G s Imaging Capturing, saving and editing. etting tarted January 2006 Getting started Imaging Contents Introduction ............................................................................................... 3 Activating the camera and video recorder ................................................ 4 Camera ...................................................................................................... 5 Taking a picture or recording a video clip .............................................. 5 Camera functionality .............................................................................. 6 Camera options ...................................................................................... 7 Editing pictures .................................................................................... 11 The video recorder .................................................................................. 14 Capturing a video clip .......................................................................... 14 Video recorder options ........................................................................ 14 Handling pictures and video clips ........................................................... 15 Picture and video clip formats ............................................................. 16 Viewing your pictures and video clips ................................................. 16 Assigning a picture to a phone contact ............................................... 17 VideoDJTM ................................................................................................ 18 VideoDJTM options ............................................................................... 19 Sharing pictures and video clips ............................................................. 19 Transferring pictures and video clips to your computer ...................... 19 Exchanging pictures and video clips ................................................... 20 Additional information .............................................................................. 21 2 January 2006 Getting started Imaging Introduction Instruction symbols The following instruction symbols may appear in this Getting started guide: Note Indicates that a service or function is network- or subscription-dependent. Contact your network operator for details. See also page ... Use the selection keys or the navigation key to scroll and select. Press the navigation key centre. Press the navigation key up. Press the navigation key down. Press the navigation key to the left. Press the navigation key to the right. Your mobile phone has a 2.0 megapixel digital camera and digital video recorder. You can take pictures, record video clips, view them and send them in picture messages via MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) or as email attachments. To use email and picture messaging (MMS), you must subscribe to these services. Please check with your network operator. You can also use a picture as a screen saver or wallpaper, or save it together with a contact so that the picture appears when that person calls. You can save your camera pictures in three different sizes: Large 1632x1224, Medium 640x480 or Small 160x120 pixels. This allows you to decide on the number of pictures that can be saved in the phone memory or on the Memory Stick PRO DuoTM. As soon as you take pictures or video clips, you can send them in a picture message (MMS). You can also exchange them using BluetoothTM wireless technology, Infrared, USB cable or email, (as long as your phone holds these capabilities). You need to have an email account to be able to exchange pictures or video clips via email. % } The camera has a photo light that is easily activated by pressing or via the camera Settings menu. Before taking a picture, you can change settings and add effects or frames. After taking a picture, you can edit your pictures by adding effects, frames or clipart objects. Easily create your own personal pictures! For information on the phone overview, using the menus, entering letters, quick keys and file manager, please see the User guide for your phone. 3 January 2006 Getting started Imaging Activating the camera and video recorder To activate the camera/video recorder from standby mode, press and hold the camera button . Or scroll to Camera in the menu overview. 4 January 2006 Getting started Imaging Camera Keys used in camera mode 3 1 Selection key 2 Selection key 1, 2 Areas used for displaying functions such as View, Settings, and Select. To select the function displayed in these areas, press the relevant selection key. 3 The up or down arrow is displayed. Use the navigation key to switch between the camera and video recorder in the viewfinder. Taking a picture or recording a video clip 1. Make sure the camera is activated. 2. Press or to switch between camera and video recorder. on the screen indicates the current setting. 3. Press half way down to automatically focus. When the green dot stops flashing, press all the way down to take a picture. If the green dot flashes slowly, the picture is not in focus and you may have to try again. 4. The picture is saved in the phone memory or on the Memory Stick PRO DuoTM and can be found in File manager/Pictures/Camera pictures. 5. If you want to delete the picture immediately, press the button. 6. Press to return to the viewfinder to take another picture or record another clip. 7. Press and hold to exit the camera. 5 January 2006 Getting started Imaging Camera functionality The camera has different functions allowing you, for example, to take a self-portrait or to get the best picture quality with reference to your surroundings. You can zoom in on an object, adjust the brightness or use the photo light when lighting conditions are poor. } Settings to view more options before you take a picture. Take a self-portrait Hold the phone so that you can see your reflection in the mirror next to the lens. Press picture. You can also use the self-timer, % 8 Turn on self-timer. to take the To use the zoom Use the volume buttons on the side of the phone to zoom in and zoom out. Use to zoom out. to zoom in and 6 January 2006 Getting started Imaging To adjust brightness Use the navigation keys to adjust brightness. Press to decrease brightness and to increase brightness. You can also press and hold the relevant navigation key to continuously increase or decrease the brightness. The brightness determines how much white is added to each colour in the picture. To turn the photo light on To take pictures in a dimly lit environment, press , to turn on the photo light. Press again to turn the photo light off. To turn on the photo light via the camera settings, } Settings, scroll to and select Turn on light. When you have taken a picture, } Settings, scroll to and select Turn off light. Camera options When taking a picture, you can select between different settings to personalize or change the appearance of the picture. You can, for example, use frames to decorate the picture or use the Burst function to take pictures in rapid succession to capture movement. You can also select the Picture size for saving your picture in Large 1632x1224, Medium 640x480 or Small 160x120 pixels. Night mode prolongs the exposure time to give better pictures in dark environments. The Self-timer makes it easy for the photographer to participate in the picture. The Effects setting gives you several colour selections to choose from and the White balance setting gives you the best colour rendition according to the surroundings. To enter the Settings menu When the camera is activated, } Settings to view more options before you take a picture. Switch to video camera / Switch to still camera You can switch between the video camera and the still camera. setting. on the screen indicates the current Shoot mode Select: · Normal · Panorama to combine several pictures into one wide picture. 7 January 2006 Getting started Imaging · Frames to add a frame to your picture. When you have selected Frames, a frame is shown on the screen. Use the navigation key to scroll through the frames. When you select Frames, the picture size is automatically set to 640x480 pixels. · Burst to take four pictures in rapid succession. When you select Burst, the picture size is automatically set to 640x480 pixels. Picture size Choose between Large 1632x1224, Medium 640x480 or Small 160x120 pixels. If you are going to send a picture message (MMS), please note that some phones that support pictures cannot receive picture sizes of more than 160x120. You can resize a high resolution picture before you send it. In the bottom left corner of the screen you can see the number of pictures that can be saved in the phone memory or on the Memory Stick PRO DuoTM. Note that this number changes as you change the picture size. If you select a smaller picture size, you can save more pictures than if you select a bigger picture size. Turn on macro The macro focus setting is used to zoom in on small objects such as flowers and insects. Turn on night mode In dark environments, the night mode effect enhances picture quality with longer exposure time. Please note that due to the longer exposure time the camera is more sensitive to movement. Turn on light Light can be used to enhance lighting conditions when taking a picture at close range or in a dark environment. It can either be turned on using the camera settings, or by pressing , % 7 To turn the photo light on. Turn on self-timer When the self-timer is selected, the picture is taken within 8 ­10 seconds after is pressed. The selftimer beeps and the button flashes slowly at first and then increases just before the picture is taken. Effects Here you can select different effects for your picture. See some examples below: · Off - No effect. The picture will be just as it appears in the viewfinder. 8 January 2006 Getting started Imaging · Black & white: This effect allows you to take black & white pictures. · Negative: This effect inverts the red, green and blue colours separately, and to varying degrees. · Sepia: The sepia effect gives the picture a brownish-red tint. Old film and photographs used to have a strong sepia tone and this effect can help you make a picture appear older. 9 January 2006 Getting started Imaging · Solarize: Solarize gives the effect of exposing undeveloped film to sunlight. White balance The white balance effect adjusts the picture 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 instance, if a halogen light illuminates a white wall, the wall will have a yellow cast, 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 whereby the camera looks at the overall colour of the image and calculates the best-fit white balance. However these systems are often fooled, especially if the scene is dominated by one colour or if there is no natural white. To adjust the white balance manually, choose between Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent and Incandescent. Before making the actual shot, you can focus on an area in the scene which should be white or neutral grey, or at a white or grey target card. The camera will then use this reference when taking the actual picture. Picture quality You can select which quality you would like for your picture. Normal picture quality will use less space than Fine picture quality. Shutter sound Choose between different shutter sounds. The shutter sound will be turned off if the phone is set to silent. Press and hold to set the phone to silent. Turn on time and date By selecting Turn on time and date, you can choose to add the time and date to your picture. Reset file number Resets the number for pictures stored on the Memory Stick PRO DuoTM. 10 January 2006 Getting started Imaging Save to Select to save pictures in the phone memory or on the Memory Stick PRO DuoTM. When you have taken a picture } More for additional options. Editing pictures To be able to edit pictures taken with the camera or downloaded to the phone, it is useful to know the following: · Picture types WBMP and GIF can be edited if they are no larger than a picture size of 320x240. · Picture type JPEG can be edited if it is no larger than a picture size of 1632x1224. You can edit a picture by, for example, adding clipart, effects and frames or by drawing in the picture using the picture editor tool, PhotoDJTM. To edit and save a picture 1. } File manager } Pictures and scroll to the picture you want } View. 2. } More } Edit. 3. Pen is ...