Step 1: Take a Photo

When you first launch Shoot'n'Zoom, the camera is activated. With the 3GS iPhone, you can tap the image to focus. Tap the camera icon to trigger the shutter. A preview will appear, and you can Use the photo or Retake the photo.

Step 2: Zoom In

A dashed rectangle outlines the photo, and you specify where and how far to zoom by dragging any of the square handles to resize the rectangle, and dragging from the middle of the rectangle to move it. To preview the zoomed image, tap the + magnifying glass.

Step 3: Save the Photo

Tap the Save button to save the zoomed image to your camera roll.

If you exit from Shoot'n'Zoom without saving your photo, the next time you launch the app you will be asked whether to continue the previous session or take a new photo.

Tip: You can skip steps 2 and 3! If you want to get another shot right away, just tap the camera icon again. You will be prompted to save your first photo, and then the camera will be activated for another photo. Take as many as you want, and you can zoom later, by selecting the photos from the camera roll.

Tap the camera icon at the left of the bottom tool bar whenever you want to shoot another photo. (If you haven't saved the current photo, you will be given that option.)

As you adjust the zoom rectangle, a three by three grid is displayed to assist with your image composition. By default, the aspect ratio of the original image is maintained, but that can be changed with the Aspect Ratio setting. Tap the landscape/portrait orientation button to change the orientation of the zoom rectangle.

Tap the magnifying glass icons to zoom in and out again as needed to refine your zoom selection.

Whenever you tap the Save button, the outlined portion of the image is saved according to your resolution settings (whether you have previewed the zoom with the magnifying glass or not). A new copy of the image is always created in the iPhone's camera roll allowing you to easily save multiple versions of the same image at different zoom levels. To save the unzoomed image, tap 'Save' before you adjust the zoom rectangle. If you want to automatically save an unzoomed, full resolution version of every photo, turn on the AutoSave setting.

Tap this arrow icon at any time to share (email or upload to Facebook) the current image or to open an image from your photo library. You can zoom in on any image, whether you shot it with Shoot'n'Zoom or not. Images are emailed and uploaded according to your resolution settings.

The i button is used to view these instructions and to change settings.

Settings

You can count on getting good results with the default settings, but there may be times you want to do something different. You can easily restore the original settings by tapping the Defaults button.

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Startup Help refers to the instructions that may be displayed inside the zoom rectangle. You can turn this help off when it is no longer helpful.

Aspect Ratio determines how the zoom rectangle is constrained. The default is the aspect ratio of the original photo. If you select Any, the rectangle will be unconstrained, allowing you to move the rectangle handles freely. Or you can choose from other common aspect ratios.

Save Resolution, Upload Resolution, Email Resolution and Scale Up: These settings determine the maximum resolution of your saved and shared images.