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Creating a Dynamic Photo Image
Four Tips for Good Subject Cropping
• When shooting the subject image, shoot against a 
white wall or some other surface whose color is 
different from that of the subject. The camera will 
not be able to crop the subject image properly if 
its color is the same as or similar to the 
background color.
• Select a blank wall for the subject background, 
not one with a complex pattern or shapes.
Find a blank wall whose 
color is different from that 
of the subject.
Look for a flat wall that has no 
markings.
Find some reference points and 
use a tripod.
Best cropping results are obtained when 
the background is a wall that is 
completely free of visible markings like 
the one shown above. In this case, it is 
not necessary to take pains to position 
the camera correctly when shooting the 
second (background only) image 
required by Dynamic Photo. When 
shooting against a blank wall, you can 
move the camera around as much as you 
like while shooting CS images of a 
moving subject.
For this type of background, you can 
select “1” for the “Number of Shots” 
setting. For details see “Changing the 
“Number of Shots” Setting” (page 11).
When there are reference points in the 
image as shown above, you need to 
compose the second (background only) 
image precisely according to the 
reference points. In this case, you will 
need to keep the camera as still as 
possible when shooting the first image 
(subject and background) and the 
second image (background only). Use a 
tripod whenever possible, and make sure 
that image is composed exactly the same 
for both the first image and the second 
image.
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