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Shooting with decorations using image mix

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You can add frames to the canvas and mix them with live video using the image mix function in decoration mode. If you save image mix data to the Built-in memory* or a memory card, you can also mix them with original images.

*For camcorders without a built-in memory, images will be saved to the memory card.

To use image mix

1. Turn on the camcorder.

2. Touch [ ].

3. Drag your finger left/right to bring the [Main Functions] menu to the center, and then touch the icon to open it.

4. Drag your finger up and down to display the rest of the panel and then touch [Decoration].

5. Touch [ ].

6. Touch [ON].

You can touch one of the memory icons at the bottom of the screen to read image mix frames saved on a different memory (only when recording on or playing back scenes from a memory card).

*VIXIA HF R400 / LEGRIA HF R406 do not have built-in memory

7. Touch [+] or [-] to select a different image mix frame, and then touch [ ].

8. Press the ⋖START/STOP⋗ button to start shooting.

The image mix selected will be recorded together with the recording scenes.

Caution

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.

*VIXIA HF R400 / LEGRIA HF R406 do not have built-in memory

For AVCHD movies, image mix cannot be selected during playback or while converting a scene to standard definition. Select the image mix during playback pause or before starting the conversion.

Mixing Your Own Images with Live Video

You can use images you make on your computer for the image mix (Chroma Key) function.

The specification of the image files for the image mix function compatible with the camcorder are as follows.

Size: 1920x1080

File type: Baseline JPEG

Color sampling: 4:2:2, 4:2:0

Make sure that the image you want to use has a blue or green area, which will be replaced by the live video using Chroma Key mixing.

The image files (JPG) are saved in the memory under the following folder structure.

- In the built-in memory:

CANON

   MY_PICT

       MIX_01.JPG - MIX_99.JPG

- On the memory card:

CANON

   PRIVATE

       MY_PICT

           MIX_01.JPG - MIX_99.JPG

*The image mix data are already saved in the MIX_01.JPG to MIX_27.JPG files in the Built-in memory for image mixing purposes.

Caution

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To use the image mix function when recording on a memory card, you will need to connect the memory card to a computer and transfer the image mix data from the supplied LEGRIA CD-ROM to the memory card in advance.

1. Touch [+] or [-] to select the image you created.

2. Touch [ ].

3. Touch [Green] or [Blue] depending on the characteristics of the image you want to use.

4. Touch [ ] or [ ], or drag your finger along the bottom bar to adjust the chroma key setting as necessary.

5. Touch [ ] to mix your image with live video.

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