User manual SONY ERICSSON W910I - CAMERA FUNCTIONALITY

August 2007 Camera Capturing, saving and editing Getting started Camera Contents Introduction ............................................................................................... 2 Using the camera and video recorder ....................................................... 3 Viewfinder and camera keys .................................................................. 3 Taking a photo ....................................................................................... 4 Recording a video clip ........................................................................... 4 Viewing photos and video clips ............................................................. 4 Camera and video recorder functionality ............................................... 5 Camera settings ..................................................................................... 6 Video recorder settings .......................................................................... 9 Handling photos and video clips ............................................................. 10 Photo and video clip formats ............................................................... 10 Viewing your saved photos and video clips ......................................... 10 Photo tags ............................................................................................ 11 Using a photo as a screen saver or wallpaper ..................................... 12 Assigning a photo to a phone contact ................................................. 12 Editing pictures with PhotoDJTM .......................................................... 12 Editing video clips with VideoDJTM ...................................................... 13 Printing a photo with PictBridge .......................................................... 15 Sharing photos and video clips ............................................................... 16 Transferring photos and video clips to your computer ........................ 16 Exchanging photos and video clips ..................................................... 16 Related information ................................................................................. 17 1 August 2007 Getting started Camera Introduction Instruction symbols The following instruction symbols may appear in this Getting started guide: Tip Note > Use the selection keys or the navigation key to scroll and select. Press the navigation key up. Press the navigation key down. Press the navigation key left. Press the navigation key right. Camera functions in your phone Your mobile phone has two built-in cameras. The main camera takes crisp and clear photos. There is also a video call camera, located above the screen, that activates during a video call. For saving photos and video clips, the phone has an internal memory and a slot for a memory card. A memory card increases the memory capacity, and you can use it to transfer photos and video clips to compatible devices. You can set the camera to take photos in different sizes, ranging from VGA size up to 2 Megapixels, depending on your phone model. You can set the camera to take full-length video clips, or video clips limited in length, that are suitable for picture messages (MMS). The picture size and video clip length affect how many photos and video clips you can save in the phone memory or on the memory card. The maximum number of photos is also affected by the picture quality setting. Before taking a photo, you can change settings and add effects or frames. After taking a photo, you can use PhotoDJTM to add effects, frames or clipart objects to the photo. You can also tag your photos to categorize them. You can send photos or video clips in a picture message (MMS), as email message attachments or send them to a blog. You can also use a photo as a screen saver or wallpaper, or save it together with a contact so that the photo appears when that person calls. To use email and picture messaging (MMS), you must subscribe to these services. Check with your network operator. You can also exchange photos using the USB cable that comes with your phone, BluetoothTM wireless technology or infrared (if supported by your phone). 2 August 2007 Getting started Camera PictBridgeTM Photos taken with your camera can be printed directly on a PictBridge compatible printer using the USB cable or a memory card. No computer or additional photo editing software is needed, but the printer must be PictBridge compatible. Blog You can send photos and video clips to a blog if you have started one and if your subscription supports it. For more information, contact your service provider or www.sonyericsson.com/support. Using the camera and video recorder To activate the camera using the camera key · From standby press and hold down . To activate the camera from standby · From standby select Menu > Camera. Camera is indicated by . Viewfinder and camera keys The location of the keys depends on the type of your phone. 1 2 1 2 1 2 Zoom in or out Take photos/Record video 3 August 2007 Getting started Camera Taking a photo To take a photo 1. Activate the camera and use the navigation key to select camera. A camera mode icon is visible in the viewfinder, for example: . 2. Press the camera key to take a photo. The photo is automatically saved on the memory card, or in the phone memory, depending on the setting. Do not record with a strong light source in the background. Use a support and the self-timer to avoid a blurred photo. Recording a video clip To record a video clip 1. Activate the camera and use the navigation key to select video recorder. A video recorder mode icon is visible in the viewfinder, for example: or . 2. Press the camera key fully down to start recording. To stop recording · Press the camera key. The video clip is automatically saved on the memory card, or in the phone memory, depending on the setting. Viewing photos and video clips To view photos and video clips 1. Activate the camera and use the navigation to select view. A view mode icon is visible in the viewfinder, for example: or . 2. Scroll to the item. 3. If it is a video clip, to play it you can press the centre navigation key. To crop unwanted parts from a photo 1. 2. 3. 4. From standby select Menu > Organizer > File manager. Scroll to Camera album and select Open. Scroll to a photo. Zoom in by pressing the volume key down. 4 August 2007 Getting started Camera 5. To pan use the navigation key. 6. When you see the part of the photo you want to keep, select Save and select the size. The cropped photo is saved as a copy. The original photo is not affected. Camera and video recorder functionality Zoom A digital zoom is available in the camera and video recorder. To use zoom · When you use the camera or video recorder, press the volume keys up or down. Brightness You can adjust the brightness to make the photo or video clip darker or brighter. To adjust brightness 1. When using the camera or video recorder, use the navigation key to adjust brightness. 2. Press the navigation key left to decrease brightness or right to increase brightness. Press and hold down the navigation key left or right to continuously decrease or increase the brightness. Camera key guide A guide is available. To see a guide of keys to use with the camera · Activate the camera and press . Blog Send photos or video clips to publish in a blog if your subscription supports it. Web services may require a separate licence agreement between you and your service provider. In some locations, additional regulations or charges may apply. For more information, contact your service provider. To send a just taken photo or video clip to a blog 1. When viewing a photo or video clip you have just taken select Send > Blog this. 2. Add title and text. 3. Select OK > Publish. A text message is sent to your phone with your Web address and log-in information. You can save the address as a bookmark or forward the text message for others to access your Web page photos. 5 August 2007 Getting started Camera To send camera photos to a blog 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. From standby select Media and scroll to Photo > Camera album. Scroll to a month and a photo. Select View. Select Options > Send > To blog. Add title and text. Select OK > Publish. A text message is sent to your phone with your Web address and log-in information. You can save the address as a bookmark or forward the text message for others to access your Web page photos. To send video clips to a blog 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. From standby select Media and scroll to Video > Videos. Scroll to a video clip. Select Options > Send > To blog. Add title and text. Select OK > Publish. A text message is sent to your phone with your Web address and log-in information. You can save the address as a bookmark or forward the text message for others to access your Web page photos. To go to a blog address from contacts 1. From standby select Menu > Contacts. 2. Scroll to a contact and select a Web address. 3. Select Go to. Camera settings To enter the Settings menu · Activate the camera and select Settings. Settings may be indicated by . Shoot mode Available shoot modes. · Normal · Panorama ­ combine several photos into one wide picture. · Frames ­ add a frame to your photo. When you have selected frames, a frame is shown on the screen. Use the navigation key to scroll through the frames. · Burst ­ take four pictures in rapid succession. Picture size Available picture sizes, depending on your phone model. · 2 MP ­ (just over 1600×1200 pixels) · 1 MP ­ suitable for printing in postcard size (just over 1200×900 pixels) · VGA ­ suitable for email attachments or for printing in credit card size (640×480 pixels) In the bottom left corner of the screen you can see the number of photos that can be saved in your phone memory or on your memory card. Note that this number changes as you change the picture size. If you select a smaller picture size, you can save more photos than if you select a bigger picture size. 6 August 2007 Getting started Camera Self-timer When the self-timer is selected, the photo is taken 8­10 seconds after the camera key is pressed. Effects You can select different effects for your photo. · Off ­ no effect. The photo will be just as it appears in the viewfinder. · Black & white ­ take black & white photos. · Negative ­ invert red, green and blue separately, and to varying degrees. 7 August 2007 Getting started Camera · Sepia ­ give the photo a brownish-red tint. Old film and photographs used to have a sepia tone. This effect can help you make a photo appear older. White balance The white balance setting adjusts the photo colour balance according to the lighting conditions. Normally our eyes compensate for lighting conditions with different colour temperatures. A digital camera needs to find a reference point which represents white. It will then calculate all the other colours based on this white point. For example, if a halogen light illuminates a white wall, the wall will appear yellow, while in fact it should be white. So if the camera knows the wall is supposed to be white, it will then compensate for all the other colours in the scene accordingly. Most digital cameras feature automatic white balance where the camera looks at the overall colour of the image and calculates the best white balance. However, these systems may not work properly if the scene is dominated by one colour or if there is no natural white. Available white balance settings: · · · · · Auto Daylight Cloudy Fluorescent Incandescent Before taking the actual photo, you can focus on an area in the scene which should be white or neutral grey, or on a plain white or grey background. The camera will then use this reference when taking the actual photo. Picture quality You can select the quality you would like for your photo. · Normal picture quality will use less memory space than Fine picture quality. Picture quality is available in the Settings menu which is the last item on the Settings bar. Review When Review is on, the camera pauses to let you select options directly when you have taken a photo. Review is available in the Settings menu which is the last item on the Settings bar. 8 August 2007 Getting started Camera Auto rotate When Auto rotate is on, the picture appears in the same orientation (landscape or portrait) as when it was originally taken, when viewed. Auto rotate is available in the Settings menu which is the last item on the Settings bar. Shutter sound Choose between different shutter sounds. The shutter sound will be turned off if the phone is set to silent. Shutter sound is available in the Settings menu which is the last item on the Settings bar. Reset counter Resets the file number for pictures and video clips saved on the memory card. Reset counter is available in the Settings menu which is the last item on the Settings bar. Save to Select to save photos in the phone memory or on the memory card. If memory is full, you cannot save anything until you have deleted some files. Save to is available in the Settings menu which is the last item on the Settings bar. Video recorder settings To enter the Settings menu · Activate the video recorder and select Settings. Settings may be indicated by . Shoot mode Available shoot modes. · For picture msg ­ send a video clip as a picture message (MMS). · Normal ­ record a long, high-quality video clip. A video clip recorded using this shoot mode may be too large to send as a picture message (MMS). Night mode In dark environments, the night mode effect enhances picture quality with longer exposure time. Please note that due to a longer exposure time, the camera is more sensitive to movements. Self-timer When the self-timer is selected, the video recording starts 8­10 seconds after the camera key is pressed. Effects You can select different effects for your video clip. See Camera settings on page 6. White balance You can adjust the colour balance according to the lighting conditions. See Camera settings on page 6. Microphone You can turn the microphone on or off. Review When Review is on, the camera pauses to let you select options directly when you have recorded a video clip. Review is available in the Settings menu which is the last item on the Settings bar. 9 August 2007 Getting started Camera Save to Select to save video clips in your phone memory or on your memory card. If memory is full, you cannot save anything until you have deleted some files. Save to is available in the Settings menu which is the last item on the Settings bar. Reset counter Resets the file number for pictures and video clips saved on the memory card. Reset counter is available in the Settings menu which is the last item on the Settings bar. Handling photos and video clips The number of photos and video clips that you can save depends on the size of the files. As long as the phone memory or memory card is capable of saving more than 300 photos, this figure appears in the viewfinder. If you select a smaller picture size, you can save more photos than if you select a bigger picture size. Photo and video clip formats Your photos are saved in JPEG format and your video clips are saved in 3GP format. You must transfer files to a computer to change format. Your phone can receive and handle the following file types: · · · · · · · · GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) JPEG (Joint Photographer Expert Group) WBMP (Wireless Bitmap - Wireless Application Protocol) PNG (Portable Network Graphics) BMP (Bitmap) SVG-Tiny (Scalable Vector Graphics) 3GPP (MPEG4 or H.263 or H.264 video) MP4 (MPEG4 video) (algorithms with synthesis of speech and video, fractal compression, computer visualisation and artificial intelligence-based image processing techniques) · RealVideo 8 · WMV (Windows Media Video) Viewing your saved photos and video clips All photos and video clips can be managed from Media and File manager. To move forward in Media, press . To view your photos and video clips 1. 2. 3. 4. From standby select Media and scroll to Photo > Camera album. Scroll to a month and an item. Select View. To play a video clip, select the arrow. To scroll to the previous or next photo, use and . 10 August 2007 Getting started Camera To view photos in a slide show 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. From standby select Media and scroll to Photo > Camera album. Scroll to a month and an item. Select View. Select Options > Slide show. Select a mood. To end the slide show, press Back. To view information about a photo or a video clip 1. From standby select Menu > Organizer > File manager. 2. Scroll to Camera album and select Open. 3. Scroll to an item and select Options > Information. Photo tags You can create tags to categorize your photos. For example, you can create a tag called vacation and then add this tag to all your vacation photos. Your vacation photos will then appear together under Photo tags > Vacation. You can tag a photo with more than one tag. To create a new photo tag 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. From standby select Media and scroll to Photo > Camera album. Scroll to a month and a photo. Select View. Press and select Options > New tag. Enter a name and select OK. Select an icon. To tag the photo, select Options > Tag this photo. Press the centre touch option or the centre navigation key depending on your phone type. To tag photos 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. From standby select Media and scroll to Photo > Camera album. Scroll to a month and a photo. Select View. Press and scroll to a tag. Select Options > Tag this photo. Press the centre touch option or the centre navigation key depending on your phone type. For each photo you want to tag, use and to scroll to the photo and select Options > Tag this photo. 7. Press the centre touch option or the centre navigation key depending on your phone type. When you are done, select Back. To view your tagged photos 1. From standby select Media and scroll to Photo > Photo tags. 2. Scroll to a tag and a photo. Select View. 3. Use and to scroll to the previous or next photo. To delete a tag from a photo 1. When you view a photo, press 2. Select Options > Delete tag. and scroll to a tag. 11 August 2007 Getting started Camera To delete a photo tag 1. From standby select Media and scroll to Photo > Photo tags. 2. Scroll to a tag and select Options > Delete tag. When you delete photo tags the photos are not deleted. Using a photo as a screen saver or wallpaper The phone has a screen saver that is automatically activated when the phone has been idle for a few seconds. After a few more seconds, the screen saver changes to sleep mode to save power. Press any key to activate the screen again. If you have a photo as wallpaper, this photo is shown in standby mode. To use a photo as a screen saver or wallpaper 1. 2. 3. 4. From standby select Media and scroll to Photo > Camera album. Scroll to a month and a photo. Select View. Select Options > Use as. Select an option. Assigning a photo to a phone contact You can add a photo to a saved phone contact. When that saved contact calls, the photo appears on the screen (provided your subscription supports the Calling Line Identification service). To add a photo to a contact 1. 2. 3. 4. From standby select Menu > Contacts. Scroll to a contact and select Options > Edit contact. Find the relevant tab, scroll to Picture and select Add. Select Camera album and select a photo. Editing pictures with PhotoDJTM To edit photos taken with the camera or pictures downloaded to the phone, you should consider: · Picture types WBMP and GIF can be edited if they are no larger than a picture size of 320×240 pixels. · Animated GIF and progressive JPEG cannot be edited. · Picture type JPEG can be edited if it is no larger than a picture size of 2048×1536 pixels. You can edit a picture by adding clipart, effects and frames using the picture editor tool, PhotoDJTM. To open PhotoDJTM 1. From standby select Menu > Entertainment > PhotoDJTM. 2. Select Open. 3. Select a picture. To open PhotoDJTM when the camera is in shoot mode · When the camera is activated, take a photo and select Options > Edit in PhotoDJTM. 12 August 2007 Getting started Camera To open PhotoDJTM from Media 1. From standby select Media and scroll to Photo > Camera album. 2. Scroll to a month and a photo. Select View. 3. Select Options > Edit in PhotoDJTM. Auto level The auto level automatically adjusts the contrast in a picture. Light balance You can adjust the light balance with the horizontal slide. Brightness & contrast You can adjust the brightness with the vertical slide. Adjust the contrast with the horizontal slide. Colour balance You can adjust the colour balance with the horizontal slide. Rotate You can rotate the picture from landscape view to portrait view or vice versa. The rotation is 90º clockwise. Add effect You can alter the picture using artistic effects. Add item You can add items to your picture. · Add clipart ­ select a clipart item and use the navigation key to place it on the picture. Use the volume keys to enlarge or reduce the size of the clipart. · Add frame ­ add a frame to your picture. · Text ­ add some text to your picture and use the navigation key to place it on the picture. Use the volume keys to enlarge or reduce the size of the clipart. Editing video clips with VideoDJTM You can compose and edit your own storyboard by adding video clips, pictures or text. You can also use the trim function to delete unwanted parts and shorten a video clip. To create a video 1. From standby select Menu > Entertainment > VideoDJTM. 2. Select Add > Picture, Video clip, Text or Camera to add a saved or new item to the storyboard. The item and how long it lasts appear below. 3. To add another item, press to scroll to the blank page and select Add. 4. Press and to select a storyboard item that may already be added. 5. Select Options > Save to save the video. 6. Name your video and select OK. 13 August 2007 Getting started Camera To edit a created video saved in File manager 1. From standby select Menu > Organizer > File manager > Videos > Open and scroll to the video you want to open. 2. Select Options > VideoDJTM. 3. You can select and edit an item from a storyboard. When you use VideoDJTM, the original video clips or picture items are not affected. VideoDJTM options To view options for the video storyboard 1. From standby select Menu > Organizer > File manager > Videos > Open and scroll to the video you want to open. 2. Select Options > VideoDJTM. 3. Select Options. · Play ­ view the current video clip. · Send ­ send the current video clip using one of the available methods. · Soundtrack ­ add a soundtrack to the current video clip. · Transitions ­ add transitions between video clips, pictures and texts. · Save ­ save the current video clip. · Insert ­ insert an item into the current video clip. · New video ­ create a new video clip. To trim a video clip 1. Select a video clip item from the storyboard. 2. Select Edit to view the options. 3. Select Trim to make a video clip shorter. An orange vertical marker appears, follow the horizontal yellow bar to decide where to set the start and end points. 4. Select Set and select Start and End. You can re-select the start and end points until satisfied. 5. Select Done to finish the trim. 6. To watch the trimmed video clip select Options > Play. To add text to a video clip 1. 2. 3. 4. Select a video clip item from the storyboard. Select Edit to view the options. Select Add text. Enter text and select OK. To copy a video clip in the storyboard 1. 2. 3. 4. Select a video clip item from the storyboard. Select Edit to view the options. Select Copy. Use and to move and select Paste. To move a video clip to another location in the storyboard 1. 2. 3. 4. Select a video clip item from the storyboard. Select Edit to view the options. Select Move. Use and to move and select Paste. 14 August 2007 Getting started Camera To delete a video clip from the storyboard 1. Select a video clip item from the storyboard. 2. Select Edit to view the options. 3. Select Delete > Yes. To set the duration of a selected picture 1. Select a picture item from the storyboard. 2. Select Edit to view the options. 3. Select Duration and select a value. To delete a selected picture from the storyboard 1. Select a picture item from the storyboard. 2. Select Edit to view the options. 3. Select Delete > Yes. To move a picture to another location in the storyboard 1. 2. 3. 4. Select a picture item from the storyboard. Select Edit to view the options. Select Move. Use and to move and select Paste. To copy a picture in the storyboard 1. 2. 3. 4. Select a picture item from the storyboard. Select Edit to view the options. Select Copy. Use and to move and select Paste. Options when editing a selected text item · You can change the background to a different colour of the text item, to a picture or to the previous video (last frame) or next video (first frame) if these are available. · Duration ­ edit the duration of the text in the video. Select 1­8 seconds. · Delete a text item from a storyboard. · Move a text item to another location. · Copy a text item to another location. Printing a photo with PictBridge Photos taken with your camera can be printed directly on a PictBridge compatible printer using the USB cable or a memory card. No computer or additional photo editing software is needed, but the printer must be PictBridge compatible. To print camera photos using a USB connection 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. From standby select Organizer > File manager > Camera album > Open. Select Options > Mark or Mark several or Mark all photos for printing. Select Options > Print and follow the instructions. Connect the USB cable to the phone. Connect the USB cable to the printer. Wait for feedback in the phone and select OK. Set printer settings if required and select Print. Disconnect and re-connect the USB cable if there is a printer error. 15 August 2007 Getting started Camera Sharing photos and video clips Transferring photos and video clips to your computer Using the USB cable, you can drag and drop camera photos and video clips to a computer. See the Managing files Getting started guide at www.sonyericsson.com/support for details. Do not disconnect the USB cable during file transfer as this can damage the phone memory/ memory card. Exchanging photos and video clips You can exchange photos using the USB cable, picture messages (MMS), email messages, Bluetooth wireless technology or the infrared port. Note that you are not allowed to exchange some copyrightprotected material. Before you send a photo or video clip using picture messaging (MMS) or email, make sure that settings are entered in your phone. The settings for picture messaging can be received by using the Sony Ericsson Phone setup for MMS at www.sonyericsson.com/support. For sending a photo or video clip using email, make sure that you have entered settings for your data and email accounts in your phone. For information on this, see the Email Getting started guide. You can also send photos to publish on a blog, if you have started one and if your subscription supports it. See Blog on page 5. The file size is limited for a picture message. If a video clip is too big to be sent as a picture message, you can trim it to make it shorter, using VideoDJTM. To send a photo 1. From standby select Media and scroll to Photo > Camera album. 2. Scroll to a month and a photo. Select View. 3. Select Options > Send and select a transfer method. To send a video clip 1. From standby select Menu > Organizer > File manager > Videos. 2. Scroll to a video clip and select Options > Send and select a transfer method. 16 August 2007 Getting started Camera Related information Support documents, software, settings and more information are available at www.sonyericsson.com/support. You can find the Managing files Getting started guide there. Trademarks and acknowledgements PhotoDJ, VideoDJ and the Liquid Identity logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. Bluetooth is a trademark or a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG Inc. and any use of such mark by Sony Ericsson is under license. PictBridge is a trademark or a registered trademark of Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation. 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