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Tip #10 - Photos and Video
In This Tip:   Take Better Pictures    Share Your Pictures   

Welcome to our DROID tips and tricks!  Much of this content is pulled directly from our DROID Made Simple book which you can buy online at amazon.com and many fine bookstores around the world.

With the new 5 megapixel camera which you can use for both still photos and take High Definition HD videos, your DROID is packed with great imaging capabilities.  In this message we show how to take better pictures with your DROID camera and how to share your pictures.  In our book, we show you how to really polish your videos right on your DROID using the iMovie app ($4.99 in the App Store).   

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Martin Trautschold       Gary Mazo    Other titles:       Click here to check out the book
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Adjust the Brightness and Zooming

You may not be aware that you can tap the screen to adjust the light balance to better show the tapped area.  Also, when you tap the screen, you see the zoom slider appear along the bottom.

Adjust Focus Area and Light Balance and Zoom 1. Tap the Camera icon.
2. Tap the screen anywhere to adjust the light balance for that area.  (See figure).
3. Tapping inside the house adjusts the light balance for the inside.
4. Tapping through the window to the outside, adjusts the light balance to better take an outdoor picture.
5. Slide the zoom slider bar to adjust the zoom level.

TIP: This same 'touch for light balance' works when you are taking videos as well!

Source: Chapter 17: DROID Photography,  DROID Made Simple

Sharing Your Pictures or Videos

Now that you can take great pictures and videos with your DROID, you will want to be able to share them with your friends and loved ones.  It's easy to do.

1. Tap the Photos icon.
2. Tap any album to open it.
3. Tap a photo or video to view it.
4. Tap the photo just once to bring up the controls along the bottom and tap the Send button Send Button in the lower left corner.
5. Now you can select from the following:
- Email Photo (Send as part of an email message)
- MMS (Send as part of a Multi-media message to a phone number)
- Send to MobileMe (you will only see this if you use MobileMe)

Email Photo

Source: Chapter 17: DROID Photography, DROID Made Simple

 


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