D-Link VisualStream 300K Pixel PC Camera, Manual

Page 1: ...1 D Link VisualStreamTM 300K Pixel PC Camera Manual Rev 1 10 ...

Page 2: ...pression and VideoImpression 6 How to Use Your D Link VisualStreamTM Camera 8 Setting the Focus 8 Capturing a Single Frame by Snapshot Button 8 Preview 8 Record and Playback 9 How to Install Microsoft NetMeeting 9 Using Your PC Camera With Microsoft NetMeeting 10 How to Install MSN Messenger 10 Using Your PC Camera With Microsoft NetMeeting 10 ...

Page 3: ...ing an Image From a Video File 18 Saving a Movie 18 Getting Started With PhotoImpression 3 0 19 Opening an Image From a Disk Drive 21 Acquiring Images From a TWAIN Device 21 Downloading Images From the Internet 21 Working with Albums 22 Editing Images 22 Creative Project Templates 25 Saving Images 26 Printing Images 26 Getting Help 27 Warranty Information 28 ...

Page 4: ...eamTM DSB C310 300K Pixel PC Camera Manual on CD Quick Installation Guide If any of the above items are missing please contact your reseller System Requirements Computer with Windows Operating System and available USB port Package Contents ...

Page 5: ...rough the features of your new PC Camera and provides step by step instruc tions for getting you started with the bundled Arcsoft software Built In Audio Microphone Snapshot Button Manual Focus Ring Swivel Base Features And Benefits Indicator Light High Resolution 640 X 480 Pixels Snapshot Button For Easy Still Image Capture Built In Audio Microphone ArcSoft Software Included Video Chat and Confer...

Page 6: ...6 Click Install ArcSoft PhotoImpression Installing ArcSoft PhotoImpression and VideoImpression Click OK Click Next Click D Link VGA WebCam Click Yes ...

Page 7: ...7 Click Next Click Finish Click Next ArcSoft PhotoImpression is now ready to use Please repeat these steps to install ArcSoft VideoImpression software Click Next ...

Page 8: ...oImpression 1 6 Refer to the Getting Started With VideoImpression 1 6 in this manual for instructions on working with VideoImpression 1 6 2 Press the snapshot button located on top of the camera to capture a single frame Preview 1 Follow steps 1 3 in the Setting the Focus section of this manual to enable a live preview 2 To stop the preview click on Stop 3 To resume the preview click on Preview Ho...

Page 9: ...ies point to Communications and click Netmeeting For Windows XP Users Click Start point to Run type in conf in the dialog box and click OK Proceed with steps 1 4 for Microsoft NetMeeting Installation 1 Click Next type the appropriate information in the First Name Last Name E Mail Address Location and Comments dialog boxes and then click Next NOTE The Location and Comments information is optional 2...

Page 10: ...is downloaded to your computer follow the instructions to After you run NetMeeting for the first time you can modify the information you entered about yourself or the directory server name that you want to connect to To do so click Options on the Tools menu click the General tab and then enter the appropriate information Also you can run the Audio Tuning Wizard again and to do so click Audio Tunin...

Page 11: ... screen click Actions click Start a Video Conversation and you are ready to have a Video Conversation with Messenger If you need more information or instructions on how to use a specific feature or tool click the Help button in the upper right hand corner of the screen Getting Started With VideoImpression 1 6 1 Click Start 2 Select Programs ArcSoft VideoImpression VideoImpression The VideoImpressi...

Page 12: ...to the Storyboard only when you have a project open saves your work as a movie file in ASF PC only AVI MOV or MPEG PC only format See the Save As windows below allows you to email your movie files A MAPI compliant email program is needed for this option Video Playback Controls give you the ability to play pause and move forward backward to specific frames in your movies Timer Window shows the curr...

Page 13: ...d drive or any removable media diskettes CDs etc Acquire enables you to get images from TWAIN devices like digital cameras and scanners After clicking this icon select the device youíd like to use and follow the procedures provided for that device Capture allows you to acquire video from a video source or still images from digital cameras Sort offers you options to arrange your thumbnails for easy...

Page 14: ...ted if there is text added to the respective thumbnail You can add text by clicking on the thumbnail and then the Edit Movie icon Transition is an effect that is applied as scenes in your movie change You can add a transition by double clicking on a Transition icon between two thumbnails or by clicking on the Transition icon when editing a still image or video file This will take you to the Transi...

Page 15: ...cation on the sound tracks Editing Images Options on the Edit Screen for Still Images Play Movie takes you back to the View Screen where you can play save and email your movie Transitions takes you to the Transitions Screen See Options on the Storyboard Album takes you to the Album Screen See Working with Albums Text allows you to add text to images You can select the font type style and size You ...

Page 16: ...Previous Frame moves the video back one frame Next Frame moves the video forward one frame Playback Slider shows a marker that moves across the slider as the video plays Starting Mark allows you to set where you want the video to begin the green mark Ending Mark lets you set where you want the video to finish the red mark Movie File Edit Screen ...

Page 17: ... interrupts the audio Clicking the button again will resume the audio Forward moves the audio forward Reverse moves the audio backwards Audio Volume adjusts the volume of the audio Starting Mark sets the beginning point of the audio Ending Mark sets the ending point of the audio ...

Page 18: ... print 2 Right click the video and select Print Saving a Movie 1 Click on Save on the View Screen 2 In the Save As window select the drive and folder that you want to save the movie to Give the file a name and select what type of movie you want to save it as 3 Click Okay to save or Cancel to abort ...

Page 19: ... including Frames Edges Cookie Cutter Calendars Greeting Cards and PhotoFantasy It also allows you to access other programs Cool Software lets you save the current image To File Save save the image as a different file To File Save As attach the image to an email at various sizes Email a compliant email program is required set the image as your wallpaper To Desktop Wallpaper and upload the image to...

Page 20: ...ght of the 1 1 icon allows you to display the image on the entire screen You can get out of the full screen mode by pressing the Esc key on the keyboard Toolbar resizes the image when the corner handles are dragged You can also reposition the image by dragging it rotates the image at the user s discretion applies a mirror effect to your image by flipping it rotates the image in 90 degree increment...

Page 21: ...d device 3 From the pull down select the desired album to which the acquired file will be added 4 Click the Acquire Options button to set the Twain options Options include setting the file type for acquired images setting the save directory and specifying the file name prefix 5 Click the Acquire or Video Camera button depending on your source and follow the directions specific to your device to ac...

Page 22: ... Shift key while clicking on the first and last file Windows only launches a Find dialog allows you to find image files in an album or on your system launches the Slide Show dialog with options that allow you to run a slide show of the images in the current album allows you to sort the thumbnails in your album by name type size or date removes the selected thumbnail s from your album You have the ...

Page 23: ... that you ve done inverts the selection on an image For example if you ve created a rectangular selection and then used the Inverse tool the area selected would be outside of the box instead of Retouch offers various sizes for certain editing tools The larger the brush size the larger the affected area when a tool is used The Intensity slider adjusts the degree of effect applied offers various col...

Page 24: ...layer to be shifted by the same degree hue and adjusts the intensity of the colors saturation can be used to adjust the highlight midtones and shadow of the selected layer It offers more control than Brightness Contrast decreases the contrast between adjacent pixels creating a fuzzy effect over the entire layer pixelates the entire layer eliminating smoother edges in the image evenly redistributes...

Page 25: ...ing the shape you want to use and then clicking Apply You can create customized calendars by inserting your image into a calendar template Select the month year and style that you want then click Apply Several different styles of greeting cards are available for you to use with your images Simply choose a style that you like then click Apply You can create hilarious fantasy pictures from many temp...

Page 26: ...pression provides four different printing options Standard Printing prints one image per page You can add a title center the image and title change the paper orientation add a frame a black outline around the image resize the image and select the number of copies Windows only that you want printed Additional options include Auto Rotate the program rotates the image to best fit the page Auto Crop t...

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