To work with batches of photos or videos in Album

1When viewing thumbnails of photos and videos in Album, tap , then tap Select items.

2Tap the items that you want to work with. Selected items are indicated by a blue frame.

3Use the tools in the toolbars to work with your selected items.

To activate selection mode, you can also touch and hold an item until its frame turns blue. Then you can tap other items to select them.

Analysing photos with faces in Album

You can analyse any photos on your device that feature people's faces. Once activated, the photo analysis feature stays on, and new photos get analysed as they are added. After running an analysis, you can then group all photos of the same person in one folder.

To turn on the photo analysis feature

1 From your Home screen, tap .

2Find and tap Album > My albums > Faces.

3All photos on your device get analysed and grouped in the Unnamed faces folder accordingly.

To name a face

1In the Faces tile, tap the Unnamed faces folder, then browse to the Other faces

folder and choose the face that you want to name.

2Tap Add name.

3Type a name, then tap Done > Add as new person.

To edit a face name

1When you are viewing a face in full screen view, tap the screen to display the toolbars, then tap > Edit name tags.

2Tap OK.

3Tap the name of the face that you want to edit.

4Edit the name, then tap Done >Add as new person.

Editing photos with the Photo editor application

You can edit and apply effects to original photos that you’ve taken with your camera. For example, you can change the light effects. After you save the edited photo, the original unchanged version of the photo remains on your device.

To edit a photo

When you are viewing a photo, tap the screen to display the toolbars, then tap

.

To crop a photo

1When you are viewing a photo, tap the screen to display the toolbars, then tap

.

2If prompted, select Photo editor > Just once.

3 Tap > Crop.

4 Tap to select an option.

5 To adjust the crop frame, touch and hold the edge of the crop frame. When the squares at the edges disappear, drag inward or outward to resize the frame.

6 To resize all sides of the crop frame at the same time, touch and hold one of the four corners to make the squares at the edges disappear, then drag the corner accordingly.

7 To move the crop frame to another area of the photo, touch and hold inside the frame, then drag it to the desired position.

8 Tap Apply Crop.

9 To save a copy of the photo as you cropped it, tap Save.

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Sony D5503 manual Editing photos with the Photo editor application, Analysing photos with faces in Album