English Table of Contents Slim 2020AF Features Installing the Slim 2020AF About Genius Application-WebCAM Mate 1. Main Menu 2. Picture Mode 3. Video Mode 4. Security Mode About Face Recognition Using MSN Messenger,Yahoo Messenger,AOL CrazyTalk Avatar Creator CrazyTalk CamSuite Trouble shooting for web camera 1 2-3 3 4-8 9-11 12-13 13-16 17-19 20-21 21-44 45-70 71 i English Symbol for Separate Collection in European Countries This symbol indicates that this product is to be collected separately. The following apply only to users in European countries: This product is designated for separate collection at an appropriate collection point. Do not dispose of as household waste. For more information, contact the retailer or the local authorities in charge of waste management. Slim 2020AF Features Slim 2020AF uses an optical auto-focus lens, provides real-time sharp and clear image quality. No matter how far you sit from the screen, you are always in focus. 1.SnapShot Button Press the snapshot button to take images under the application. 2.Auto Focus Lens Auto focus will enable the lens to focus on an object automatically. 3.Microphone 4.LED Indicator Slim 2020AF is connected to the computer's USB port and the LED will light up when performing video application. 5.Swivel and Clipping Base The adjustable clipping base fits easily to almost anything - notebook panel, CRT, and LCD monitors. -1- English Installing the Slim 2020AF Slim 2020AF supports UVC (USB Video Class) which can plug and play in Windows XP SP2, Vista or above OS without a device driver installed. 1. 2. Make sure your PC OS system is Windows XP SP2, Vista or above. Position the webcam and connect the USB cable to an available USB port on your computer. Windows automatically detects the device. 3. Now Slim 2020AF is ready for running with any application. The web camera can work properly with any video chat software that supports a video feature. 4. In Windows Vista: You can use Genius application software to capture a real-time image, record or execute the simple security function. The Snapshot function will work in the Genius application software. 5. In Windows XP SP2: a. b. Double-click the My Computer icon. Alternatively, click Start My Computer. Select "USB Video Device" and double-click, and the video appears on the screen automatically. -2- English NOTE To check if Windows XP system is SP2 (Service Pack 2). - Click the My Computer icon on your desktop or in the Windows Start menu. - When the menu that appears, click Properties. If your Windows XP system isn't SP2 (Service Pack 2), go to the website: http://microsoft.com to upgrade your version. About Genius Application-WebCAM Mate You can use Genius WebCAM Mate software to capture the real-time image, record or execute the simple security function. NOTE After installing the Genius Application software, the system will automatically create a file (C:\WINDOWS\Album or C:\WINNT\Album)to save the images you take using the Genius Application. Genius application available in windows Vista/XP/2000. -3- English 1. Main Menu Item Mode Picture Mode Video Mode Security Mode Device Description Still image capture mode. Video recording mode. Security monitoring mode. Select different webcam device. Selection Resolution Resolution selections according to -4- English Item Mode Selection Description device. YUY2: 1280x1024, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, 352x288, 320x240, 176x144, 160x120 pixels Preference setting to view your setting Property page and properties. Exit Exit the Genius UI. -5- English Property page Property page allows user to adjust a person like property of the webcam. -Video Proc Amp Item Description Brightness enables you to adjust the brightness of the displayed image or video to suit your own preference. Contrast enables you to control the ratio between dark and light according to your own preference. -6- English Item Description Hue is any color in the rainbow that you choose to pick. Saturation enables you to set the color reproduction from black and white to a full color image or video according to your own preference. Sharpness can soften and sharpen images to achieve different effects. Gamma enables you to brighten dark areas within the displayed image or video and visualize more details without over-exposing already light areas. Turn on the backlight compensation to improve the image quality when you have a scene where the background has a high illumination level (for instance when you are sitting in front of a bright light). Select the correct frequency according to the country where you are using the web camera. (* ) Remark: * : This function not available in windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2). -7- English -Camera control Item Description Enable Auto Focus function provides real-time sharp and clear image quality. No matter how far you sit from the screen, you always bring in focus. Use the slider to find manual focus setting. -8- English 2. Picture Mode Take a picture right away and share with your friends. Item Mode Shot Description Still image capture mode. Capture continuous still images based Multi-Snapshot on multi-snapshot number. Mail Send photo by email. -9- English Item Mode Description Select photo frame to add inside still Adding Frame image. (*) Click this button, and the screen will auto appear in the center of the frame. When you are watching the display, your face should appear in the acquired image. In an auto stereoscopic display, the image will auto digital zoom. Rotate still image 45 degrees counterRotate clockwise. (*) Center Rotate still image to center. (*) Rotate still image 45 degrees Rotate anti-clockwise. (*) Multi-shot Select multi-shot number from 2 to 10. number Display your web camera over the Full Screen Mode entire screen. Press ESC to exit full screen mode or click left mouse to return to normal mode. Refresh Refresh web camera. Device -10- Tracking Face English Item Mode Delete File Description Delete the selected files. Rotate the selected image file 90 Rotate Image degrees in title list display. Attach the selected image file to an Email file email. Print Picture Remark: * This function must use the resolution of 640x480 or 320x240. Please make sure the resolution is correct before executing this function. Print the selected image file. -11- English 3. Video Mode You can record real-time video in this section. Item Mode Description To begin recording video from your web Recording Start/Stop camera. Click video. Audio Setting Setting the audio device. to stop recording -12- English Item Mode Description Displays recording time. Recording "00:00:00" mean hours, minutes, time display seconds. 4. Security Mode Using motion detection function, it records any movements that appear in front of your monitor automatically. It can also record anytime until the HD is full. If there's no movement, it will shut down automatically after four seconds or otherwise it will be active when detecting new movement. -13- English Item Mode Description To begin recording monitor video from Recording Start/Stop your web camera. Click recording video. Audio Setting the audio device. Setting to stop -14- English Item Mode Description Set up time for the security monitoring system. Schedule Recording When this button is enabled, it will send Email Alert out an email if an alert happens during recording. -15- English Item Mode Description Set up the degree of variance for every Sensitive adjustable second of recording video. When the differences are over the setup degree, the system will alert you. Warning Set up the different alerting sound sound effects. selection Recording time display Displays monitor recording time. "00:00:00" mean hours, minutes, seconds. -16- English Face Recognition 1. You can create your own customized security by face recognition. 2. Click WebCam Selection. The Open dialog box appears. Select the web camera device. -17- English 3. Click Person Add. The Open dialog box appears. Type your name and password, then click ok button. 4. This program needs taking ten pictures for recognition. Please wait for around 1~2 mines to finish face recognition. -18- English 5. If you want to delete person, please click "Person Del". 6. Screen Saver function is to protect your PC. -19- English Using MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AOL MSN Messenger a. For live video function, you'll need MSN Messenger version 6 or later. If you don't have it, please refer to the website: http://messenger.msn.com to download. b. Sign onto MSN Messenger service. c. Choose a friend on the contact list and Click "OK" to confirm. d. Double-click on your friends, who are available to chat. Click on the webcam icon. e. Your friend will then receive an invitation message. When your friend confirms to talk, the video chat will start. f. For the further information, please refer to the website at http://messenger.msn.com Yahoo Messenger a. Download Yahoo Messenger at http://messenger.yahoo.com and finish the registration, if you don't have it. b. Sign onto Yahoo Messenger. c. From the main window, click Tools menu, then select "Start My Webcam". d. Right-click on a name in your Messenger List and choose "View Webcam". e. Your friend will then receive an invitation message. When your friend clicks YES, the video chat will start. f. For the further information, please refer to the website at http://messenger.yahoo.com AOL Instant Messenger a. You can download AOL Instant Messenger free at -20- English http://www.aim.com and finish the registration, if you don't have it. b. Sign onto AOL Instant Messenger. c. Click on "Show Messenger Lists" and choose the friend you want to start with video chat. d. Your friend will then receive an invitation message. When your friend confirms to talk, the video chat will start. e. For the further information, please refer to the website at http://www.aim.com NOTE Please make sure you already connected the camera to the computer before running video conferencing or video chat programs. Please make sure you close other webcam programs before running the video conferencing or video chat program. CrazyTalk Avatar Creator Introduction Overview CrazyTalk Avatar Creator is an innovative and easy-to-use software tool for creating animated talking characters and digital hosts for video files and greeting cards from your own photograph or digital image collection. Animate any person, animal, or illustration with CrazyTalk Avatar Creator's easy-to-use professional editing tools. Your photos are brought to life in amazing animation by fitting them with CrazyTalk Avatar Creator's proprietary Facetrix, facial morphing technology. -21- English CrazyTalk Avatar Creator's then gives a voice to your photos by allowing them to lipsync with audio recordings and spoken text messages using the exclusive Expressix speech animation technology. Once your project is complete. CrazyTalk Avatar Creator offers all new support for popular video editing and greeting cards. You can send your talking messenger or card image in a variety of formats including .cab, .mht file or an .AVI movie. -22- English Getting Started Operating System · Windows Vista/XP/2000 CrazyTalk Avatar Creator allows you to import any digital photo, image or likeness of a face, with the innovative real time image morphing-NaturalVoice technology and/or TTS (Text-To-Speech) technology, to bring your favorite photos to life! A message combined with your talking image provides a CrazyTalk Avatar character to send to your friends and colleagues using various output options. You can send animated greeting cards or even export movie files of numerous formats with CrazyTalk Avatar Creator. Getting Started-Creating a CrazyTalk Avatar Creator Model You can create your own customized CrazyTalk Avatar Creator Model using any digital image. Click Edit/Model to start creating a CrazyTalk Avatar Creator model. -23- English To create a CrazyTalk Avatar Creator Model: 1. Click Import Image . The Open dialog box appears. Select the desired image and click Open to load it. 2. The Image Processing tools will be automatically launched. -24- English Crop Image Rotate CW : Select the required image area. /Rotate CCW : Rotate the image by 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise. Mirror reflection. Smart Level : Adjust the color levels of the : Flip the image horizontally as a mirrored image automatically. Color Level : Adjust the brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation levels of the image manually. Color Balance manually. : Adjust the color balance -25- English 3. Click Next and the Auto-Fit Anchor Points dialog box pops up. Follow the guide sample image at the right side to place the 4 points for the fitting process. 4. Background Mask Editing : Modify the mask of the image (also known as alpha channel) to specify the none-effect part of the image. -26- English o B ...