Sharp VN-EZ1, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...STILL IMAGES USING THE PIXLAB MEDIA BROWSER USING THE PIXLAB VIEWER ASSOCIATING THE PIXLAB MEDIA BROWSER WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS ATTACHING IMAGE FILES TO E MAIL MESSAGES EASILY CREATING HTML DOCUMENTS HTML CREATOR EXTRACTING SPECIFIC PORTIONS OF MOVIES ASF EXTRACTOR CONVERTINGTO FILES DISPLAYABLEWITHTHEWINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER ASBTO ASF CONVERTER FILE TYPES IFYOU USE A TWAIN DRIVER IMAGE ADJUSTMENT SE...

Page 2: ...y questions on operating Windows or the mouse refer to the Windows on line manual instruction manual etc The descriptions in this on line manual may not correspond exactly to your computer s environment PixLab includes the PixLab Media Browser for displaying thumbnails of movies and still images taken with the VN EZ1 software for attaching image files to e mail messages from the PixLab Media Brows...

Page 3: ...erations 14 Movie properties 16 Still image Properties 17 Sound Properties 18 Editing Operations 19 Display Operations 20 USING THE PIXLAB VIEWER 23 Launching the PixLab Viewer 23 Exiting the PixLab Viewer 23 Saving Still images 23 Changing the Display size 23 Changing the Image Size 23 Always showing the PixLab Viewer in Forefront 24 Pasting Images into Other Applications 24 ASSOCIATING THE PIXLA...

Page 4: ...ia Browser 44 Thumbnails are not displayed in the PixLab Media Browser 44 SmartMedia contents are not displayed 44 Movies are not played 44 Changing the name of the displayed image 44 Media tool buttons are not displayed on the tool bar 45 ImagescopiedontoaSmartMediacardarenotdisplayedontheVN EZ1 45 Files cannot be copied or moved 45 Images divided and edited on the VN EZ1 are not displayed 45 No ...

Page 5: ...For details refer to your floppy disk adapter s operating instruc tions Using the Floppy Disk Adapter FlashPath 1Remove the SmartMedia card from the VN EZ1 When doing so be careful not to drop the battery 2Load the SmartMedia card with its contact surface facing the opposite side of the FlashPath s metal surface Check that the SmartMedia card isinthedirectionindicatedonthe diagram on the adapter t...

Page 6: ...nd installation guide have been prepared with care If however you should have any doubts or notice any errors please contact SHARP Corporation PixLab hereafter referred to as this software is copyrighted by SHARP Corpora tion Copyrights and other rights concerning PixLab belong to SHARP Corporation The contents of the on line manual and installation guide may not be reproduced in part or in whole ...

Page 7: ...d movies converted with the Bit Rate Adapter are indicated with the mark Other movie thumbnails are indicated with the mark Thumbnails Thumbnails are reduced versions of images in the folder specified on the tree view A setting is necessary in order to display thumbnails For details refer to Display Operations page 20 Tool buttons The tool buttons are displayed by selecting Tool Selection from the...

Page 8: ...lication Paint etc is launched when you double click on a thumbnail displayed in the list display area 2Set Files to be displayed Folder Browsing Option s and Still Image Viewer Click the mark of the various items to select them Once the necessary items are selected click the button Playing Movies Use the following procedure to play movie files stored on a SmartMedia card or on the hard disk 1Load...

Page 9: ...VN EZ1 select the folder in dicated 100SHARP A 3In the list display area double click on the thumbnail of the pic ture you want to display The specified viewer is launched and the picture is displayed in actual size For instructions on using the PixLab Viewer refer to USING THE PIXLAB VIEWER page 23 Launching the PixLab Media Browser and Acquiring Mov ies Still images Taken on the VN EZ1 onto the ...

Page 10: ...a Browser window opens Moving the two windows slightly apart makes it easier to drag drop It is also possible to drag drop the icons or thumbnails in the list display area to the tree view folder Here we describe how to drag drop from one PixLab Media Browser window to another 5Use the tree view to specify the destination folder 6In the other window select the thumbnail or icon of the picture you ...

Page 11: ...the PixLab s software version 1Select About PixLab Media Browser from the Help menu 2After reading click the button Playing Movies and Viewing Still images Stored on the Computer on the VN EZ1 Use the following procedure to play and view pictures which are stored on the computer on the VN EZ1 Preparations 1Launch the PixLab Media Browser For a description of the startup window see page 7 2Load the...

Page 12: ...dapter can also be launched by clicking on the mark on the tool bar To display the mark select Tool Selection from the PixLab Media Browser s Options menu then select Bit Rate Adapter 3Select the desired image quality referring to the and marks The file can be stored on the SmartMedia card with any quality set ting but the higher the quality the greater the size of the stored image file Putting th...

Page 13: ...back starts Close the Windows Media Player window when the movie is fin ished 5Click on the button 6Specify where the converted file is to be stored and its file name then click on the button Conversion starts The converted file is stored in the specified folder Some movie files cannot be converted ...

Page 14: ...y USINGTHEPIXLABMEDIABROWSER New folder USINGTHEPIXLABMEDIABROWSER This section describes the functions of the PixLab Media Browser group ing them by those with similar operations This section also includes lists of the menu items for your convenience The PixLab Media Browser lets you do the following Display lists of thumbnails of the image files Play movies or display still images in actual size...

Page 15: ... on the thumbnail for the image whose file information you want to display to select it For instructions on selecting thumbnails refer to Selecting thumb nails or icons under Editing Operations page 19 The file information cannot be displayed if no thumbnail is selected if multiple thumbnails are selected or if the browser is not set to display thumbnails Instead the properties displayed in Window...

Page 16: ...hod used when the sound was recorded Channel This is the number of audio channels 1 for monaural 2 for stereo Sound Movie properties File information This dialog is displayed when the thumbnails are displayed in the list display area When icons are displayed the properties displayed in Windows Explorer are displayed File Name This is the name of the file Created This is the time and date the image...

Page 17: ...ile Created This is the time and date the image file was created Modified This is the time and date the file was last modi fied File Size This is the amount of space occupied on the hard disk etc File Type This indicates the file type OK button Click this to close the properties dialog Still Image Information Image size This is the vertical x horizontal size of the still image in pixels Color Reso...

Page 18: ...th This is the file s playing time OK button Click this to close the properties dialog Sound Sampling Rate This is the sampling frequency used when the sound was recorded Bits per Sample This is the amount of recorded data per sample when the sound was recorded Channel This is the number of audio channels 1 for monaural 2 for stereo This dialog is displayed when the thumbnails are displayed in the...

Page 19: ... while pressing the Ctrl key on the keyboard Groups of thumbnails or icons can be selected by clicking on an open section of the list display area and moving the mouse while still pressing the button All the thumbnails or icons within the square are selected Copying images sounds 1Click on the thumbnail or icon for the image sound you want to copy For instructions on selecting thumbnails refer to ...

Page 20: ... time the item is clicked Play Time length is only displayed when movie or sound files are selected When the thumbnails are displayed more time may be required for movie files etc The Width and Height and Play Time length are only displayed when thumbnails are displayed Changing the thumbnail s display size Select Display Size from the View menu and set the desired magnification Select a value bet...

Page 21: ...o the clipboard then pasted into a quick folder Changing the order of display of the thumbnails 1Select Arrange Icons from the View menu You can also select Arrange Icons from the right click menu of the thumbnails 2Select by Name by Type by File Size or by Date The thumbnails are rearranged in the specified order It is not possible to select more than one item at once Updating to the latest infor...

Page 22: ...he folder is scanned and the file data and thumbnail images are stored in a file called the Cache Creating this cache increases the speed with which the thumbnails in the folder are displayed Clear the cache in the following case When the thumbnails differ from the actual images For example when a thumbnail could not previously be created because you did not have the CODEC for a certain movie but ...

Page 23: ...dth and Height in the View menu selecting Save at present size or Save As adjusting the quality in Details so that the file size is 128K or less and saving the image as a JPEG file See page 12 USING THE PIXLAB VIEWER The PixLab Viewer is launched when you double click on the thumbnail of a still image in the PixLab Media Browser The associated Windows application is launched when you double click ...

Page 24: ... still images to other applications 1Launch the application onto which you want to paste the still image 2Select Copy to Clipboard from the PixLab Viewer s Edit menu You can also press the C key while pressing the Ctrl key on the keyboard The still image displayed in the viewer is copied onto the clip board 3Select Paste from the Edit menu in the other application You can also press the V key whil...

Page 25: ...lication You can tell whether the other application is OLE 2 0 compatible from the shape of the mouse pointer while you drag If the pointer is as shown below the thumbnail can be dropped in that place in that ap plication If the pointer is not as shown below the thumbnail cannot be dropped in that place The shape of the pointer differs according to the appli cation and the computer s settings SHAR...

Page 26: ...ixLab Media Browser to e mail messages Movie files tend to be large and sending them as such often results in errors or inconvenience to the receiver Bit Rate Adapter is a tool for compressing movie files to an appropri ate size Preparations 1Launch the PixLab Media Browser For a description of the startup window see page 7 Operations Compress the movie file using the Bit Rate Adapter 1Select the ...

Page 27: ...may differ from the actual size of the converted file File Condition The and marks indicate that the movie can be attached to an e mail message without causing many problems Help Click this for help File This is the name of the movie file to be converted The playing time and file size are displayed under the file name Information on file to be converted OK button Click this to start compression Cl...

Page 28: ...ly After selecting the images to be displayed just choose the arrange ment and background design and the HTML document is created automatically The created HTML document can easily be displayed on Internet Explorer or another web browser so using the HTML Creator is smoother than the process of pasting images into a word process ing application With HTML Creator HTML document is created with the f...

Page 29: ...new file name and saved in the folder specified here Browse button Click this to select the folder in which the HTML document is to be saved Up down buttons Use these to change the order of the files The file name moves up or down one place each time one of the buttons is clicked Help button Click this for help Page Title Input the title for the web page The title input here is displayed at the to...

Page 30: ...ist If you do not want to delete files skip to step 8 6Select the name of the file you want to delete from the file list If you do not want to delete files skip to step 8 7Press the button The file name is deleted from the list Changing the order of the files To change in order in which the files are displayed on the HTML docu ment change the order of the files in the file list display area If you...

Page 31: ...he keyboard The Enter key cannot be used here Choosing the page title color 12Click click on a color from the font color selection window to select that color then click Choosing the background design 13Click on one of the backgrounds to select it The text may be hard to see with some combinations of font colors and backgrounds Display a preview to check When the plain pattern at the far left is s...

Page 32: ...contract with a provider in order to put a web page on the internet Providers limit server usage space and sometimes have special rules for file names and the method of up loading files may differ from provider to provider For details contact your provider Note that when web pages are created with the HTML Creator us ing ASF files other people may not be able to view the ASF files depending on the...

Page 33: ...hen select ASF Extractor For a description of the startup window see the following page EXTRACTING SPECIFIC PORTIONS OF MOVIES ASF EXTRACTOR In this section we describe how to extract specific sections from movies ASF Extractor allows you to Extract your favorite movie scenes so you can keep things in order Rearrange scenes of movies to create new stories as if you were a movie director Original m...

Page 34: ... File name display area The name of the file before extracting and the name of the extracted movie file are displayed here Movie display area Select the section to be extracted here Still image display area The last picture in the movie to be extracted is displayed here End point button Click this when the picture at which you want to end extracting is displayed in the movie display area Preview b...

Page 35: ...ed click Click the Preview button to play the section to be extracted to check it If you have not selected the section to be extracted as de sired use the seek bar to reselect it Specifying where you want to save the file 7Check the file name The file name is given automatically as follows D Sample asf D Sample_1 asf 8Click The extracted movie is created as a new file 9Click to quit ASF Extractor ...

Page 36: ...e files divided on the VN EZ1 are divided into ASF files and ASB files ASB files cannot be viewed as such on the Windows Media Player Use the ASB to ASF Converter to convert ASB files into ASF files so they can be displayed with the Windows Media Player Load the SmartMedia card in the computer before starting this op eration Only ASB files can be converted with the ASB to ASF Converter For details...

Page 37: ...where you want to save the file directly Browse button Click this to display a list of folders Click on the folder where you want to save the file to select it Help button Click this for help Convert button Click this to convert the ASB files displayed on the file list into ASF files Close button Click this to close the window ...

Page 38: ...A screen for inputting a new file name appears Once you have input the new file name click the button 8Click the button to quit the ASB to ASF Converter Once The file has been successfully completed is displayed click the button Playing the movie 9Double click on the thumbnail or icon in the list display area The Windows Media Player is launched and playback starts The file must be given a name co...

Page 39: ...ernet web pages etc FILE TYPES The following file types can be used on PixLab Movie files ASF A standard Windows multimedia file type devel oped by Microsoft of the United States in con sideration of file transfer on the internet The VN EZ1 records movie data in this format ASF files that are compatible with the VN EZ1 are indicated by the icon on the thumbnail ASB The format of movie files divide...

Page 40: ... camera Loading images 2Launch the PixLab Media Browser and specify the folder into which you want to load the image 3Select Select TWAIN Source from the File menu to select the device 4Select Acquire images from the PixLab Media Browser s File menu The TWAIN driver is launched Operate the TWAIN driver to Acquire the image For detailed instructions refer to your TWAIN driver s operating instructio...

Page 41: ...iewer Field Adjustment When only one part of the image is moving the movement is small and there is a thin grid pattern over a wide area of the image selecting Field Adjustment can sometimes result in a good quality image IMAGE ADJUSTMENT SETTINGS If you are using the VR PK100 Image adjustment is a function for use with images loaded using the PixLab TWAIN YUV included with the VR PK100 It has no ...

Page 42: ...se the thumbnail display Size one step Fixed Size Display all thumbnails with the same size PIXLAB MEDIA BROWSER MENUS File Edit View SelectTWAINSource Acquire Images New folder Delete Rename Properties Exit Select All Copy Paste Thumbnails Date and Time Modi fied File Name File Size Width and Height Play Time length Display Size Launch Bit Rate Adapter Launch HTML Creator Launch ASF Extractor Lau...

Page 43: ...duce to currently displayed size and save Exit the PixLab Viewer Cancel the previous operation Copy the displayed image to the clip board Change the image size to 160 x 120 320 x 240 640 x 480 or 800 x 600 Change the display size to 25 33 50 66 71 or 100 Always show forefront the PixLab Viewer in the forefront Edge Smoothing Apply moving ad justment to displayed image Field Adjustment Apply field ...

Page 44: ... SmartMedia card is changed it may no longer be possible to play it on the VN EZ1 We recommend not changing names of images on a SmartMedia card TROUBLESHOOTING In this section we discuss problems that may occur when using PixLab If the problem persists after the following items are checked try rein stalling PixLab Media Browser In some cases this may solve the problem Microsoft Windows Media Play...

Page 45: ...annot be played as such Use the ASB to ASF Converter tool to convert them to ASF format No device is displayed on the TWAIN selection window Is a fully TWAIN compatible device camera scanner etc driver installed Note that TWAIN device driver software is not supported by PixLab For details contact the TWAIN device s manufacturer Problems in communications with a camera scan ner etc Also read the on...

Page 46: ...written To avoid this we recommend creating a new folder in the PixLab Media Browser and specifying this folder at Save HTML files to Created HTML documents are not displayed Is Internet Explorer or another web browser installed If you have copied the created HTML document onto another com puter or folder did you copy not only Index html but also the Data and Thumb folders that were created at the...

Page 47: ...ng PixLab Viewer 23 Extracting movie files 33 F File formats 39 FilesplayableontheVN EZ1 12 FlashPath 5 Floppy disk adapter 5 H HTML 39 HTML Creator 28 HTMLCreatorstartupwindow 29 I Image adjustment 41 Image adjustment settings 41 Index html 32 J JPEG 39 L LaunchingASBtoASFConverter 36 Launching ASF Extractor 33 Launching HTML Creator 28 LaunchingPixLabMediaBrowser 7 Launching PixLab Viewer 23 Lis...

Page 48: ...ls 7 Tool buttons 7 Tree view control area 7 Troubleshooting 44 TWAIN 40 TWAIN selection 40 U Update to the latest information PixLab Media Browser 21 Using a TWAIN driver 40 V Version informatin 11 Viewing file information PixLab Media Browser 15 Viewingmoviesandstillimages 8 Viewing still images 8 Viewing the contents of HTML documents 31 W WAVE 39 INDEX ...