The i button (playback mode)
Pressing the i button during playback zoom or full-frame or thumbnail playback displays the i menu for playback mode. Highlight items and press J or 2 to select.
Press the i button again to return to playback.
- During calendar playback, the i menu can be viewed by pressing the i button when thumbnails are displayed.
Photos
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| [Quick crop]1 | Save a copy of the current image cropped to the area visible in the display. This option is not available when RGB histograms are displayed (RGB histogram). |
| [Rating] | Rate the current picture (Rating pictures). |
| [Select for upload to smart device] | Select the current picture for upload (Select for upload). The option displayed varies with the type of device connected. |
| [Select for upload to computer] | |
| [Retouch] | Create a retouched copy of the current picture (N The retouch menu: Creating retouched copies). |
| [Choose folder] | Choose a folder for playback. Highlight a folder and press J to view the pictures it contains. |
| [Protect] | Add protection to or remove protection from the current picture (Protecting pictures from deletion). |
| [Unprotect all]2 | Remove protection from all pictures in the folder currently selected for [Playback folder] in the playback menu. |
| [Side-by-side comparison]3 | Compare retouched copies to the originals. |
- Available only during playback zoom.
- Not available during playback zoom.
- Available only when a retouched copy (indicated by a p icon) or the source picture for a retouched copy is selected.
[Side-by-side comparison]
Choose [Side-by-side comparison] to compare retouched copies with the unretouched originals.
| 1 | Options used to create copy |
|---|---|
| 2 | Source image |
| 3 | Retouched copy |
|---|
- The source image is displayed on the left, the retouched copy on the right.
- The options used to create the copy listed at the top of the display.
- Press 4 or 2 to switch between the source image and the retouched copy.
- If the copy is an overlay created from multiple source images, press 1 or 3 to view the other images.
- If the source has been copied multiple times, press 1 or 3 to view the other copies.
- To view the highlighted picture zoomed in, press and hold the X button.
- Press J to return to playback with the highlighted image displayed full-frame.
- To exit to playback, press the K button.
- The source image will not be displayed if the copy was created from a photograph that is now protected.
- The source image will not be displayed if the copy was created from a photograph that has since been deleted.
Videos
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| [Rating] | Rate the current video (Rating pictures). |
| [Select for upload to computer]* | Select the current video for upload (Select for upload). |
| [Volume control] | Adjust playback volume. |
| [Trim video] | Trim footage from the current video and save the edited copy in a new file (Choose start/end point). |
| [Choose folder] | Choose a folder for playback. Highlight a folder and press J to view the pictures it contains. |
| [Protect] | Add protection to or remove protection from the current video (Protecting pictures from deletion). |
| [Unprotect all] | Remove protection from all pictures in the folder currently selected for [Playback folder] in the playback menu. |
- It will not appear if the camera and computer have never been connected via wireless link.
Videos (playback paused)
| Option | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | [Choose start/end point] | Trim footage from the current video and save the edited copy in a new file (Choose start/end point). |
| 4 | [Save current frame] | Save a selected frame as a JPEG still (Save current frame). |
Select for upload
Follow the steps below to select the current picture for upload to a smart device or computer.
- The i menu items used to select pictures for upload vary with the type of device connected:
- [Select for upload to smart device]: Displayed when the camera is connected to a smart device via built-in Bluetooth using [Connect to smart device] in the setup menu (Connect to smart device).
- [Select for upload to computer]: Displayed when the camera is connected to a computer via built-in Wi-Fi using [Connect to computer] in the setup menu (Connect to computer).
- Videos cannot be selected for upload when the camera is connected to a smart device via the SnapBridge app.
- The maximum file size for videos uploaded by other means is 4 GB.
- Select the desired picture and press the i button.
- Highlight [Select for upload to smart device] or [Select for upload to computer] and press J.
The picture will be marked with a W icon.
Removing upload marking
To remove upload marking, repeat Steps 1 and 2.
Choose start/end point
Trim footage from the current video and save the edited copy in a new file.
- Display a video full frame.
- Pause the video on the new opening frame.
- Press the J button to start playback videos. Press 3 to pause.
- Your approximate position in the video can be ascertained from the video progress bar.
- Press 4 or 2 or rotate the main command dial to locate the desired frame.
- Select [Choose start/end point].
Press the i button, highlight [Choose start/end point], and press J. - Choose the start point.
To create a copy that begins from the current frame, highlight [Start point] and press J.
- Confirm the new start point.
- If the desired frame is not currently displayed, press 4 or 2 to advance or rewind.
- Rotate the main command dial one stop to skip ahead or back 10 s.
- Rotate the sub-command dial to skip to the last or first frame.
- Choose the end point.
- Press the A (g) button to switch to the end-point selection tool (x) and then select the closing frame (x) as described in Step 5.
- Press 1 to create the copy.
- Preview the copy.
- To preview the copy, highlight [Preview] and press J (to interrupt the preview and return to the save options menu, press 1).
- To abandon the current copy and return to Step 5, highlight [Cancel] and press J.
- Choose a save option.
- Choose [Save as new file] and press the J button to save the edited copy as a new file.
- To replace the original video with the edited copy, highlight [Overwrite existing file], press J, and then highlight [Yes] and press J.
Trimming videos
- The copy will not be saved if there is insufficient space available on the memory card.
- Videos less than two seconds long cannot be edited using [Choose start/end point].
- Copies have the same time and date of creation as the original.
Removing opening or closing footage
- To remove only the closing footage from a video, choose [End point] in Step 4, press the J button, and proceed to Step 7 without pressing the A (g) button in Step 6.
- To remove only the opening footage, proceed to Step 7 without pressing the A (g) button in Step 6.
The [Trim video] option (retouch menu)
Videos can also be edited using the [Trim video] item in the retouch menu.
Save current frame
Save a selected frame as a JPEG still.
- Pause the video on the desired frame.
- Press 3 to pause playback.
- Press 4 or 2 to locate the desired frame.
- Choose [Save current frame].
Press the i button, then highlight [Save current frame] and press J to create a JPEG copy of the current frame.
[Save current frame]
- Stills are saved at the dimensions selected for [Frame size/frame rate] in the video recording menu when the video was recorded.
- They cannot be retouched.
- Some categories of photo information are not displayed during playback.