LG Electronics USA GW525F Users Manual
Video camera
Making a quick video
1 Press and hold down the camera
key on the right-hand side of the
phone.
2 In 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.
3 Holding the phone horizontally,
point the lens towards the subject
of the video.
4 Press the camera key once to start
recording. Or press the red dot
at the bottom right of the
screen.
5 Rec will appear in the top right
corner of the viewfinder and a
timer in the botttom right corner
showing the length of your video.
6 To 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.
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Video camera
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.
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Touch to play the video.
Touch to send the video as a
Message or Email or via Bluetooth.
Touch to edit the video.
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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.
Getting to know the viewfinder
TIP! You can close all shortcut
options for a clearer viewnder screen.
Simply touch the viewnder once. To
recall the options, touch the screen
again.
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.
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Video camera
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 .
2 Slide 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.
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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.
View Mode - Choose between Full
screen or Full image. In Full screen,
the image may be cropped to fit the
screen.
TIP! If you choose MMS
duration, choosing a lower
image quality will enable you to
shoot a longer video.
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.
Watching your saved videos
1 In the viewfinder, touch .
2 Your gallery will appear on the
screen.
3 Touch the video you want to view
once to open it fully.
4 Touch the Play icon in the centre
of the screen.
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Your photos and videos
Viewing your photos and
videos
1 Touch on the camera
preview screen.
2 Your gallery will appear on the
screen.
3 Touch the video or photo to open
it fully.
4 To 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 conrm.
Using zoom when viewing a
photo
To zoom in press repeatedly. To
zoom out press .
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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
1 Select the video you want to
capture an image from.
2 Touch to pause the video on
the frame you’d like to convert to
an image and touch .
3 From the options menu select
.
4 The image will appear on the
screen with its assigned image
name.
5 Touch to return to the
gallery.
6 The 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
it to be shown.
WARNING: Some
functions will not work properly
if the multimedia le 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.
1 Touch the photo you would like
to begin the slideshow twice to
open it.
2 Select 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
1 Touch the photo you want to set
as wallpaper to open it.
2 Touch the screen to open the
options menu.
3 Touch .
4 You can then change the size of
the picture.
5 When 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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Your photos and videos
Editing your photos
You can do lots of great things to
your photos to change them, add to
them or liven them up.
1 Open the photo you want to edit
and touch to bring up the
options.
2 Touch 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.
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Erase whatever you draw.
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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.
Touch to return to the
gallery.
Trimming the length of the
video
1 Open the video you want to edit,
select and touch .
2 Select and choose Trim.
3 Touch and set the new start
and end points using .
4 Touch the Save icon or,
alternatively, touch to return
to the gallery and discard the
changes.
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.
4 Touch and slide the photo
to move it to the end or the
beginning of the video.
5 Touch the Effect icon to choose
how the videos merge together:
None, Pan zoom, Uncover,
Checker board, Split, Shape
diamond, Oval, Blind or
Dissolve.
6 Press 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.
7 Repeat these steps to merge
more videos.
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Your photos and videos
Merging a photo with a video
1 Open the video you want to edit,
select and touch .
2 Select and choose Image
merge.
3 The My stuff folder will open.
Choose the photo you want to
merge with your video.
4 Touch and slide the photo
to move it to the end or the
beginning of the video.
5 Touch 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.
6 Press the Save icon followed by
Yes. Select whether to replace the
original file or save as a new file.
7 Repeat these steps to merge
more photos.
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Adding text to a video
1 Open the video you want to edit,
select and touch .
2 Select and choose Text
overlay.
3 Enter your text using the keypad
and select Save.
4 Touch and indicate when you
want the text to appear using
.
5 Touch the area of the screen
where you want the text to
appear and touch OK.
6 Touch to indicate when you
want the text to disappear.
7 Touch Preview to ensure you are
happy with the text overlay.
8 Touch the Save icon and choose
to save over the original file or as
a new file.
9 Repeat these steps to add more
text.
Overlaying a photo
1 Open the video you want to edit,
select and touch .
2 Select and choose Image
overlay.
3 The My stuff will open. Choose
the photo you want to overlay
your video.
4 Touch and indicate when you
want the photo to appear using
.
5 Touch 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.
6 Touch to mark when you
want the photo to disappear.
7 Touch Preview to ensure you are
happy with the photo overlay.
8 Touch the Save icon and choose
to save over the original file or as
a new file.
9 Repeat these steps to add more
photos.
Adding a voice recording
1 Open the video you want to edit,
select and touch .
2 Select and choose Voice
recording.
3 The quality of the original audio
will be affected by adding a voice
recording. Touch Yes to continue.
4 Touch 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.
6 Touch Preview to ensure you are
happy with the voice recording.
7 Touch the Save icon and choose
to save over the original file or as
a new file.
8 Repeat these steps to add more
voice recordings to the video.
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Your photos and videos
Adding a soundtrack to your
video
1 Open the video you want to edit,
select and touch .
2 Select and choose Audio
dubbing.
3 The My stuff will open. Choose
the track you want to add to your
video.
4 The original audio track on your
video will be erased. Touch Yes to
continue.
5 If the audio is shorter than the
video, choose whether to play it
Once or to Repeat it.
6 Select whether to replace the
original file or save as a new file.
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Changing the video speed
1 Open the video you want to edit,
select and touch .
2 Select and choose Time
scaling.
3 Select one of the four speed
options: x4, x2, x1/4, x1/2.
4 Select whether to replace the
original file or save as a new file.
NOTE: Only 3gp Video files can
be edited.
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