Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Owners Manual

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Section 5: Pictures and Videos
This section explains features related to the use of the 
camera and camcorder on your phone. You can take 
photographs and shoot video by using the built-in camera 
functionality. Your 13 megapixel camera produces photos in 
JPEG format. 
Important! Do not take photos of people without their  permission.
Do not take photos in places where cameras are 
not allowed.
Do not take photos in places where you may 
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7.
While viewing a picture, after you have taken it, pinch 
the screen outwards to zoom in or pinch the screen 
inwards to zoom out.
You can magnify the picture up to x4.
8. Press   to return to the viewfinder. 
Taking Dual Camera Photos
With the Dual Camera feature,  you can take a picture with 
both the front and rear cameras at the same time.
To take a Dual Camera picture:
1. From the camera viewfinder, tap the Dual Camera icon 
 located at the top left side of the screen.
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Camera Modes
There are many different camera modes that you can use to 
help optimize your photos de pending on the conditions and 
your experience.
1. From the camera viewfinder, tap the Mode button 
 
to change the mode to one of the following:
–Auto: Automatically adjusts your camera to optimize color and 
brightness. This is the default setting
–Beauty face: Use this to take photos with lightened faces for 
gentler images.
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–Surround shot: Use this to take a 360-degree pictures that are 
then used to create a spherical panorama.
–Sports: Use this to take fast action photos.
Quick Settings
Tap   at the top of the display to quickly change 
Camera settings. Not all of the  following options are available 
in both still camera and video camera modes. The available 
options vary by mode.
Camera and Camcorder Settings
This section describes the diff erent settings that you can 
configure on your camera. Not all of the...

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 Metering: allows you to set how the camera measures or 
meters the light source: Center-weighted, Matrix, or Spot.
: determines how sensitive the light meter is on your digital 
camera. Choose from Auto, 100, 200, 400, or 800. Use a 
lower ISO number to make your camera less sensitive to light, a 
higher ISO number to take photos with less light, or Auto to let 
the camera automatically adjust the ISO for each of your shots.
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 Guidelines: Display viewfinder guides to help composition 
when selecting subjects.
: activate or deactivate the flash.
 Voice control: activates/deactivates voice control feature that 
allows you to verbally take a photo.
 Contextual filename: allows you to have your location added 
as part of the filename. You must first activate GPS tag 
described above.
 Save as flipped: when set to On, this option allows you to take 
and save a mirror-image video when using self-recording 
mode.
: Select the...

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: copies the currently selected area to your device’s 
clipboard.
5. Use the following editor controls to edit your picture:
6.Press 
 to access the following options:
: allows you to rename your current image and save it 
to your gallery.
 Select image: allows you to select a new image for editing. 
 Take picture: allows you to activate the camera and take a 
new image for editing. 
Previous: move to previous photo project.
Next: move to next photo project.
Cancel: exits the...

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: allows you to share your saved photo via AT&T 
Locker, Bluetooth, ChatON, Email, Flipboard, Gmail, Google+, 
Group Play, Hangouts, Messaging, PEN.UP, Picasa, S Note, 
Scrapbook, or Wi-Fi Direct.
: assigns the currently saved image as either a: Contact 
photo, Home and lock screens, Home screen, or Lock screen.
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.
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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 82. Also, see  “Video” on page 199.
Galler y
The Gallery is where you view photos and play back videos. 
For photos, you can also perform basic editing tasks, view a 
slideshow, set photos as wallpaper or contact image, and 
share as a picture message.
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Viewing Videos
Note: If no control icons are displayed on the screen in 
addition to the picture, tap anywhere on the screen to 
display them.
1. Tap a video to select it. 
2. Tap   to play the video.
3. Press   for additional options.
For video player controls, see  “Video” on page 199.
Using S Beam to Share Pictures
This feature (when activated vi a NFC) allows you to beam 
large files directly to another compatible device that is in 
direct contact. These files can  be larger, such as Videos, HD...