Other Playback Functions (PLAY)

This section explains menu items that you can use to configure settings and perform other playback operations.

For information about menu operations, see page 65.

Playing a Slideshow on the Camera (Slideshow)

Procedure

PLAY mode * [MENU] * PLAY Tab * Slideshow

Start

Starts the slideshow.

Images

Specifies the type of images to be included in the slideshow.

All images: Snapshots, movies, and audio recordings

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Only: Snapshots and audio snapshots only

»

Only: Movies only

One Image: One single selected image (selected using [4] and [6])

Time

Time from the start to the end of the slideshow

1 to 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes

Interval

Amount of time each image remains displayed

Use [4] and [6] to select a value from 1 to 30 seconds, or “MAX”.

If you specify a value from 1 to 30 seconds, images change at the specified interval, but the audio portion of movies and audio snapshots will continue to play until the end.

When the slideshow reaches a movie file while “MAX” is selected, only the first frame of the movie will displayed. Voice Recording files are not played back when “MAX” is selected.

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Effect

Select the effect you want.

Pattern 1 to 5: Plays background music and applies an image change effect.

• Patterns 1 through 4 have different background music, but they all use the same image change effect.

• Pattern 5 can be used for playback of snapshots only, and the “Interval” setting is ignored.

• The currently selected image change effect setting is disabled automatically in following cases.

– When playing a slideshow for which “» Only” or “One Image” is selected for the “Images” setting

– When the interval setting is “MAX”, 1 second or 2 seconds.

– Before and after playback of a movie or Voice Recording file

Off: No image change effect or background music

• To stop the slideshow, press [SET]. Pressing [MENU] instead of [SET] stops the slideshow and returns to the menu screen.

• Adjust audio volume by pressing [2] and then press [8] or [2] during playback.

• All button operations are disabled while the slideshow is transitioning from one image to another.

• The time required for transition from one image to another may be longer in the case of an image that was not recorded with this camera.

Saving Music from Your Computer to Camera Memory

You can replace the built-in slideshow background music with other music from your computer.

Supported File Types:

• PCM format (16-bit, monaural) WAV files

• Sampling Frequencies: 11.025 kHz/22.05 kHz/44.1 kHz

Number of Files: 9

File names: SSBGM001.WAV to SSBGM009.WAV

• Create the music files on your computer using the above names.

• Regardless of which effect pattern you select, the BGM files you store in camera memory are played back in name sequence.

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1.

Connect the camera to your computer (pages 122, 131).

If you plan to save the music files to the camera’s memory card, make sure the card is loaded in the camera.

2.

Perform one of the following operations to open the memory card or built-in memory.

This will cause the camera to be recognized by your computer as a Removable

Disk (Drive).

• Windows

1

Windows 7/Vista: Start * Computer

Windows XP: Start * My Computer

Windows 2000: Double-click “My Computer”.

2

Double-click “Removable Disk”.

• Macintosh

1

Double-click the camera’s drive icon.

3.

Create a folder named “SSBGM”.

4.

Double-click the “SSBGM” folder you created and copy the background music file to it.

• See the user documentation that comes with your computer for information about moving, copying, and deleting files.

• If there are background music files both in built-in memory and on the memory card loaded in the camera, the files on the memory card take priority.

• See page 137 for information about camera folders.

5.

Disconnect the camera from the computer (pages 124, 133).

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Laying Out Snapshots with Layout Print (Layout Print)

Procedure

PLAY mode * Spnapshot Screen * [MENU] * PLAY Tab *

Layout Print

You can use the following procedure to insert existing snapshots into the frames of a layout and produce a new image that contains multiple snapshots.

1.

Use [4] and [6] to select

the layout pattern you want and then press [SET].

Layout Pattern

(2 images)

Layout Pattern

(3 images)

2.

Use [4] and [6] to select the background color and then press [SET].

3.

Use [4] and [6] to select the images you want to include in the layout

then press [SET].

4.

Press [SET] and repeat step 3 for the remaining frames in the layout.

The final layout image will be saved after you insert the final snapshot into it.

NOTE

• You will not be able to save the new image unless there is a snapshot in all of the layout frames.

• 3:2 and 16:9 images cannot be included in a Layout Print image.

• The recording date of the resulting Layout Print image is the recording date if the image you place into the final frame, not the date you create the Layout Print image.

• The Layout Print image is saved as 7M (3072 x

2304 pixels) size.

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Creating a Snapshot of Movie Frames (MOTION PRINT)

Procedure

PLAY mode * Movie Screen to be Used * [MENU] * PLAY Tab *

MOTION PRINT

1.

Use [4] and [6] to scroll

through the movie frames and display the one you want to use as the image of the MOTION PRINT image.

Holding down [4] or [6] scrolls at high speed.

9 frames 1 frame

2.

Use [8] and [2] to select either “9 frames” or “1 frame” and then

press [SET].

• When “9 frames” is selected, the frame you select in step 1 will be in the center of the MOTION PRINT image.

• Only the frames of movies recorded on this camera can be used in a MOTION

PRINT image.

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Editing a Movie on the Camera (Movie Editing)

Procedure

PLAY mode * Movie Screen of Movie to be Edited * [MENU] *

PLAY Tab * Movie Editing

The Movie Editing feature lets you use one of the following procedures to edit out a specific part of a movie.

Cuts everything from the beginning of the movie up to the current location.

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Cut

(To-Point Cut)

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Cut

(Point-To-Point Cut)

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Cut

(From-Point Cut)

Cuts everything between two points.

Cuts everything from the current location to the end of the movie.

1.

Use [8] and [2] to select the editing method you want to use and then

press [SET].

2.

Use [4] and [6] to scroll through the movie and

search for the frame (point) from which or to which you want to cut the movie (the cut point).

• You also can search for the cut location by playing back the movie and pressing [SET] to pause. During playback, you can press [4] or [6] to perform fast reverse or fast forward.

Cut range (red)

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3.

When the frame where you want the cut point to be is displayed, press

[2].

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Cut

(To-Point Cut)

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Cut

(Point-To-Point Cut)

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Cut

(From-Point Cut)

While the frame you want the cut to be up to is displayed, press [2].

1

While the frame you want the first (From) cut to be is displayed, press [2].

2

While the frame you want the second (To) cut to be is displayed, press [2].

While the frame you want the cut to be from is displayed, press [2].

4.

Use [8] and [2] to select “Yes” and then press [SET].

The selected cut operation will take considerable time to complete. Don’t try to perform any camera operation until the “Busy... Please wait...” message disappears from the monitor screen. Note that a cut operation can take a long time if the movie being edited is long.

IMPORTANT!

• When you edit a movie, only the result is saved. The original movie is not retained.

An editing operation cannot be undone.

NOTE

• A movie that is shorter than five seconds cannot be edited.

• Editing of movies recorded with a different type of camera is not supported.

• You will not be able to edit a movie if the amount of remaining memory capacity is less than the size of the movie file you want to edit. If there is not enough memory available, delete files you no longer need to free up more.

• Splitting of a movie into two movies and splicing of two different movies into a single movie are not supported.

• You also can start a movie editing operation while the movie you want to edit is playing back. Press [SET] to pause playback, and then press [2] to display the menu of editing options. Perform editing using the same procedures as described above.

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Optimizing Image Brightness (Lighting)

Procedure

PLAY mode * Snapshot Screen * [MENU] * PLAY Tab * Lighting

You can use this setting to optimize the balance between bright areas and dark areas in existing images.

+2

+1

Cancel

Performs a higher level of brightness correction than the “+1” setting.

Performs brightness correction.

Does not perform brightness correction.

NOTE

• Correcting the lighting when shooting produces better results (page 85).

• Altering the lighting of an image causes the original image and the new (altered) version to be stored as separate files.

• When you display an altered image on the camera’s monitor screen, the date and time indicates when the image was originally recorded, not when the image was altered.

Using Red Eye Correction (Red Eye)

Procedure

PLAY mode * Snapshot Screen * [MENU] * PLAY Tab * Red Eye

Using the flash to shoot at night or in a dimly lit room can cause red spots inside the eyes of people who are in the image. This is caused when the light from the flash reflects off of the retina of the eye. Red eye correction corrects the eye colors of subjects to their normal colors when red eye occurs while using the flash.

Correct

Cancel

Turns on red eye correction.

Turns off red eye correction.

NOTE

• The original snapshot is retained in memory and not deleted.

• Red eye correction may not be possible in the case of small faces or profiles.

• Red eye correction may not produce the desired effect under certain conditions.

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Adjusting White Balance (White Balance)

Procedure

PLAY mode * Snapshot Screen * [MENU] * PLAY Tab *

White Balance

You can use the white balance setting to select a light source type for a recorded image, which will affect the colors of the image.

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Daylight

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Overcast

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Shade

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Day White

Fluorescent

–

Daylight

Fluorescent

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Tungsten

Cancel

Outdoors, fair weather

Outdoors, cloudy to rain, in tree shade, etc.

Very high temperature light, such as building shade, etc.

White or daywhite fluorescent lighting, without suppressing color cast

Daylight fluorescent lighting, while suppressing color cast

Suppressing of the appearance of light bulb lighting

No white balance adjustment

NOTE

• You also can adjust the white balance when recording images (page 83).

• The original snapshot is retained in memory and not deleted.

• When you display an altered image on the camera’s monitor screen, the date and time indicates when the image was originally recorded, not when the image was altered.

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Adjusting the Brightness of an Existing Snapshot

(Brightness)

Procedure

PLAY mode * Snapshot Screen * [MENU] * PLAY Tab *

Brightness

You can select one of five brightness levels, from +2 (brightest) to –2 (least bright).

NOTE

• The original snapshot is retained in memory and not deleted.

• When you display an altered image on the camera’s monitor screen, the date and time indicates when the image was originally recorded, not when the image was altered.

Selecting Images for Printing (DPOF Printing)

Procedure

PLAY mode * Snapshot Screen * [MENU] * PLAY Tab *

DPOF Printing

See page 117 for details.

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Protecting a File Against Deletion (Protect)

Procedure

PLAY mode * [MENU] * PLAY Tab * Protect

On

All Files:

On

Protects specific files.

1

Use [4] and [6] to scroll through the files until the one you want to protect is displayed.

2

Use [8] and [2] to select “On” and then press [SET].

An image that is protected is indicated by the › icon.

3

To protect other files, repeat steps 1 and 2.

To exit the protect operation, press [MENU]. To unprotect a file, select

“Off” instead of “On” in step 2 above.

Protects all files.

1

Use [8] and [2] to select “All Files: On” and then press [SET].

2

Press [MENU].

To unprotect all files, select “All Files: Off” instead of “All Files: On” in step 1 above.

IMPORTANT!

• Note that even if a file is protected, it will be deleted if you perform the format

operation (page 147).

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Editing the Date and Time of an Image (Date/Time)

Procedure

PLAY mode * Snapshot Screen * [MENU] * PLAY Tab * Date/Time

[8] [2] Changes the setting at the cursor location.

[4] [6] Moves the cursor between settings.

[BS]

Toggles between 12-hour and 24-hour format.

When the date and time settings are what you want, press [SET] to apply them.

NOTE

• The date and time stamped into an image using the Time Stamp (page 142) cannot

be edited.

• You cannot edit the date and time of an image that is protected.

• You can input any date from 1980 to 2049.

Rotating an Image (Rotation)

Procedure

PLAY mode * Snapshot or Movie Screen * [MENU] * PLAY Tab *

Rotation

1.

Use [8] and [2] to select “Rotation” and then press [SET].

Each press of [SET] will rotate the displayed image 90 degrees left.

2.

When the displayed image is at the orientation you want, press

[MENU].

NOTE

• Note that this procedure does not actually change the image data. It simply alters how the image is displayed on the camera’s monitor screen.

• An image that has been protected or zoomed cannot be rotated.

• The original (unrotated) version of the image will be displayed on the image menu screen and the calendar screen.

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Resizing a Snapshot (Resize)

Procedure

PLAY mode * Snapshot Screen * [MENU] * PLAY Tab * Resize

You can reduce the size of a snapshot and save the result as a separate snapshot.

The original snapshot is also retained. You can select resize an image to one of three image sizes: 8M, 5M, VGA.

• Resizing a 3:2 or 16:9 size snapshot will create an image with an aspect ratio of

4:3, with both sides cut off.

• The recording date of the resized version of the snapshot will be the same as the recording date of the original snapshot.

Cropping a Snapshot (Trimming)

Procedure

PLAY mode * Snapshot Screen * [MENU] * PLAY Tab * Trimming

You can crop a snapshot to trim parts you do not need, and save the result in a separate file. The original snapshot is also retained.

Zoom factor

Represents snapshot area

Use the zoom button to zoom the image to the size you want, use [8], [2], [4], and [6] to display the portion of the image you want to cut out, and then press [SET].

• The image produced by cropping a 3:2 or 16:9 image will have an aspect ratio of 4:3.

• The recording date of the cropped image will be the same as the recording date of the original snapshot.

Part of snapshot that is currently displayed

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Adding Audio to a Snapshot (Dubbing)

Procedure

PLAY mode * Snapshot Screen * [MENU] * PLAY Tab * Dubbing

You can add audio to a snapshot after you shoot it. You can re-record a snapshot’s audio whenever you want. You can record up to about

30 seconds of audio for a single snapshot.

1.

Press [SET] to start audio recording.

Remaining recording time

2.

Press [SET] again to stop audio recording.

• Take care that you do not block the camera’s microphone with your fingers while recording.

• Good recording results are not possible when the camera is too far away from what you are trying to record.

• Your camera supports the following audio data formats.

– Audio Format: WAVE/IMA-ADPCM (WAV extension)

• Adding audio (dubbing) is not possible for the following types of images.

– Images created using MOTION PRINT

– Protected images

• To delete audio, perform the following operation:

Dubbing * Delete * [SET] * [MENU].

Microphone

IMPORTANT!

• Note that you cannot restore the original audio of an Audio Snapshot after you delete or re-record it.

To play snapshot audio

1.

In the PLAY mode, use [4] and [6] to scroll through the images until

the Audio Snapshot you want is displayed.

An audio snapshot is one that has a ˆ icon.

2.

Press [SET] to start playback.

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Voice Recording Playback Controls

Fast forward/fast reverse

Play/pause

Volume adjustment

Display content switching

Stop playback

[4] [6]

[SET]

Press [2] and then press [8] [2].

[8] (DISP)

[MENU]

• Audio of an Audio Snapshot also can be played back on a computer with Windows

Media Player or QuickTime.

Copying Files (Copy)

Procedure

PLAY mode * Snapshot Screen * [MENU] * PLAY Tab * Copy

Files can be copied from the camera’s built-in memory to a memory card or from a memory card to built-in memory.

Built-in * Card

Card * Built-in

Copies all files from built-in camera memory to a memory card.

This option copies all the files in built-in camera memory. It cannot be used to copy a single file.

Copies a single file on the memory card to camera built-in camera memory. Files are copied to the folder in built-in memory whose name has the largest serial number.

1

Use [4] and [6] to select the file you want to copy.

2

Use [8] and [2] to select “Copy” and then press [SET].

NOTE

• You can copy snapshots, movies, audio snapshots, or Voice Recording files you recorded with this camera.

• When a copied image appears on the full-month calendar screen, it is displayed on

the date that it was copied (page 91).

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