Canon PowerShot SX260 HS User Guide

Image Categories
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Choose [Select Range].
zFollowing step 2 on p. 169, choose [Select 
Range] and press the m button.
Choose images.
zFollow steps 2 – 3 on p. 161 to specify 
images.
Choose a category.
zPress the p  button to choose the type of 
image, and then press the  qr buttons or turn 
the  5 dial to choose a category.
Finish the setup process.
zPress the p  button to choose [Select], and 
then press the  m button.
Selecting a Range
•You can clear the selection of all images in the [Select Range]...

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Save a copy of images at a lower resolution.
Choose [Resize].
zPress the n button, and then choose 
[Resize] on the  1 tab (p. 40).
Choose an image.
zPress the qr  buttons or turn the 5  dial to 
choose the image, and then press the  m 
button.
Choose an image size.
zPress the qr  buttons or turn the 5  dial to 
choose the size, and then press the  m 
button.
X[Save new image?] is displayed.
Save the new image.
zPress the qr  buttons or turn the  5
 dial to 
choose [OK], and then press the  m...

Editing Still Images
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You can specify a portion of an image to save as a separate image file.
Choose [Trimming].
zPress the n button, and then choose 
[Trimming] on the 1  tab (p. 40).
Choose an image.
zPress the qr buttons or turn the 5  dial to 
choose the image, and then press the  m 
button.
•
Editing is not possible for images saved as   in step 3.
• Images cannot be resized to a higher resolution.
Cropping
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Editing Still Images
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Adjust the cropping area.
XA frame is displayed around the portion of the 
image to be cropped.
XThe original image is shown in the upper left, 
and a preview of the image as cropped is 
shown in the lower right.
zTo resize the frame, move the zoom lever.zTo move the frame, press the opq buttons.zTo change the frame orientation, press the 
l button.
zFaces detected in the image are shown with 
gray frames around them (in the upper-left 
image), which can be used for cropping....

Editing Still Images
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You can adjust image colors and then save the edited image as a separate 
file. For details on each option, see p. 122.
Choose [My Colors].
zPress the n button, and then choose 
[My Colors] on the 1 tab (p. 40).
Choose an image.
zPress the qr  buttons or turn the 5  dial to 
choose the image, and then press the  m 
button.
Choose an option.
zPress the qr  buttons or turn the 5  dial to 
choose an option, and then press the  m 
button.
Save as a new image and review.
zFollow steps...

Editing Still Images
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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 corrected, to make subjects stand 
out better. Choose from four correction levels, and then save the image as a 
separate file.
Choose [i-Contrast].
zPress the n button, and then choose [i-
Contrast] on the  1 tab (p. 40).
Choose an image.
zPress the qr  buttons or turn the 5  dial to 
choose...

Editing Still Images
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Automatically corrects images affected by red-eye. You can save the 
corrected image as a separate file.
Choose [Red-Eye Correction].
zPress the n button, and then choose 
[Red-Eye Correction] on the  1 tab (p. 40).
Choose an image.
zPress the qr  buttons or turn the 5  dial to 
choose an image.
Correct the image.
zPress the m  button.XRed-eye detected by the camera is now 
corrected, and frames are displayed around 
corrected image areas.
zEnlarge or reduce images as needed....

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You can cut movies to remove unneeded portions at the beginning or end.
Choose *.
zFollowing steps 1 – 3 on p. 146, choose  * 
and press the  m button.
XThe movie editing panel and editing bar are 
now displayed.
Specify portions to cut.
zPress the op  buttons to choose   or  .zTo view the portions you can cut (identified by 
 on the screen), press the  qr buttons or 
turn the  5 dial to move  . Cut the beginning 
of the movie (from  ) by choosing  , and 
cut the end of the movie by choosing  .
zEven...

Editing Movies
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Save the edited movie.
zPress the op buttons to choose  , and 
then press the  m button.
zPress the op  buttons or turn the  5 dial 
to choose [New File], and then press the  m 
button.
XThe movie is now saved as a new file.
• To overwrite the original movie with the cut one, choose [Overwrite] 
in step 4. In this case, the original movie will be erased.
• [Overwrite] is only available when memory cards lack sufficient free 
space.
• Movies may not be saved if the battery runs out...

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