Ipevo Ziggi-HD manual

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T ab le o f C o ntents 2 Intr oduction 4 What Mak es Z iggi-HD Diff eren t? 4 V ersatility High-Definition C aptur e Effortless Autof ocus Fe atur e-Rich P re senter Softwar e Contents 5 About the P ack aging 5 Getting Help 6 V er sion Infor mation 7 Sys tem Requir ements 8 Highes t Resolutions R equiremen ts 8 Install ation 8 Getting to Know Zigg [...]

T ab le o f C o ntents 3 Focus 21 Autofocu s switch C ontinuous and S ingle foc us modes Foc us button Resolution 22 Ch anging r esolution High-definition ver sus standar d-definition Resolution and f r ame r ate Snapshots 23 T ak ing a snapshot Timer function Ever note 24 Log ging in to E ver note Ever note (c ont'd) 25 Using Z iggi-HD f or E[...]

In t roduct ion 4 In t roduct ion Thank you for your pur chase of t he Zig gi-HD US B Document C amer a. The Zig gi-HD i s a multifunctional document c amer a for PC or Mac th at provide s re al-time v ideo capt ure in stunning high-definition c larity for doc uments as well a s devic es with dig ital scr eens suc h as smartphones and Apple's [...]

C o nte nt s 5 C o nte nts Y our pac kag e should c ontain the follow ing: • Zig gi-HD c amer a unit, including multi-join ted stand • An ti-Glar e Shield • CD-ROM with IP EVO Pr e senter softwar e and user manual (in .pdf for mat) • Quick Start Guide Abou t t he P a ck aging IPEVO ha s a longs tanding commitmen t to gr een busines s pr act[...]

Ge tt ing Hel p 6 Ge tt ing Hel p We wan t to help you enjoy your Z iggi-HD , and we ar e alwa ys available to an swer an y question s or offer technic al and tr oubleshooting as sistanc e. C onsider using one or mor e of these r e sourc es: • IPEVO . c om – The late st v ersions of the Zigg i-HD softwar e, u ser m anual, F AQ, and other downlo[...]

V ie wing Y our Sof twa re's V ersion 7 V iew ing Y our Sof twa re’s Ver sion We r ec ommend periodic ally check ing IPEVO .c om for t he lates t version of t he Pr esen ter softwar e. T o deter mine the softwar e ver sion you ar e curr entl y r unning, do one of the following: Windows – Right -c lick the Zigg i-HD ic on in the s ystem tas[...]

Ge tt ing S t a r t ed 8 S y s t e m Require men t s Zig gi-HD r equir es a PC or Mac system wit h these minimum speci fication s: PC Mic rosoft Window7 ,Vis ta or X P • 1.4Gh z CP U or higher (2.4Gh z r ecommended) • 512MB RA M (1GB r ecommended) • 200MB f ree har d disk spac e • 64MB of dedicated video memory Mac • Mac OS X 10 . 5 or hi[...]

Ge tt ing S t a r t ed 9 Ge tt ing t o K now Ziggi-HD T ak e some time to familiar iz e yourself with t he key featur es of Zigg i-HD: A – Stand Zigg i-HD's stand ha s thr ee points of articulation with g ener ous degr ees of f reedom, allowing you to plac e the c amer a by h and in an y position, depending on subject and desir ed im age siz[...]

Ge tt ing S t a r t ed 10 E – Swi vel head In addition to the join ts of the stand, you c an further c ustomiz e your image b y swiv eling the camer a. 270° of swi vel i s possible – 1 80° clockwi se and 90° coun ter clockwi se. See P ag es 1 7 and 18 fo r m or e on or ien tat ion. F – EXP +/- (Expo sure V alue) This togg le allows you to [...]

Ge tt ing S t a r t ed 11 T he Ziggi-HD sof twa re Spec ially-de signed IPEVO P r esenter softwar e is inc luded on your CD-R OM and prov ides a ric h suite of feat ure s to max imize your Zig gi-HD u se. Zig gi-HD oper ate s in one of four mode s: • C amer a mode – This is the def ault mode upon softwar e startup. This mode shows the c urr ent[...]

B a sic s of t he P resen t er Sof twa re 12 B asic s of t he P re sent er Sof twa re Ple ase r eview the b asic elements of t he four modes of the P r esenter softwar e: A – Mode T ab One of four mode s can be selected b y clic king on the appr opri ate button in the Mode T ab. B – C amer a Menu T ab Sever al camer a functions c an be chang ed[...]

Basi cs of th e Pres en ter Soft war e ( c ont' d ) 13 T o re view snapshots you'v e taken, en ter Rev iew mode by clic king on t he “re view” tab on the left-h and side of the softwar e. A – Imag e P ane This shows the c urr ently selected snapshot. B – Menu Thi s give s you some basic tools to manipul ate the selected snapshot. [...]

Ge tt ing a Grea t Im a ge – F iv e C onsider a t ions 14 Ge tt ing a Grea t Im age – F i ve C on sidera t ions When c onfigur ing the c amer a for your desir ed imag e, you will be c hiefly c onc erned wit h the following five elemen ts: • Imag e si ze - How l arg e or sm all the subject appear s in the fr ame (i. e. the window of the Zigg i[...]

Ima ge S ize 15 Imag e Size For documents, your v ideo captur e i s a balanc e between c apturing a s much of the doc ument as pos sible, and mak ing the text l arg e enough on sc r een for your intended audienc e to r ead. T ext size need s to be particular ly lar ge when the imag e is pr ojected onto a sc reen f or a gr oup. Ther e ar e a few way[...]

Im a ge Siz e (c on t'd) 16 • Z oom – In t he Camer a mode of the P r esent er softwar e, the Z oom tab allows you to digitally “zoom in” to your subject to mak e it appe ar bigg er , anywher e fr om 1x (def ault, or no zoom) to 6x (or 6 times norm al) in whole number incr ements. • Z oom Bo x – When zoomed in, a g r ay box appe ar[...]

Im a ge Orien t a t ion 17 Im a ge Orien t a tion T wo ways to de scr ibe page or ientation c ome fr om the tr adition of pain ting. L andsc ape r efers to an imag e orien ted so that it s width is g re ater th an its heigh t, such as a c las sic lands cape pain ting . Portr ait orien tation, on the other h and, featur es a heig ht gr e ater than i[...]

C h a nging Orien t a t ion 18 C ha nging Orien t a tion Y ou h ave sev er al ways to c hang e the orientation of your im age: • Ch ang e the or ientation of the documen t/subject – Y ou may find it ea siest to simply chang e the orien tation of the subject you ar e c apturing: 90° in either dir ection or tur ning 180° “upside down.” • [...]

Ex p osure 19 Ex p o sure Ex posur e ref ers to the amount of lig ht allowed to hit the photogr aphic medium—in this c ase, the sensor of t he camer a len s. In most c irc umstanc es, you will requir e a medium e xposur e allowing for the max imum amount of detail. C onsider the following me thods to achie ve optimal ex posur e for your imag e: ?[...]

Ex p osure (c ont'd) 20 • Use Auto Expo sure: As the name implie s, auto expo sure a utomaticall y ch ange s exposur e in or der to maintain a medium, op timum exposur e in which the ma ximum amount of detail s ar e shown. If lighting c onditions in the room or on the subject ar e chang ing, or if the subject emits its own vary ing amount of[...]

Fo c us 21 Fo c us Foc us r efers to t he conv er genc e of light in your image . If your subject is “ in f ocus,” ligh t is pr operl y c onver g ed at the r ight point. If your subject i s “out of focu s,” light h as not proper ly con ver ged at the r ight poin t. In most cir c umstanc es, you w ant your imag e to be sharp and in focus. Zi[...]

Resol ut ion 22 Re sol u t ion Resolution de scr ibes the amount of de tail (inform ation) an imag e holds. High r esolution s r elay more infor mation (and ther efor e mor e detail), and also c onsume mor e c omputing power . Low r esolutions c ommunicate le ss detail but ar e also le ss demanding of c omputer re sourc e s. Resolution is me asur e[...]

S n aps h ots 23 Sn ap sho t s Zig gi-HD ha s the ability to tak e snapshots, s till imag es extr acted from t he curr ent v ideo capt ure . Zig gi-HD sav es these sn apshots, in .jpg for mat onto your comput er's har d driv e. T ak ing a snapshot is simple , and can be done in one of two ways: 1. Hit the “Enter” (W indows) or “Retur n?[...]

Eve rn ote 24 E v erno t e The Pr e senter softwar e offers integ r ated support for Ever note, a u seful notetak ing application for PC, Mac, tablet c omputer s and mobile devic es. Ev ernote ar c hives note s, web pag es, imag es and mor e. Ever note i s fr ee to download and use , though ther e i s a paid upgr ade av ailable for additional featu[...]

E v erno te (c ont'd) 25 Using Ziggi-HD f or E v erno t e The Pr e senter softwar e allows you to c aptur e snapshot s and then upload them (along with other files) to a notebook on your Ever note ac c ount. T o do so: 1. T ak e a snapshot – Hit the "T ake a Sn apshot" button. Y ou'll be taken to a window wher e you c an take [...]

P rojec t ing Y our I m age 26 P r ojec ting Y our Im a ge Zig gi-HD's im age qu ality and high r esolution ar e perfect for l arg e-scr een pr ojections in the c las sr oom or c onfer enc e room. In g ener al, you'll need Zigg i-HD, your PC or Mac, and a separ ate projector devic e (not included, sold separ ately). In most c ases, F ull [...]

P rep a ring f or P roje ct ion 27 P rep ar ing for P roje ct ion Y ou'll need to mir ror t he cont ent on your de sktop (th at is, the f ull scr een of Z iggi-HD's video c aptur e) and r edir ect it to your pr ojector dev ice . Ple ase r efer to your projector documentation for infor mation spec ific to your projector . The proc e ss of [...]

Advan ce d S et tin gs 28 Ad v anc ed Se tt ing s Ther e ar e a number of adv anced setting s av ailable to you to f ur ther cus tomize the Zigg i-HD exper ienc e. PC: In the upper rig ht -hand c orner of the Pr esen ter softwar e scr een, along with the u sual minimiz e and ex it functions, ther e is a Help link (the question mar k), whic h leads [...]

Ad v a nc ed Se tt ing s (C on t'd) 29 Im a ge Adju s t men t t ab The imag e adjus tment tab pr ovides a number of c ustomiz ations r elating to video imag e quality . Br ight nes s (0 to 255) – c ontr ols ligh tnes s or dar knes s C ontr a st (0 to 31) – con trol s differ enc e in c olor and brig htnes s between differ en t parts of the [...]

Using Z iggi-HD in O t her W a y s 30 Using Ziggi-HD in O t her W a y s While Z iggi-HD is desig ned as a document c amer a, it can also be u sed as a web c amer a/con fer encing camer a with Sky pe and many other applic ations. Z iggi-HD's top section c an be rotat ed up, such th at the camer a is pointing hor izon tally r ather than down. Y [...]

Using t he A n t i-Gla re Shie l d 31 Using t he An t i-Glare Shiel d Y ou m ay e xper ience unde sir able glar e in your im age fr om r eflected ligh t. Pos sible sour c es of r eflected light include over head lig hts or a des k lamp dir ected at the subject. T o r educ e or eliminat e this gl ar e, Zig gi-HD c omes with an A nti-Glar e Shield. M[...]

C l o sing a nd Ex i t ing t he P resen t er Sof twa re 32 C l o sing and Ex i ting the P resen t er Sof twa re T o close the P r esent er softwar e: Windows – Clic k the C lose button at the top r ight -hand c or ner of the window , or pr es s Alt + F4 while the softwar e is acti ve. Mac intosh – Clic k the C lose button at the top left -hand [...]

T roubl eshoo ting a nd F AQ 33 T rouble shoo t ing a nd F AQ Zig gi-HD will not tur n on. Ensur e Zig gi-HD i s plugg ed in to your c omputer wit h the USB c ord.En sur e the Pr esen ter softwar e fr om the CD-ROM is in stalled and r unning. Unplug the camer a, exit t he software , r estart the softwar e, and r eplug in the c amer a. Ther e i s a [...]

Safety I n fo r ma ti o n S af e ty Infor ma t ion For your sa fety and for the best perfor manc e of your Zigg i-HD USB Doc ument C amer a: • K eep Zigg i-HD fr om c oming in to c ontact with heat sour c es suc h as r adiators, stoves, and hot l aptops. • Do not immerse Zig gi-HD in liquids, and protect it fr om mois tur e. • Supervise child[...]