Huawei Nokia 8 User Guide

							Upload a picture or video to a service
Use the Social application to upload your pictures or videos to social networking
services, such as Facebook.
Select 
 > Social, and sign in to a social networking service.
1 Select 
.
2 Select whether to upload a picture or video.
3 To mark the items to upload, select the items.
The maximum file size is 4 MB for pictures and 10 MB for videos.
4 If uploading a single picture, you can add a caption and a tag with a comment to
a particular section of the picture.
To upload a video, the feature needs to be supported by the social networking
service, and you need to use a Wi-Fi connection.
5 Select 
.
Take a picture and upload it
1 Select 
.
2 Select the option for uploading a picture from the camera.
3 Take a picture.
4 Add a caption and a tag with a comment to a particular section of the picture.
Share your location in your status update
With the Social application, you can let your friends know where you are, so they can
find you.
Select 
 > Social.
1 Select the text input field at the top of the display.
2 Add your location. The phone uses GPS to determine your current location, and
searches for landmarks near you.
3 If several landmarks are found, select one from the list.
Location sharing is available only if it is supported by the service.
Important: Before sharing your location, always consider carefully with whom you
are sharing.
The applicable terms of use of the social networking service may apply to sharing
your location to the service. Familiarize yourself with the terms of use and the privacy
practices of the service, and use appropriate consideration before disclosing your
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							Contact a friend from a social networking service
When commenting your friends status is not enough, you can call or send a message
to the friend.
Select 
 > Social.
1 Select a friends profile picture.
2 From the pop-up menu, select View contact info.
3 Select a communication method.
This feature is available if you have linked your online friends to their contact
information in your phone.
The available communication methods vary. To call or send a text message to a friend,
the feature needs to be supported by the service.
Add an event to your phone calendar
When responding to invitations to events in a social networking service, such as
Facebook, you can add the events to your phone calendar, so you can view upcoming
events even if you are not online.
Select 
 > Social and a service, and sign in.
1 Select an invitation to an event.
2 Add the event to your phone calendar.
This feature is available only if supported by the service.
Camera
About the camera
 Press and hold the camera key.
Why carry a separate camera if your phone has all you need for capturing memories?
With your phone camera, you can easily take pictures or record videos.
Take a picture
Press and hold the camera key. 62 Camera 
						

							1 Press the camera key halfway down to lock the focus on an object (not available
in landscape or sport scene modes). A green locked focus indicator is displayed.
If the focus is not locked, a red focus indicator is displayed. Release the camera
key, and press it halfway down again. You can also take a picture without locking
the focus.
2 Press the camera key fully down. Do not move the phone before the picture is
saved and the final picture displayed.
Zoom in or out.
Use the volume keys.
The face tracker detects faces, draws rectangles around them, and optimizes the
focus — even when the faces are moving. Face tracking is activated by default.
Deactivate face tracking
Select 
 > .
If there is a memory card inserted in the phone, you can set where to save pictures
and videos.
Set where to save pictures and videos
1 Select 
 > Settings.
2 Select Application settings > Camera > Image or Video.
3 Select Memory in use and the appropriate option.
Save location information to your pictures and videos
If you sometimes struggle to remember exactly where you were when you took a
particular picture or video, you can set your phone to automatically record the
location.
Press and hold the camera key.
Location information can be attached to a picture or video, if your location can be
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							contains location information, the location information may be visible to those who
view the picture or video. You can deactivate geotagging in the camera settings.
Activate the location recording feature
Select 
 >  > Save location info > Yes.
It may take several minutes to obtain the coordinates of your location.
The availability and quality of GPS signals may be affected by your location, satellite
positions, buildings, natural obstacles, weather conditions, and adjustments to GPS
satellites made by the United States government. GPS signals may not be available
inside buildings or underground.
Do not use GPS for precise location measurement, and never rely solely on the
location information provided by GPS and cellular networks.
Location information indicators:
  — Location information is unavailable. Location information may not be saved to
pictures or videos.
  — Location information is available. Location information is saved to pictures or
videos.
Take a close-up picture
It can be tricky to get small objects, such as insects or flowers, in focus. You need to
move the camera closer to the object. To take sharp and precise pictures of even the
tiniest details, use close-up mode.
Press and hold the camera key.
Activate close-up mode
Select 
 > .
Take a picture in the dark
To take pictures even in dim light, activate night mode.
Press and hold the camera key.
Activate night mode
Select 
 > . To use the flash, select . 64 Camera 
						

							Take a picture of a moving object
Are you at a sports event and want to capture the action with your phone? Use sport
mode to take sharper pictures of moving people.
Press and hold the camera key.
Activate sport mode
Select 
 > .
Picture and video tips
Press and hold the camera key.
When taking a picture:
•Use both hands to keep the camera steady.
•When you zoom in, the image quality may decrease.
•The camera activates battery saving mode after about a minute of inactivity. To
activate the camera again, press the camera key briefly.
•You can attach a picture to a contact in your contacts list. After taking a picture,
select 
 > Use image > Assign to contact. Move the frame to crop the picture,
tap the screen to display the toolbar, select  , and select the contact and  .
Keep a safe distance when using the flash. Do not use the flash on people or animals
at close range. Do not cover the flash while taking a picture.
When recording a video:
•For best results, close any open applications before recording.
•Record to your phone mass memory, if possible.
•If recording videos to a memory card, for best performance, use a compatible,
fast, high-quality microSD card. The recommended microSD card class is 4 (32
Mbit/s (4 MB/s)) or higher.
Before first use, back up any important data on the card, and use the phone to
format the card, even if the card has previously been formatted or used in a Nokia
phone. Formatting deletes all data on the card.
If the performance of the memory card degrades over time, back up any
important data on the card, and use the phone to format the card.
Record a video
Besides taking pictures with your phone, you can also capture your special moments
as videos.Camera 65 
						

							Press and hold the camera key.
1 To switch from image mode to video mode, if necessary, select 
 .
2 To start recording, press the camera key.
3 To pause recording, select 
 . If you pause recording and do not press any key
within five minutes, the recording stops.
To zoom in or out, use the volume keys.
4 To stop recording, press the camera key. The video is automatically saved in
Gallery.
Tip: You can send your video in a multimedia message. To limit the video size for
sending, before recording, select 
 >  > Video quality > Sharing quality.
Send a picture or video
You can send pictures and videos in a multimedia or mail message, or using Bluetooth.
Send in a multimedia message
1 Take a picture or record a video.
2Select 
 > Send > Via message.
3 To select a recipient from your contacts list, select the To title. To enter the
recipients name or phone number manually, select the To field, and enter the
name or phone number.
4Select 
.
Send in a mail message
1 Take a picture or record a video.
2Select 
 > Send > Via mail.
3 To select a recipient from your contacts list, select the To title. To enter the
recipients address manually, select the To field, and enter the address.
4Select 
.
Send using Bluetooth
1 Take a picture or record a video.
2Select 
 > Send > Via Bluetooth.
3 Select the phone or device to connect to, or search for more devices.
If the other phone or device requires a passcode, enter the passcode.
Share a picture or video directly from the camera
After taking a picture or recording a video, you can upload your picture or video to a
social networking service. 66 Camera 
						

							Press and hold the camera key.
After taking a picture or recording a video, select 
 , and follow the displayed
instructions.
The first time you upload a picture or video to a social networking service, you need
to log in to the service. The service you add is set as the default sharing service.
Not all social networking services support all file formats or videos recorded in high
quality.
Your pictures and videos
GalleryAbout Gallery
Select  > Gallery.
Watch the videos you have recorded, or browse and view the pictures you have taken.
You can also view the pictures and videos on a compatible TV.
To manage your media files more effectively, organize them into albums.
View pictures and videos
Select 
 > Gallery.
Browse pictures
Swipe up or down.
View a picture
Select the picture.
To view the following picture, swipe from right to left. To view the previous picture,
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							Zoom in
Place two fingers on the screen, and slide your fingers apart. To zoom out, slide your
fingers together.
Tip: To quickly zoom in or zoom back out, tap the screen twice.
View the toolbar
Tap the screen.
View pictures as a slide show
Select a picture and 
 >  Slide show >  Play. The slide show starts from the selected
picture.
View the pictures in an album as a slide show
Open the Albums
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Slide show.
Edit slide show settings
Select a picture and 
 > Slide show > Settings.
Play a video
Select a video. Videos are marked with 
 .
Pictures and videos can be sent to you in a mail or multimedia message. To later view
these pictures and videos, save them to Gallery.
Save a picture or video to Gallery
1 In the multimedia message, select the picture or video.
2 Tap the screen, and select 
 > Save.
Pictures and videos can also be sent to you from a compatible device using, for
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							Tip: To upload a picture or video to a social networking service, select the item, tap
the screen, and select  .
Organize your pictures
You can organize your pictures into albums, to make it easier to find a particular
picture.
Select 
 > Gallery.
Create a new album
Open the Albums
 tab, and select  . Enter a name for the album.
Move a picture to an album
1 Select and hold a picture, and from the pop-up menu, select Add to album.
2 Select the album to move the picture to. To create a new album to move the
picture to, select New album.
Tip: To move several pictures to an album, select and hold a picture, and select
Mark. Mark the pictures, and select 
 > Add to album.
Rename or delete an album
Select and hold the album, and from the pop-up menu, select Rename or Delete.
The pictures and videos in the album are not deleted from your phone.
Share a picture or video from Gallery
Want to upload your pictures or videos to a social networking service for your friends
and family to see? Upload your pictures and videos directly from Gallery.
Select 
 > Gallery.
1 Select a picture or video to upload.
2 Tap the picture, select 
, and follow the displayed instructions.
Tip: To share several items, in the main view, select 
, mark the items to share, and
select .
Copy your pictures or videos between your phone and computer
Have you taken pictures or recorded videos with your phone that you want to watch
on your computer? Or do you want to copy your pictures or videos from your phone
to your computer? Use a compatible USB data cable to copy your pictures and videos
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							1 Use a compatible USB data cable to connect your phone to a compatible
computer.
If copying between a memory card in your phone and a computer, make sure the
memory card is inserted.
2 Open Nokia Suite on your computer, and follow the displayed instructions.
Back up your pictures
Want to make sure that you will not lose any important pictures? Back up your pictures
with Nokia Suite.
1 Use a compatible USB data cable to connect your phone to a computer.
If copying between a memory card in your phone and a computer, make sure the
memory card is inserted.
2 Open Nokia Suite on your computer, and follow the displayed instructions on
synchronizing Gallery.
Edit the pictures you have taken
 You can add effects, text, clip art, or frames to your pictures.
Select 
 > Photo editor and a picture.
1 To apply an effect, select the desired option from the extended toolbar.
2 To save the edited picture, select 
 >  Save. The edited picture does not replace
the original picture.
To later view your edited pictures, select 
 > Gallery.
Video editorAbout Video editor
 Select  > Video editor.
You can combine pictures and videos with sounds, effects, and text, and easily turn
them into short movies or slide shows.
The following codecs and file formats are supported: MPEG–4, H.263, H.263 BL, WMV,
JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, MP3, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WAV, and AMR‑NB/AMR‑WB.
Save the sound files that you want to use in a movie to the Sound files folder on your
phone.
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