Samsung T769 Galaxy S Blaze. Camera Options

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Self portrait: allows you to set the front camera so you can
take pictures of yourself or video chat.
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Flash: allows you to set the flash options to Off, On, or Auto
flash.
Settings:
Edit shortcuts: allows you to set shortcut icons for the
settings that you use the most.
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Camera Options
Options are represented by icons across both sides of the screen.
The following shortcuts are available for the camera:
Note: The options disappear after a few seconds. Touch the screen to display
the tab, then touch the tab to view these options.
Self portrait: allows you to set the front camera so you can
take pictures of yourself or video chat.
Flash: allows you to set the flash options to Off, On, or Auto
flash.
Shooting mode: allows you to set the shooting mode.
Options are:
• Single shot: takes a single photo and view it before
returning to the shooting mode.
• Smile shot: the camera focuses on the face of your
Focus area: displays the area of the image used as the
main focus area.
subject. Once the camera detects the person’s smile,
it takes the picture.
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Settings (continued):
• Panorama: takes a landscape photo by taking an
initial photo and then adding additional images to
itself. The guide box lets you view the area where the
second part of the panoramic picture should fall
within.
Focus mode: allows you to set this option to Auto focus,
Macro, or Face detection. Use Auto focus for all other focal
situations.
• Auto focus: automatically focus the image based on
the focus area.
• Macro: allows you to take close-up pictures.
• Action shot: detects action and creates a panorama of
the moving object.
• Cartoon: gives your photo a cartoon look.
Scene mode: allows you to set the Scene to help take the
best pictures possible. Options include None, Portrait,
Landscape, Night, Sports, Party/Indoor, Beach/Snow,
Sunset, Dawn, Fall color, Firework, Text, Candlelight, and
Backlight. Helpful tips are shown for each scene mode at
the bottom of the display screen.
Exposure value: allows you to adjust the brightness level
by moving the slider.
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Timer: allows you to set a timer for how long to wait
before taking a picture. Options include: Off, 2 sec, 5 sec,
and 10 sec.
Effects: allows you to change the color tone or apply special
effects to the photo. Options include: None, Negative,
Black and white, and Sepia.
Resolution: allows you to set the image size to either:
5M (2560x1920), W4M (2560x1536), 3.2M (2048x1536),
W2.4M (2048x1232), 2M (1600x1200), W1.5M
(1600x960), W0.9M (1280x720), W0.4M (800x480), or
0.3M (640x480).
Settings (continued):
White balance: allows you to set this option to one of the
following choices: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Incandescent, or
Fluorescent.
ISO: ISO determines how sensitive the light meter is on your
digital camera. Choose from Auto, 100, 200, or 400.
Use a lower ISO number to make your camera less
sensitive to light, a higher ISO number to take photos with
less light, or Auto to let the camera automatically adjust the
ISO for each of your shots
Storage: allows you to configure the default storage
location for images or videos as either Phone or Memory
card (if inserted).
Reset: allows you to reset all camera or camcorder settings
to the default values.
Camera / Camcorder Mode: allows you to take a photo in
various modes. Once you change the mode, the
corresponding indicator appears at the top left of the
display. Slide the button up for Camera, or down for
Camcorder.
Metering: allows you to set how the camera measures or
meters the light source: Centre-weighted, Spot, or Matrix.
Guidelines: allows you to turn the guidelines On or Off.
Image quality: allows you to set the image quality to:
Superfine, Fine, or Normal.
GPS tag: allows you to turn GPS On or Off (also known as
Geotagging). The location of where the picture is taken is
attached to the picture. (Only available in Camera mode.)
Shutter sound: allows you to set the Shutter sound to On or
Off.
Camera button: takes a photo when pressed in Camera
mode.
Image viewer: allows you to access the Image viewer and
the various viewing options for a selected picture. The last
picture you took, will be displayed as a thumbnail in
the Image viewer icon.
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Pictures and Videos Image Viewer Options
After you take a photo or record a video, you can access various
options.
Photo options
• Share: allows you to share a picture using AllShare, Social Hub,
Photo editor, Messaging, Picasa, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Gmail, Email,
Kodak, or Snapfish.
• Delete: allows you to delete the current picture. Tap OK to delete or
Cancel.
• More: provides additional options. For more information, refer to
“Camera Image Options” on page 131.
Video options
• Play: allows you to playback the current video file.
• Share: allows you to share a video using AllShare, Messaging,
YouTube, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Gmail, Email, Kodak, and Snapfish.
• Delete: allows you to delete the current video.
• More: provides additional options.
– Play: allows you to replay the current video file.
– Rename: allows you to rename one or more video files.
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Camera Gallery Options
The Gallery is where you can access the Gallery of stored camera
images.
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From the Home screen, tap
(Applications) ➔
(Gallery).
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Select a folder location (ex: Camera) and select an image
by tapping it once to place a green check mark on the file.
3.
Press
from this main Gallery screen to reveal gallery-
specific options Send via, Delete, and More.
Camera Image Options
When you take a picture, the file is saved in the Photo folder. You
can view your pictures immediately or view them anytime in the
Photo folder.
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From the Home screen, tap
(Applications) ➔
(Gallery).
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Select a folder location and tap a file to open it in the
Image viewer. Touch and drag a picture to the left to see
the next picture or to the right to see the previous picture.
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Tap the on-screen image and use either of the following
image menu options:
• Send via: allows you to share a picture using Bluetooth, Email,
Gmail, Messaging, Wi-Fi, Kodak, and Snapfish.
• Delete: allows you to delete the current image.
4. Press
to select additional options:
• Share via: allows you to share a picture using AllShare, Picasa, or
Social Hub.
• Set as: allows you to assign the current image as either as Contact
icon, Home screen wallpaper, or Lock screen wallpaper. For more
information, refer to “Motion Settings” on page 237.
• More: provides you with the additional options such as:
– Copy: allows you to copy one or more pictures to a different folder.
– Print: allows you to print the current image on a compatible Samsung
printer.
– Edit: launches the photo editor application. For more information, refer
to “Using the Camcorder” on page 132.
– Crop: provides an on-screen box that allows you to crop the current
picture. Tap Save to update the image with the new dimensions or tap
Discard to ignore any changes.
– Rotate left: allows you to rotate the view of the current image in a
counterclockwise direction.
– Rotate right: allows you to rotate the view of the current image in a
clockwise direction.
– Slideshow: adds the selected photo to a custom slideshow.
– Rename: allows you to rename the current file.
– Send to: allows you to send the file to a Contacts entry, New Email
address, or New Phone number.
– Set Default Destination: allows you to assign a default action to take
after taking an image (Contacts, New Email address, or New Phone
number). The default storage location for pictures is DCIM > Camera
folder.
– Details: files details such as Title, Type, Date taken, Album, Location,
Latitude, Longitude, etc..
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