Casio Exilim Ex V8 Users Guide

171VIEWING SNAPSHOTS AND MOVIES
Use the following procedure to display a calendar, which shows 
the first image recorded on each date of a particular month. This 
screen helps to make searching for an image quicker and 
easier.
1.In the PLAY mode, 
slide the zoom 
controller towards 
[] ( ) twice.
This displays the calendar 
screen.
•You can also display the 
calendar by pressing 
[MENU], selecting the 
“PLAY” tab, selecting 
“Calendar”, and then 
pressing [X] to display the 
calendar.
•To exit the...

172VIEWING SNAPSHOTS AND MOVIES
IMPORTANT!
•Note following points about how certain editing functions of 
the camera affect the date with which the image is 
associated on the calendar screen.
Performing this type of 
editing operation:Will associate the resulting 
image with this date:
Keystone, Color 
Correction, Resize, 
Trimming, Copy, Layout 
Print, MOTION PRINTThe date that the editing 
operation was performed
Editing the date and time 
of an imageThe date that the original 
image was recorded...

173EDITING IMAGES
EDITING IMAGES
You can reduce the size of a snapshot and save the result as a 
separate snapshot. The original snapshot is also retained. You 
can resize a snapshot to any one of the following sizes.
*M stands for “Mega”, which means “million”.
1.In the PLAY mode, press [MENU].
2.On the “PLAY” tab, select “Resize” and then 
press [X].
3.Use [W] and [X] to scroll through images and 
display the one you want to resize.
4.Use [S] and [T] to select an image size, and 
then press [SET]....

174EDITING IMAGES
IMPORTANT!
•You cannot resize a VGA (640 × 480 pixels) size image.
•Resizing a snapshot shot with an aspect ratio of 3:2 will 
cause the left and right sides of the image to be cut off. The 
aspect ratio of the resulting image will be 4:3.
•The recording date of the resized version of the snapshot 
will be the same as the recording date of the original 
snapshot.You can crop a snapshot to trim parts you do not need, and save 
the result in a separate file. The original snapshot is also...

175EDITING IMAGES
4.Use the zoom controller to zoom, and [S], [T], 
[W], and [X] to move around the zoomed 
image to display the part you want to extract.
5.Press [SET] to extract the displayed part and 
save it as a separate file.
•To exit the cropping procedure at any time before you 
press [SET], press [MENU].
IMPORTANT!
•The image produced by cropping a 3:2 image will have an 
aspect ratio of 4:3.
•The recording date of the extracted image will be the same 
as the recording date of the original...

176EDITING IMAGES
4.Use [W] and [X] to 
select the candidate 
you want to correct.
5.Use [S] and [T] to select “Correct” and then 
press [SET].
•Select “Cancel” to exit the procedure without performing 
keystone correction.
IMPORTANT!
•If the original image is smaller than 2M (1600 × 1200 
pixels) size, the new (corrected) version will be the same 
size as the original one.
•When you display a corrected image on the camera’s 
monitor screen, the date and time indicate when the image 
was originally...

177EDITING IMAGES
6.Move the zoom controller up and down to 
zoom the cropping boundary.
7.Use [S], [T], [W], and [X] to move the 
selection boundary to the desired location and 
then press [SET].
The camera will correct color automatically and save the 
corrected image.
•If you do not want a border around the resulting image, 
select and area that is smaller than the original image.
•To exit color restoration without saving anything, press 
[MENU].
IMPORTANT!
•If the original image is smaller than 2M...

178EDITING IMAGES
Use the procedure in this section to change the date and time of 
a previously recorded image.
1.In the PLAY mode, use [W] and [X] to display 
the image whose date and time you want to 
edit.
2.Press [MENU].
3.On the “PLAY” tab, select “Date/Time” and 
then press [X].
4.Set the date and the time you want.
5.When all the settings are the way you want, 
press [SET] to apply them.
•After editing the time and date, display the image to 
confirm that the date and time are correct....

179EDITING IMAGES
Perform the following procedure to rotate the image (snapshot or 
movie) currently on the monitor screen. This feature comes in 
handy with a snapshot that you shot using portrait (vertical) 
orientation. After rotating a snapshot, you can return it to its 
original orientation, if you want.
•Note that this procedure does not actually change the image 
data. It simply alters how the image is displayed on the 
camera’s monitor screen.
1.In the PLAY mode, press [MENU].
2.On the “PLAY”...

180EDITING IMAGES
You can use the following procedure to insert snapshots into the 
frames of a layout and produce a new image that contains 
multiple snapshots.
1.In the PLAY Mode, use [W] and [X] to select 
the first snapshot you want to include in the 
layout.
2.Press [MENU].
3.On the “PLAY” tab, 
select “Layout Print”, 
and then press [X].
•This operation can be 
performed only while a 
snapshot is on the monitor 
screen.
4.Use [W] and [X] to 
select the type of 
layout you want and 
then press...