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Top page > Useful viewing functions > MENU items (Viewing) > Beauty Effect
Beauty Effect
Allows you to apply a cosmetic effect on a recorded still image to make a person in the image look
better; for example, retouching for smoother skin, larger eyes or whiter teeth.
You can set the effects from level 1 to 5. The effected file is saved as a new file. The original image is
retained as is.
1. Set the camera to playback mode.
2. MENU (Beauty Effect)
3. Select a face that you want to apply a cosmetic effect.
4. Select the desired effect and perform retouching according to the operation method in each mode.
(Skin Toning)
Retouch the image to change the skin color to the desired effect.
Select the desired base skin color using /and press .
Increase or decrease the color using / .
(Skin
Smoothing)
Retouch the image to remove age spots and wrinkles from the skin.
Increase or decrease the effect using / .
(Shine
Removal)
Retouch the image to suppress the oily skin look.
Increase or decrease the effect using / .
(Eye
Widening)
Retouch the image to enlarge the eyes.
Increase or decrease the effect using / .
(Teeth
Whitening)
Retouch the image to whiten the teeth. You may not be able to whiten teeth for
some images.
Increase or decrease teeth whiteness using / .
To use multiple effects continuously, select a different effect with / after setting the first effect
Notes
You cannot use [Beauty Effect] for the following images:
Panoramic images
Movies
You cannot apply a cosmetic effect on an extremely small face in the image.
To apply a cosmetic effect on more than one face, select a previously-saved image file processed
by a cosmetic effect, then select another face to apply that effect.
The cosmetic effect may not produce a satisfactory result in the case of some images.
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