10-28-2013 09:18 AM
Cannot get the date and time to show up onscreen in ANY videos on my new vixia HF M50. Can somebody help me on this?
10-30-2013 05:56 PM
Hello Jerrysulew,
You can show the date and time using the Captions option. The process is described below.
IMPORTANT
- The screens and settings that appear may differ depending on the model you are using.
NOTEYou can open the decoration screen when the LCD panel is stowed with the LCD screen facing away from the camcorder. In such case, make sure [Autostart Decoration] is set to [On].
Decorating Scenes while Recording
Icon | Tool name | Function |
Pens and Stamps | Select the type of pen or stamp and its color. You can also save a canvas or load a previously saved canvas. | |
Animated Stamps | Select animated stamps to add to your decoration. | |
Captions | Add the date, date and time, story title* or story theme* as a caption that will be included in the recording. | |
Image Mix** | Choose one of 27 different frames to add onto the canvas. Image mix can be used in combination with the pens, stamps and animated stamps. | |
Freeze screen** | In recording mode: pause the live video. Touch [ again to restore the live video. You can add decorations to and record the frozen image. In playback mode: pause the playback. Touch [ ] to resume playing back the scene. | |
Minimize toolbar | Minimize the toolbar to the top of the screen to view almost all of the canvas. Touch [ ] to restore the toolbar. |
* Not available in
mode.
**Not available in
mode and for MP4 movies.
NOTEFor AVCHD movies, decorations will appear in the thumbnails of scenes in the [ AVCHD Movies] index screen and gallery. For MP4 movies, decorations will not appear in thumbnails.
To use [Pens and Stamps]
NOTEThe canvas with decorations can be deleted, saved, and loaded.
- You can save the decorated canvas right after a decorating action.
- If the memory that contains the canvas is initialized, the canvas will be deleted.
To use [Animated Stamps]
NOTEWhen the [Animated Stamps] tool is used, the date/time will not be displayed or recorded.
To use [Captions]
To use image mix
NOTE
- When [Rec Media for Movies] is set to [
] (the built-in memory), you will not be able to select image mix frames saved on a memory card (For camcorders that have internal memory only).- For AVCHD movies, image mix cannot be selected during playback or while converting a scene to standard definition (For camcorders that have internal memory only). Select the image mix during playback pause or before starting the conversion.
To use freeze screen
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