Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Sz8 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Playback/Editing
Various methods of playback
You can play back the recorded pictures in various methods.
1Press [(].
2Press [MODE].
3Press 3/ 4/2/1 to select item, and then press [MENU/SET].
•Following items can be selected.
[] ([Normal Play]) (P34)
[] ([Slide Show])  (P82)
[] ([Category Selection])  (P84)
[] ([Calendar])  (P85) 

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Playback/Editing
You can play back the pictures you have taken in sequence at specified intervals.
This playback method is recommended when you have connected the camera to a TV set to 
view the pictures you have taken.
2Press 3 to select [Start] and then press [MENU/SET].
∫Operations during slide show
The cursors displayed during playback correspond to  3/2/1 and [MENU/SET].
[Slide Show]
1Select the group to play back by pressing  3/4, and 
then press [MENU/SET].
•During [Category Selection],...

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∫Changing the slide show settings
You can change the settings for Slide Show Playback by selecting [Effect] 
or [Setup] on the slide show menu screen.
[Effect]
Screen effects can be added to picture transitions.
[ON]/[OFF]
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When playing back a panorama picture, the [Effect] setting is disabled.
[Setup]
[Duration] or [Repeat] can be set.
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[Duration] can be set only when [OFF] has been selected as the [Effect] setting.•When playing back a panorama picture, the [Duration] setting...

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Playback/Editing
This mode allows you to search images by Scene Mode or other ca tegories (such as [Portrait], 
[Scenery] or [Night Scenery]) and sort the pictures into each of the categories. You can then 
play back the pictures in each category.
Press 3/ 4/2/1 to select the category and then press 
[MENU/SET] to set.
•You can play back only the category in which an image has been found.
∫ About the categories to be sorted
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If you run a Calendar Search, Category Selection will be canceled....

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You can search for images by recorded date.
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The recording date of the picture selected in the playback screen becomes the date selected when 
the calendar screen is first displayed.
•You can display the calendar between January 2000 and December 2099.•If you take pictures after setting the travel destination in [World Time], the pictures are displayed by 
the dates at the travel destination in Calendar Playback.
[Calendar]
1Press 3/4/2/1  to select the date you want to search....

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Playback/Editing
Having Fun with Recorded Pictures ([Creative Retouch])
You can add your desired effects to the pictures that you have taken.
•The processed pictures are newly generated, so be sure that you have enough space in the built-in 
memory or on the card. Note also that processing  will not be possible if the Write-Protect switch of 
the card is in the [LOCK] position.
•Effects may be difficult to see depending on the picture.
1Press 2/ 1 to select a picture, and then press 3 .
2Press 3/4...

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Using the [Playback] Menu
For details on [Playback] menu settings, refer to P37.
You can perform actions like cropping recorded pict ures, as well as set up the protection of 
recorded images, etc.
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With [Retouch], [Resize] or [Cropping], a new edited picture is created.
A new picture cannot be created if there is no free space on the built-in memory or the card so we 
recommend checking that there is free space and then editing the picture.
•Images recorded or edited with the...

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Playback/Editing
∫To delete the received location information
1Select [Location Logging] on the [Playback] menu.2Press  3/4  to select [Delete Location Data] and then press [MENU/SET].3Press  3/4  to select the period you want to delete, then press [MENU/SET].
•Confirmation screen is displayed.
It is executed when [Yes] is selected.
•Location information can be written only to images taken on this camera.•Location information is not written onto the images that are recorded after [Send location...

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Playback/Editing
To allow easy posting to web pages, attachment to email etc., picture size (number of pixels) is 
reduced.
1Select [Resize] on the [Playback] menu.
2Press 3/4 to select [SINGLE] or [MULTI] and then press [MENU/SET].
•You can set up to 50 pictures at one time in [MULTI].•The picture quality of the resized picture will deteriorate.•This function is not available in the following cases:
–Motion pictures–Pictures taken in Panorama Shot Mode–Pictures with date stamped
[Resize]
3Select...

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Playback/Editing
You can enlarge and then clip the important part of the recorded picture.
1Select [Cropping] on the [Playback] menu.
2Press 2/1 to select the picture, and then press [MENU/SET].
3Use the zoom lever and press  3/4/2/1 to select the parts to be 
cropped.
4Press [MENU/SET].
•Confirmation screen is displayed.
It is executed when [Yes] is selected.
Exit the menu after it is executed.
•The picture quality of the cropped picture will deteriorate.
•Small size pictures may not be...