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LEGRIA HF G25 Support
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Shooting with Decorations using Image Mix (VIXIA HF G20 / LEGRIA HF G25)

Content Id: 8201769900


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.

To use image mix

1. Turn on the camcorder and make sure it is set to a recording mode.

2. Touch [ ].

3. Drag your finger up or down to bring [Decoration] into the orange selection bar, and then touch the orange frame on the right.

4. Touch [ ].

5. 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 (When recording on or playing back scenes from a memory card).

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

7. 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.

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 to MIX_99.JPG

- On the memory card:

CANON

　　 PRIVATE

　　　　　　 MY_PICT

　　　　　　　　　　 MIX_01.JPG to 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.

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

2. Touch [ ] to open the [Chroma Key] screen.

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 [ ] at the top of the screen to open the [Transparency] screen.

6. Touch [ ] or [ ], or drag your finger along the bottom bar to adjust the overall transparency of the image as necessary.

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

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