User manual CASIO EXILIM EX-H15

[. . . ] 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 background you shoot in step 5 of the above procedure is not saved. Only the cropped subject image is saved. 109 Dynamic Photo Extracting Text from an Image You can write text on a blank sheet of paper, shoot an image of it, and then extract the text for insertion into an image. 1. Press [SET], use [8] and [2] to select "Number of Shots", and then press [SET]. Press the shutter button to shoot what is written on the paper. IMPORTANT! · When shooting text, take care to make sure that only the paper it is written on completely fills the screen. Do not allow the edges of the paper to be included in the text image. 110 Dynamic Photo Inserting a Subject into a Snapshot or Movie (Dynamic Photo) Use the following procedure to insert a subject image into a snapshot or movie. 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. ­ A snapshot or movie recorded with this camera or a snapshot transferred to this camera's memory using Photo Transport (page 128) ­ A snapshot with an aspect ratio of 4:3 2. 3. Use [4] and [6] to select the subject image you want to insert and then press [SET]. If you are inserting a subject into a movie an image will appear on the monitor screen showing the approximate location of the subject in the movie. After you are finished, press [SET]. Insert location · When you insert a subject into a movie, the parts of the movie before and after the insert location are trimmed off. Only the part of the movie that includes the insert location is saved as the final Dynamic Photo. · If you are inserting a subject into a snapshot, skip directly to step 4. 4. 5. 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 another image and creates a Dynamic Photo. · Inserting an animated subject into a snapshot will save a Dynamic Photo that consists of 20 still images of 2M size or smaller. · Inserting a stationary subject into a snapshot will save a single still image of 6M size or smaller. · Inserting a subject into a movie will save the Dynamic Photo as a movie file. 111 Dynamic Photo IMPORTANT! · Playing back a Dynamic Photo created with a movie background causes it to repeat three times in succession. 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 106). 112 Dynamic Photo To view a Dynamic Photo (Dynamic Photo File) 1. 2. Press [p] (PLAY) and then use [4] and [6] to display the Dynamic Photo you want to view. If you want to see the subject in the Dynamic Photo move, press [SET]. The Dynamic Photo is repeated as a continuous loop. Converting a Dynamic Photo Still Image to a Movie (Movie Converter) A Dynamic Photo with a still image background and a moving 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. [. . . ] Have the subject move as far away as possible from the wall. Do not use a moving background! Good cropping is not possible if anything besides the subject is moving in the images. For example, avoid breaking waves, trees blowing in the wind, etc. Specifying the Subject Type and CS Speed You can select from among the four subject types listed below. You also can specify a stationary subject (one frame only) in addition to a moving subject. Perform the following procedure when you want to change the subject type. 1. [. . . ]