1. Preparation | How to use | Visual Story

1-1. Initial setup

Before you can start using the Visual Story app and service, you must complete the initial setup, including Creators' Cloud membership registration.

Information about Creators' Cloud membership and your Sony account
FAQ : About the Sony Account

1-1-1. Install Visual Story on your mobile device.

1-1-2. Start Visual Story and follow the instructions to complete Creators' Cloud membership registration or sign in to your account.

1-1-3. Set whether images are uploaded to the cloud when you are not connected via Wi-Fi.

Select [Wi-Fi Only] or [Always].
Each image uploaded to the cloud takes up about 1 MB of data.
Settings configured here can be changed later by tapping (Menu) → [Settings] at the top left of the screen.

1-1-4. Tap [Next] or [Save] at the top right of the screen to save your settings.

1-2. Project creation

Create a project for each shooting event.

1-2-1. Tap [+] on the [Project List] screen.

A sample project is included when you initially start Visual Story after creating an account. The images can also be published as a gallery. Delete the project if it is not needed. (Note that deletion cannot be undone.)

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1-2-2. Enter information about the new project.

Enter project information.

Story gallery titles consist of the project title, event date, and project subtitle.
Auto Retouch: Set whether to automatically apply retouching to images.
When this option is on, you will specify the retouching parameters to apply.
6-2. Setting and applying Auto Retouch (Photos Only)
Import Settings: Turn on to use the current project as the camera's import destination.
6-1. Import Destination setting
Watermark: Turn on [Watermark] as needed.
6-4. Photographer Information Settings
Create Live Gallery: Turn on if you would like live galleries to be created.
3-1. Creating a Live Gallery

1-2-3. Tap [Create] in the upper right to save your new project.

Projects you create are listed on the [Project List] screen.
An orange folder icon is displayed for the import destination project.

1-3. Image file format

JPEG images are the only type of photos and proxy images in XAVC S HD format are the only type of movies that can be transferred to galleries by Visual Story. Set up the camera to shoot these types of photos and movies as follows.

Photos: In the MENU → (Shooting), set [File Format] to [JPEG] or [RAW & JPEG].
Movies: In the MENU → (Shooting), set [Proxy Recording] to [On].

If the camera has a [Proxy File Format] setting, set the recording format to [XAVC S HD].

This setting determines file formats used when you shoot. [FTP Transfer Func.] determines the file formats transferred.
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You can specify IPTC metadata and have it displayed in Story Gallery. The following types of metadata can be displayed.
- Caption/Description
- Creator/Photographer
- Email(s)