Editing the Movies with the Camera (EOS REBEL T4i/EOS 650D) (Editing the First and Last Scenes of a Movie)

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, press the <MENU> button, select [OK] on the confirmation screen, then press <SET>.



    8. Press the <Cross Keys> to select [ ], then press the <SET> button to save the movie. The save screen will appear.



    • To save it as a new movie, select [New file]. To save it and overwrite
    the original movie file, select [Overwrite]. Then press <SET>.
    • On the confirmation screen, select [OK] , then press <SET> to save the edited movie and return to the movie playback screen.
    NOTE
    • If the card does not have enough free space, [New file] will not be available.
    • When the battery level is low, editing the movie is not possible. Use a fully-charged battery.

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