Transferring Video from the Sony Handycam to the Creation Station
Mr. Jim BerryCherokee County School District
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Connect the small end of the firewire cable to the back of the camera
behind the flap named “DV”
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Connect the larger end of the firewire cable to the firewire port on the Creation Station,
or to the firewire port on the side of your laptop
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Turn on the power to the camcorder and set the mode to “Play/Edit”
You’ll be able to use the touch screen on the camera to rewind to set the starting
point for your capture4
The following window will appear:
In this tutorial, we’ll use MovieMaker. Advanced users might want to let
Adobe Premiere Elements capture the video5
When this window appears, you can select a location and set the filename for your video
Important: For now, keep the default location as “My Videos” because this step requires that you save to the
local C: (hard drive).
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This window will allow you to adjust video quality settings. We’ll accept the default
setting and click “Next”
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Click “Start Capture,” then press the play button on the camcorder’s touch
screen
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Click FINISHNote: In Movie Maker, you can select all of the
individual video clips (see below) then click the “Clip” menu and select “Combine”
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