Intel Pro Bedienungsanleitung
Getting Started Guide
Intel®PC Cameras
with Intel®Create & Share™Software
First Edition ii September 2000
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GETTING STARTED GUIDE 3
Welcome
Congratulations! The combination of your IntelPro
PC Camera and IntelCreate & ShareSoftware lets
you capture and organize videos, audio clips, and
images that can be incorporated into email postcards
and your own home pages. You can also use your
powerful new camera & software combo to:
•Quickly and easily record a video for an email.
•Talk to family and friends on an Internet video
phone call with Microsoft’s* Windows*
NetMeeting*.
•Play virtual reality games where you’re a part
of the on-screen action.
What you should have
Before starting the installation, check that your
package contains these items:
Note
This manual
assumes that you
have successfully
installedyourIntel
Create & Share
Software.
Video cable Audio cable
IntelPro PC Camera Intel Create & Share
Software CD-ROM Audio stereo-to-
mono adapter
4GETTING STARTED GUIDE
Manuals
Your camera and software combination includes
several straight forward online references that make
using your camera and the Intel Create & Share
software fun and easy.
•This Getting Started Guide.
•Intel Create & Share Software User’s Manual.
•Intel Create & Share online help.
Getting Started Guide - Quick instructions on how to
use many of the numerous product features, and a
description of the camera and how to use it effectively.
User’s Manual - Details on using galleries, taking
snapshots, recording videos, creating and sending
email postcards, making Internet video phone calls,
creating your own home pages, building movies,
taking snapshots automatically, sending a video email,
and more.
Online Help - Detailed instructions and extensive
troubleshooting on the full Intel Create & Share
software suite.
Where are the
online manuals?
You can find the
manuals at:
Start>Programs>
Intel Create &
Share Software>
Manual-or-
From the Intel
Create & Share
Help menu.
GETTING STARTED GUIDE 5
From the Windows Start menu click Intel Create &
Share Software or double-click the desktop icon.
The first time you run the IntelCreate & Share
Software:
•The Intel Registration Wizard is displayed to
help you register your program. If you choose
to register now, complete the requested
information. Remember to connect to the
Internet to register online.
•An opportunity to send aTell Your Friends
message appears. This message provides the
recipient of your message with a link to install
Microsoft’s NetMeeting*. The message also
links your friends to Web sites to learn more
about Intel Pro PC cameras’ capabilities and
where to purchase them.
If you want to send a Tell Your Friends message later:
•From the Help menu, choose Tell Your
Friends.
Visit the Web site
To find out what’s new, get information on special
offers, and learn more about what you can do with your
camera, visit the web site at:
http://www.intel.com/PCcamera
Starting Intel® Create & Share™ Software
Note
Be sure to
register to “Stay
in the Loop”.
Registered users
are periodically
informed of
updates,
upgrades, and
special offers.
To register later,
go to: Start>
Programs> Intel
Create & Share
Software>
Register Online.
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Make sure the camera lens cover is open when you
take pictures or create videos. Use the snapshot
button to take snapshots, and the focus dial to focus
the video picture. To adjust the quality (such as hue,
saturation, or sharpness) of the video picture, follow
the instructions in online Help under camera settings.
Setting up the Intel
Pro PC Camera
Focus dial. To adjust the
focus of the video picture,
rotate the dial.
Snapshot button. To take
a snapshot, press the
button.
Privacy Shutter. To stop
video capture, slide shutter
closed.
Easy video-in connector. Connect
the supplied video cable here to an
external video device like a VCR,
camcorder, or DVD player. With this
cable you can transform previously
recorded video into digital video.
You can also record directly through
your device onto your computer’s
hard drive.
Tripod connector. Mount the
camera on a tripod to avoid
camera jitter, which can
contribute to larger file sizes.
Camera mount. Slide the
camera onto the mount and
connect mount to surface.
GETTING STARTED GUIDE 7
Adjusting the IntelSnapshot image
1On the Home screen, click Take Snapshot.
2From the Snapshot System menu icon, choose
Adjust video.
3Adjust the settings as needed.
4Click OK.
Adjusting the IntelScene Recorder
image
1On the Home screen, click Record Video.
2On the Scene Recorder window, click Settings.
3Adjust the settings as needed.
4Click OK.
Adjusting the NetMeeting* image
1On the Home screen, clickmake a video phone
call.
2On NetMeeting, click the Start Videobutton.
3From the Tools menu, choose Options.
4On the Video tab, under Video camera
properties, click Source.
5Adjust the settings as necessary.
6Click OKtwice until you’re back to the
NetMeeting main window.
7Evaluate the image quality.
8Repeats steps 3 through 6 as necessary.
General Image Quality Tips
•Place the light source in front of you, not
behind you; avoid bright light which may cause
a glare.
•Wear solid-colored clothing; avoid patterns and
grays.
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•When using the camera, ensure that the
shutter is in the open position
•Common mounting positions for the camera
include on top of the computer monitor or on a
speaker.
Using the Camera’s Video Input
The IntelPro PC Camera has a connector to
connect other video devices like camcorders or VCRs
to your computer for use with the IntelCreate &
ShareSoftware.
Now you can take those video tapes of family
gatherings, business meetings, and special occasions
like vacations and turn selected scenes into digital
format for sharing in email, during video phone calls, or
on your home pages.
An example of creating a digital video clip
from video tape
1Connect one end of the supplied video cable to
the IntelPro PC Camera and the other end to
the external device (we are using a VCR).
2To include the sound from the video as a part of
the recording, connect the supplied audio cable
from the VCR to the computer’s sound card.
This VCR
example uses the
supplied video
and audio cables.
Your external
device may
require different
cables and
adapters.
Video cable
Audio cable
USB cable
GETTING STARTED GUIDE 9
3From the Home Screen of the Intel Create &
Share Software, click Record Video.
4Click A/V Input on the IntelScene Recorder
window.
5On the Video and Audio Input dialog, select
“External video plugged into camera”.
The Audio Source is automatically selected for
you.
6Click Apply
7Click OK.
8Cue up the video tape in the VCR to the scene
you are interested in recording.
9Click Record on Scene Recorder.
10 Press Play on the external player.
11 Once the scene is recorded, click Stop on the
Scene Recorder window.
12 Press Stop on your external player.
13 Click Playin the Scene Recorder window to play
back the digitized video.
14 Click Trim to trim the recorded video to the
length you are interested in.
15 Click Save to save the file.
What are the possibilities?
Here’s a short list of some of the things that you can
do.
•Take the video you recorded of your son’s
graduation and create a “Graduation’s
Highlights” video clip for sharing with family
and friends via your home page or on an email
postcard.
•With that video you made of the house hunting
trip for your new job, you could create a “Best
Note
When capturing
video from
previously
recorded video,
you can add
narration to the
video clip from a
microphone, or
use music from a
CD, rather than
the sound that is
part of the original
video. See the
online Help for
details.
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of the Houses Seen” video showing the
features of the houses you are interested in.
The highlights could include your own
narration, added when the video was recorded
or when you were creating the movie.
•With a camcorder you can record the keynote
address to the sales staff and later use the
Intel Create & Share Software to edit and trim
some of this video for inclusion on the
company’s website.
•Using that already edited sales address, you
can create a small movie for your own
presentation to Marketing at a later point in
time.
What’s included?
Along with your IntelPro PC Camera, your Intel
Create & ShareSoftware helps you use your PC to
communicate in a variety of new ways.
To learn in depth about all of the applications
described here, see theIntel Create & Share Software
User’s Manual.
Here’s a brief description of what you can do with the
Intel Create & Share Software.
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