playback and editing (Saving Selected Frames).

o

[Delete index]

Delete indices from movies (Save Current Frame).

Trimming Movies

To create trimmed copies of movies:

  1. Display a movie full frame ( Full-Frame Playback ).

  2. Pause the movie on the new opening frame.

    Play the movie back as described in “Viewing Movies” ( Viewing Movies ), pressing J to start and resume playback and 3 to pause and pressing 4 or 2 or rotating the main command dial to locate the desired frame. Your approximate position in the movie can be ascertained from the movie progress bar. Pause playback when you reach the new opening frame.

  3. Select [Choose start/end point].

    Press the i button, then highlight [Choose start/end point] and press 2.

  4. Choose the start point.

    To create a copy that begins from the current frame, highlight [Start point] and press J. The frames before the current frame will be removed when you save the copy in Step 10.

  5. Confirm the new start point.

    If the desired frame is not currently displayed, press 4 or 2 to advance or rewind (to skip to 10 s ahead or back, rotate the main command dial; to skip to the first or last frame, rotate the sub-command dial).

  6. Choose the end point.

    Press Q/g (U) to switch from the start point (w) to the end point (x) selection tool and then select the closing frame as described in Step 5. The frames after the selected frame will be removed when you save the copy in Step 10.

  7. Create the copy.

    Once the desired closing frame is displayed, press 1.

  8. Preview the movie.

    To preview the copy, highlight [Preview] and press J (to interrupt the preview and return to the save options menu, press 1). To abandon the current copy and select a new start point or end point as described above, highlight [Cancel] and press J; to save the copy, proceed to Step 9.

  9. Choose a save option.

    • [Save as new file]: Save the edited copy to a new file.

    • [Overwrite existing file]: Replace the original movie with the edited copy.

  10. Save the copy.

    Press J to save the copy.

Trimming Movies

  • Movies must be at least two seconds long. The copy will not be saved if there is insufficient space available on the memory card.

  • Copies have the same time and date of creation as the original.

Removing Opening or Closing Footage

To remove only the opening footage from the movie, proceed to Step 7 without pressing the Q/g (U) button in Step 6. To remove only the closing footage, select [End point] in Step 4, select the closing frame, and proceed to Step 7 without pressing the Q/g (U) button in Step 6.

The Retouch Menu [Trim Movie] Option

Movies can also be edited using the [Trim movie] item in the retouch menu.

Saving Selected Frames

To save a copy of a selected frame as a JPEG still:

  1. Pause the movie on the desired frame.

    Play the movie back as described in “Viewing Movies” ( Viewing Movies ), pressing J to start and resume playback and 3 to pause. Pause the movie at the frame you intend to copy.

  2. Choose [Save current frame].

    Press the i button, then highlight [Save current frame] and press J to create a JPEG copy of the current frame. The image will be recorded at the dimensions selected for [Frame size/frame rate] in the movie shooting menu.

Save Current Frame

JPEG movie stills created using [Save current frame] cannot be retouched. JPEG movie stills lack some categories of photo information ( Photo Information ).

Adding Indices to Movies

  1. Pause playback on the desired frame.

    • Press 3 to pause playback.

    • Press 4 or 2 to locate the desired frame.

  2. Select [Add index].

    • Press the i button, highlight [Add index], and press J to add an index.

    • Up to 20 indices can be added to each movie.

Deleting Indices

After rotating the sub-command dial to skip to the desired index, either while playback is in progress or while playback is paused, press the i button to display a menu. The selected index can then be deleted by highlighting [Delete index] and pressing J.