LG Electronics USA GT350 User Manual

Video camera

Making a quick video

1Press and hold down the camera key on the right-hand side of the phone.

2In Camera preview mode, touch the Video camera icon in the view finder to switch to video mode. The video camera’s viewfinder will appear on the screen.

3Holding the phone horizontally, point the lens towards the subject of the video.

4Press the camera key once to start

recording. Or press the red dot

at the bottom right of the screen.

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5Rec will appear in the top right corner of the viewfinder and a timer in the botttom right corner showing the length of your video.

6To pause the video, touch

and resume recording by selecting.

7 Touch on the screen or press the capture button a second time to stop recording.

After making a video

A still image representing your captured video will appear on the screen. The name of the video runs along the bottom of the screen along with six icons on the righthand side.

V120108_06.37.3gp

Touch to play the video.

Touch to send the video as a

Message or Email or via Bluetooth.

Touch to edit the video.

Touch to view a gallery of saved videos and images.

Touch to delete the video you have just made and confirm by touching Yes. The viewfinder will reappear.

Touch to make another video immediately. Your current video will be saved.

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Getting to know the viewfinder

Settings - Touch this icon to open the settings menu.

Video mode - Video mode is selected.

Image size

Saving to handset memory/external memory

Back - Touch here to return to the standby screen.

Gallery

Exposure

Video size

Stop recording Start recording

Zoom - Touch to zoom in or to zoom out.

Camera mode - Touch this icon to switch to camera mode.

TIP! You can close all shortcut options for a clearer viewfinder screen. Simply touch the viewfinder once. To recall the options, touch the screen again.

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Adjusting the exposure

Exposure defines the difference between light and dark (contrast) in a video. A low contrast video will appear fuzzy, whereas a high contrast video will appear much sharper.

1 Touch .

2Slide the exposure indicator along the bar, left for a lower exposure and hazier video, or right for a higher contrast and sharper video.

Using the advanced settings

Using the viewfinder, touch Settings to open all the advanced settings options.

Preview settings

Video size - Change the size of the video to save memory space.

Colour Effect - Choose a colour tone to use on your new video.

White balance - The white balance ensures any white in your video is realistic. To enable your camera to adjust the white balance correctly, you may need to determine the light conditions. Choose between

Auto, Incandescent, Sunny, Fluorescent or Cloudy.

Quality - Choose between Super fine, Fine and Normal. The finer the quality, the sharper a video will be but the file size will increase. As a result, you will be able to store fewer videos in the phone’s memory.

Set time - Set a time limit for your video. Choose from No limit, or MMS to limit the size so that you can send the video as an MMS.

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	View Mode - Choose between Full	Watching your saved videos
	screen or Full image. In Full screen,	1	In the viewfinder, touch	.
	the image may be cropped to fit the	2	Your gallery will appear on the
	screen.
			screen.
	TIP! If you choose MMS	3	Touch the video you want to view
	duration, choosing a lower		once to open it fully.
	image quality will enable you to	4	Touch the Play icon in the centre
	shoot a longer video.		of the screen.

Other settings

Memory - Choose whether to save your videos to the External memory or to the Handset memory.

Voice - Choose Mute to record a video without sound.

Reset settings - Reset all the video camera settings.

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Your photos and videos

Viewing your photos and videos

1Touch on the camera preview screen.

2Your gallery will appear on the screen.

3Touch the video or photo to open it fully.

4To play the video, touch . To pause playback, touch the screen once and touch .

TIP! Flick left or right to view other photos or videos.

TIP! To delete a photo or video, open it and select . Touch Yes to confirm.

Using zoom when viewing a photo

To zoom in press repeatedly. To zoom out press.

Adjusting the volume when viewing a video

To adjust the audio volume on a video while it is playing, touch the speaker icon on the screen and slide the bar to the left or right.

Capturing an image from a video

1Select the video you want to capture an image from.

2Touch to pause the video on the frame you’d like to convert to an image and touch .

3From the options menu select .

4The image will appear on the screen with its assigned image name.

5Touch to return to the gallery.

6The image will be saved in your My stuff folder and will appear in

the gallery. You will have to exit

the gallery and then re-open it for 49 it to be shown.

Your photos and videos

WARNING: Some functions will not work properly if the multimedia file has not been recorded on the phone.

Viewing your photos as a slide show

Slideshow mode will show all the photos in your gallery one at a time as a slideshow. Videos cannot be viewed as a slideshow.

1Touch the photo you would like to begin the slideshow twice to open it.

2Select on the lower left side of the screen.

3 The slideshow will begin.

There are options within slideshows: Touch to show a random slide. Touch to pause the slideshow on a particular photo.

Touch again to resume playback.

Touch to increase or decrease the speed of the slideshow.

Setting a photo as wallpaper

1Touch the photo you want to set as wallpaper to open it.

2Touch the screen to open the options menu.

3 Touch.

4You can then change the size of the picture.

5When you are happy with the picture touch Set.

6 The display of the picture is changed depending on whether portrait mode or landscape mode is used.

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Editing your photos

You can do lots of great things to your photos to change them, add to them or liven them up.

1Open the photo you want to edit and touch to bring up the options.

2Touch the icons to alter your

photo:

Crop your photo. Choose a square or circular crop area and move your finger across the

screen to select the area.

Draw something on your photo freehand. Select the line thickness from the four options, then the colour you want to use. Add writing to the picture.

Decorate your photo with stamps. Choose from the different stamps available and touch OK. Touch your photo wherever you would like the stamps to appear.

Erase whatever you draw.

You can select the size of the eraser from the four options.

Save the changes you have made to the photos. Select to save the changes over the

Original file, or as a New file. If you select New file, enter a file name.

Undo the last effect or edit you made to the photo.

Touch to open more effect options including Rotate. There are also more advanced editing options. See Resize, Morphing, Colour Accent, Add images etc.

Touch to add a filter effect such as Blur, Sharpen, Sketch etc. to a photo.

Touch to edit an effect to a photo.

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	Merging two videos
	1	Open the video you want to edit,
		select		and touch	.
	2	Select		and choose Video
		merge.
	3	The My stuff will open. Choose
		the video you want to merge.
Touch to return to the	4 Touch and slide the photo
gallery.		to move it to the end or the
		beginning of the video.

Trimming the length of the video

1Open the video you want to edit, select and touch .

2 Select

and choose Trim.

3Touch and set the new start and end points using .

4Touch the Save icon or, alternatively, touch to return to the gallery and discard the changes.

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5Touch the Effect icon to choose how the videos merge together:

None, Pan zoom, Uncover, Checker board, Split, Shape diamond, Oval, Blind or Dissolve.

6Press the Save icon followed by Yes to save the new merged video. Select whether to replace the original file or save as a new file.

7Repeat these steps to merge more videos.

Merging a photo with a video

1Open the video you want to edit, select and touch .

2 Select	and choose Image
merge.

Adding text to a video

1Open the video you want to edit, select and touch .

2 Select	and choose Text
overlay.

3The My stuff folder will open. Choose the photo you want to merge with your video.

4Touch and slide the photo to move it to the end or the beginning of the video.

5Touch the Effect icon to choose how the photo and video merge together: None, Pan zoom,

Uncover, Checker board, Split, Shape diamond, Oval, Blind or Dissolve.

6Press the Save icon followed by Yes. Select whether to replace the original file or save as a new file.

7Repeat these steps to merge more photos.

3Enter your text using the keypad and select Save.

4Touch and indicate when you want the text to appear using .

5Touch the area of the screen where you want the text to appear and touch OK.

6Touch to indicate when you want the text to disappear.

7Touch Preview to ensure you are happy with the text overlay.

8Touch the Save icon and choose to save over the original file or as a new file.

9Repeat these steps to add more text.

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Overlaying a photo

1Open the video you want to edit, select and touch .

2 Select	and choose Image
overlay.

3The My stuff will open. Choose the photo you want to overlay your video.

4Touch and indicate when you want the photo to appear using .

5Touch the area of the screen where you want the photo to appear and touch OK. If the photo is too big it will overlay the whole screen, not just the selected area.

6Touch to mark when you want the photo to disappear.

7Touch Preview to ensure you are happy with the photo overlay.

8Touch the Save icon and choose to save over the original file or as a new file.

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9Repeat these steps to add more photos.

Adding a voice recording

1Open the video you want to edit, select and touch .

2 Select

and choose Voice

recording.

3The quality of the original audio will be affected by adding a voice recording. Touch Yes to continue.

4Touch to view your video. When you get to the part you

want to record your voice over, press .

5 Press	to stop recording and
press	to play it back.

6Touch Preview to ensure you are happy with the voice recording.

7Touch the Save icon and choose to save over the original file or as a new file.

8Repeat these steps to add more voice recordings to the video.

Adding a soundtrack to your video

1Open the video you want to edit, select and touch .

2 Select

and choose Audio

dubbing.

3The My stuff will open. Choose the track you want to add to your video.

4The original audio track on your video will be erased. Touch Yes to continue.

5If the audio is shorter than the video, choose whether to play it

Once or to Repeat it.

6Select whether to replace the original file or save as a new file.

Changing the video speed

1Open the video you want to edit, select and touch .

2 Select	and choose Time
scaling.

3Select one of the four speed options: x4, x2, x1/4, x1/2.

4Select whether to replace the original file or save as a new file. NOTE: Only 3gp Video files can be edited.

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My stuff

You can store any multimedia files on your phone’s memory so that you have easy access to all of your pictures, sounds, videos and games. You can also save your files to a memory card. Using a memory card allows you to free up space in your phone’s memory.

To access the My stuff menu, touch then . Touch to open a

list of folders that store all of your multimedia files.

Pictures

Images contains a list of pictures, including default images preloaded onto your phone, images downloaded by you and images taken on your phone’s camera. Touch to change the view from Grid view to List view or vice versa.

Sending a photo

1 Touch then .

2 Touch then choose Images.

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3Select an image you want to send. Then select Send and choose from Multimedia message, Email or Bluetooth.

4If you choose Multimedia message or Email, your photo will be attached to a message and you can write and send the message as normal. If you choose Bluetooth, Bluetooth will be turned on automatically and your phone will search for a device to send the picture.

Using an image

You can choose images to use as wallpapers and screensavers or even to identify a caller. The phone should be in Portrait mode.

1 Touch then .

2 Touch then Images.

3 Select an image and touch .

4Touch Use as and choose between: