User manual CASIO EXILIM EX-G1

[. . . ] E Digital Camera User's Guide Thank you for purchasing this CASIO product. · Before using it, be sure to read the precautions contained in this User's Guide. · Keep the User's Guide in a safe place for future reference. · For the most up-to-date information about this product, visit the official EXILIM Website at http://www. exilim. com/ To go to "Getting the Most Out of Dynamic Photo" click here! Unpacking As you unpack your camera, check to make sure that all items shown below are included. [. . . ] · You can interrupt an ongoing subject extraction process (steps 6 through 8) at any time by pressing [MENU] or [BS]. IMPORTANT! · When shooting the subject image, shoot against a white wall or some other surface of a color that is different from that of the subject. The camera will not be able to crop the subject image properly if it is the same or similar color as the background. · The camera may not be able to cleanly crop a subject that is not clearly defined on the monitor screen due to backlighting, shadows, light smear, insufficient lighting, etc. When shooting the subject, make sure that it is clearly defined and outlined on the monitor screen. · The background you shoot in step 5 of the above procedure is not saved. Only the cropped subject image is saved. Inserting a Subject into a Background Image (Dynamic Photo) Use the following procedure to insert a subject into a new background image. A Dynamic Photo with a moving subject is saved as a 2M (1600x1200 pixels) or smaller size image. A Dynamic Photo with a still subject is saved as a 6M (2816x2112 pixels) or smaller size image. Procedure PLAY mode * [MENU] * PLAY Tab * Dynamic Photo 1. Use [4] and [6] to select the background image you want and then press [SET]. · Only an image that satisfies the following conditions can be used as a background image. ­ An image recorded with this camera or an image transferred to this camera's memory using Photo Transport (page 128) ­ An image with an aspect ratio of 4:3 111 Dynamic Photo 2. 4. Use [4] and [6] to select the subject image you want to insert and then press [SET]. Use the zoom button to adjust the size of the subject and use [8], [2], [4], and [6] to adjust its position. When everything is the way you want, press [SET]. This inserts the subject into the background image and creates a Dynamic Photo. · If the original still image into which a moving subject is inserted is smaller than 2M size, the Dynamic Photo will be the same size as the original. · If the original still image into which a still subject is inserted is smaller than 6M size, the Dynamic Photo will be the same size as the original. NOTE · The camera comes with a number of extracted sample subjects in its built-in memory, which you can use to create Dynamic Photos, if you like. · Performing a delete or format operation will delete the sample subjects in built-in memory. If you delete the sample subjects, you can download them from the Dynamic Photo Special Site (http://dp. exilim. com/) and restore them to built-in camera memory. · You can copy the sample subjects to a memory card using the "Built-in * Card" copy operation (page 108). To view a Dynamic Photo 1. 2. Press [p] (PLAY) and then use [4] and [6] to display the Dynamic Photo you want to view. If the Dynamic Photo has a moving subject, press [SET]. · Subject movement is repeated as a continuous loop. 112 Dynamic Photo Converting a Dynamic Photo to a Movie (Movie Converter) A Dynamic Photo (a background image plus subject) is stored as a series of 20 still images. You can use the following procedure to convert the 20 images that make up a Dynamic Photo to a movie. Procedure PLAY mode * Dynamic Photo Screen * [MENU] * PLAY Tab * Movie Converter · The final movie format is Motion JPEG. · The final movie image size is 640x480 pixels. IMPORTANT! · This operation can be used only to convert Dynamic Photos to movies. · Following conversion, the movie will be played back three times. 113 Dynamic Photo Printing Printing Snapshots Professional Print Service You can take a memory card that contains the images you want to print to a professional print service and have them printed. Printing on a Home Printer Printing Images on a Printer with Memory Card Slot You can use a printer equipped with a memory card slot to print images directly from a memory card. [. . . ] You also can specify a stationary subject (one frame only) in addition to a moving subject. Perform the following procedure when you want to change the subject type. 1. Before shooting the subject in step 3 under "Step 1: Shoot the subject. " (page 6), press [SET]. 2. Select "Subject Type" and then press [SET]. [. . . ]