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Editing Pictures
More on Playback/In-Camera Editing

Creating a Cropped Copy: Crop

Create a copy containing only the portion visible in the monitor when u is
displayed with playback zoom (A57) enabled. Cropped copies are stored as
separate files.
1Rotate the zoom control to g (i) in full-frame
playback mode to zoom in on the image.
To crop a picture displayed in “tall” (portrait) orientation,
zoom in on the picture until the black bars displayed on
the both sides of the monitor disappear. The cropped
picture will be displayed in landscape orientation.
To crop the picture in its current “tall” (portrait)
orientation, first use the Rotate image option (A115) 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” (portrait) orientation.
2Refine copy composition.
Rotate the zoom control to g (i) or f (h) to adjust the
zoom ratio.
Press the multi selector H, I, J or K to scroll the
picture until only the portion you want to copy is visible
in the monitor.
3Press the d button.
4Use the multi selector to choose Yes and
press the k button.
A new picture, containing only the portion visible in the
monitor, is created.
To exit without saving the copy, choose No and press the
k button.
CImage Size
As the area to be saved is reduced, the image size (pixels) of the cropped copy is also reduced.
When the size of the cropped copy is 320 × 240 or 160 × 120, a gray frame is displayed around the
picture during playback, and the small picture icon B or C is displayed at the left of the monito r in
full-frame playback mode.
DMore Information
See “Image/Sound File and Folder Names” (A148) for more information.
No
Yes
Save this image as
displayed?