Kodak EasyShare V550 zoom digital camera — User's guide

Table of Contents > Doing more with your camera > Sharing your pictures

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4 Doing more with your camera

Sharing your pictures

Press the Share button to "tag" your pictures and videos. When they are transferred to your computer, you can share them. Press the Share button to tag pictures/videos:

• Any time. (The most recent picture/video taken is then displayed.)

• Just after you take a picture/video, during quickview (see Reviewing the picture or video just taken).

• After pressing the Review button (see Reviewing pictures and videos).

Tagging pictures for printing

1. Press the Share button. Press to locate a picture.

2. Press to highlight Print , then press the OK button.*

3. Press to select the number of copies (0-99). Zero removes the tag for that picture.

   The Print icon appears in the status area. The default quantity is one.
   
   

4. Optional: You can apply a print quantity to other pictures. Press to locate a picture. Keep the print quantity as is, or press to change it. Repeat this step until the desired print quantity is applied to the pictures.

5. Press the OK button. Then press the Share button to exit the menu.

* To tag all pictures in the storage location, highlight Print All, press the OK button, then indicate the number of copies. Print All is not available in quickview. To remove print tagging for all pictures in the storage location, highlight Cancel Prints, then press the OK button. Cancel Prints is not available in quickview.

Printing tagged pictures

When you transfer the tagged pictures to your computer, the EasyShare software print screen opens. For details on printing, click the Help button in EasyShare software.

For more information on printing from your computer, printer dock, PictBridge enabled printer, or card, see Printing pictures.

NOTE:

For the best 4 x 6 in. (10 x 15 cm) prints, use the 4.4 MP (3:2) picture quality. See .

Tagging pictures and videos for emailing

First—on your computer

Use Kodak EasyShare software to create an email address book on your computer. Then, copy up to 32 email addresses to the camera's internal memory. For details, click the Help button in EasyShare software.

Second—tag pictures/videos on your camera

1. Press the Share button. Press to locate a picture/video.

2. Press to highlight Email , then press the OK button.

   The Email icon appears in the status area.
   
   

3. Press to highlight an email address, then press the OK button.

   To tag other pictures/videos with the same address, press to scroll through them. When the picture you want is displayed, press OK.

   To send the pictures/videos to more than one address, repeat step 3 for each address.

   Selected addresses are checked.
   
   

4. Press to highlight Exit, then press the OK button.

   The Email icon appears in the status area.
   
   

5. Press the Share button to exit the menu.

Third—transfer and email

When you transfer the tagged pictures/videos to your computer, the Email screen opens and lets you send them to the addresses you specified. For details, click the Help button in EasyShare software.

Tagging pictures as favorites

You can preserve your favorite pictures in the Favorites section of your camera's internal memory, then share them with friends and family.

NOTE:

When you transfer pictures from your camera to your computer, all pictures (including favorites) are stored on your computer at full size. Favorite pictures - smaller copies of your originals - are loaded back to your camera, so you can share and enjoy more.

Share your favorite pictures in 3 easy steps:

1. Tag pictures as favorites	Press the Share button. Press to locate a picture. Press to highlight Favorite , then press the OK button. The Favorite icon appears in the status area. To remove the tag, press the OK button again.
2. Transfer pictures to your computer	To enjoy full functionality, load and use the EasyShare software that was packaged with this camera. (See Installing the software.) Connect the camera to the computer using the USB cable (see Transferring pictures with the USB cable) or an EasyShare dock. The first time you transfer pictures, the software helps you make choices about your favorite pictures. Then, your pictures are transferred to the computer. Favorite pictures (smaller versions of the originals) are loaded to the Favorites section of your camera's internal memory.
3. View favorites on your camera	Slide the Auto/Favorites switch to Favorites . Press to scroll through favorites.

NOTE:

The camera holds a limited number of favorites. Use Camera Favorites in EasyShare software to customize the size of your camera Favorites section. Videos tagged as favorites remain in the Favorites folder in EasyShare software. For more information, click the Help button in EasyShare software.

Optional settings

In Favorites mode, press the Menu button to access optional settings.

	Slide Show (Running a slide show)		Picture Information (Viewing picture/video information)
	Multi-up (Viewing multi-up (thumbnails) during review)		Remove all favorites (Removing all favorites from your camera)
			Setup Menu ()

NOTE:

Pictures taken at the 4.4 MP (3:2) picture quality are displayed at a 3:2 aspect ratio with a black bar at the top of the screen.

Removing all favorites from your camera

1. Slide the Auto/Favorites switch to Favorites .

2. Press the Menu button.

3. Highlight , then press the OK button.

   All pictures stored in the Favorites section of internal memory are removed. Favorites are restored the next time you transfer pictures to the computer.
   
   

4. Press the Menu button to exit the menu.

Preventing favorites from transferring to the camera

1. Open EasyShare software. Click the My Collection tab.

2. Go to the Albums view.

3. Click the Camera Favorites Album for your camera.

4. Click Remove Album.

   The next time you transfer pictures from your camera to the computer, use the Camera Favorites Wizard/Assistant in EasyShare software to either recreate your Camera Favorites Album or to turn off the Camera Favorites feature.
   
   

Tagging favorites for print and email

1. Slide the Auto/Favorites switch to Favorites . Press to locate a picture.

2. Press the Share button.

3. Highlight Print or Email , then press the OK button.

NOTE:

Favorites that were taken on this camera (not imported from another source) are good for prints up to 4 x 6 in. (10 x 15 cm).

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