Compaq PHOTOSMART C500, PhotoSmart C500 User Manual
Chapter 4 -Viewing Photos
Overview
After you have taken some photos with your HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera, you can view them on the
camera’s color LCD or on a television screen. Depending on the camera mode you use (Review or Play), you can:
view thumbnails of your photos
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view one photo at a time using the entire screen
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play back Burst, Timelapse, and grouped photo sequences
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create a slideshow
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See the table below for the features available in each mode.
Mode What you can do
Overview
Review
Play
Tip:
View thumbnails of your photos
•
View Burst, Timelapse, and grouped photos
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Mark photos for further action
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Delete selected or marked photos
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Protect photos from being deleted
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Categorize photos for easy searching and finding
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Group photos for sorting and printing
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Search for a particular photo
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View one photo at a time, using the entire screen
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Play back Burst, Timelapse, and grouped photo sequences
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Zoom in on photos to see details in close-up
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Delete single or grouped Still, Burst and Timelapse photos
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Create a slideshow on the color LCD or on a television
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To conserve battery life, use an AC power adapter while viewing photos on the color LCD. See “Using an AC
Power Adapter (recommended)” on page29 for details.
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Using Review Mode
4-way arrow button
When you use Review mode, the color LCD automatically displays the photos saved on the memory card. Your
photos appear as small thumbnail images across the top of the display. A larger thumbnail of the selected photo
appears below the small thumbnails; t h e photo information (the image number, t h e image date and time, and the
group or camera name) appears on the lower right of the display.
Using Review Mode
Selecting Photos
Thumbnails
Selected
photo
To select photos:
1. Turn the camera on and turn the camera mode dial to Rev.
2. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll through the
thumbnails until the selection marker points to the photo
you want. Press and hold the button to scroll through your
photos rapidly.
Selection
marker
Photo
information
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Marking Photos
A notch indicates
a marked photo
You can “mark” several photos so that when you select an action, the action applies to all marked photos. For
example, you can mark several photos and delete them all at once, rather than deleting one photo at a time. If you
mark any photo that repre sent s a clo sed grou p, al l th e photos in the group are marked.
To mark photos:
1. Turn the camera on and turn the camera mode dial to
Rev.
2. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll to the photo you
want to mark.
3. Press the Mark button (left soft key).
A notch appears on the lower right corner of the
selected photo and its matching thumbnail.
4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to mark additional photos.
Using Review Mode
OR
To mark all photos, press and hold down the Mark button (left soft key) until Mark All appears on the lower
overlay bar.
Note:
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Photos remain marked until you perform an action on them, or until you unmark them.
To unmark marked photos:
1. Turn the camera on and turn the camera mode dial to Rev.
2. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll to the photo you want to unmark.
3. Press the Unmark button (left soft key).
The notch disappears from the lower right corner of the selected photo and its matching thumbnail.
You can un m ar k a l l the photos on t he m em or y c ar d by pressing and holding down th e Unmark button (left soft
key) until Unmark All appears on the lower overlay bar.
Deleting Photos
You can delete a sin gle phot o or all marked photos in Revi ew mode. You can also delete sin gle phot os in Pl ay mode
(see “Deleting Photos” on page89).
Using Review Mode
Note:
To delete photos:
1. Turn the camera on and turn the camera mode dial to Rev.
2. Select a photo or m ark the photos you w ant to del ete. If you wa nt to del ete all the p hotos, yo u can cho ose “Mar k
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Protected photos will not be deleted. See “Protecting Photos” on page72 for more information.
All.” See “Marking Photos” on page70 for more information.
If you want to delete all of the photos in a group, or a Timelapse or Burst series, you can close or collapse the
photos, until just the one photo that represents the group or series is showing. You can then select the photo as
you would a single Still photo, for deleting.
3. Press the Menu button.
4. Press the Delete button (center soft key).
The color LCD displays a message asking you to confirm that you want to delete the photos.
5. Press the Delete button (left soft key) to delete the photos.
Protecting Photos
Protecting photo s preven ts them fr om being deleted fr om the m emory card. You also cannot change the catego ry of
protected photos.
To protect photos:
1. Turn the camera on and turn the camera mode dial to Rev.
2. Select a photo or mark the photos you want to protect. See “Marking Photos” on page70 for more information.
Using Review Mode
Note:
3. Press the Menu button.
4. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll to Protect.
5. Press the Protect button (center soft key).
The Protected icon appe ars in the photo information to indicate that the photo is protected.
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Protect acts on ma rked photos if there are any, or on th e c urrent photo if there a re n o m ar ked photos. If
you want to protect just the current photo, first unmark all the photos on the memory card.
Protected icon
Using Review Mode
To remove protection from photos:
1. Turn the camera on and turn the camera mode dial to Rev.
2. Select a photo or mark the photos you want to unprotect. See “Marking Photos” on page70 for more
information.
3. Press the Menu button.
4. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll to Protect.
5. Press the Unprotect button (left soft key).
Note:
You must unprotect your protected photos before you can delete them.
Categorizing Photos
You can assign a category to your photos, making them easier to find. You can categorize one photo at a time, or
mark photos and apply one category to all of the marked photos. Categories are also useful when you are creating
a slideshow. For example, you could create a slideshow to share your vacation photos with friends and family.
Note:
To categorize photos:
1. Turn the camera on and turn the camera mode dial to Rev.
2. Select a photo or mark the photos you want to categorize. See “Marking Photos” on page70 for more
3. Press the Category button (center soft key).
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You cannot assign or change categories for protected photos.
information.
4. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll to the category you want to use.
Category
icon
You can choose from the following categories:
Using Review Mode
Landscape
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Vacation
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Friends
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Family
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Pets
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Work
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Triangle
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Square
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Circle
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5. Press the Select button (left soft key).
A check mark appears next to the category, and the camera
automatically exit the menus. The icon for the category you
selected app ears in the photo information.
To deselect a category:
1. Turn the camera on and turn the camera mode dial to Rev.
2. Select the photo whose category you want to deselect.
3. Press the Category button (center soft key).
4. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll to the category you want to
deselect.
5. Press the Deselect button (left soft key).
The camera automatically exits the menus . The category icon disappear s
from the photo information.
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