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– Best photo : Allows you to select the best shot from 
multiple shots you take at the same time. 
– Continuous shot : Captures a series of photo 
continuously at a rate of 3 per second for as long as 
you touch and hold the Capture button (maximum of 
20 photos at a time). These photos are saved 
together as a group in a folder in Gallery. 
– Best face : Allows you to select the best shot of each 
subject, to get the best possible group shot. 
– Sound & shot : Adds a few seconds of background 
sound to enhance pictures. 
– Rich tone (HDR) : Allows you to take pictures in 
various exposures and merge them to create pictures 
with rich color. 
– Panorama : Take multiple pictures to merge into one 
expansive panoramic picture. 
– Sports : Allows you to capture clear shots of a 
moving subject. 
– Night : Allows you to take cleare r, brighter pictures in 
low light. 
Quick Camera Settings 
Use Quick settings to quickly configure settings while you 

take pictures and record videos.
  1.  To u c h  Apps ➔ Camera . 
2. 
Touch  to access settings: 
•  Advanced settings : Touch  to access advanced 
camera settings. 
•Flash : To

uch to choose a fl

ash setting. 
•  Voice control : Touch to access voice control 
s

ettings, for usin

g voice commands to take pictures and 
record video. For more information, refer to “S Voice” 
on page 113
. 
•Timer : Touch to choose a timer setting to delay 
the taking of pictures or recording. 
• 
Recording mode: Touch to choose a mode for 
recording. Choose Limit for MMS  to restrict 
recordings to a size that can be attached to a 
multimedia message. Choose  Normal to control the 
speed of recording. 
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 •Share : Touch to choose a method for sharing 
pictures and videos. You ca n choose Share shot, Buddy 
photo share, ChatON photo share, or Remote 
viewfinder. 
•  Hide Settings : Touch 
 to hide Quick camera settings. 
Advanced Camera Settings 
Use Advanced settings to configure default options for
 
pictures and videos.
 
1.  Touch  
Apps  ➔ Camera . 
2.  From the Camera screen, touch 
 and then touch 
 for these settings: 
• Photos 
– Photo size : Choose the default size for pictures. 
– Face detection : Set the camera to automatically 
adjust settings for taking pictures of faces. 
– Metering modes : Set how the camera measures 
the light source. 
– ISO : Set the sensitivity of  the camera's light meter. 
– Anti-Shake: Allow the camera to compensate for 
movement of the phone  when taking pictures. 
– Save as: Select how your device should handle 
saving rich tone photos-save both the Rich tone 
photo and the original photo, or save only the Rich 
tone photo. This option is only accessible when you 
have selected Rich tone (HDR) from the camera 
modes. 
• 
Videos 
– Video size : Choose the default size for videos. 
• General Settings 
– Location tag: Store location information in picture 
files. 
– Review pics/videos : Set pictures to display briefly 
after you take them so you can review them. 
– Volume Key : Choose a function for the Volume Key 
while using the Camera, such as the Zoom key, the 
Camera key, or the Record key. 
– Timer : Set a timer to delay the taking of pictures or 
recording. 
– White balance : Choose a setting for current light 
conditions. 
– Exposure value : Adjust the brightness of pictures. 
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– Guidelines : Display guidelines on  the screen to aid 
in composition. 
– Flash : Choose a flash setting. 
– Voice control : Take pictures or record videos by 
speaking commands. For more information, refer to 
“S Voice”  on page 113
. 
– Contextual filename : Add location information to 
filenames. Location tag must be enabled to use 
contextual filenames. 
– Storage : If you have an optional memory card 
installed (not included), you can choose whether to 
save files to device memory  or to the memory card. 
– Reset: Return settings to the factory defaults. 
Galler y 
Using the Gallery application, you can view pictures and 
watch videos that you've taken with your phone's camera, 
downloaded, or copied to an  optional memory card (not 
included). 
For pictures stored on an optional memory card, you can do 
basic editing such as rotating and cropping. You can also set 
a picture as your contact picture or wallpaper and share 
pictures with your friends. 
While viewing pictures in the Gallery, scroll up the screen to 
view more albums. Simply touch an album to view the 
photos or videos in that album. 
If you have pictures or videos stored on an optional memory 
card (not included), they will be displayed in the folders they 
are stored in, and the folders are treated as albums. The 
actual folder names will be used as the album names. If you 
have downloaded any photos and videos, these will be 
placed in the  All downloads album. 
Note:  To u c h 
Menu  ➔ Help  to learn about Gallery. 
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  to launch the Camera app. 
1. Touch  Apps ➔  Gallery . 
2.	  Browse files stored in your phone's memory, or on an 
optional installed memor
y card (not included). 
From the main Gallery screen, you have these options: 
•  Touch the menu in the toolbar to display files by 
Albums, All, Locations, People, or Favorites. 
•  Touch a picture or video to display it in full screen view. 
•  Touch and hold thumbnails to select them (indicated by 
a check mark). 
• 
Touch  to create a New album. Give the album a 
name, and then select and  drag thumbnails to the 
album to move or copy  files to the new album. 
•  Touch
•  Touch   for Gallery options (opt

ions may vary 
depending on the view): 
– Select album/Select item : Depending on the view, 
touch albums or items to select them. After selection, 
you can touch  again for options you can use 
with the selected item. 
– Slideshow : Choose options to create a slideshow for 
viewing your pictures and videos. 
– Content to display : Choose albums to display, such 
as All content, Content in the device, and so on. 
– Sort by oldest/latest : Sort items by date (All view 
only). 
– Scan for nearby devices : Scan for Wi-Fi devices to 
share photos and videos. 
– Show/Hide nearby devices : Displays Wi-Fi 
devices that are nearby. 
– Settings : Configure Gallery settings. 
– Help: Get help using Gallery. 
View Photos and Videos 
After selecting an album fr om the Albums tab, you can 
browse the photos and videos  of that album. Touch a photo 
or video to view it fullscreen. 
1.	  To u c h    Apps ➔  Gallery . 
2.	  Touch a thumbnail to view the photo or video. While 
viewing, you can use these options: 
• Select device : Send the photo or video to a nearby 
device. 
•Share via : Choose an option for sharing the photo or 
video. 
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•Trim
: Remove the beginning and ending frames of a 
video. 
•Delete : Delete the photo or video. 
•Camera : Launch the Camera app. 
3.  Touch 
 for more options (options may vary 
according to item being viewed): 
•Edit : Edit the photo. 
•  Play continuous shot: View Continuous shot photos 
in quick secession. 
•  Create anim ated photo: Create an animated photo 
using up to eight Conti nuous shot photos. 
•Favorite : Mark the photo or video as a favorite. 
•  Slideshow : View a slideshow of your photos and 
videos. 
•Photo frame : Add a decorative frame to the photo. 
•  Photo note : Write a note on the 'back' of the photo. 
•  Copy to clipboard : Place the photo on the clipboard 
for pasting into other apps. 
•Print : Print the photo to a compatible Samsung Wi-Fi 
printer (not included). 
•Rename : Rename the photo or video.  • 
Buddy photo share : Share the photo with people 
tagged in the photo. 
•Rotate left : Rotate the photo 90 degrees to the left. 
•Rotate right : Rotate the photo 90 degrees to the right. 
•Crop : Crop the photo. 
•Set as : Set the photo as a  Contact photo, or as 
wallpaper for the Home screen and Lock screen. 
•  Details : View file details ab out the photo or video. 
•  Settings : 
– SNS data management : Enable Sync only via 
Wi-Fi to only sync photos and videos when 
connected to a Wi-Fi network. 
– Ta g s : Enable  Tag buddy  and Face tag . Tag buddy 
identifies each photo with information such as the 
weather, location, people  in the photo, or date 
created. Face tag scans each photo to detect 
people's faces, which you can then tag with 
their name. 
– Sound & shot : Enable Auto play sound  to 
automatically play the recorded sound when viewing 
pictures taken in Sound & shot mode. 
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Zoom In or Out on a Photo 
There are two ways you can zoom in or out of a photo. 
� 	Touch the screen twice quic kly to zoom in and then 
touch the screen twice qu ickly again to zoom out. 
– or – 
You can also use “pinch” and “spread” gestures to 
zoom in or out. For more information, refer to  “Pinch 
and Spread”  on page 23
. 
Editing a Photo 
The Photo editor app provides  basic editing functions for 
pictures that you take on your  phone. Along with basic image 
tuning like brightness, contrast,  and color it also provides a 
wide variety of effects us ed for editing the picture. 
1.	  Touch   Apps ➔  Gallery . 
2.	  Select a folder location and touch a file to open it. 
3.	  With the image displayed, press  Menu ➔ Edit  to 
launch the Photo editor. 
4.	  Touch and hold the image  then select an option:  • 
Selection mode : Use several onscreen selection 
options, such as Select area, Inverse selection, 
Selection size, and Selection mode (Magnetic, Lasso, 
Brush, Round, and Square). 
•  Select all : Select the entire area of the current image. 
•  Clipboard : Copy the currently selected are to your 
device’s clipboard. 
5.	 
Use the following editor controls to edit your
  picture: 
Previous
: Display the previous photo project. 
Next : Display the next photo project. 
Cancel : Close the currently displayed photo. 
Save : Save this photo to the memory card. 
Rotate : Rotate a photo in all 

4 directions. You can 
also mirror image the photo. 
Crop : Crop (cut-out) an area of a photo. 
Color : Auto adjust color, Brightness, Contrast, 
Saturation, Adjust RGB, Temperature, Exposure, 
and Hue of a photo. 
Effect : Add various effects to your photo. 
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							Portrait: Apply various face correction effects 
such as Red-eye fix, Airbrush face, Face 
brightness, Out-of-focus, Beauty face, Face 
reshape, or Spot healing. 
Sticker : Place various pre-created onscreen 
stickers on top the of current image. 
Drawing : Draw on the picture using a brush, 
pen, or eraser. 
Frame: Place a pre-created border style on top of 
the current image. 
6.	 Press to access the following options: 
•  Save as : Rename your current image and save it. 
•  Select image : Choose a new image for editing. 
•T

ake picture : Activate the camera and take a new 
image for editing. 
•Share via : Share your saved pho to via Bluetooth, 
Email, Flipboard, Gmail, Google+, Group Play, 
Hangouts, Messaging, Picasa, S Memo, or Wi-Fi Direct. 
•Set as : Set the current image as a Contact photo, or as 
wallpaper for the Home and/or Lock screens. Sharing Pictures and Video 
You can share pictures and videos via Email, Messaging, 

Bluetooth, or popular sharing services.
  1.	  To u c h    Apps ➔  Gallery . 
2.	  Touch an album to display preview. Touch  Menu 
➔  Select item , and then touch previews to mark them 
for sharing. 
3.	  To u c h   Share via and follow the prompts. 
Setting a Picture as a Contact Photo 
Set a picture as a contact’ s photo. The contact’s photo 

displays with notifications to calls or messages from the 

contact.
 
1.	  To u c h    Apps ➔  Gallery . 
2.	  Touch a category, and then touch a picture to select it. 
3.	  To u c h    Menu ➔ Set as  ➔ Contact photo . 
4.	  Select a contact, or create a new contact, with the 
selected picture as the contact’s photo. 
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							Setting a Picture as Wallpaper 
Set a picture as the wallpaper for the Home and Lock 

screens.
 1.	  Touch   Apps ➔  Gallery . 
2.	  Touch a category, and then touch a picture to select it. 
3.	  Touch   Menu ➔ Set as . 
4.	  Select an option, from Home screen, Lock screen, or 
Home and lock screens wallpaper. Use the crop tool to 
edit the picture. Touch Done . 
Video Player 
The Video Player app plays video  files (3GP or MP4) stored on 
your phone or on an opti onal microSD memory card. 
1.	  Touch   Apps ➔ Video . All videos that you have 
on your phone and memory card display. 
2.	  Touch the video that you want to play. 
3.	  The following video controls are available:
 
Pause the video.
 
Start the video after being paused. 
Press and hold to rewind the video. Touch to go 
to previous video.  Press and hold to fast-forward the video. 
Touch to

 go to next video. 
Streams the current mu sic file to another 
device via Change player. 
Volume control. 
Volume control showing volume muted. 
Full-screen in  ratio view. The video is enlarged 
as much as possible without becoming 
distorted. 
Full-screen view. The entire screen is used, 
which may cause some minor distortion. 
Original size view. The video will be played in 
its original size. 
Stretch to fit. The video is enlarged to fit the 
screen without becoming distorted. 
Play a video as a small pop-up while viewing 
another screen. Touch and drag the pop-up 
video to the desired location on the screen. 
Double-tap the pop-up to return to full 
screen mode. 
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   Note:  The screen view icons are a  four-way toggle. The icon 
that is displayed, is the mode that will display after the 
icon is touched. 
Menu  for options: 
4.  While viewing the list, touch 
• Scan for nearby devices : Scan for available devices 
for sharing videos. 
•Sort by : Display videos by Title (default), Date, Size, or 
Ty p e . 
•View as : View videos in a list, thumbnail, or folder 
format. 
•Share via : Share the video. Touc h an option, such as 
Bluetooth, and follow the onscreen instructions. 
•Delete : Touch videos to select them for deletion or 
touch  Select all  to delete all videos. 
•  Auto play next : Touch to enable or disable automatic 
playing of videos in the order they appear.  5. 
During playback, touch 
Menu for options: 
•Share via : Share the video. Touc h an option, such as 
Bluetooth, and follow the  onscreen instructions. 
•  Chapter preview : If chapter information is recorded in 
the video file, display the chapters. Touch a chapter to 
begin playing the video at that point. 
•Trim : Use the sliders at the bottom of the screen to trim 
the video. 
•  Via Bluetooth : Turn Bluetooth on to use Bluetooth 
services. 
•Video auto off : Set the option Off or set your video to 
turn off automatically by touching one of the time 
values. 
•  Subtitles (CC) : Add closed captioning subtitles to your 
videos. Touch Settings  and follow the onscreen 
instructions. 
•  Settings : View additional video settings. 
•  Details : Provides details about the video, such as 
Name, Size, Resolution, and so on. 
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Play Movies & TV 
Watch movies and TV shows purchased from Google Play. 
You can stream them instantly,  or download them for viewing 
when you’re not connected to th e Internet. You can also view 
videos saved on your device. 
Visit 
play.google.com/about/movies to learn more. 
Note: This app requires a Google  Account. 
� To u c h Apps ➔ Play Movies & TV . 
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