Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Gx8 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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You can add text (comments) to pictures. After text has been registered, it can be stamped 
in prints using [Text Stamp]  (P271).
1Select the menu.  (P63)
2Select the picture.  (P261)
•[ ’] is displayed for pictures with titles already registered.
3Enter the text.  (P84)
•Exit the menu after it is set.
•To delete the title, erase all the text in the text input scree n.•You can print out texts (comments) using the “ PHOTOfunSTUDIO ” b undled software on the 
DVD (supplied).
•You can set up to 100 pictures at one time with [Multi].
Not available in these cases:
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This function is not available in the following cases:–Motion pictures
–4K burst files–Images recorded with [Quality] set to [ ], [ ] or [ ]
You can stamp recording information on recorded images.
1Select the menu.  (P63)
2Select the picture.  (P261)
•[ ‘ ] appears on screen if the picture is stamped with text.
3Press  3/4  to select [Set], and then press [MENU/SET].
[Title Edit]
>  [Playback]  > [Title Edit]  > [Single]/[Multi]
[Text Stamp]
>  [Playback]  > [Text Stamp]  > [Single]/[Multi]
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4Press 3/4  to select text stamp items, and then press [MENU/SET].5Press  3/4  to select the settings, and then press [MENU/SET].
6Press [ ] to return to the previous screen.7Press  3 to select [OK], and then press [MENU/SET].
•Confirmation screen is displayed. It is executed when [Yes] is  selected.
Exit the menu after it is executed.
[Shooting Date] [W/O TIME]:
Stamp the year, month and date.
[WITH TIME]: Stamp the year, month, day, hour and minutes.
[OFF]
[Name] []
([Face 
Recognition])
:Name registered in [Face Recog.] will be 
stamped.
[]
([Baby/Pet]) :Name registered in [Profile Setup] will be 
stamped.
[OFF]
[Location] [ON]:
Stamps the travel destination name set under 
[Location].
[OFF]
[Travel Date] [ON]:
Stamps the travel date set under [Travel Date].
[OFF]
[Title] [ON]:
Title input in the [Title Edit] will be stamped.
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•When you print pictures stamped with text, the date will be printed over the stamped text if you 
specify printing of the date at the photo shop or on the printer.
•You can set up to 100 pictures at one time in [Multi].•The picture quality may deteriorate when text stamping is carri ed out.
•Depending on the printer being used, some characters may be cut  at printing. Check before 
printing.
•When you stamp pictures in a group, the stamped ones are saved  separately from the original 
ones in the group.
Not available in these cases:
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This function is not available in the following cases:–Motion pictures–4K burst files
–Pictures taken in Panorama Shot Mode–Pictures recorded without setting the clock and title–Pictures stamped with [Text Stamp]
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Recorded motion picture can be divided in two. It is recommended for when you want to 
divide a part you need with a part you do not need.
Dividing a motion picture is permanent. Decide before you divid e!
1Select the menu. (P63)
2Press 2/1  to select the motion picture to divide, and then press [MENU/S ET].
Not available in these cases:
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Avoid trying to divide motion pi cture near the very beginning or end of the motion picture.
•This function is not available in the following case:–Motion pictures with a short recording time
[Video Divide]
> [Playback]  > [Video Divide]
3Press  3 at the location to divide.
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You can finely adjust the location for division by pressing 
2 /1 while the motion picture is paused.
4Press  4.
•Confirmation screen is displayed. It is executed when 
[Yes] is selected.
Exit the menu after it is executed.
•Motion picture may be lost if the card or battery is removed 
while processing the dividing.
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This function allows you to create a motion picture from a picture group recorded with 
[Time Lapse Shot].
The created motion picture is saved in MP4 recording format.
1Select the menu.  (P63)
2Select the [Time Lapse Shot] picture group with  2/1 , and then press [MENU/
SET].
3Create a motion picture by selecting the methods for creating i t.
•The steps are the same as those for creating a motion picture f ollowing the recording of 
[Time Lapse Video] .
Refer to step 
5 onwards on  P198 for details.
Also refer to the notes on  P199 for created motion pictures.
A Motion picture is created from group pictures taken with [Sto p Motion Animation].
Created motion pictures are saved in MP4 recording format.
1Select the menu.  (P63)
2Select the Stop Motion Animation group with  2/1 , and then press [MENU/SET] .3Create a motion picture by selecting the methods for creating i t.
•The steps are the same as those for creating a motion picture f ollowing the recording of 
[Stop Motion Animation] .
Refer to step 
8 onwards on  P202 for details.
Also refer to the notes on  P203 for created motion pictures.
[Time Lapse Video]
> [Playback]  > [Time Lapse Video]
[Stop Motion Video]
>  [Playback]  > [Stop Motion Video]
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To allow easy posting to web pages, attachment to e-mail etc., picture size (number of 
pixels) is reduced.
1Select the menu.  (P63)
[Resize]
> [Playback]  > [Resize]  > [Single]/[Multi]
2Select the picture and size.
[Single] setting
1 Press  2/1  to select the picture, and then press 
[MENU/SET].
2 Press  3/4  to select the size, and then press 
[MENU/SET].
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Confirmation screen is displayed. It is executed when 
[Yes] is selected.
Exit the menu after it is executed.
[Multi] setting
1 Press  3/4  to select the size, and then press 
[MENU/SET].
2 Press  3/4 /2/ 1 to select the picture, and then 
press [MENU/SET] to set (repeat).
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The setting is canceled when [MENU/SET] is pressed 
again.
3 Press  2 to select [OK], and then press [MENU/SET] 
to execute.
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Confirmation screen is displayed. It is executed when 
[Yes] is selected.
Exit the menu after it is executed.
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•You can set up to 100 pictures at one time in [Multi].
•The picture quality of the resized picture will deteriorate.
Not available in these cases:
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This function is not available in the following cases:–Motion pictures–4K burst files
–Pictures taken in Panorama Shot Mode–Group Pictures–Pictures stamped with [Text Stamp]
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You can enlarge and then clip the important part of the recorded picture.
1Select the menu. (P63)
2Press 2/1  to select the picture, and then press [MENU/SET].3Use the rear dial and press  3/4 /2/ 1 to select the parts to be cropped.
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You can also touch [ ]/[ ] to enlarge/reduce.
•You can also move by dragging on the screen.
4Press [MENU/SET].
•Confirmation screen is displayed. It is executed when [Yes] is  selected.
Exit the menu after it is executed.
•The picture quality of the cropped picture will deteriorate.
•Crop one picture at a time when you want to crop the pictures in a picture group.
(You cannot edit all pictures in a group at once.)
•When you crop pictures in a group, the cropped ones are saved s eparately from the original 
ones in the group.
•Information regarding the Face Recognition in the original pict ure will not be copied to images 
having undergone [Cropping].
Not available in these cases:
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This function is not available in the following cases:
–Motion pictures–4K burst files–Pictures taken in Panorama Shot Mode
–Pictures stamped with [Text Stamp]–Pictures taken with [ ]
[Cropping]
>  [Playback]  > [Cropping]
Rear dial (right): Enlargement
Rear dial (left): Reduction
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This mode allows you to automatically display pictures vertically if they were recorded 
holding the camera vertically or rotate pictures manually in 90 o steps.
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The [Rotate] function is disabled when [Rotate Disp.] is set to  [OFF].
1Select the menu. (P63)
2Press 2/1  to select the picture and then press [MENU/SET].
•The [Rotate] function is disabled for Group Pictures.
3Select the rotation direction.
:
The picture rotates clockwise in steps of 90 o.
:
The picture rotates counter-clockwise in steps of 90o .
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Exit the menu after it is set.
Select the menu.  (P63)
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The pictures are displayed without being rotated when you selec t [OFF].
•Exit the menu after it is set.
Not available in these cases:
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When you play back pictures on a PC, they cannot be displayed i n the rotated direction unless 
the OS or software is compatible with Exif.
Exif is a file format for still pictures which allows recording  information etc. to be added. It was 
established by “JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Techno logy Industries Association)”.
•[Rotate Disp.] may not work on a screen that plays back multiple pictures, such as the one 
displayed after [Delete Multi] is selected.
[Rotate]/[Rotate Disp.]
[Rotate] (The picture is rotated manually)
> [Playback]  > [Rotate]
[Rotate Disp.] (The picture is automatically rotated and displa yed)
>  [Playback]  > [Rotate Disp.] >  [ON]
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You can do the following if a mark has been added to pictures and they have been set as 
favorites.
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Play back the pictures set as favorites only as a slide show.•Play back only the pictures set as favorites. ([Favorite Play])
•Delete all the pictures not set as favorites. ([All Delete Except Favorite])
1Select the menu. (P63)
2Select the picture.  (P261)
•Exit the menu after it is set.
∫ Canceling all the [Favorite] settings
Select the menu.  (P63)
•
Confirmation screen is displayed . It is executed when [Yes] is selected.
Exit the menu after it is executed.
•In [Playback Mode], the [Cancel] is disabled.
•You can set up to 999 pictures as favorites.•When you set pictures in a group as [Favorite], the number of y our [Favorite] pictures is 
displayed on the [Favorite] icon of the group’s top picture.
Not available in these cases:
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This function is not available in the following case:
–Pictures taken with [ ]
[Favorite]
>  [Playback]  > [Favorite]  > [Single]/[Multi]
>  [Playback]  > [Favorite]  > [Cancel]MENU
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