Editing movies

When editing movies, use a sufficiently charged battery to prevent the camera from turning off during editing.

Extracting only the desired portion of a movie
Saving a frame from a movie as a still image

Extracting only the desired portion of a movie

The desired portion of a recorded movie can be saved as a separate file.

  1. Play back a desired movie and pause at the start point of the portion that you want to extract.
  2. Use the multi selector to select the  control, and then press the  button.
  3. Use to select (choose start point).
    • Use or rotate the command dial to move the start point.
    • To cancel editing, select (back), and press the  button.
  4. Use to select (choose end point).
    • Use or rotate the command dial to move the end point.
    • To preview the specified portion, use to select and then press the button. Press the  button again to stop previewing.
  5. Use to select (save) and press the  button.
    • Follow the instructions on the screen to save the movie.

Notes about movie extracting

  • A movie that was created by editing cannot be edited again.
  • The actual trimmed portion of a movie may differ slightly from the portion selected using the start and end points.
  • Movies cannot be trimmed so that they are less than two seconds long.

Saving a frame from a movie as a still image

The desired frame of a recorded movie can be extracted and saved as a still image.

  1. Pause a movie and display the frame to be extracted.
  2. Use the multi selector to select the  control, and then press the  button.
  3. Select [Yes] when a confirmation dialog is displayed, and press the button.
    • The still image is saved with [Normal] as the image quality. The image size is determined by the original movie image size.
      Movie options

Restrictions on extracting still images

Still images cannot be extracted from a movie recorded with an HS movie option.