Adding Effects and Shooting

Take Shots That Look Like a Miniature Model (Miniature Effect)

Blurs chosen portions in the top and bottom of an image to produce the effect of a miniature model.

Choose .

zFollow Steps 1 – 2 on p. 64 to choose . XA white frame (the area that will not be

blurred) appears on the screen.

Choose the area to keep in focus.

zPress the nbutton for more than one second.

zMove the zoom lever to change the frame size, and press the opbuttons to change the frame position, then press the n button.

Shoot.

If you press the qr buttons in Step 2, the frame will switch to vertical orientation, and you can change the area to focus in by pressing the qr buttons again. Press the op buttons will return the frame to horizontal orientation.

Holding the camera vertically will change the orientation of the frame.

Be sure to set a playback speed before shooting a Miniature Effect movie (p. 109).

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