Canon G3x Owners Manual

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Tagging Images as Favorites
 Still Images  Movies
You can organize images by tagging them as favorites. By choosing a 
category in filtered playback, you can restrict the following operations to 
all of those images.
 ●“Viewing” ( = 106), “Viewing Slideshows” ( = 115), “Protecting 
Images” ( = 116), “Erasing Images” ( = 118), “Adding Images to 
the Print List (DPOF)” ( = 183), “Adding Images to a Photobook” 
( = 185)
 z
Press the [] button, and then choose 
[] in the menu ( = 30).
 z
To untag the...

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Convenient Control: Assigned Buttons
You can quickly and easily activate functions that you assign to the [] 
button.
1 Choose [Set Shortcut button].
 z Press the [] button, and then 
choose [Set Shortcut button] on the 
[
6] tab ( = 31).
2 Configure the setting.
 z
Press the [][] buttons or turn the [] 
dial to choose a function to assign, and 
then press the [
] button.
3 Use the assigned function as 
needed.
 z Press the [] button to activate the 
assigned function.
 ● To restore default settings,...

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2 Assign a function to a Touch Action.
 zPress the [][] buttons or turn the [] 
dial to choose a dragging pattern, and 
then press the [
] button.
 z Press the [][] buttons or turn the [] 
dial to choose a function to assign.
Assignable Functions
Favorites Tag images as favorites, or untag the image.
Next Favorite Switch to displaying the next image tagged as 
a favorite.
Previous Favorite Switch to displaying the previous image tagged 
as a favorite.
Next Date Switch to displaying the first image...

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3 Review the new image.
 zPress the [][] buttons or turn the [] 
dial to choose [Yes], and then press the 
[
] button.
 z The saved image is now displayed.
 ● Editing is not possible for images shot at a recording pixel setting 
of []. ●RAW images cannot be edited.
 ●Images cannot be resized to a higher number of recording pixels.
 ●You can also view saved images by touching [Yes] on the screen 
in step 3.
Using the Menu
1 Choose [Resize].
 zPress the [] button and choose 
[Resize] on the [3] tab ( =...

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3 Preview the cropped image.
 zTurn the [] dial to choose [].
 zTo switch display between the cropped 
image and the cropping frame, press the 
[
] button repeatedly.
4 Save as a new image and review.
 zTurn the [] dial to choose [], and then 
press the [] button.
 z Follow steps 2 – 3 in “Resizing Images” 
(= 124).
 ●
Editing is not possible for images shot at a recording pixel setting 
of [] or resized to [] (= 124). ●
RAW images cannot be edited. ●Cropped images cannot be cropped again. ●Cropped...

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 ●The color of images edited using this function may vary slightly 
from the color of images shot using My Colors ( = 85).
 ●
You can also configure this setting by touching an option to select 
it on the screen in step 3 and then touching it again.
Correcting Image Brightness (i-Contrast)
 Still Images  Movies
Excessively dark image areas (such as faces or backgrounds) can be 
detected and automatically adjusted to the optimal brightness. Insufficient 
overall image contrast is also automatically...

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4 Save as a new image and review.
 zPress the [][][][] buttons or turn 
the [] dial to choose [New File], and 
then press the [] button.
 z The image is now saved as a new file.
 zPress the [] button, and then follow 
step 3 in “Resizing Images” ( = 124).
 ●
Some images may not be corrected accurately. ●To overwrite the original image with the corrected image, choose 
[Overwrite] in step 4. In this case, the original image will be 
erased.
 ●Protected images cannot be overwritten. ●RAW images cannot...

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3 Review the edited movie.
 zPress the [][] buttons to choose 
[], and then press the [] button. The 
edited movie is now played.
 z To edit the movie again, repeat step 2.
 zTo cancel editing, press the [] 
button, choose [OK] (either press the 
[
][] buttons or turn the [] dial), and 
then press the [] button.
4 Save the edited movie.
 z Press the [][] buttons to choose [], 
and then press the [] button.
 z Press the [][][][] buttons or turn 
the [] dial to choose [New File], and 
then press the []...

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Editing Digest Movies
 Still Images  Movies
Individual chapters (clips) (= 37) recorded in [] mode can be 
erased, as needed. Be careful when erasing clips, because they cannot 
be recovered.
1 Select the clip to erase.
 z Play a movie recorded in [] mode 
as described in “Viewing Short Movies 
Created When Shooting Still Images 
(Digest Movies)” ( =
 109), and then 
press the [] button to access the movie 
control panel.
 z Press the [][] buttons or turn the [] 
dial to choose [] or [], and then...

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1 Choose an image.
 zChoose an image in single-image display.
 zThemes available in step 3 will vary 
depending on image shooting date and 
Face ID information.
2 Access the home screen.
 zPress the [] button.
 zAfter [Busy] is displayed, the home 
screen is displayed.
3 Preview an album.
 zPress the [][] buttons to choose a 
person or [Date] or [Event] as the album 
theme, and then press the [
] button.
 z After [Loading] is displayed for a few 
seconds, the album is played.
4 Save the album....