OCrop Creating a Cropped Copy, Image Size

Models: COOLPIXS4000PLUM COOLPIXS4000CS COOLPIXS4000MDKIT coolpix s4000

Picture Editing

Editing Pictures

oCrop: Creating a Cropped Copy

Create a copy containing only the portion visible in the monitor when Gis displayed with playback zoom (A 79) enabled. Cropped copies are stored as separate files.

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

playback mode (A75) 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 rotate the picture (A 102) 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.

Drag the picture so that only the portion to be copied is visible in the monitor.

3 Tap G.

4Tap Yes.

A cropped copy is created.

To exit without saving the copy, tap No.

Save this image as displayed?

Yes No

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, and the small picture icon lor mis displayed on the left of the screen in full-frame playback mode.

DMore Information

118See “Image/Sound File and Folder Names” (A 162) for more information.

COOLPIXS4000PLUM, COOLPIXS4000CS, COOLPIXS4000MDKIT, coolpix, s4000 specifications

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