120Picture EditingEditing Picturese Softening Skin Tones: Skin SofteningThe camera recognizes faces in pictures and creates a copy with softer facial skintones. Copies created using the skin softening function are stored as separate files.If no faces are recognized in the picture, an alert is displayed and the camerareturns to full-frame playback mode.1 Select a degree of softening and tapZ.The confirmation dialog is displayed and theportion of the picture containing the softenedface is enlarged.2 Check the preview of the copy.Skin tones in up to 12 faces, in the order of thatclosest to the center of the frame, are softened.When more than one softened face is displayed,tap E or F to display other faces.Tap D to adjust the degree of softening. Themonitor display returns to that shown in step 1.When Z is tapped, a new, edited copy is created.Copies created with the skin softening function can be recognized by the g icondisplayed in playback mode when photo information is on (A 13).B Note on Skin SofteningThe skin softening function may not perform as expected, even when faces were recognized withshooting. The camera’s ability to accurately detect faces in pictures and then edit those facesdepends on a variety of factors, including the brightness of the faces in the picture and the directionin which the faces are looking.D More InformationSee “Image/Sound File and Folder Names” (A 159) for more information.Tap i in playback mode to edit a picture.Skin softeningPreview
