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Marking Pictures

Marking pictures makes them easier to view and organize. The D6 lets you quickly mark pictures with flick gestures.

Markings

The D6 supports the following three types of marking:

  • Protection marking: Use the ( /) button or playback flick gestures to protect pictures from accidental deletion.
  • Ratings: Rate pictures using [Rating] in the menu, playback flick gestures, or, if you have assigned [Rating] to either control using Custom Setting f3 [Custom controls], the Fn3 button or the Fn button for vertical shooting.
  • Upload marking: Mark pictures for upload to a computer or smart device using [Select to send to smart device], [Select to send to computer], or [Select to send (wired LAN/WT)] in the menu. When the camera is connected to a computer or ftp server via Ethernet or a wireless transmitter, you can also mark pictures for upload using playback flick gestures, by holding and pressing the center of the multi selector, or, if you have assigned [Select to send (wired LAN/WT)] to the Fn3 button using Custom Setting f3 [Custom controls], by pressing the Fn3 button.

Flick Gestures

Use Custom Setting f12 [Full-frame playback flicks] > [Flick up] or [Flick down] to choose the operation performed by flicking a finger up or down over the display during fullframe playback:

  • [Rating]: Assign pictures a preset rating. To choose the rating, highlight [Flick up] or [Flick down] and press .
  • [Select to send (wired LAN/WT)]: If the camera is currently connected to a computer or ftp server via Ethernet or a wireless transmitter, the selected gesture can be used to mark pictures for upload.
  • [Protect]: Protect pictures.
  • [Voice memo]: Record or play voice memos.
  • [None]: Disable vertical flick gestures during full-frame playback.

When [Rating], [Select to send (wired LAN/WT)], or [Protect] is selected, you can flick once in the chosen direction to add the selected marking and again in the same direction to remove it.

Combining Gestures

Two functions can be combined by assigning different roles to the "flick up" and "flick down" gestures. Assigning [Protect] to [Flick up] and [Select to send (wired LAN/WT)] to [Flick down], for example, allows you to protect pictures and then mark them for upload just by flicking a finger up and then down.

Watch and learn! Digitutor

More information on Custom Setting f12 [Full-frame playback flicks] is available via the "Digitutor" (Nikon digital camera tutorial) channel on YouTube.