3. First steps on the day of shooting - Shooting, selection, and upload (Android)

3-1-1. Check settings and operation

Confirm that you have set the correct project as the import destination for images from the camera.

• Check the settings on the camera.
  2-2. Image file format  2-3. Import destination setting for FTP connections
• Check the settings on the mobile device.
  2-4. Image transfer setting
• Make sure the time set on the camera is correct, as gallery display is based on the shooting time.

3-1-2. Preparations immediately before shooting

1. Launch Visual Story.
2. Start shooting.
   • When shooting while streaming to a live gallery
     3-2. Shoot
   • When importing images from a smartphone or an SD card
     3-3. Importing images

Though they can be transferred automatically using FTP, you can also import images into Visual Story by following the steps below.

Rating with Visual Story is described in section 3-4-2, but ratings set on the camera can also be transferred to a smartphone and used in Visual Story.

1. In the camera MENU, select (Network) → ([Transfer/Remote]) → [FTP Transfer Func.] → [FTP Transfer].
2. Specify the still images you wish to transfer, then follow the instructions on the screen to transfer them.

• Images cannot be rated while transferring images. If transferring takes time, try changing the image quality and image size. For example, when using ILCE-7RM4, the image size of M is recommended for using this feature.

Before selecting images, make sure the images you need are ready. Images imported to the smartphone from an SD card reader or Imaging Edge Mobile can also be used in story galleries. You can do this either before or after shooting at an event.

1. Choose a project as the import destination.
2. Tap (menu in the upper left) > [Import from Smartphone].
3. Tap the image you want to import. You can select multiple images by tapping and holding one of the images.

• Only JPEG images that are at least 320 pixels on the short edge can be imported into Visual Story.
• Images with file names exceeding 100 characters cannot be imported.
• Images are arranged in the story gallery in the order of shooting (by shooting date/time).

You can import images directly into Visual Story from an SD card via an SD card reader. The import operation can be performed either before or after shooting images at an event.

1. Open the project into which you want to import, and select the upper left menu → [Import from SD card].
2. Insert the SD card into the SD card reader, and connect the SD card reader to a smartphone.
3. Select [Settings] at the lower right of the screen, and then in the screen that appears select the upper left menu → [Sony USB drive]* → [SELECT]*.
   * The exact wording varies depending on the device used.
   
4. Select the desired image and tap [Import] to import the image.
   • When selecting images, you can narrow the displayed items to protected images only, batch select images by date, etc.
   • When the message [Imported XX image(s). ] is displayed, you can disconnect the SD card reader from the smartphone.

• It may take some time to import images and for the images to appear in Visual Story after they are imported.
• Only JPEG images that are at least 320 pixels on the short edge can be imported into Visual Story.
• Images with file names exceeding 100 characters cannot be imported.
• Images are arranged in the gallery in the order of shooting (by shooting date/time).

Choose the images imported to each project that you will use as the final story gallery.
Basic editing of individual images, such as retouching, is also possible when you select images.

Thumbnail display

Selecting a project to edit on the [Project List] screen displays a list of imported images as thumbnails.
The number of images shown can be increased or decreased by pinching in or out.

• A1 Live gallery streaming: Displayed when you have turned on the live gallery feature. indicates live gallery streaming in progress, and indicates that streaming has not yet started or is paused.
• A2 [All] tab: Displays all images transferred to the project.
• A3 [Time/Event] tab: Select the "Time" tab to display the images in the order of the time they were shot. Select the "Event" tab to display the images of each shooting event or scene horizontally.
• A4 (Like): Displayed for images liked by gallery viewers.
• A5 (Live Gallery): Displayed for images selected by the AI for live galleries.
• A6 Blinking: Displayed for images with people who are blinking.
• A7 Rating: Enables you to rate each image, from no stars to five stars.
  3-4-2. Filtering images
• A8 Flag: Flagging images distinguishes them so that you can consider including them in the story gallery. Flagged images are displayed on the [Delivery candidates] tab.
  3-4-4. Deciding candidates based on flagged images
• A9 Image thumbnails: Tap any image to view it in single-image display.

• A10 Syncing (waiting to upload): Marks images that are syncing with the cloud. After a little while, the image will sync and the icon will disappear.
• A11 Next: Goes to the next step.
• A12 [Delivery candidates] tab: Displays images that have been flagged, so that they can be considered for inclusion in the story gallery.
  3-4-5. Select highlights and a cover
• A13 Flag [All]: Flags all current images (distinguishing them as story gallery candidates), or clear all flags.
• A14 Jump bar: If you tap on the bar, you can jump to an image that was shot at that time or event.
• A15 Filter: Enables you to filter image display by rating, content, or other criteria. Multiple filters can be selected.
  3-4-2. Filtering images

Single-image display

For single-image display, tap the thumbnail images. To return from single-image display to thumbnail display, tap [×] in the upper left.

• B1 Retouch: For individual images, apply a filter or adjust brightness.
  3-4-3. Retouch
• B2 Archive: Tapping this icon moves the images to Archive. You can use the "Filtering" setting to switch between displaying and not displaying the images stored in Archive. You will find it useful to set "Filtering" for not displaying images that are obviously poor shots after moving them to Archive.
• B3 Highlight: Images with this setting will be displayed larger in the gallery.
• B4 Cover Image: Used as the cover image for the gallery.
• B5 Show original: Tapping this icon shows the original images if the current images were retouched.
• B6 Focus point display: Displays the focus point used to focus in autofocus shooting.

Event display

• D1 Update: This icon is displayed when you select the Event tab for the first time after importing a new image. Tapping this icon analyzes and sorts the new image, and this image will appear in the Event display.
• D2 Event/scene image: Automatically sorts the imported images for each shooting event. The images to be displayed in the Event tab are further broken down into the different scenes, and are displayed in a horizontal row. To view hidden images, swipe horizontally.

• You cannot separate or combine events or scenes manually.