Argus Camera 300 manual

1 Welcome t o the Exci ting World of A rgus Came ra Thank you for choosing Argus Camera to pursue your video adv entures. W hether you are creating a video of y our friends and family or using the PC300 as a business tool, since 1936 Argus Camera has been there, sharpening your images with leading edge technology. To get the utmost satisfaction fro[...]

2 Table of Contents Gett ing S tarted ........................................................... ...................... ....3 In Box Contents ................................................................................................ 3 System Requirements ........................................................................................[...]

3 ● PC300 Camer a ● USB connector cable ● Quick Start Guide ● Installation CD-ROM ○ Camera Driver ○ Applicati on Software ● ArcSoft VideoImpression 1.6 ● ArcSoft PhotoImpression 3.0 ○ User’ s Manual ● Intel Pentium II 350MHz Processor or equiv alent ● 64MB Sy stem RAM ● W indows 98SE/Me/2000/XP ● CD-ROM driv e ● 16-bit[...]

4 Power up y our computer and check to see if USB is implemented. Visual ly inspect the USB ports of your computer. If you cannot find the USB ports at the back of your computer (See Fig ure 1), read the documentati on that came with y our computer main board. For computer main board with USB supported: Enter BIOS settings and enabl e USB, see the [...]

5 1. Installing PC Camera and PC Camera driv er Before installing Camera to your computer, make sure W indows starts up. Then follow the steps below: 1. Plug PC camera's connector to the U SB por t on your computer . (See Figur e 2) 2. Check to make sure y ou have the correct orientation w hile pluggi ng the USB connector into the USB port of [...]

6 9. W hen you have finished the location sel ection, click “Nex t” to continue. 10. W indows w ill search f or your PC Camera device and driver location. 11. Click “Next”. W indows will copy Driver files into your system. 12. Click “Finish” to co mplete P C Camera d river installa tio n. 13. Click “Star t”, “Shut Dow n ”, and s[...]

7 1. Insert Installatio n CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. An Introduction screen w ill appear with a menu or CD contents. Note: If the inst aller scr een does not come up automat ically, click “St ar t ” , “Run”, and execute the f ile “ c dset up. exe” on t he CD t o start t he installer prog ram. 3. Cli ck “VideoImpression 1.6” . 4. [...]

8 1. Click Start> Programs> ArcSoft VideoImpression 1.6> Ar cSoft VideoImpression 1.6. 2. The introduction screen will appear w ith a menu of sof tware contents. 3. Click “ New. ” 4. Select “Captur e” . The window shows a Liv e preview as seen from the PC Camera . 5. To focus the picture, turn the focus ring (the g rooved plasti c [...]

9 1. Follow step 1-3 in “Setting the Focus” to enable liv e preview. 2. To stop preview , click on “Stop” ( ). 3. To resume previ ew, cli ck on "Preview " ( ). 1. Follow steps 1~3 in “Setting the Focus” to enable liv e preview. 2. To start video recor ding, click on “ Record” ( ). 3. To stop video recordi ng, click on “S[...]

10 You can create mov ies by placing i mage and movie fil es onto the Storyboard from v arious Albums. To create a movi e, do the following : 1. Click on the New icon from the Main Screen. This will take you to the Album Screen. 2. Use the options on the Album Screen to constr uct your mov ie. Select Album - (Located immedi ately to the r ight of t[...]

11 The Storyboard show s you each step or part of the movie that y ou are creating. NOTE: You can add a thumbnail to your Stor yboard by drag- n-drop, or by highli ghting a thumbnail and cli cking on the Add To Story board icon. Text - Is highl ighted if there is tex t added to the respective thumbnail. Y ou can add text by clicking on the thumbnai[...]

12 To edit still images, double click on the review window in “Still Image T empla te” Play Movie - Takes you back to the View Screen where y ou can play, sav e, and email y our movie. Transitions - Takes you to the Transitions Screen (See “ Options on the Story board ” ). Album - Takes you to the Album Screen (See “ W orking with Al bums[...]

13 1. From the Edit Screen, select the v ideo frame you w ant to print. 2. Right-cl ick the video and sel ect “Print.” 1. Click on Sav e on the Main Screen. 2. In the Sav e As window , select the drive and folder that y ou want to sav e the movie to. 3. Giv e the file a name, and select what ty pe of movie y ou want to save it as. 4. Cli ck Oka[...]

14 1. Click Start. 2. Select Progr ams>Arc Soft PhotoImpression>PhotoImpressi on 3.0. The PhotoImpression Mai n Screen will appear on y our desktop. Options on the Main Screen: - Opens images from an album, a disk dr ive ( From Folder) . Or from photo-shari ng websi te (Online Ser vice) . You can also acq uire images from TW AIN devices ( Cam[...]

15 - Rotates the imag e at the user’s discreti on. - Appl ies a mirror effect to your image by flipping it. - Rotates the imag e in 90-degr ee increments. - C ancels the last unsaved chang e you’ve made. - Rev erses the last action y ou’ve undone. - C opies the selected area, lay er, or image onto the Cli pboard. - Pastes w hat’s on the Cli[...]

16 You can open an imag e that is stored on y our hard driv e, f loppy disk, C D-ROM , etc. 1. Click the Get Photo button on the Main Scr een, and select From Folder. 2. Click Browse. A Browse for Folder dialog w ill appear. 3. Navig ate to the folder that you w ish to view . Highlig ht the folder and click OK. 4. Thumbnails of the images within th[...]

17 Photo albums allow easy identi fication and access to images for vi ewing , editing, pr inting, etc. Simply click on the Get Photo button on the Main Scr een, and select Album to vi ew the album options. I t is i mportant to reme mber t hat alb ums do not stor e image s. W hen an album is created, thumbnails are g enerated and a reference to whe[...]

18 Click the Edit button on the Main Screen to display the various editing options. Crop/Resize: - Allows y ou to select a rectangular area on an image. - W orks the same as the Rectangle tool ex cept a circle is draw n instead of a rectangle. - Allows y ou to make a "freehand" selection by cl icking and drag ging over the i mage in a des[...]

19 - Reduces the red- eye effect common in flash photography. - Smoothes rough edg es. - Sharpens fu zzy a re as . - Lower s brightness. - Raises brightness. - Lets you set a color on your i mage as the active color . - Cover s the area you cl ick on (based on color simi larity ) wi th the active color . - Fills a layer or image with a sele cte d p[...]

20 Click on the Cr eate button on the Main Screen to see the create opti ons. : You can add a f r am e or edge t o an im age by selecting the option you wish, and then clicking A pply. (You can preview diff erent options bef ore sett ling on a part icular one.) : You can "stamp" out a te mplate of your i mage by selecting the shape y ou w[...]

21 PhotoImpression prov ides four different printing opti ons: • Standard Printi ng: prints one imag e per page. Y ou can add a title, center the imag e and title, change the paper orientation, add a frame (a bl ack outline) around the i mage, resiz e the image, and select the number of copies (W indow s only) that you w ant printed. Additional o[...]

22 1 How To Install NetMeeting 1.1 For Window s 98/Me Users Click Start , point to Progra ms , point to A ccesso ries , point to Internet Tools and then clic k NetM eeting . For Windows 2000 Users Click Start , point to Progra ms , point to A ccesso ries , point to Communications , and click NetM eeting . 1.2 Click Next , ty pe the appropriate info[...]

23 1. How To Install MSN Messenger 1.1 For Windows 98/Me/2000 Users 1.1.1 Please log on to http://messeng er.msn.com to dow nload. After the installation package is downloaded to your computer, it w ill start installing MSN Messenger. Al l you hav e to do is follow the instructions. 1.1.2 After the installation is completed, click Start , point to [...]

24 Sensor CMOS with 300K Pix els Color Depth 24 Bits, 16.7 million RGB true color Interface USB V1.1 White Balance & Gain Automatic Exposure Automatic Focus Range Manual, 10cm~infinity View Angle 52° (diagonal) Aperture F/2.6 H/W Snapshot Yes Anti-Flicker Yes Video Output Resolution 640X480, 352X288, 320X 240, 176X144, 160X120 Video Frame Rate[...]