Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Owners Manual

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Best photo: takes 8 photographs in quick 
succession and allows you to select and save the 
best.
Best Face: takes 5 photographs in quick 
succession and selects th e best photograph based 
on open eyes, smiles, sudden movement, etc.
Face detection: double tap on a face to zoom in or 
out.
Panorama: takes a landscape photo by taking an 
initial photo and then adding additional images to 
itself. The guide box lets you view the area where 
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Flash: allows you to set the flash options to Off, On, or 
Auto flash.
Shooting mode: allows you to set the shooting mode.
Effects: allows you to change the color tone or apply 
special effects to the photo. Options include: No effect, 
Cold vintage, Warm vintage, Posterize, Solarize, Green 
point, Blue point, Red-yellow point, Washed out, 
Cartoonify, Black and white, Sepia, and Negative.
Scene mode: allows you to set the Scene to help take the 
best pictures possible. Options include None,...

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Outdoor visibility: allows you to maximize your photos 
taken while outdoors.
Auto contrast: provides a clear image even under 
backlight circumstances where intensity of 
illumination can vary excessively.
Guidelines: allows you to turn the guidelines On or Off.
Auto share shot: allows you to easily connect to the 
devices you want to share pictures with and then bring 
the devices back together (back to back) to connect 
them.
Anti-Shake: reduces image blur due to the movement 
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Viewing your Pictures
After you take a photo, you can access various options from 
the Image Viewer. The Image Viewer uses your Gallery. For 
more information, refer to “Gallery”  on page 99.
Using the Camcorder
In addition to taking photos, the camera also doubles as a 
camcorder that also allows you to record, view, and send 
videos.
Note: The camera may not be able to properly record videos to 
a memory card with a slow transfer speed.
Shooting Video
Tip: When shooting video in direct sunlight or...

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Pinch the screen to zoom out or pinch outwards to 
zoom in.
6. Tap the Video key ( ) to begin shooting video. The red 
light will blink while recording.
7. You can tap the screen to move the focus to the area 
you touch.
8. Tap   to turn on auto focus. This will automatically 
focus on the middle of the screen.
9. To capture an image from the video while recording, 
tap  . This feature is not available when the anti-
shake feature is activated.
10. Tap the Video key ( ) again to stop...

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Effects: allows you to change the color tone or apply 
special effects to the video. Options include: No effect, 
Cold vintage, Warm vintage, Posterize, Solarize, Green 
point, Blue point, Red-yellow point, Washed out, 
Cartoonify, Black and white, Sepia, and Negative.
Settings:
Edit shortcuts
: allows you to set shortcut icons for the 
settings that you use the most.
Self-recording: allows you to set the front camera so 
you can take videos of yourself or video chat.
Flash: allows you to set the...

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Viewing your Videos
After you take a video, you can access various options from 
the Image Viewer. The Image Viewer uses your Gallery and 
the Video Player. For more information, refer to “Gallery”  on 
page 99. Also, see“Video Player” on page 98.
White balance: allows you to set this option to one of the 
following choices: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, 
Incandescent, or Fluorescent.
Outdoor visibility: allows you to maximize your photos 
taken while outdoors.
Guidelines: allows you to...

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Section 7: Messaging
This section describes how to send and receive different 
types of messages. It also includes the features and 
functionality associated with messaging.
Types of Messages
Your phone provides the following message types:
Te x t  M e s s a g e s  
Multimedia (Picture, Video, and Audio) Messages 
Email and Gmail Messages
AT & T  M e s s a g e s
Google Talk
Google+ and Messenger Messages
ChatON
The Short Message Service (SMS) lets you send and receive 
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Note: The main Home screen initially contains the Messaging  icon. If you delete it, or if you want to access 
Messaging from another Home screen, you must tap 
Apps  ➔ Messaging .
2. Tap on the Enter recipient field to manually enter a 
recipient or tap   to select a recipient from your 
Contacts.
3. If adding a recipient from your Contacts, tap the 
contact to place a checkmark then tap 
Done.
The contact will be placed in the recipient field.
Note: For the Group option, if the nu...

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 Scheduled messages: displays the scheduled messages 
folder and its contents.
 Locked messages: displays the locked messages folder and 
its contents.
 Spam messages: displays the spam messages folder and its 
contents.
 Settings: allows you to access Messaging settings. For more 
information, refer to 
“Messaging Settings”  on page 116.
Options while composing a message
1. While composing a message, press   to reveal 
additional messaging options.
: allows you to call the contact. This option only...