Canon XF Utility Instruction Manual Version 1.3 Windows

Reference and General Information

Referenc e and General I nformation

Menus and Keyboard Shortcuts

Following the table for the main commands in the menu bar, you will find commands that appear in

contextual menus that open when you right-click certain icons.

Menu bar

submenu

Keyboard

Shortcut

Function 0

File

Eject — Removes a CF card from the media panel. 7

Back Up Media — Copies all the clips in a CF card to a virtual media

in a local folder on the computer.

Create Virtual Media G Creates a virtual media. 22

Delete Virtual Media H Deletes a virtual media and all the clips it contains. 23

Set Virtual Media J Sets a folder as virtual media. 22

Remove Virtual Media K Cancels the setting of a folder set as virtual media. 22

Rename Virtual Media L Renames a virtual media. 23

Manage User Memo

Profiles

— Opens a dialog box where you can create, edit and

delete User Memo files.

Delete All Custom

Picture Files

— Removes all the custom picture files embedded in

clips in the selected media.

Exit Alt

+ F4 Exits XF Utility. 4

Edit

Cut Ctrl + X “Cuts” clips and places them in the clipboard,

ready to be moved to a different media.

Copy Ctrl + C Copies clips into the clipboard. 21

Paste Ctrl + V Moves or copies clips from the clipboard to the

selected media.

Delete Delete Deletes the selected clips. 21

Select All Ctrl + A Selects all the clips in the selected media. —

Set Thumbnail Picture Ctrl + P Sets the selected frame as the picture used for the

clip’s thumbnail.

Add Shot Mark T Adds a shot mark at the selected frame. 25

Mark List P Displays a list of all the shot- and event marks in

the selected clip.

Export To MXF — Exports the MXF stream files of the selected clips

to a local folder.

COPY