User manual CASIO EXILIM EX-H10

[. . . ] E Digital Camera User's Guide Thank you for purchasing this CASIO product. · Before using it, be sure to read the precautions contained in this User's Guide. · Keep the User's Guide in a safe place for future reference. · For the most up-to-date information about this product, visit the official EXILIM Website at http://www. exilim. com/ To go to "Getting the Most Out of Dynamic Photo" click here! 1 Unpacking As you unpack your camera, check to make sure that all items shown below are included. [. . . ] · The camera may not be able to cleanly crop a subject that is not clearly defined on the monitor screen due to backlighting, shadows, light smear, insufficient lighting, etc. When shooting the subject, make sure that it is clearly defined and outlined on the monitor screen. · The background you shoot in step 5 of the above procedure is not saved. Only the cropped subject image is saved. 106 Dynamic Photo Inserting a Subject into a Background Image (Dynamic Photo) Use the following procedure to insert a subject into a new background image. A Dynamic Photo with a moving subject is saved as a 2M (1600x1200 pixels) or smaller size image. A Dynamic Photo with a still subject is saved as a 6M (2816x2112 pixels) or smaller size image. Procedure [p] (PLAY) * [MENU] * PLAY Tab * Dynamic Photo 1. Use [4] and [6] to select the background image you want and then press [SET]. · Only an image that satisfies the following conditions can be used as a background image. ­ An image recorded with this camera or an image transferred to this camera's memory using Photo Transport (page 123) ­ An image with an aspect ratio of 4:3 2. 4. Use [4] and [6] to select the subject image you want to insert and then press [SET]. Use the zoom controller to adjust the size of the subject and use [8], [2], [4], and [6] to adjust its position. When everything is the way you want, press [SET]. This inserts the subject into the background image and creates a Dynamic Photo. · If the original still image into which a moving subject is inserted is smaller than 2M size, the Dynamic Photo will be the same size as the original. · If the original still image into which a still subject is inserted is smaller than 6M size, the Dynamic Photo will be the same size as the original. 107 Dynamic Photo NOTE · The camera comes with a number of extracted sample subjects in its built-in memory, which you can use to create Dynamic Photos, if you like. · Performing a delete or format operation will delete the sample subjects in built-in memory. If you delete the sample subjects, you can download them from the Dynamic Photo Special Site (http://dp. exilim. com/) and restore them to built-in camera memory. · You can copy the sample subjects to a memory card using the "Built-in * Card" copy operation (page 104). To view a Dynamic Photo 1. 2. Press [p] (PLAY) and then use [4] and [6] to display the Dynamic Photo you want to view. If the Dynamic Photo has a moving subject, press [SET]. · Subject movement is repeated as a continuous loop. Converting a Dynamic Photo to a Movie (Movie Converter) A Dynamic Photo (a background image plus subject) is stored as a series of 20 still images. You can use the following procedure to convert the 20 images that make up a Dynamic Photo to a movie. Procedure [p] (PLAY) * Dynamic Photo Screen * [MENU] * PLAY Tab * Movie Converter · The final movie format is Motion JPEG. · The final movie image size is 640x480 pixels. IMPORTANT! · This operation can be used only to convert Dynamic Photos to movies. · Following conversion, the movie will be played back three times. 108 Dynamic Photo Printing Printing Snapshots Professional Print Service You can take a memory card that contains the images you want to print to a professional print service and have them printed. Printing on a Home Printer Printing Images on a Printer with Memory Card Slot You can use a printer equipped with a memory card slot to print images directly from a memory card. For details, see the user documentation that comes with your printer. Connecting Directly to a PictBridge Compatible Printer You can print on a printer that supports PictBridge (page 110). Printing with a Computer After transferring the images to your computer, use commercially available software to print. · You can specify which images you want to print, the number of copies, and date stamp settings before printing (page 112). 109 Printing Connecting Directly to a PictBridge Compatible Printer You can connect the camera directly to a printer that supports PictBridge and print images without going through a computer. . [. . . ] If the background image into which a stationary subject is inserted is smaller than 6M, the resulting image will be the same size as the background image. 8 Creating a Dynamic Photo Image Four Tips for Good Subject Cropping · When shooting the subject image, shoot against a white wall or some other surface whose color is different from that of the subject. The camera will not be able to crop the subject image properly if its color is the same as or similar to the background color. · Select a blank wall for the subject background, not one with a complex pattern or shapes. Find a blank wall whose color is different from that of the subject. Recommended!! Shooting Technique 1 Shooting Technique 2 Look for a flat wall that has no markings. Best cropping results are obtained when the background is a wall that is completely free of visible markings like the one shown above. [. . . ]