Sony Xperia Z1 Compact - Viewing photos and videos

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Viewing photos and videos

Use the Album application to view photos and play videos that you’ve taken with your

camera, or to view similar content that you've saved to your device. All photos and

videos are displayed in a chronologically ordered grid.

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Tap the icon to open the Album home screen menu

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View a slideshow of all images or just the ones you've added to your favourites

3

Drag the left edge of the screen to the right to open the Album home screen menu

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The date range of items in the current group

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Tap a photo or video to open it in full screen view

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Scroll up or down to view content

To view photos and videos

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Album.

3

Tap a photo or video that you want to view, then tap

Album > JUST ONCE.

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Flick left to view the next photo or video. Flick right to view the previous photo

or video.

If you want to change an application that you have chosen as the default to always open

photos or videos, tap

Settings > Apps and swipe over to the All tab, then select the application

and tap

CLEAR DEFAULTS under Launch by default.

If the screen orientation does not change automatically when you turn your device sideways,

tap

Rotate the contents of the screen under Settings > Display > When device is rotated.

To change the size of the thumbnails

When viewing thumbnails of photos and videos in Album, spread two fingers

apart to zoom in, or pinch two fingers together to zoom out.

To zoom a photo

When you are viewing a photo, spread two fingers apart to zoom in, or pinch two

fingers together to zoom out.

To watch a slideshow of your photos

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When you are viewing a photo, tap the screen to display the toolbars, then tap

>

Slideshow to start playing all the photos in an album.

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Tap a photo to end the slideshow.

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To play a video

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In Album, find and tap the video that you want to play.

2

Tap , then tap

Video > JUST ONCE.

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If the playback controls are not displayed, tap the screen to display them. To

hide the controls, tap the screen again.

To pause a video

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When a video is playing, tap the screen to display the controls.

2

Tap .

To fast forward and rewind a video

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When a video is playing, tap the screen to display the controls.

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Drag the progress bar marker left to rewind, or right to fast forward.

To adjust the volume of a video

Press the volume key.