Editing the Movies with the Camera (EOS REBEL T3/EOS 1100D) (Editing the First and Last Scenes of a Movie)

Last Updated : 16-Feb-2011
Issue Number : 8201059900

Solution

With your camera, you can edit out the first and last scenes of a movie in 1-sec. increments. You can select [Overwrite] to save and overwrite the original movie, or [New file] to save the movie as a new movie. This operation is carried on the movie playback screen.

1. Set the power switch to <ON>.

2. Press the <

> to display the image.

3. Press the <Cross Keys> to select the image.

During the single-image display, the [ ] icon displayed on the upper left indicates that it is a movie.
During the index display, the perforation on the left edge of the image indicates that it is a movie. Movies cannot be played on the index display, so press the <SET> button to switch to the single-image display.

4. On the single-image display, press the <SET> button.

The movie playback panel will appear on the bottom.

5. Press the <Cross Keys> to select [

], then press the <SET> button.

The editing screen will be displayed.

6. Specify the parts to be edited out.

6-1. Press the <Cross Keys> to select either [

] (Cut beginning) or [

] (Cut end), then press the <SET> button.

6-2. Press the <Cross Keys> to see the previous or next frames. Holding it down will fast forward the frames.

After deciding which part to edit out, press the <SET> button.
The portion highlighted in blue on the top of the screen is what will remain.
Since the editing is done in 1-sec. increments (position indicated by [ ]), the exact position where the movie is edited may differ slightly from the position you specified.

7. Check the editing.

Press the <Cross Keys> to select [ ], and then press the <SET> button to playback the portion highlighted in blue.
To change the editing, go back to step 6.
To cancel the editing, select [ ] and press the <SET> button.