Kodak EasyShare M763/M863/MD863 digital camera — Extended User Guide


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Sharing your pictures

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

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

  • After pressing the Review button.

Tagging pictures for printing

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

  2. Press to highlight Print, then press OK.

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

    Optional: You can apply a print quantity to other pictures. Press to locate a picture. Press to change the print quantity. Repeat until the desired print quantity is applied to pictures.

  4. Press OK.

    The Print icon appears in the status area.

  5. Press the Share button to exit the menu.

Printing tagged pictures

When you transfer the tagged pictures to your computer, the Kodak EasyShare software print screen opens. For details, 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, set the camera to the 3:2 picture size setting ( .)

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 OK.

    The Email icon appears in the status area.

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

    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. To remove a selection, highlight a checked address and press OK. To remove all email selections, highlight Clear All.

  5. Press to highlight Exit, then press OK.

  6. 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 Kodak EasyShare software.

Tagging pictures as favorites

Want to keep copies of your favorite pictures on your camera?

Start with the Share button!

1. Tag pictures as favorites

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

  2. Press to highlight Favorite, then press OK.

    The Favorite icon appears in the status area. To remove the tag, press OK again.

note: Sound tags (see Using sound tags) are retained with tagged pictures and can be deleted only in Review mode.

2. Transfer pictures to your computer

  1. Load and use the EasyShare software that was packaged with this camera. (See Installing the software.)

  2. 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

  1. Turn the Mode dial to Favorites .

  2. Press to scroll through favorites.

note: The camera holds a limited number of favorites. Use Camera Favorites in the EasyShare software to customize the size of your camera Favorites section. Videos tagged as favorites remain in the Favorites folder in EasyShare software. For details, 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)

Remove favorites (Removing favorites from your camera)

Multi-up (Viewing as thumbnails (multi-up))

note: Pictures taken at 3:2 and 16:9 picture sizes have a black bar at the top and bottom. A video's duration is displayed at the top of the LCD.

Removing favorites from your camera

  1. Turn the Mode dial to Favorites .

  2. Press the Menu button.

  3. Highlight Remove Favorites, then press OK.

    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 Kodak 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 to either recreate your Camera Favorites Album or to turn off the Camera Favorites feature.

Preventing camera favorites from synchronizing with the software

If you don't want to use the favorites feature:

  1. Open EasyShare software.

  2. From the Tools menu, select Cameras/Viewers > Sync and Transfer Manager.

  3. Click to highlight your camera, then click Camera Favorites Album Properties.

    note: If your camera model is not visible, use the USB cable to connect your camera to the computer.

  4. Drag the Internal Memory slider to 0%, then click OK.

  5. Close the Sync and Transfer Manager window.

    Camera favorites will no longer synchronize with EasyShare software.

    To turn on the sync feature, select Yes, synchronize with my software.

    To delete favorites from your camera, press the Delete button while in Favorites mode.

Printing and emailing favorites

  1. Turn the Mode dial to Favorites . Press to locate a picture.

  2. Press the Share button.

  3. Highlight Print or Email, then press OK.

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).

Tagging pictures/videos for albums

Use the Album feature in Review mode to tag the pictures/videos in your camera with album names.

First—on your computer

Use EasyShare software to create albums on your computer, then copy up to 32 album names to the camera's internal memory. See EasyShare software Help for details.

Second—on your camera

  1. Press the Review button, then locate the picture or video.

  2. Press the Menu button.

  3. Press to highlight Album, then press OK.

  4. Press to highlight an album folder, then press OK.

    To add other pictures to the same album, press to scroll through the pictures. When the picture you want is displayed, press OK.

    To add the pictures to more than one album, repeat step 4 for each album.

    The album name appears with the picture. A plus (+) after the album name means the picture was added to more than one album.

To remove a selection, highlight an album name and press OK. To remove all album selections, select Clear All.

Third—transfer to your computer

When you transfer the tagged pictures/videos to your computer, EasyShare software opens and categorizes your pictures/videos in the appropriate album folder. See EasyShare software Help for details.

Pre-tagging for album names

Use the Set Album feature to pre-select album names before you take pictures or videos. Then, all the pictures or videos you take are tagged with those album names.

First—on your computer

Use the EasyShare software that was packaged with your camera to create album names on your computer. The next time you connect the camera to the computer, copy up to 32 albums to the album name list. See EasyShare software Help for details.

Second—on your camera

  1. In any mode, press the Menu button.

  2. Press to highlight Set Album, then press OK.

  3. Press to highlight an album name, then press OK. Repeat to mark pictures or videos for albums.

    Selected albums are noted with a check mark.

  4. To remove a selection, highlight an album name and press OK. To remove all album selections, select Clear All.

  5. Highlight Exit, then press OK.

    Your selections are saved. If you turn on the LCD, your album selection is displayed on the screen. A plus (+) after the album name means more than one album is selected.

  6. Press the Menu button to exit the menu.

Third—transfer to your computer

When you transfer the tagged pictures or videos to your computer, EasyShare software opens and categorizes your pictures in the appropriate album. See EasyShare software Help for details.



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