How to Use SHIELD Camera

NVIDIA® SHIELD Camera™ is a powerful camera application with a simple user interface for adding memorable high-quality photos and videos that are easily shareable with your friends and family.

How to Open SHIELD Camera

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Learn the SHIELD Camera Preview

When you launch SHIELD Camera, the first screen you see is the camera preview.

	Main viewport
	Focus tool - Tap on the subject you want to focus on.
	Three-dot menu - Tap to open more camera mode options. See The Three Dot Menu section for details.
	Shutter button - Tap this button to take a photo.

How to Take Photos

In the main preview, tap the shutter button to take a photo. Hold the shutter button to "burst" capture multiple frames. Photos are automatically saved to the SHIELD tablet K1 and can be viewed by swiping left on the preview. Photos are also saved to the Photos app on your SHIELD tablet K1.

Zoom in/out

To zoom in to a subject, use a two-finger spread. To zoom out of a subject, use a two-finger pinch.

Using the volume button

You can also take pictures with the + or - volume button on your SHIELD tablet K1.

Image capture while filming

To capture an image while in Video Camera mode, touch anywhere on the main viewport while recording.

Three-dot Menu in Detail

By opening the three-dot menu in the preview, you can manage a number of different camera functions.

	Back / Front camera - Activates the Back / Front camera mode. Default is Back camera.
	Motion stabilization - Toggles motion stabilization. OFF by default
	Gridlines - Turns gridlines on and off. OFF by default
	Countdown timer - Enables a countdown timer for automated photo taking. Possible timer values are: 2, 5, and 10 seconds. OFF by default
	Manual exposure compensation - Can be set from -2.0 to 2.0
	White balance - Enables a number of different filters: Sun, Tungsten, Fluorescent, and Cloudy.
	High Dynamic Range (HDR) - Toggles High Dynamic Range mode. OFF by default.
	High Definition FX (HDFX) - Enables a variety of real-time filters to give your photos special visual effects.

NOTE Tap and hold any of the icons above to obtain help.

How to View Photos

You can view photos in the gallery by swiping left on the main viewport. To view more recent photos, continue swiping to the left.

The toolbar at the bottom of the photo viewer, from left to right, are the tools to Share, Edit, and Delete your photo.

Mode Setting

Swiping right on the main viewport opens the camera modes menu. The following modes are available:

	Camera - Switch to Camera mode. This is the default mode.
	Panorama - Switch to Panorama mode. To take a panoramic photo, touch the symbol, and slowly move the camera along the path of the panorama. The status bar on the bottom will fill during your movement to indicate the maximum field that you can shoot. Moving the camera too quickly during this shot will degrade the quality of the final photo.
	Slow Motion Video - Switch to Slow Motion Video mode.
	Video - Switch to Video mode. Touch the symbol to start recording. Touch the symbol to stop recording.
	QR Code Scanner - Switch to QR Scanner mode. Simply hold the camera over the QR code to scan.
	Settings - Open general settings menu.

NOTE Tap and hold any of the icons above to obtain help.

HDFX

High Definition FX, or HDFX, settings give you the ability to use special effect filters for taking your photos. They are summarized as follows:

	HDFX - HD Effects Off
	Enhanced - Sharpens edges of photo subjects. Recovers washed-out details. Good for general purposes.
	Vivid - Similar to Enhanced. For scenes such as sunrises, sunsets, and foliage, for example, this gives your photo a warmer look.
	Dramatic - Use this effect to accentuate details in a scene.
	Beauty - Enable this effect for taking portraits of people.
	Stained glass - A stylized effect that divides the picture into numerous, tunable polygons. Good for a 'mystery image,' that has the viewer guess, by starting out with a low block-count and refining the image with progressively more blocks.
	Cartoon - A stylized effect that turns your image into a cartoon or abstract photo. Works well with strong lines.
	Oil - A stylized effect that smooths out lines and contrast.
	Sketch - A stylized effect that turns your picture into a black and white drawing. Good for architectural or other strong contrast scenes like computer desks, streets, signs, or rooms in a house.
	Tilt shift - By exaggerating the depth of field and using the concept of "miniature faking," this effect gives your photo the illusion that is of a much smaller scale.
	Circular blur - Effect that helps guide the viewer's focus to a desired item in the scene. Good for focusing the viewer on a person in the scene. Often used with a softer strength to make a landscape or sunset seem softer around the point of focus.
	Radial blur - A stylized effect that adds energy to night city pictures of building and cars, for example. Can also be used for "warp drive" effects and extraterrestrial scenes.
	Half Tone - Sylized effect that divides the image into a series of black and white dots. Good for making images look like old newspaper photos. Try increasing the number of dots to add detail.
	Light streaks - Sylized effect that makes your subject look like an X-ray image.

Use the slider to fine-tune HDFX properties such as brightness, contrast, saturation and block count.

Camera Settings

Some important features can be configured in your SHIELD Camera Settings menu. They are summarized as follows:

· Advanced - These options affect the functionality of the mode Setting menu.

§ Manual exposure - Exposes exposure offsets

§ Advanced HDFX - Exposes HDFX tuning knobs

§ Reset Clings - Lets the user re-display the help overlays

· Always On Local Tone Mapping - On by default. This setting will scale the dynamic range of the image while preserving the natural appearance of the image captured.

· Output image format - Sets the image format of photos, which includes JPEG, JPEG + NVRAW, NVRAW, JPEG + DNG, DNG.

· Resolution & quality - Lists the available resolutions, which can be set for back and front cameras individually, and also for both still images and videos.

· Save location - Records the location of your photos as a stamp.

· Shutter sound - Toggles the sound effect of the shutter.

· Collect analytics - Toggle to opt in or out.

· Control camera with volume button - Toggle to allow volume button to activate camera shutter or start/stop video recording