Editing Pictures

aCrop: Creating a Cropped Copy

Create a copy containing only the portion visible on the monitor when uis displayed with playback zoom (A96) enabled. Cropped copies are stored as separate files.

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

frame playback mode (A30) 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 (A104) 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 rotary multi selector H, I, Jor Kto scroll

 

the picture so that only the portion to be copied is

 

visible on the monitor.

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3 Press the dbutton.

Editing Pictures

4 Use the rotary 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

See “File and Folder Names” (A168) for more information.

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