User Guide

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Record videos and take photos
The Camera app is pre-installed on Surface or you can use another camera app from the
Windows Store (search for Camera in the Store app). The following info is for the Camera
app.
To take a photo or record a video:
 Open the Camera app, and then tap the on-screen Photo button or Video
button .
Tip When you’re recording video, you can tap anywhere on the screen to take a picture without stopping the
recording.
Camera options
Swipe down from the top edge of the screen to see camera options such as timer, exposure, and the option to
switch cameras. A few more camera options are available in Settings (open the Settings charm, and then choose
Options).
Take photos from the lock screen
You can quickly take a photo or video from the lock screen. Here’s how:
1. If the screen is off, tap a key or turn Surface on.
2. Swipe down from the top edge of the lock screen.
3. Tap the Photo button or anywhere on the screen.
4. To see your camera roll or change settings, tap or click the Unlock button, sign in to your Surface, and
open the Camera app.
To turn the lock screen camera on or off: Open the Settings charm, tap Change PC settings > PC and devices >
Lock screen > Swipe down on the lock screen to use the camera (under Camera at the bottom of the screen).
Take a panorama
You can capture unique immersive panoramas using the Camera app. Here’s how:
1. Open the Camera app and point the camera at your starting point for the panorama.
2. Tap the Panorama button .
3. Slowly tilt or rotate or the camera in any direction. When you align the new image with the existing
images, the camera automatically takes the next image.
4. When you’ve taken all the pictures you want in your panorama, tap the check mark.
The Camera app stitches together the images and saves the panorama in your camera roll (panorama files in the
Camera Roll folder have a .Pano file extension).