Nikon COOLPIXP500BK user manual Crop Creating a Cropped Copy, Refine copy composition, Image Size

Editing Pictures

Editing Pictures

aCrop: Creating a Cropped Copy

Create a copy containing only the portion visible on the monitor when uis displayed with playback zoom (A118) enabled. Cropped copies are stored as separate files.

1Rotate the zoom control toward g(i) in full-

frame playback mode (A34) to zoom in on the picture.

•To crop a picture displayed in “tall” orientation, zoom in on the picture until the black bars displayed on the both

sides of the monitor disappear. The cropped picture is displayed in landscape orientation. To crop the picture in its current “tall” orientation, first, use the Rotate image

option (A141) to rotate the picture so that it is displayed in landscape orientation. Next, enlarge the picture for cropping, crop the picture, and then rotate the cropped picture back to “tall” orientation.

2 Refine copy composition.

•Rotate the zoom control toward g(i) or f(h) to

adjust the zoom ratio.
• Press the multi selector H, I, Jor Kto scroll the
picture so that only the portion to be copied is visible
on the monitor.	4.0

3 Press the dbutton.

4 Use the multi selector to choose Yes and press
the kbutton.	Save this image as
• A cropped copy is created.	displayed?
• To cancel, choose No and press the kbutton.
	Yes
	No
C Image Size

As the area to be saved is reduced, the image size (pixels) of the cropped copy is also reduced. When the image size setting for a cropped copy is 320×240 or 160×120, a black frame appears around the picture during playback, and the Bor Csmall picture icon appears on the left side of the monitor.

DMore Information

156See “File and Folder Names” (A215) for more information.