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1. If the ViewletCam toolbar is not in the list you will need to install it by running the ViewletCam2 installation wizard again f running the installation wizard again make sure PowerPoint and ViewletCam2 are both closed Run the ViewletCamz2 installation wizard When you get to the Select Additional Tasks setup window select the Enable ViewletCam2 Add on for Microsoft PowerPoint ViewletCam2 User Manual page 43 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual ie Setup ViewletCam Sls Select Additional Tasks Which additional tasks should be performed Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perform while installing YiewletCamz then click Next Additional icons Create a desktop icon Add on for Microsoft PowerPoint Enable YiewletCam2 Add on for Microsoft PowerPoint When installing ViewletCamz select Enable ViewletCam Add on for Microsoft PowerPoint to create Viewlets fram PowerPoint presentations Click Next and follow the wizard screens to complete the reinstallation process Open Microsoft PowerPoint and verify that the ViewletCam2 Add On for PowerPoint toolbar is now installed 2 Configure the ViewletCam2 Add On for PowerPoint The next step to creating a new project from a PowerPoint presentation is to configure the add on This can be accomplished from within ViewletCam2 as discussed in the ViewletCam2 Options chapter or directly from within PowerPoint In this chapter we
2. The Colorful Note Properties window displays Before typing in your text set the properties for the text to display in this Colorful Note Colorful Note Properties Font Times New Roman oc ini H coo Welcome to the demonstration W Show arrow Cancel Select a shape for the Colorful Note by clicking on an image in the Style list to the left of the window Scroll through the options as needed If you want the Colorful Note to have a pointer select the Show arrow option below the Style list Deselect Show arrow if you do not want a pointer Select a font from the Font list Select a text size from the Size list Click the Bold E button to bold text if desired Click the Italics button to italicize text if desired Click the Underline button to underline text if desired Click one of the alignment buttons to Left Align Center Align Bi or Right Align text within the Note ViewletCam2 User Manual page 87 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To change the text color o Click the Color button o Inthe Colors window that displays select a color from the Standard or Custom tab Colors Standard Custom Colors Cancel Current o Click OK to apply the color and to return to the Colorful Note Properties window Once the text attributes are set type your text in the field provided Click OK to save the information and to close the Colorful Note Properties window
3. Once the canvas area is resized cropped as desired let go of the left mouse button Click the green checkmark to complete the cropping action Click the red X to cancel the action ViewletCam2 User Manual Objects sitting on top of the staging area may need to be repositioned if they are no longer positioned on stage due to the cropping operation page 162 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual When the cursor changes to a double arrow Hold down the lett mouse button and drag the edge ofthe crop area to resize the canvas ine iret Pyramid of Giza a Khufu s Pyramid or the Fyri a A pramids inthe Giza Necro bordering whalis now Cairt awning memtie The parts ofthe Graphics layer that are plea how outside of the newly sized smaller canvas area will be cropped when the canvas is resized Click the green checkmark to acceptthe changes Click the red to cancelthe crop operation or Help Press F1 Scaling the Movie Warning Once you resize the movie the action cannot be undone There is a feature in ViewletCam2 that will allow you to resize your movie by scaling it instead of cropping it This is extremely handy when you need to resize your entire project without having to recapture it at a smaller capture size ViewletCam2 User Manual page 163 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To scale the project Select Tools gt Movie Size from the menu bar gop Option
4. Type J o to If you want to select additional options for your text click the Font button Arial Font ViewletCam2 User Manual page 79 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual In the Font window that displays select additional font attributes as desired Font Font style arial A egular i Arial Black italic O Arial Marrow Bold Arial Rounded MT Boh Bold Italic O Aral Unicode MS O Baskerville Old Face O Bauhaus 93 Effects Strikeout Underline AaBD Vy Zz Color B Black Script Wester Sample Click OK to save the font attributes and to return to the Note Properties window Click OK to save the information and to close the Note Properties window The cursor will change to a cross hair shape Position your cursor over the area of the stage where you want to start drawing the Note Hold down the left mouse button and drag to form the Note shape Let go of the left mouse button to drop the Note into place Customers Downloads Welcome to aur demonstration why Choose Qa tasy To Use Too i Content Creation Man Authoring Web Based ViewletCam2 User Manual page 80 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Don t worry if you don t get the size or position of the Note just right the first time you draw it You can fix this after you draw the Note To resize a Note Select the Note object A bounding box will display a
5. The cursor will change to a cross hair shape Position your cursor over the area of the stage where you want to start drawing the Colorful Note Hold down the left mouse button and drag to form the Colorful Note shape Let go of the left mouse button to drop the Colorful Note into place ViewletCam2 User Manual page 88 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Welcome to the demonstration tasy Tc Don t worry if you don t get the size or position of the Colorful Note just right the first time you draw it You can fix this after you draw it To resize a Colorful Note Select the Colorful Note object A bounding box will display around the message object Point your cursor over one of the grab handles gnodes When the cursor changes to a double arrow shape hold down the left mouse button and drag to resize the Colorful Note To change the position of the Colorful Note s pointer Select the Colorful Note Point your cursor over the grab handle at the edge of the Colorful Note s pointer When the cursor changes to a four headed arrow hold down your left button and drag the pointer to a new location You will see the pointer s outline displayed as you drag it Let go of the left mouse button to drop the pointer into its new position To remove the Note s pointer Double click the Colorful Note The Co
6. improve the look of the field by using any of the buttons along the Standard toolbar to change the border s width and color or the object s fill color etc as needed Please input your password then press Enter on your keyboard This ig a sample of the second Text Field that will be used as a password entry input field E mee EO a ime line E Text Field C Teria e O pp o C lame Rectangle In order for these two fields to work together we now need to insert an Invisible Button on this same frame Click Insert button from the Edit toolbar In the Button window select Invisible Button and click Next The Events window displays In this window o For the Hotkey select Enter Hatkey z o For the button state make sure Up is selected ViewletCam2 User Manual page 153 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual D o Click the Add Event button and select If else from the list Add Event Play Stop Goto url Goto frame Set variable o Inthe Action list make sure that the IF option is selected Make sure that it is followed by the variable name you used for the name of the second Text Field previously created For this example our second Text Field was named input box Action list IF input box o Inthe F field type in correct password the user will need to input in this field when prompted at the beginning of the demonstration during pla
7. remembered position So for instance if you moved the toolbar and then closed it when reopened it will display in the last position it was in before it was closed To hide close a floating toolbar Select View from the menu bar Remove the checkmark next to the applicable toolbar by clicking deselecting it from the menu selections OR Click the red x located in the right edge of the toolbar s blue title bar ViewletCam2 User Manual page 12 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To move an anchored toolbar If the toolbar is anchored along an edge of the screen not floating point your cursor over the left or top edge of the toolbar where the dashed lines display F gt ViewletCam floating_toolbar File Edit Foint your cursor over the dashed lines along the left for top of an anchored toolbar Hold down the left mouse button and drag the toolbar to its new location as desired Hold down the left mouse button and drag the toolbar to its new location Let go of the left mouse button to drop it into place To move a floating toolbar Ifthe toolbar is not anchored along the edge of the screen point your cursor over the toolbar s blue title bar Hold down the left mouse button and drag the toolbar to its new location Let go of the left mouse button to drop it into place ViewletCam2 User Manual page 13 rev 02 15 2010 Right Click Shortcu
8. Inthe Sample rate area select a rate to use when recording audio The higher the sample rate the better quality the sound file but the bigger the resulting file size Inthe Sound source area select where the sound will be recorded from If you want to record computer sounds while capturing onscreen actions select Computer as the sound source However you can only capture EITHER computer sounds or microphone input not both during an onscreen capture session Click OK to apply ViewletCam2 User Manual page 47 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual o Inthe PowerPoint tab if you select the Launch Presentation and Start recording record mode option and you want a tip to display each time your capture session begins select the Show record trackbar tip next time option i Show record trackbar tip next time Select the PowerPoint tab o Toset the window size that will be used while recording your presentation top of tab a Select FullScreen to launch the presentation full screen FullScreen width 800 Height 600 b If you want to set a custom size for the recording session make sure the FullScreen option is deselected and change the Width and Height in the fields provided If the dimensions are smaller than your monitor settings the PowerPoint presentation will play back centered on your screen during the capture session with black around the edges o Inthe Record mode
9. To delete an ellipse Select the ellipse Press Delete on your keyboard Or select Edit gt Delete from the menu bar If you have any questions while working with shape objects please contact support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 114 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Image Objects ViewletCam2 allows you to insert image files directly onto frames in your project The supported image formats include JPEG PNG BMP TARGA GIF Once an image is inserted into a project its own unique layer is created You can work with the Image layer as you would any other object layer within your project To insert an image file Select the frame where you want to insert the image file on Select Insert gt Image from the menu bar Insert Note Ctrl 1 f Button Ctrl 2 Ctrl 3 Ctrl 4 Ctrl 5 Ctrl 6 Ctrl Ctrl 6 Ctrl 9 Ctrl O The Image window displays Click Browse and search for and select your image file Click OK ViewletCam2 User Manual page 115 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The Image window displays a preview of the image Click OK to close this window to insert the image Images Preview File CiiBusiness PicsichartOl1 jpg OK Cancel The cursor will change to a cross hair shape Place it over the canvas where you want to insert the image and click once to insert the image on the canvas ViewletCam2
10. Click your left mouse button to select the frame To select multiple frames Point your cursor over a frame Hold down your left mouse button and drag along the Timeline to highlight the desired frames Hold down the lett mouse button while m yf pointing atthe guide and drag to highlight multiple frames To delete frames Select the frames you want to delete Press the Delete key on your keyboard or select Edit gt Delete from the menu bar A window will display asking Are you sure to delete this part of the move Click Yes to confirm the deletion or click No to cancel the action ViewletCam2 User Manual page 65 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual ViewletCam A Are vou sure to delete this part of movie Note Once you delete frames you cannot undo the action To disable key frames Select the Graphics layer Point your cursor over a key frame indicator found along the layer until your cursor changes to a grab hand shape Hold down the Ctrl Shift keys when clicking on a key frame to disable it Hold down the Ctrl Shift keys while clicking on the key frame to disable it When the project plays back there will be no animation change on the Graphics layer at this point along the Timeline since the key frame is now disable To enable the key frame hold down the Ctrl Shift keys while clicking on the key frame ViewletCam2 User Manual page 66 rev 02
11. Export SWF Graphics Ok f High graphics quality f Low graphics quality Cancel Windows standard x Sound f High quality f Low quality Mw Smooth mouse track Auto add stop flag Swf File name emostancient wondersiPowerPointiPPT 1iPPT 1 swf COMmpresser Standard hal Compress Swf file The newly published Flash file displays in a window in your default browser Watch the Flash file play When done close the browser window to return to ViewletCam2 If you have any question about creating new projects from PowerPoint presentations contact support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 52 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Defining Capture Hotkeys ViewletCam2 allows you to define keystroke combinations or hotkeys to start stop pause and resume onscreen capture sessions These can be set up as global defaults and changed for new projects as needed Defining hotkeys when setting up ViewletCam2 Options program preferences When setting up ViewletCam2 preferences from the menu bar Tools gt Options in the View etCam tab you can set up hotkey combinations to use to Start Stop and to Pause Resume the capture session The hotkey combinations set up in this tab become the default hotkeys for all new capture sessions Defining hotkeys when creating a new project When you create a new project you will have the opportunity to change the default hotkey combinations de
12. To change the transparency level of a rectangle s fill color Select the rectangle Click the Select fill color button At the top of the drop down menu of colors that displays hold down your left mouse button and drag your cursor over the transparency box Watch the rectangle s fill color transparency change as you move the cursor in this box xpe K e AI Transparency Drag your cursor over the transparency box to change the rectangle s fill color transparency level Let go of the left mouse button to set the new transparency level To make the line color more solid drag the cursor to the left To make it more transparent drag the cursor to the right ViewletCam2 User Manual page 108 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To change the rectangle properties Right click on the rectangle and select Properties from the shortcut menu or double click the line object The Rectangle window displays Rectangle Line width od wil color Border Color Type f e 2 canel Select a new Line width Fill color and Border Color as needed Inthe Type area you can change the shape of the rectangle from sharp right angle corners to smooth rounded corners Just select the radio button next to the desired shape type Click OK to apply the changes To delete a rectangle Select the rectangle Press Delete on your keyboard Or select Edit gt Delete from
13. default preferences for these hotkeys in this tab You can also change the hotkey combinations prior to starting each new project Start Stop hotkeys To set the Start Stop hotkeys which are used to begin and end a screenshot session click the button to the right of the Start Stop text The Select Hot key window displays ViewletCam2 User Manual page 17 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Select Hot Key Press the key combination that will Ok start and stop video capture w Cancel F11 Follow the instructions in the Select Hot Key window The new hotkey combination will display in the screen if it is able to be used for a hotkey Click OK to apply This hotkey combination works like a toggle When first used the screenshot session will begin When the hotkey combination is used again the screenshot session will end Pause Resume hotkeys To set the Pause Resume hotkeys which are used to pause and resume an active screen capture session click the button to the right of the Pause Resume text Follow the instructions in the Select Hot Key window The new hotkey combination will display in the screen if it is able to be used for a hotkey Click OK to apply This hotkey combination works like a toggle When first pressed during an active recording session the recording will pause When the hotkey combination is pressed again the recording session will resume continue for
14. 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To add a frame label to a frame Aus Frame labels can be added to a frame to give you more control for viewer interaction on determining where the viewer will be directed along the Timeline during playback This can a be an essential element in an effective Viewlet demonstration Select the frame where the label will be inserted Right click and select Insert frame label from the shortcut menu The Great Pyt Insert stop Flag Ctrl I Insert action Ctrl 4 Insert frame label Rename Frame label Delete Flag Ctrl Ba Remove All Flag y A Frame Label window displays Type a name for the label in the field provided Frame Label Mame Gizasummary cane Click OK A small circle will display on the selected frame on the Timeline indicating the frame label has been added ViewletCam2 User Manual page 67 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To rename a frame label Right click on the small circle frame label indicator on the Timeline The Frame Label window displays Edit the frame label name as needed Click OK to save the changes To manually advance along the Timeline Click on a frame to display the playhead Point your cursor over the playhead and when the cursor changes to a double headed arrow drag the playhead along the guide This action is called scrubbing the Timeline To stop ona specific frame let go of the left mouse
15. 2 User Manual e Size Width 700 pixels Height 500 Pixels Anchor Click OK to resize the canvas The canvas is resized larger around the Graphics layer and since the canvas is now bigger then the Graphics layer the canvas background color displays around the Graphics layer Cropping the Movie Warning Once you crop the movie the action cannot be undone The Graphics layer which sits on top of the canvas area cannot be hidden So when you make the canvas area SMALLER then the current dimensions width and height the Graphics layer will be cut off The tool to resizing the canvas area smaller is referred to as the Crop Movie option So essentially when you use this tool to crop the movie you are actually cropping the canvas area for the entire project Let s take a look at how this works ViewletCam2 User Manual page 161 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual m To crop the canvas Select Tools gt Crop Movie from the menu bar a aei Options Play Control Bar Canvas Size Movie Size Split Movie Merge Movie Compress Movie The canvas staging area will change Everything in the red area will be cropped everything inside the box not highlight in red will not be affected Point your cursor over one of the edges of the crop box When the cursor changes to a double arrow shape hold down the left mouse button and drag to resize the canvas
16. Click OK to apply and to return to the Simple Button window Label Color Inthe Fill Color area to change the button s fill color click each of the buttons for the various button states Up Over and Down In the Color windows that display select a color from the Standard or Custom tabs Click OK to apply and to return to the Simple Button window Fill Color o To change the button s border color click each of the buttons for the various button states Up Over and Down In the Color windows that display select a color from the Standard or Custom tabs Click OK to apply and to return to the Simple Button window o To select a shape for the button select the radio button next to one of the rectangle shapes of your choice sharp edges or round edges o To set the thickness of the border enter a number in the Width field ViewletCam2 User Manual page 136 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Inthe Test Button area preview the button states by previewing rolling your mouse over and clicking the button image in the area provided Test Button Click Next The Event window displays To have the Viewlet do something when the button is clicked o For the Hotkey select Left button Hotkey left button a o For the button state select the radio button next to Up o Click the Event button Select an event from the list to add to the Action list For example if you want the View
17. Right click and select Properties from the shortcut menu Ctrlt Ctrl ctrl E reat Pyramid of Giza Ctrl V Greal Pyramid of Giza also called ufus Pyramid of the Pyramid of fu and Pyramid of Cheops is the ls and largest of the three amids inthe Giza Necropolis Mix audio layers Cerl h EE ng walis now Cairo Egypt It he only remaining member of the Aven Wonders of the Ancient orld Delete Delete Layer To change the canvas background color right click on the staging area and select Properties trom the shortcut menu Group Un group Moving to a Fane Ctrl F Properties Background Color Play speed 1 0 neas The Colors window displays Select a new background color from the Standard or the Custom tab and click OK to return to the Properties window ViewletCam2 User Manual page 158 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Inthe Properties window click OK to apply the background color to the canvas Adjusting the Canvas Size Warning Once you resize the canvas area the action cannot be undone There is a tool that allows you to adjust the size of the staging area s canvas size Keep in mind that the main Graphics layer which cannot be hidden sits on top of the canvas So when you adjust the canvas size to make it bigger the Graphics layer will remain the same size and the canvas behind it will increase The option you will use to make the canvas larger is in the Canvas Size w
18. area This section located at the middle to bottom of the tab contains several options all related to recording mode settings a Select Launch Presentation and Start recording to have the capture session begin when the presentation is launched ViewletCam2 User Manual page 48 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual B Record mode f Launch Presentation and Start recording Launch Presentation and press hotkey to start recording iw Hide mouse track W Show hotkey tip next time Project directory C Documents and Settings kathy My Doc Browse b Select Launch Presentation and press hotkey to start recording to manually begin the capture session of your presentation by pressing a predefined hotkey combination If you select the second mode option you will be prompted to use your hotkey Click OK to close the window before pressing your hotkey Viewletlam Add on Press hotkey to record the powerpoint presentation Start Stop Fil Pause Resume F6 Pause Resume Esc i Show tip again If you don t want the tip window to display before starting a PowerPoint capture session using a hotkey combination deselect the Show tip again option o Select the Hide mouse track option if you do not want to include cursor animation o Select the Show hotkey tip next time option if you want a tip window displayed before initiating a capture session of your presentation using a hotkey combination
19. below the menu bar is the standard button toolbar containing a series of command buttons These buttons offer quick one click access to the most common features in ViewletCamz2 In many cases these buttons provide quicker access to tools also found on the menu bar Ruler Bars Along the left side of the screen and the top of the stage area right below the main button toolbar are rulers Use these for fine turning placement of objects on the stage Edit Toolbar By default this toolbar used for choosing the selection tool or to insert objects on the stage along the Timeline is loaded on the right side of the screen Stage or Staging Area ViewletCam2 s staging area main editing area is the canvas area where the actual project is displayed It is in this area that you can apply all of your edits such as adding notes buttons fine tune cursor animations and more While inside ViewletCam2 you can preview the playback of your project and everything that plays on the stage is what will be visible in the published file Offstage Area The gray area that surrounds the stage is the offstage area This will not be visible during playback in the published file Timeline By default the Timeline is loaded at the bottom of the screen below the stage The Timeline is used for editing project elements and for viewing actions during playback Status Bar The status bar is located at the bottom of the screen and displays some
20. button To play a project to preview it along the Timeline Click on the frame where you want to start previewing the project along the Timeline There are two ways to play back the project inside ViewletCam2 o Select Control from the menu bar and select one of the playback options Control Tools Language W gt Play D a Beginning l End OR o Click one of the VCR style navigation buttons on the button toolbar K e N To jump to the last frame Select the Jump to the end button on the button toolbar 3 dump ta the end OR Select Control gt End from the menu bar ViewletCam2 User Manual page 68 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To jump to the first frame Select the Jump to the beginning button on the button toolbar Kje a2 ia Jump to the beginning I OR Select Control gt Beginning from the menu bar If you have any questions about working with frames please contact Support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 69 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Layers Layers a major component of the Timeline make up the foundation of the project Layers help separate graphics and objects so if one object is moving one way and another is moving another they won t run into each other because they are on different layers Further layers help arrange foreground and background and which objects will move behind and in front of other obje
21. gt Movie Size to scale your project s dimensions the Note object including the text inside of it will scale proportionally To create a Note Select a frame to insert the Note on Click the Insert note button on the Edit toolbar Ctrl 1 Ctrl O ViewletCam2 User Manual page 77 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The Note Properties window displays Before typing in your text set the properties for the text to display in this Note Mote Properties Ed Font Arial se fu e sj ulelf a E Cote Welcome ta aur demo cancel Select a font from the Font list Select a text size from the Size list Click the Bold E button to bold text if desired Click the Italics button to italicize text if desired Click the Underline button to underline text if desired Click one of the alignment buttons to Left Align Center Align Bi or Right Align text within the Note ViewletCam2 User Manual page 78 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To change the text color o Click the Color button o Inthe Colors window that displays select a color from the Standard or Custom tab Colors Standard Custom Colors Cancel Current o Click OK to apply the color and to return to the Note Properties window Once the text attributes are set type your text in the field provided Select a basic note Type by clicking the radio button next to the desired shape
22. information regarding the feature you are working on and a hint as to what to do if more help is needed There are also buttons along the status bar with the name of each file currently open inside ViewletCam2 To switch between open files simply click the desired project button on the status bar ViewletCam2 User Manual page 11 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual SS a Floating Toolbars The Menu Bar Standard Toolbar Edit Toolbar and Timeline are also known as floating toolbars The advantage of floating toolbars is that they can be shown hidden or moved around the workspace while editing a ViewletCam2 project ViewletCam floating _toolbar File Edit wiew Insert Control Tools Language Window Help BEHO KDDElk gt al 2 A eH Te LLL E Fi This is an example ofthe Edit Toolbar Edit x moved to a floating horizontal position in the DS AP A 7 workspace By default this toolbar displays Ne i Pd i E4 a ae vertically along the right side of the screen rm SO Tre Oe sc For Help Press F1 yeame2_product_page floating_toolbar To display a floating toolbar f one of the floating toolbars is not displayed select View from the menu bar Select the desired toolbar from the menu selections Once selected it will display in the workspace area in its last
23. into place EJ A Time line Mouse h Mouse Vi 5 i i A To resize a line Select the line so that the bounding box displays around it Point your cursor over one of the grab handles gnodes until the cursor changes to an arrows shape Hold down the left mouse button and drag to resize the line Let go of the left mouse button to complete the resizing action To move a line within a frame Select the line Point your cursor over the line hold down the left mouse button and drag the line to its new position Let go of the left mouse button to drop the line into place ViewletCam2 User Manual page 100 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To change the line s thickness Select the line Click the Select line width button from the toolbar Select a new width from the menu options To change the line s border color Depending upon the thickness of the line when using this option the line s border color may appear to also be the line s fill color Select the line Click the Select line color button on the toolbar Click the Select line color button to choose the line s border color Custom ViewletCam2 User Manual page 101 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Select a color from the palette of colors Or o Click Custom o Inthe Colors window that displays select a color from the Standard or Custom tab o Cl
24. onscreen capture session Click OK to apply the default settings The Capture Setting Tab In the Capture Setting tab ViewletCam2 allows you to set preferences for screen captures that will be used for onscreen capture sessions for your new projects You can choose to disable single or multiple screen actions to help reduce the final size of your published presentation Or if you encounter issues while attempting to record onscreen actions you can set hardware acceleration preferences to resolve the issue Lets take a look at the two main features offered in this tab ViewletCam2 User Manual page 19 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual In the disable certain interface effects area top section of tab f you don t know what to disable select the Disable all possible effects option Disabling certain interface effects during the capture process can reduce the size of your exported movie Disable all possible effects Disable Fading menus and tooltips Disable menu shadows Disable slide open effect For combo boxes Disable smooth scrolling For list boxes Disable gradients on window title bars Disable tooltip animation Disable menu animation You can also select individual effects that may occur while capturing onscreen actions as desired Only selected items will be disabled and can help reduce the file size of the published project In the recording session issues troubleshooting area b
25. press the button The Sound Layer lf you record sound when creating a new project or insert a sound file into an existing project the sound file itself will be represented along the Timeline in its own layer The Great Pyramid of Giza also called o khufu s Pyramid ar the Pyramid of En amid Of Cheops is the jest of the three A sound layer is inserted along the e Giza Necropolis Timeline foreach sound file inthe project AEn a a N ViewletCam2 User Manual page 59 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The sound file itself is not directly embedded into the source vcp project So if you need to edit it look for the file in the project folder open it in an external audio editor edit as needed and then reinsert the edited file into the project If you do this you should remove the original file from the project to avoid confusion If you delete frames along the Timeline the associated frames along the Sound Layer will also be deleted whether or not the layer is synched with the Graphics layer Once frames are deleted this action cannot be undone Once the file is published all audio is directly embedded into the published file Synchronized Sound Its important to sync your main Sound layer with the Graphics layer for optimal playback results If you are not sure if the sound layer is synced with the Graphics layer Right click on the Sound layer to disp
26. s default GIF viewer Repeat this process each time you edit and resave your project ViewletCam2 User Manual page 180 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual To export a project to an EXE file Save your project Export your project to SWF format Close any open browser windows that occur after exporting to SWF Select File gt Convert swf to exe from the menu bar Edit wiew Insert at NeW a ea pen SAYE SAYE J5 Close Document Properties j Export SWF Export Ovi Export GIF Convert swf bo exe The Convert SWF to EXE window displays o Inthe nput area select Play the movie full screen to play the movie full screen when launched Show menu to display the Flash menu options if viewer right clicks on demo Play movie automatically for the movie to start playing when launched Loop movie for the movie to continually replay 100 for 100 frame compression quality Click Browse to locate and select the SWF file The path to the file will display in the SWF file field SWF File C Demostancient_wonders ViewletCam2 User Manual page 181 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual 5 In the Caption field type in a title for the demonstration This caption will display in the blue title bar of the Flash player when the demonstration is played By default the file name is filled in after you select the SWF file Caption Ancient Won
27. selected for capture Information Handle 1306F2 Caption Google Windows Tankerne Fwenlnarer Fectangle 0 0 1024 741 Click Finish The Capture from rectangle window will close and you are ready to start your capture session Right before you begin your capture session a hint will display above your system tray prompting you to press the applicable hotkey combination to start your capture session i Start Stop capture Press F10 Press the applicable hotkey combination to start your screenshot session Perform the tasks as needed during your recording session f you need to pause the capture session press the applicable hotkey combination To resume press the same hotkey combination and the session will continue Once you are finished with the capture session press the Start Stop hotkey combination to end your capture session ViewletCam2 User Manual page 36 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual O D ViewletCam2 will display your new project At this point save the project before you begin working on it gt ViewletCam2 products_training 01 File Edit View Insert Control Tools Language Window Help RGWe X iRe k e A L S A 100 200 300 400 y Choose Qarbon Easy To Use Tools at e Dedicated Support High Quality Output Budget Friendly O DN amp For Help Press F1 products_training_01 If you have any questions about creating a n
28. that same session In the Audio area Audio W Record sound Setup ViewletCam2 offers several ways to enhance your Viewlet project with the addition of sound These features are detailed in the chapter on Sound Recording In this section you will learn how to set up default sound recording preferences for all existing and new projects As previously mentioned these sound recording preferences can be modified in other areas of the program prior to creating new projects or recording new sound tracks To set sound recording defaults for new projects Select the Record sound option Click the Setup button The Sound window displays ViewletCam2 User Manual page 18 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Sample size Sample rate C 8000 Samples per sec C B bit T 1G bit Cancel f 11025 Samples per sec Sound source i Microphone f 22050 Samples per sec Computer C 44100 Samples per sec Default Inthe Sample size area select either 8 bit or 16 bit Inthe Sample rate area select a rate to use when recording audio The higher the sample rate the better quality the sound file but the bigger the resulting file size Inthe Sound source area select where the sound will be recorded from If you want to record computer sounds while capturing onscreen actions select Computer as the sound source However you can only capture EITHER computer sounds or microphone input not both during an
29. the image file that contains the desired pointer shape Click Open Click Add to add it to the list To delete a custom pointer Inthe Mouse window select the Pointers tab Select a pointer from the Customize list Click the Delete button Mouse Click and Keyboard Press Actions When you look along the Mouse layer you may see some green and red boxes As previously discussed at the beginning of this chapter these indicate key frames The red box indicates where a mouse click action occurs The green box indicates where a keyboard press action occurs These actions were recorded during the screen capture session You can move the point along the Timeline where these actions occur as you would any other key frame You can also add sound to these actions To add sound to a mouse click action Right click on the Mouse layer and select Properties from the shortcut menu ViewletCam2 User Manual page 127 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The Mouse window displays Select the Sound tab Pointers Sound Scheme Mouse event Double click Press key Sound File Mute Browse For the Mouse event area select either Click or Double Click For the Sound file select an option from the list Sound File Play Browse def click way To listen to the sound file click Play To add a custom sound file to the list of options click Browse and search for and s
30. the presentation starts playing Record mode f Launch Presentation and Start recording Launch Presentation and press hotkey to start recording iw Hide mouse track W Show hotkey tip next time Project directory C Documents and Settings kathy My Doc Browse Select Launch Presentation and press hotkey to start recording to manually begin the capture session of your presentation by pressing a predefined hotkey combination If you select the second mode option you will be prompted to use your hotkey Click OK to close the window before pressing your hotkey ViewletCam Add on Press hotkey to record the powerpoint presentation 6 Start Stop Fil Pause Resume F Pause Resume Esc W Show tip again ViewletCam2 User Manual page 23 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual If you don t want the tip window to display before starting a PowerPoint capture session using a hotkey combination deselect the Show tip again option Select the Hide mouse track option if you do not want to include cursor animation Select the Show hotkey tip next time option if you want a tip window displayed before initiating a capture session of your presentation using a hotkey combination Click Browse to locate the folder where you want your ViewletCam2 project to be saved This is the project ViewletCam2 creates automatically once your capture session Is finished Click OK to save these setti
31. the risk ViewletCam2 User Manual page 4 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To install ViewletCam2 Double click the ViewletCamz2 installer file ending in exe The ViewletCam2 setup wizard will display Follow the prompts throughout the windows in the wizard to complete the ViewletCamz2 installation process ie Setup ViewletCam Silas Welcome to the ViewletCam Setup Wizard This will install ViewletCarnie on your computer It is recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Nest to continue or Cancel to exit Setup lf you have any questions or encounter any problems while downloading or installing ViewletCam2 please contact support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 5 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual License Activation To publish Viewlets without advertising logos you must activate your license in ViewletCam2 Once you purchase a license the information needed to convert ViewletCam2 to the licensed version is sent to you via email Remember to activate ViewletCam2 before the 30 day trial period ends To activate ViewletCam2 Activate ViewletCam Thank vou For trying ViewletCamz After a 30 day trial period you must either register ViewlehCam2 or remove it From Your computer Upon purchase vou will receive a ViewlebCam license code To activate and register ViewlebCam please Fill the Following Fields License Code Regist
32. will occur The Timeline contains layers that make up your ViewletCam2 project Each of these layers work together so when the project is played back the result is a dynamic presentation You can edit the objects and actions in each layer along the Timeline as needed as well as hide and lock layers Timeline Components The Timeline is comprised of various components that you will use while editing your project These include Frames Reference Guide Frames and Key Frames Playhead Layers Objects notes graphics cursor sound buttons Flags Actions Labels The Timeline components listed above are discussed in more detail in the chapters that follow If you have any general questions about Timeline features please contact Support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 64 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Frames At the top of the Timeline you will see a guide bar known as the Frames Reference Guide Along this guide bar there are small sections known as frames divided by tickmarks into 1 10 of second intervals Special key frames occur along the Timeline which are key points along the Timeline where an animation begins or ends When you select a frame a playhead displays marking the current frame on the Timeline r a Frames Reterence Guide ne One Second Interval Key Frame indicator To select a single frame Point your cursor over a tickmark on the guide
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34. Insert rectangle Chrl 4 ViewletCam2 User Manual page 104 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual B Move your cursor over the canvas and when your cursor changes to a cross hair hold down your left mouse button and drag to draw the rectangle Let go of the left mouse button to drop the rectangle into place He s5O0 a or To resize a rectangle Select the rectangle so that the bounding box displays around it Point your cursor over one of the grab handles gnodes until the cursor changes to an arrows shape Hold down the left mouse button and drag to resize the rectangle Let go of the left mouse button to complete the resizing action To move a rectangle within a frame Select the rectangle Point your cursor over the rectangle hold down the left mouse button and drag the rectangle to its new position Let go of the left mouse button to drop the rectangle into place To change the rectangle s border thickness Select the rectangle Click the Select line width button from the toolbar ViewletCam2 User Manual page 105 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Click the Select line width button to change the rectangle s border thickness Select a new width from the menu options To change the rectangle s border color Select the rectangle Click the Select line color button on the toolbar Click the Select line color button to change the rectangle s border color Cus
35. Properties EW Font Arial size if B z UE 3 Color Welcome to this demonstration cance Select a font from the Font list Select a text size from the Size list Click the Bold EB button to bold text if desired Click the Italics button to italicize text if desired Click the Underline button to underline text if desired Click one of the alignment buttons to Left Align Center Align B or Right Align text within the Note ViewletCam2 User Manual page 92 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To change the text color o Click the Color button o Inthe Colors window that displays select a color from the Standard or Custom tab Colors Standard Custom Colors Cancel Current o Click OK to apply the color and to return to the Text Box Properties window Once the text attributes are set type your text in the field provided f you want to select additional options for your text click the Font button Arial Font ViewletCam2 User Manual page 93 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual In the Font window that displays select additional font attributes as desired Font Font style arial Regular Pn O Arial Black italic O Aral Narrow Bold O Arial Rounded MT Bol Bold Italic O Anal Unicode MS O Baskerville Old Face O Bauhaus 93 Mi Effects Strikeout Underline AaBD Vy Zz Color B Black Script Wester Sample Click OK to sa
36. Text Box over the button and make the Text Box border color and fill color totally transparent See the chapter on Message Objects for more information on working with Text Box objects riers SO 1 a OOOO fe eh ea ee To create an Invisible button Select the frame where you want to insert the button Click the Insert button icon on the Edit toolbar Insert button Ctrl 2 ViewletCam2 User Manual page 146 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The Button window displays Select Invisible Button and click Next Button 0 Simple Button f Special Button C Custom Button 0 Invisible Button nel The Event window displays To have the Viewlet do something when the invisible button is clicked o For the Hotkey select Left button Hotkey left button o For the button state select the radio button next to Up o Click the Event button Select an event from the list to add to the Action list For example if you want the Viewlet to continue when the viewer clicks this hotspot area you would select Play from the events menu ViewletCam2 User Manual page 147 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Stop Goto url Goto frame If alse Set variable Click Finish The cursor will change to a cross hair shape Position the cursor on the canvas where you want the invisible hotspot button to be and hold down the left mouse button Drag the mouse to draw th
37. The process of splitting or merging files can be as simple or as complex as you want to make it Once you perform the action you will still need to tweak the project to make sure everything plays back effectively in the new project s If you have any questions while working with these features please contact support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 170 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Document Properties ViewletCam2 allows you to add authoring information and a project description to your project To add or edit the document s properties information Select File gt Document Properties from the menu bar view Insert Co he Document Properties window displays o Inthe Author field type in the author s name o Inthe Description field type in a summary of the project Document properties Author Viewlel Creation Services Description This demonstration discusses the seven Ancient Wonders of khe world This information is only available inside the source vcp file from inside ViewletCam2 If you have any question with document properties please contact support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 171 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Player Control Bar amp Preloader ViewletCam2 gives you the option to choose between several different player control bars that viewers can use when watching the published Flash file You can also choose no player b
38. User Manual page 116 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual To resize an image Select the image A bounding box displays around the image Position your cursor over one of the grab handles gnodes Hold down your left mouse button and drag to resize the image Let go of the left mouse button to complete the resizing action To move an image within a frame Select the image Point your cursor over the image hold down the left mouse button and drag the image to its new location Let go of the image to drop it into place To delete an image Select the image Press the Delete key on your keyboard or select Edit gt Delete from the menu bar If you have any questions while working with images please contact Support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 117 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Grouping amp Ungrouping Objects For easier manipulation of individual objects or a group of objects you can group them together and ungroup them This technique DIFFERS from the Group Ungroup functionality of layers Here we are talking about grouping the objects themselves without combining their layers To group ungroup objects Hold down the Shift Ctrl keys while clicking to select each object As you select objects in this manner you will notice that a dotted rectangle surrounds the selected objects indicating they are now in a group A dotted rectangle surrounding objects
39. ViewletCam 7 User Manual Contents Welcome to VieWletC a2 airesin Erenn eS E E EE EEE EON ET 2 System Requirements cccccccseeccceceeeceeecaeeeeeeseeeeeesseeeeeesseeeeeesseeeeeessaeeeeesaeeeeessaeeeesaaees 3 aO a e E E EEE EE eeeesiaee 4 License AGUVALION acarcaccinanorssncimanirtanntisnarctinimintonsonaiiotehekunadtomunnnaiuiareansinabeuianntemaiesten 6 EEEE E E E EEEE E ree E een en ee eee eee 9 E eE OV CI OW A E E E O E E E A E E 10 ViewletCam2 Program Preferences cccccccseececsseeeeseeeeeseeeeeeeueeesaseeseaaeeesaeeeeseeeessegs 15 Creating a New Project BaSICS cccccccccccceseeeeceeeseceeeaeeeeeseeeeeeeseeeeeeesseaeeeesaaeeeeesaneeeees 25 Active Window Capture New Project ccccseccccecseeeeeeceeeeeeeseeeeeeeeaeeseeseeeeeeesaeeeeesanees 29 Screen Area Capture New Proje Ct cccccceeccescsseceeeeeseceeseeeeeeeseeseeeeseeaeeeeseeeeeesaaaeeess 33 Full Screen Capture New Project ccccccccseeeececeeeeeeeceeseeeeceeeeeesseseeeessaeeeeesaaaeeessnanes 38 PowerPoint Presentation New Project cccccccceccceseeeeeeceeeceeeeseeesueeceeeeaeeseeesseeesaaes 42 Defining Capture Hotkeys vcsinssetencraezccsenu tess cecensndueasadnsvaventedsccsdeadecebadeccsugdeseecseesdeseetenese 53 SOUN Rese emene cer man eee E eee ne ra eer ee ee ee ee ee eee 54 TSn VEVO W cscs ee E tanec amine E E A E EE 64 EE S E E EE E E A E NE ET 65 EE E E E E EE E E E E E E A E tees eaeeel 70 MeS cage ODI CIS a
40. ViewletCam2 User Manual page 54 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Understanding Sound Recording Options Sound window You will see various options when selecting sound recording preferences in the Sound window whether you are setting program defaults or modifying these settings when creating a new project Here s some information to help you decide what settings will work best for you sample Size This is the number of bits of data sampled and for audio is often expressed as 8 bits or 16 bits The 8 bit sample is best suited for strict voice narration not music The 16 bit sample provides a better sample quality and is suited for both voice and music The greater the audio sample size the bigger the resulting file size Sample size C B bit f 16 bit In most cases keeping the default 16 bit sample size selected works fine for most ViewletCam2 projects Sample Rate This is the frequency at which the bits of data are sampled The frequency is measured in kHz and often expressed in 11 025 kHz 22 050 kHz 44 1 kHz and 48 kHz The higher the sample rate the better the quality but the bigger the resulting file size Sample rate C B000 Samples per sec f 11025 Samples per sec f 22050 Samples per sec C 44100 Samples per sec 5 If you are unsure as to what sample rate to use and will be deploying your demonstrations Os via the web select 22050 Samples per sec for a good balance between sound quality an
41. abs In each of these tabs you can set default ViewletCam2 preferences for capture mode hotkeys audio disabling specific screen actions that might occur during capture and various options to control capture settings when playing back a PowerPoint presentation z ViewletCam Options viewletCam Capture Setting PowerPoint ViewletCam default preferences options are set up in the Wiewetleng Ontions window In any of the three available tabs Did you install the ViewletCam2 Add On for PowerPoint option when you installed ViewletCam2 If so the settings found in the ViewletCam and PowerPoint tabs can also be modified from within PowerPoint To access them Inside PowerPoint locate the ViewletCam2 toolbar On that toolbar click the ViewletCam2 plug in configuration options button y ViewletCam H i i i l i l F 7 3 F ViewlebCam plug in configuration options i i i i l The ViewletCam2 Add On Options window displays You can modify these settings just like you would inside ViewletCam2 only here you can do it right before launching your PowerPoint presentation right from within PowerPoint The ViewletCAm2 Add On for PowerPoint is covered in more detail later in this manual Now let s explore each of the tabs found in the ViewletCam2 Options window inside ViewletCam2 Viewl
42. act with the project or something that occurs while the project plays For example as the project plays it may stop on a frame that contains a stop flag On this frame there may be a button The action that the user might take is to click the button An actions should have at least one Event associated with it So we can think of an event as something that happens as the result of an action So for example when the viewer clicks the button the event associated with the click action might be play the project continues to play Actions and events can be associated with various interactive objects available in ViewletCam2 a few of which are discussed in the chapter on Interactive Objects For this example let s take a look at add actions and events directly to a frame on the Timeline To add an action to a frame Right click on the frame where you want to add an action Select Insert action from the shortcut menu In the window that displays click the Action list Add Event Delete Event Get URL http iivaa garbon corr C This specifies the current Frame in the current window This opens a new window C This specifies the parent frame of the current Frame t This specifies the top level Frame in the current window ns ViewletCam2 User Manual page 132 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Click the Add Event button Select one of the events to add to the Action list To add m
43. ag ViewletCam2 User Manual page 130 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 To move a stop flag on the Timeline Point your cursor over the stop flag indicator When the cursor changes to a grab hand shape hold down the left mouse button Drag the stop flag along the Timeline Let go of the left mouse button to drop the stop flag on to a new frame i U User Manual This will insert a red arrowhead on the selected frame on the Timeline This indicates where the demonstration will stop requiring some type of viewer interaction or action to occur for the Viewlet to continue To search for stops flags along the Timeline Insert stop Flag Ctrl I Insert action Chrl 4 Insert Frame label Rename Frame label Delete Flag Ctrl Next flag Ckrl L Prev Flag Ctri k Remove All Flag ViewletCam2 User Manual Right click on any frame along the Timeline to display the shortcut menu Select Next flag to move to the next flag along the Timeline Select Prev flag to move to the previous flag along the Timeline page 131 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To delete a stop flag on the Timeline Select the stop flag Right click and select Delete flag from the shortcut menu To delete all stop flags along the Timeline Right click a frame tickmark on the Timeline Select Remove all flags from the shortcut menu Actions amp Events Think of an Action as something that the viewer does to inter
44. age 40 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Click Finish The Capture full screen window will minimize and you are ready to start your capture session By default right before you begin your capture session a hint will display above your system tray prompting you to press the applicable hotkey combination to start your capture session i Start Stop capture Press F10 Press the applicable hotkey combination to start your screenshot session Perform the tasks as needed during your recording session If you need to pause the capture session press the applicable hotkey combination To resume press the same hotkey combination and the session will continue Once you are finished with the capture session press the Start Stop hotkey combination to end your capture session ViewletCam2 will display your new project At this point save the project before you begin working on it If you have any questions about creating new Full Screen Area projects contact Support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 41 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual B PowerPoint Presentation New Project The ViewletCam2 Add On for PowerPoint makes it easy to capture PowerPoint presentations and turn them into Flash movies Just install the ViewletCam2 Add On for PowerPoint and configure it Then right from within PowerPoint use the add on to record your project Finish up in ViewletCam2 to edit and pub
45. ample rate for the sound preferences For more information on sound features see the chapter on Sound Recording Preferences Sample size Sample rate f B bit C 000 Samples per sec 1E bi Cancel C 11025 Samples per sec Sound source Microphone f 22050 Samples per sec Computer C 44100 Samples per sec Default Click OK to apply the sound preferences Changing the sound preferences when creating a new project will NOT change the default sound preferences set in the Tools gt Options gt ViewletCam tab To change the Capture times per second frame rate setting how many seconds will pass between screen captures drag the handle along the sliding bar to set the number of seconds Capture times per sec 3 SSS ee Changing the capture rate when creating a new project will NOT change the default capture rate setting set in the Tools gt Options gt ViewletCam tab Inthe nformation area there are no actions to take Information displayed in this area is determined by what single active window is selected for capture Information Handle 130BF2 Caption Google Windows Tnkerner Fynlarer Rectangle 0 0 1024 741 ViewletCam2 User Manual page 31 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Click Finish The Capture from window screen will close and you are ready to start your capture session Right before you begin your capture session a hint will display above your sys
46. ar To go along with the player control bar you can select a loading screen preloader For bigger projects a preloader is a smart choice because it will display the progress of the project as it is loading while the Viewlet streams in the background FIU om The Great Pyramid of Giza also called Khufu s Pyramid or the Pyramid of Kf and Pramid of Chagas is the ms OOS ro Egypt It iber ofthe The selected player bar displays atthe bottom of the staging area I Add Loading screen at the beginning of your movie How much percentage do you want the movie to load before it plays ViewletCam2 User Manual page 172 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To select a player control bar and preloader for your project Select Tools gt Play Control Bar from the menu bar aos E E B E E Oy Options Play Control Bar Crop Movie Canvas Size Movie Size Split Movie Merge Movie Compress Movie The Control bar window displays o Select a control player bar from the Style list ViewletCam2 User Manual page 173 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual o To add a loading screen preloader at the beginning of the movie during playback select the Add Loading screen at the beginning of your movie option o If you are selecting a preloader in the percentage field type in the percentage of the demonstration that you want to download st
47. ation or persistence of an object on the Timeline Duration 1000 1000 1s Over all frames Resume Enter a value that how long you want the object to last on the screen Goto a label o To change the object s duration by increasing decreasing seconds Take the number of seconds and multiple it by 1000 and enter the result in the field provided So for example if you want the object to persist on the Timeline for 5 seconds type 5000 in the field Select Resume o To make the object persistent from its starting point to the end of the project Select the Over all frames option This will extend the duration of the object from its current starting point to the last frame of the project o To make the object persistent from its starting point to a specific frame on the Timeline for which you ve created a frame label Click the down arrow for the Goto a label list Make a selection from the list as desired This will extend the duration of the object from its current starting point to the last frame of the project Click OK to close Moving to a frame window and to change the duration of the object accordingly If you have any question about persistent objects please contact support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 122 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Cursor Animation on the Mouse Layer ViewletCam2 creates a Mouse layer in each of your projects whether or not the project contain
48. ault how many seconds will pass between screen captures drag the handle along the sliding bar to set the number of seconds o Inthe Record Hotkey area Record Hotkey Start Stop Pause Resume ViewletCam2 User Manual page 45 rev 02 15 2010 User Manual ViewletCam2 uses predefined keystroke combinations or hotkeys to allow you to Start Stop and Pause Resume your capture session while running the presentation Settings made in the add on from within PowerPoint will NOT change the default options set inside ViewletCam2 a Start Stop hotkeys To set the Start Stop hotkeys which are used to begin and end a screenshot session click the button to the right of the Start Stop text The Select Hot key window displays Select Hot Key Fress the key combination that will shart and stop video capture Cancel F11 Follow the instructions in the Select Hot Key window The new hotkey combination will display in the screen if it is able to be used for a hotkey Click OK to apply This hotkey combination works like a toggle When first pressed the screenshot session will begin When the hotkey combination is pressed again the screenshot session will end b Pause Resume hotkeys To set the Pause Resume hotkeys which are used to pause and resume an active screen capture session click the button to the right of the Pause Resume text Follow the instructions in the Se
49. blish to your web site transfer to CD email to users etc for your viewers to watch Let s take a look at each publishing feature To export a project to Flash format Once you ve completed your project save it Select File gt Export SWF from the menu bar Save aS Close Document Properti Export SWF ViewletCam2 User Manual page 175 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The Export SWF window displays O In the Graphics area the default option is High graphics quality This option is fine for most published projects Graphics High graphics quality f Low graphics quality Windows standard _ To reduce the file size select Low graphics quality and select colors to use for the images from the Palette drop down list If you use this option make sure to preview after publishing to make sure the graphics quality are sufficient for your needs f Low graphics quality windows standard Windows standard Windows lt P Windows lt P Olive green Windows sP Silver System Windows In the Sound area select either High quality or Low quality for the exported sound if the project contains audio Sound f High quality C Low quality If your project contains cursor animation select the Smooth mouse track option i Smooth mouse track ViewletCam2 User Manual page 176 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual o Ifyou do NOT want your project to automat
50. ct Group from the shortcut menu This will group the layers into one layer with the title Group Objects in grouped layers will all start end on the same frames Do NOT use this option to mix audio layers To ungroup layers right click a Group layer to display the shortcut menu Select Ungroup from the shortcut menu If you have any questions about working with layers contact support qgarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 76 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Message Objects ViewletCam2 offers several ways to enhance the message you are trying to get across to viewers through the use of text objects These text objects also referred to as message objects can be added to frames and come in three main forms Note Colorful Note Text Box You can impact with the careful addition of message objects throughout your project These are especially useful when no audio narration is included Of course you can kick it up a notch by supplementing existing audio narration with message objects too Let s take a look at each of these message objects Note The first message object is the plain style Note It comes in two types rectangular or elliptical shape A Note can be added to any frame in the project As a vector object you can customize its text content size border fill pointer position and location on the slide Additionally if you use the Movie Size option Tools
51. cts Layers can be locked to prevent editing it from the stage Also a layer s visibility can be turned on or off while working on the project While working on complex projects turning off a layer helps reduce clutter so that you can better see what you are doing At a minimum when a new project is first created there are two basic layers Mouse layer This layer contains all of the project s cursor animation Graphics layer This layer contains the main background images captured during the onscreen capture session All other components such as the cursor animation notes shapes buttons etc sit on top of this layer And there is one additional layer if the Record Sound option is selected for new projects Sound layer This layer contains the sound recorded during the capture session These are displayed top to bottom in this order and cannot be changed Mouse layer Graphics layer Sound layer While editing a project new layers are automatically added to the stack of layers These include layers for notes shapes buttons and additional sound layers ViewletCam2 User Manual page 70 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Additional layers that are added to the project while editing display between the Mouse and the Graphics layer with the exception of new Sound layers If new sound files are inserted into the project new Sound layers one for each sound file are inserted at the bottom of the Time
52. cursors that will be used in the project in one glance Let s take a look at some of the cursor pointer options available To view all the cursors used in the project Right click on a cursor or on the Mouse layer and select Properties from the shortcut menu The Mouse window displays ViewletCam2 User Manual page 125 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Pointers Sound Pointers Customize a _ delete Browse Inthe Pointers tab you will see a list of cursor shapes being used throughout the project in the Pointers list To change a cursor pointer Inthe Mouse window select the Pointers tab In the list that displays under Pointers select a cursor shape by clicking it Inthe Customize list select a new replacement shape by clicking it Click the Replace button Pointers Customize K Resume N O Click OK and the selected cursors will be replaced with the replacement shape ViewletCam2 User Manual page 126 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual To restore a cursor pointer to its original shape Inthe Mouse window select the Pointers tab Select the desired shape from the Pointers list Click the Resume button to remove the replacement cursor Click OK and all of the selected cursors will be restored to the original pointer shape To add a custom pointer to the Customize list Inthe Mouse window select the Pointers tab Click the Browse button Select
53. d playback file size performance Sound Source This is the source from which the sound will be captured ViewletCam2 offers three options for this ViewletCam2 User Manual page 55 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Sound source i Microphone Computer Default Microphone Select this option if you will use a PC or external microphone to capture sound usually for voice narration during the capture session Computer Select this option if you want to capture computer sounds during the capture session You would also use this option when capturing sound while recording PowerPoint presentations Default If you want to use the default audio recording device configured for your system select this option You can capture EITHER microphone input or computer sounds not both during a capture session For more information on sound recording preferences in the Sound window please refer to any of the chapters on new projects or the chapter on Screen Capture Preferences Inserting Sound Once you create a project you have the ability to insert sound from an external audio file or by recording it directly inside ViewletCam2 The first step for both processes is to Select a frame along the Timeline This is the point where the sound file will be inserted into the project Select Insert gt Sound from the menu options ViewletCam2 User Manual page 56 rev 02 15 2010 User Manual Edit Yiew Tools Lang
54. default hotkey preferences set in the Tools gt Options gt ViewletCam tab To record sound during the capture session select the Record Sound option iw Record sound Click the Setup button next to words Record sound Inthe Sound window that displays select the Sample size Sound source and the Sample rate for the sound preferences For more information on sound features see the chapter on Sound Recording Preferences Sample size Sample rate f 6 bit f 16 bit C 8000 Samples per sec Cancel f 11025 Samples per sec Sound source Microphone f 22050 Samples per sec Computer 44100 Samples per sec Default Click OK to apply the sound preferences ViewletCam2 User Manual page 35 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Changing the sound preferences when creating a new project will NOT change the default sound preferences set in the Tools gt Options gt ViewletCam tab To change the Capture times per second frame rate setting how many seconds will pass between screen captures drag the handle along the sliding bar to set the number of seconds Capture times per sec 3 O Changing the capture rate when creating a new project will NOT change the default a ve capture rate setting set in the Tools gt Options gt ViewletCam tab Inthe nformation area there are no actions to take Information displayed in this area is determined by what single active window is
55. ders o Inthe Output area by default the published file will be saved in the project folder To change the location and or the file name of the published file click Browse and make your selections as desired Out pUE EXE File Ci Demosiancient wonders Browse Click OK to publish the project A Run this executable file Yes No window will display Click Yes to run the executable or click No to close the window without running the published file ViewletCam A Run this executable File YesiMot Mo The published executable file is saved to the same file as the project folder unless you specified a different location Repeat this process each time you edit and resave your project ViewletCam2 User Manual page 182 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To export a frame to a BMP file Select the frame that you want to export out as an image file Select Edit gt Screenshot from the menu bar ScreenShot The Save As window displays o Select a folder to save the image file in o Type ina file name in the field provided for the file which will be saved as a bitmap image with the omp extension o Click Save to save the frame as a bitmap image file lf you have questions about publishing or export options please contact support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 183 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Project Files amp Final Web Publishing Tips Each V
56. e Let go of the left mouse button to drop the Invisible Button into place Make sure that it is not sitting over either of the Text Box fields During the playback of the Flash file this is what should occur Viewlet stops on first frame displaying both Text Fields asking for the viewer to enter a password If the Viewer o Correctly inputs the password after pressing the Enter key the Viewlet will play o Incorrectly inputs the password after pressing the Enter key the alternate text set up when configuring the ELSE statement will display in the first Text Field This is just one example of how Text Fields and Invisible Buttons can be used to force user input If you have any questions about working with buttons text fields or any interactive objects please email support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 156 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Movie amp Canvas Tools ViewletCam2 offers many options for polishing and optimizing your project beyond the tools available for working with objects and while editing along the Timeline Among those covered in this chapter are Changing the canvas background color Adjusting the canvas size Cropping the movie Scaling the movie Adjusting the playback speed Compressing your movie file All of these tools can be used BEFORE publishing your project Let s explore each of them now Changing the Canvas Background Color When you look at
57. e menu bar Inthe Create new project window type in a file name and select a project directory to save the project in Click Next Inthe Choose capture mode window that displays select Capture a single window Click Next Inthe Capture from window screen that displays point your cursor over the Select tool and while holding down the left mouse button drag it until it outlines the single active window you want to use during your recording session Let go of the mouse button to select the window Drag the selection tool at the right onto the window you wish to Select bool record When vou click Finish viewlebCarn s window will minimize and you will be able to begin recording Before letting go of the left mouse button move your mouse over different parts of the active window and notice how it outlines different portions of it You can capture sub portions of a single window if needed Make sure the entire window is outlined if you want to capture the entire active window Inthe Capture mode area select either DirectX Default or GDI for the mode of capture For best results let ViewletCam2 examine your system and select the best capture mode automatically by clicking the Select a mode automatically button Capture mode Select a mode f Directs Default automatically ViewletCam2 User Manual page 29 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The next step is to define a hotkey combinat
58. e shape of the hotspot Let go of the left mouse button to create the button Resize and reposition the invisible button as you would any other shape object This is a sample of an Invisible Button that will work as a clickable hotspot area on the frame It will be invisible during playback Dedicated Budget Frie Content Creation 7 Time line ts Mouse CETTE EEE EEE ViewletCam2 User Manual page 148 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To resize a button Select the button object so that the bounding box displays around it Point your cursor over one of the grab handles gnodes when the cursor changes to a double arrow hold down the left mouse button Drag to resize the button as needed Let go of the left mouse button to complete the resizing action To move the button on a frame Select the button object Point your cursor over the button and hold down the left mouse button Drag the button on the stage to its new location Let go of the left mouse button to drop it into place To change the button properties Double click the button object The Button window displays Go through the screens as needed to make your edits To delete a button Select the button object or its layer Press the Delete key on your keyboard or select Edit gt Cut from the menu bar Text Field
59. eee E E E E econ E E 77 Shape ODOCHS ccccscccciccseiccccssetcecessaccccessasesccesercedscassseccceseadccceeessncceatecodseasenscssteccenseteesces 99 gate o 31 ODIE s nee ene eee renee ee ner Nee A eee eee eee eee 115 Grouping amp Ungrouping Objects ccccccccseeceecceeeeeeeceeeeeeceeaeeeeseeaeeeeseaeseeesaeeeeesaaaeeess 118 Moving Objects On the TiIMeline ccccccssececcesececeeseeceeeecceeeecsaeeesseeessegeeesseeessaaees 119 POT SISIOME J CCS ia eesti se circete aise E E E E betes 121 Cursor Animation on the Mouse Layel cccccseececeeseeeeeeceeeeeeeseeeeeeseeeeseeseeaeeeeesaneess 123 Stop Flags Actions amp Events cccccccecccceccseeceeeeeeeceeseeeeceeseeeeceeseeeeeeeseeeeeesseeeeesaaaeeees 130 HET ACTIVE QDICCIS eroankor ER E EEEa EEEE ARREO 134 WO VIG amp Canvas TOONS aecceh 5c co hoods necavesaidassoanentiicasatohessdecetauaseamnoniaateaeanedesanideeeooeamawesetdas 157 TUNG amp Merging Projecte eer trrcieetcrssenenstpumeencenwuneesenendecusbenenccesendeenesanesneuaeeeaiandeebdtewese 167 Document PODOI serraria an ncnebcnantoonniannehdanaaidaainei i henantaunnieniens 171 Player Control Bar amp Preloader ccccccccsccccccssseeeeceeeeceeseeeeeeeseeeeeesseeeeeesseeeseeesseeseesaeees 172 Publishing Export Options ccccccccsseeceeeeeeeeeecseeeeeeseeeeceesaeeeeesseaeeeessaaeeeeesaeeeeesaaees 175 Project Files amp Final Web Publishing TiS ccccccseccccseeeeseeeeesee
60. eeeeeeeseeseeeeesaeeesaees 184 EO OME ana CIFIC MS aea EE EE E 185 TAO e E E rrr ee 186 oabr U er FOr eae E E ananaainn 187 Sales and General Customer ServiCe cccccccccececececececcccecacccaccececececseceavauauauaeneneness 188 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Welcome to ViewletCam2 ViewletCam2 lets you create animated interactive Viewlets SWF files while capturing actions on your computer screen in real time And it s a lot easier then you might think In addition you can use the ViewletCam2 Add on for PowerPoint to capture your slideshow presentation as it plays on your screen Record synchronous voice narration then edit notes along the Timeline Add notes pictures interactive buttons and many more elements to engage your audience and encourage their input Once you finish building your project inside ViewletCam2 select from a variety of export options including SWF AVI GIF and EXE to create dynamic presentations ready for integration into your web site training environment or help desk system ViewletCamcz is the perfect tool to quickly create simple Flash movies and beyond Let s get started ViewletCam2 User Manual page 2 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual System Requirements ViewletCam2 is available for the Microsoft Windows operating systems For current guidelines for the minimum system requirements for authoring and viewing ViewletCam2 Viewlets please visit the ViewletCam2 products page ht
61. el 6 Hardware acceleration None All accelerations are enabled Use this setting iF your computer has no problems Recommended The PowerPoint Tab If you installed the ViewletCam2 Add On for PowerPoint use this tab to set capture defaults directly from within ViewletCamz2 to control the size the presentation window runs in while recording your PowerPoint presentation As previously mentioned you can also modify these settings prior to launching a PowerPoint presentation right from inside PowerPoint To set the window size that will be used while recording your presentation top of tab Select FullScreen to launch the presentation full screen ViewletCam2 will capture everything visible on your monitor during the capture session FullScreen Width 300 Height 600 f you want to set a custom size for the recording session make sure the FullScreen options is deselected and change the Width and Height in the fields provided If the dimensions are smaller than your monitor settings the ViewletCam2 User Manual page 22 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual PowerPoint presentation will play back centered on your screen during the capture session In the Record mode area This section located at the middle to bottom of the tab contains several options all related to recording mode settings Select Launch Presentation and Start recording to have ViewletCam2 begin the capture session as soon as
62. elect the sound file to add to the list Click OK and the sound file will now play at each red mouse click action key frame point along the Timeline ViewletCam2 User Manual page 128 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To add sound to a keyboard press action Right click on the Mouse layer and select Properties from the shortcut menu The Mouse window displays Select the Sound tab For the Mouse event area select Press key For the Sound file select an option from the list Sound File defclick way Play Browse Mute miie a AE To listen to the sound file click Play To add a custom sound file to the list of options click Browse and search for and select the sound file to add to the list Click OK and the sound file will now play at each green keyboard press action key frame point along the Timeline To create a sound scheme for mouse click and keyboard press actions Inthe Mouse window select the Sound tab Make a selection for the Mouse event Make a selection for the Sound file Once the selections are made for each mouse event and its associated sound file in the Scheme field type in a name for the new scheme Click the Save button to add it to the list Scheme SCIENCE Save Click OK to close the Mouse window To delete a sound scheme Inthe Mouse window select the Sound tab Select a Scheme from the list Click the Del
63. em for whatever reason use the following steps to complete the deactivation process Make sure you are connected to the Internet Launch ViewletCam2 Select Help gt Deactivate from the menu bar Gout viewletCarn When prompted Are you sure you want to deactivate click Yes ViewletCam A Gre you sure you want to deactivate Mo f you clicked Yes a success window will display Click OK to close it and to return to ViewletCamz2 Close ViewletCamz2 If you have any questions or issues with activating your ViewletCam2 license please email Support aqarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 8 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual GUI Language ViewletCam2 supports many different languages for the GUI Graphical User Interface By default it will use the language of your operating system but this can easily be changed Select Language from the menu bar Language English Italian French Japanese Korean Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Spanish Norwegian Select a different language from the list An information window prompting you that ViewletCam2 will need to be restarted for the new language option to take effect will display Click OK ViewletCam A Please reset ViewlebCam bo activate your setting Close and reopen ViewletCam2 and the interface will display using the newly selected language choice lf you have any questions abou
64. etCam2 User Manual page 16 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual The ViewletCam Tab This tab offers selections for setting up preferences for the capture mode record hotkey and audio These preferences may be modified in other areas of the program window prior to capturing new screenshots In the Capture Mode area Capture mode f Directs Default A EEGEN KESAN Select a mode cn automatically Capture times per sec 1m Select a mode for your computer to use while capturing screenshots o DirectX Default DirectX is a collection of APIs application programming interfaces for handling tasks related to multimedia including video on Microsoft platforms o GDI GDI graphical device interface is a Microsoft Windows interface for representing graphical objects and transmitting them to output devices like monitors f you are unsure as to which capture mode to use click the Select the mode automatically and let ViewletCam2 test your system to make the best selection To set the Capture times per second frame rate default how many seconds will pass between screen captures drag the handle along the sliding bar to set the number of seconds In the Record Hotkey area Record Hotkey Start Stop Pause Resume ViewletCam2 uses predefined keystroke combinations or hotkeys to allow you to Start Stop and Pause Resume your onscreen capture recording sessions You can set the
65. ete button If you have any questions working with the Mouse layer or cursors please email support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 129 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual B Stop Flags Actions amp Events Are you ready to take your demonstration to the next level ViewletCam2 offers you features that give you almost total control over your project and the ability to force user interaction This way you can engage your viewer and turn your demonstration from a how to to a this can do presentation for your audience There are several ways to control what happens when you play back your demonstration beyond the basic video portion This chapter provides an overview of some of the tools you can use to enhance interactivity in your project which include stop flags and events actions Stop Flags The stop flag option gives you the control to determine where the demonstration will stop along the Timeline during playback This feature when combined with other interactive elements an interactive button for example is essential for any effective Viewlet presentation To add a stop flag to a frame Select the desired frame where the stop action will occur Right click on the frame s tickmark along the guide and select Insert stop flag from the shortcut menu Insert stop Flag Ctrl I Insert action trl 4 Insert frame label Rename Frame label Delete Flag Ctrl Remove All Fl
66. eview and publish to Flash Once the capture session ends ViewletCam2 will open producing a source file ending in vcp This file contains all of the elements of the capture session including all onscreen animations and audio if applicable At this point you should Save your new ViewletCam2 source file To do this select File gt Save from the menu options or press Ctrl S on your keyboard The project is saved in the location set for the project directory when configuration the add on in the ViewletCam2 Add On Options window in the PowerPoint tab Edit your project along the Timeline as needed Use the VCR style button on the button toolbar to preview your project inside ViewletCamz2 Tools Language Window Help ViewletCam2 User Manual page 50 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Select File gt Export SWF from the menu bar View Insert Control Tools Language Window Chrl h Chrl o Save a5 Close Document Properties Export SWF n Ctrl E Export OT Kufu oldes prar Export IF Convert swf bo exe C Demos ancient wonders PowerPoint PPT 1PPT1ovco The Export SWF window displays Select options for the quality of graphics and sound select a location to publish the Flash swf file to and select a compression setting Click OK to publish the source file to Flash format ViewletCam2 User Manual page 51 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual
67. ew Screen Capture Area project contact Support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 37 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Full Screen Capture New Project As discussed in the chapter Creating a New Project Basics the Full Screen Capture project type is used to capture all onscreen actions Be careful when using this method since the resulting dimensions for your project height and width will be determined by what your monitor s resolution is For example if your monitor s resolution is 800 x 600 and you use the Full Screen Capture option your project s playback area will be the same Capture full screen Everything on the screen will be recorded To create a new project using full screen capture Select File gt New from the menu bar Inthe Create new project window type in a file name and select a project directory Click Next Inthe Choose capture mode window that displays select Capture full screen Click Next The Capture full screen window displays Since the capture session will capture all onscreen actions you will not need to use the Select tool to select an active window nor to define a capture area as in previous new project types previously covered prior to this chapter When wou click Finish viewletCarn s window will minimize and you Will be able to begin recording Inthe Capture mode area select either DirectX Default or GDI for the mode of capture For bes
68. eyboard Or select Edit gt Cut from the menu bar If you accidentally delete a Note and it s the last action you performed simply press Ctrl Z to undo your last action to restore the Note If you have any questions about message objects please contact support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 98 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Shape Objects ViewletCam2 allows you to draw creative custom designs in your project through the use of shape objects The shape objects available are Straight Lines Rectangles Ellipses These shapes can be drawn colored resized layered etc to add visual impact to your demonstration This chapter provides an overview to get you starting working with these shape tools Straight Line Use the line tool to draw straight lines directly on the canvas You can also draw multiple lines on the canvas in the same frame and then group them into an individual layer if desired to form one shape Lets look at some of the ways to work with the line tool To draw a line Select the frame where you want to insert the line object Click the Insert line button on the Edit toolbar Insert line Ctr 31 Move your cursor over the canvas and when your cursor changes to a cross hair hold down your left mouse button and drag to draw the line ViewletCam2 User Manual page 99 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Let go of the left mouse button to drop the line
69. fined when creating program preferences This can be done o Inthe Capture window when creating a new project using an Active Window Screen Area or Full Screen capture project type Note For more information on setting hotkey combination defaults in ViewletCam2 see the chapter on Screen Capture Preferences o When creating a new project from a PowerPoint presentation select the ViewletCam plug in configuration options button on the ViewletCam toolbar and edit the hotkeys in the ViewletCam tab Note For more information on setting hotkey combinations when creating new projects please review one of the chapters on new projects If you have any questions please contact support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 53 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Sound ViewletCam2 offers several ways to enhance your Viewlet project with the addition of sound Sound features include recording sound for narration purposes while capturing onscreen actions for synchronous sound across the project Or if you prefer you have the ability to capture sound effects produced by the computer mouse clicks for example while capturing onscreen actions to produce an even more realistic demonstration Additional sound options such as inserting external sound files are also available while editing the project inside ViewletCam2 This chapter provides information on setting up program sound preferences for new projects understanding sound opt
70. gt ViewletCam tab To record sound during the capture session select the Record Sound option iw Record sound Click the Setup button next to words Record sound ViewletCam2 User Manual page 39 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual In the Sound window that displays select the Sample size Sound source and the Sample rate for the sound preferences For more information on sound features see the chapter on Sound Recording Preferences Sample size Sample rate f B bit C 000 Samples per sec 1E hi Cancel f 11025 Samples per sec Sound source Microphone f 22050 Samples per sec Computer Defaut C 44100 Samples per sec Click OK to apply the sound preferences Changing the sound preferences when creating a new project will NOT change the default sound preferences set in the Tools gt Options gt ViewletCam tab To change the Capture times per second frame rate setting how many seconds will pass between screen captures drag the handle along the sliding bar to set the number of seconds Capture times per sec 3 f Changing the capture rate when creating a new project will NOT change the default BE WW capture rate setting set in the Tools gt Options gt ViewletCam tab In the nformation area there are no actions to take And since you are NOT selecting an active window or a screen area this area will be blank Information ViewletCam2 User Manual p
71. her DirectX Default or GDI for the mode of capture For best results let ViewletCam2 examine your system and select the best capture mode automatically by clicking the Select a mode automatically button Capture mode Select a mode f DirectX Default automatically The next step is to define a hotkey combination for the Start Stop action of a recording session To change the hotkeys used to begin and end a capture session click the button next to the words Start Stop Stark l Stop Ctrl Alt F 11 Inthe Select Hot Key window press the key combination that you want to use to start and stop the capture session Select Hot Key Fress the key combination that will start and stop video capture Cancel F10 Once the hotkey combination is selected click OK to return to the previous window To change the hotkeys used to Pause Resume a capture session click the button next to the words Pause Resume ViewletCam2 User Manual page 34 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Inthe Select Hot Key window press the key combination that you want to use to pause and resume the capture session Select Hot Key Press the key combination that will pause and resume video capture Cancel Once the hotkey combination is selected click OK to return to the previous window Oe Changing hotkeys for Start Stop and for Pause Resume when creating a new project will Te NOT change the
72. ically loop repeat or if your project contains interactive objects such as buttons you can have ViewletCam2 automatically add a stop flag to the end of the project to stop it from looping and to each frame containing a button To do this select the Audio add stop flag option W Auto add stop flag You can also manually add a stop flag to frames containing buttons and to the last frame of your project if you do not want to use the Auto add stop flag feature o By default the published files will be saved in the project folder To change the location and or the file name of the published files click Browse and make your selections as desired Swf File name ers PowerPainthwonders demolwoanders demo swf o For the compression settings to use during the compilation publishing process select either Standard or Screen Video Bitstream from the Compressor list Select Compress SWF file COMpresser standard T W Compress Swf File i p In most cases the Standard compression selection is just fine If most of your viewers will G be using Flash 7 or later to view your Viewlets you might select the Screen Video Bitstream compression option New in Flash 7 this additional video format is a simple lossless sequential bitmap format specifically designed to optimize captures of computer screen actions Click OK to publish the project The Viewlet will immediately launch in your default browser for you to preview Repea
73. ick OK to apply the selected color To change the transparency level of a line s border color Select the line Click the Select line color button At the top of the drop down menu of colors that displays hold down your left mouse button and drag your cursor over the transparency box Watch the line s border color transparency change as you move the cursor in this box he ae Transparency Drag your cursor over the transparency box fo change border s transparency level E _ Custom Let go of the left mouse button to set the new transparency level To make the line color more solid drag the cursor to the left To make it more transparent drag the cursor to the right ViewletCam2 User Manual page 102 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To change the line s fill color Select the line Click the Select line fill color button Select a color from the palette of colors Or o Click Custom o Inthe Colors window that displays select a color from the Standard or Custom tab o Click OK to apply the selected color To change the transparency level of a line s fill color Select the line Click the Select fill color button At the top of the drop down menu of colors that displays hold down your left mouse button and drag your cursor over the transparency box Watch the line s fill color transparency change as you move the cursor in this b
74. iewletCam2 project is saved in its own project folder which is named based on the name you designated when saving your project for the first time By default at a minimum each project folder will contain the following files if published to Flash vcp This is the project s source file which is opened and edited inside the ViewletCam2 program wav If the project s source file contains a sound layer this is its external file A wav file is created if sound is captured during a recording session mp3 If your project contains audio an external mp3 file is created after publishing for each sound layer Swf This is the Shockwave Flash file actual Viewlet file that is created when you publish to Flash If your demonstration contains audio it is embedded into this file html This is an HTML file that is used to launch the Viewlet file in its proper dimensions This is the file you link to in order to play back the file js This is a javascript file that contains additional playback controls and works with the Viewlet s HTML launcher file Additional files may be included in the project folder if you select a different publishing export option Some Final Publishing Tips Since there are many different web design programs out on the market we cannot provide specific instructions or provide any recommendations as to what will work best for you We can however provide some best practice tips to he
75. indicates they are ina group When objects are in a group an alignment toolbar displays es To ungroup objects click outside of the dotted rectangle anywhere on the frame to deselect the objects Use the alignment buttons on the Alignment toolbar that displays when objects are grouped to realign objects simultaneously If you have any questions about grouping objects please contact support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 118 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Moving Objects on the Timeline There are two different ways to move an object As discussed in previous chapters you can move objects within a frame This chapter describes how to move objects across frames while working with the Timeline There are several ways to do this so let s explore a few of them now To move an object by dragging it on the Timeline Select the object by selecting its layer Point your cursor over the yellow box that indicates where the object will appear along the Timeline When the cursor changes to a grab hand shape hold down the left mouse button and drag the yellow box along the Timeline Let go of the left mouse button to drop the object into its new frame location To move an object to a specific time interval or frame on the Timeline Select the object so that a bounding box appears around it Right click on the object and select Moving to a frame from the shortcut
76. indicator along the Mouse layer on the Timeline The red line is the cursor path where the cursor will travel across the trames at this section of the Timeline I m Feeling Lucky Each of these red points and key frames Indicate where the cursor changes position along the Mouse layer on the Timeline ViewletCam2 User Manual page 124 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual m To change the red point along the cursor path Point your cursor over the red point on the cursor path When the cursor changes to a grab hand shape hold down the left mouse button Drag the red point as needed Google Search Let go of the left mouse button to drop the red point in its new location along the newly modified cursor path To remove excessive cursor movement along the cursor path simply delete the frames containing the applicable key frame Or move any red points in the middle of the cursor path on top of the ending red point Cursor Pointers Shapes Click on a key frame contained in the Mouse layer then look up at the staging area You will see the cursor shape that will display during this part of the demonstration along the Timeline As you play back the project the shape of this cursor may change You are not stuck with only the cursors captured during the screen capture session You can easily change the shape of any cursor with ViewletCam2 s built in pointers and you can also view all the
77. indow You can use this feature to make the canvas larger only It will not make the canvas smaller you will use a different tool for this which is explained later in this chapter To make the canvas larger Select Tools gt Canvas Size from the menu bar cod Options hore Play Control Bar Crop Movie Canvas Size Movie Size Split Movie Merge Movie Compress Movie ViewletCam2 User Manual page 159 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual The Canvas Size window displays In the Current Size area you will see the Width and Height of the current project Canvas Size Current Size Width 640 pixels Height 480 pixels New Size width 640 5 pixels Height 480 4 pixels Anchor Tay Inthe New Size area o Input a number for the new Width o Input a number for the new Height To the right of the width and the height numbers you will see a symbol followed by a number This number indicates how many pixels the canvas size has increased for each width and height o The Anchor is where the Graphics layer will be anchored as the canvas is resized So for example if you want the Graphics layer centered when the canvas is resized click in the middle of the 9 boxes for the anchor Then the canvas will be resized and the Graphics layer centered on the new canvas area ViewletCam2 User Manual page 160 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam
78. ion for the Start Stop action of a recording session To change the hotkeys used to begin and end a capture session click the button next to the words Start Stop Stark f Stop Ctrl Alk F 1 1 Inthe Select Hot Key window press the key combination that you want to use to start and stop the capture session Select Hot Key Fress the key combination that will start and stop video capture Cancel F10 Once the hotkey combination is selected click OK to return to the previous window To change the hotkeys used to Pause Resume a capture session click the button next to the words Pause Resume Inthe Select Hot Key window press the key combination that you want to use to pause and resume the capture session Select Hot Key Press the key combination that will pause and resume video capture Cancel ww Once the hotkey combination is selected click OK to return to the previous window Changing hotkeys for Start Stop and for Pause Resume when creating a new project will NOT change the default hotkey preferences set in the Tools gt Options gt ViewletCam tab To record sound during the capture session select the Record Sound option W Record sound ViewletCam2 User Manual page 30 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Click the Setup button next to words Record sound In the Sound window that displays select the Sample size Sound source and the S
79. ions inserting sound files into a project while editing and working with the sound layer Sound Recording Preferences Sound recording preferences can be set up as program defaults or when creating a new project Setting sound preference program defaults Inside ViewletCam2 select Tools gt Options from the menu bar Select the ViewletCam tab In the Audio area select the Record Sound option then click the Settings button The Sound window displays where you can set program defaults for sample size sound source and sample rate Setting sound preferences when creating a new project When you create a new project you will have the opportunity to change the default sound recording preferences This can be done o Inthe Capture window when creating a new project using an Active Window Screen Area or Full Screen capture project type Note For more information on setting sound recording defaults in ViewletCam2 see the chapter on Screen Capture Preferences o When creating a new project from a PowerPoint presentation select the ViewletCam plug in configuration options button on the ViewletCam toolbar Select the View etCam tab In the Audio area select the Record Sound option then click the Settings button The Sound window displays where you can edit sound recording preferences as needed Note For more information on setting sound recording preferences when creating new projects please review one of the chapters on new projects
80. ist The button shows in the preview area next to the button state To remove a custom button from the list select it and click Remove Inthe Test Button area preview the button states by previewing rolling your mouse over and clicking the button image in the area provided Test Button Click Next ViewletCam2 User Manual page 144 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The Event window displays To have the Viewlet do something when the button is clicked o For the Hotkey select Left button Hotkey left button o For the button state select the radio button next to Up o Click the Event button Select an event from the list to add to the Action list For example if you want the Viewlet to continue when the viewer clicks the button you would select Play from the events menu Goto url Goko frame If else Set variable Click Finish The cursor will change to a cross hair shape Position the cursor on the canvas where you want the button to be and hold down the left mouse button Drag the mouse button to draw the shape of the button ViewletCam2 User Manual page 145 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Let go of the left mouse button to create the button Resize and reposition the button as you would any other shape object If your Custom button does NOT have any text label on it you can create the text label using a Text Box object Place the
81. ity to increase or decrease the length of time objects are displayed on the Timeline These objects are Known as persistent objects and you can increase or decrease their duration directly in the object s layer itself or via right click shortcut menu options Let s look at some ways to work with this feature To change the duration of an object by dragging it along the Timeline Select the object by selecting its layer Point your cursor over the edge of the yellow box that indicates where the object will appear along the Timeline When the cursor changes to a double arrow hold down the left mouse button and drag the cursor either left or right to change the duration of the object The smaller the yellow box becomes the shorter the duration and the bigger the yellow box becomes the longer the duration Let go of the left mouse button to complete the action To increase an object s duration persistence on the Timeline Select the object so that a bounding box appears around it Right click on the object and select Moving to a frame from the shortcut menu The Moving to a frame window displays se Undo Chrl 2 i gt ie PN ut Ctrl L Copy Chrl e f Faste Ctrl V Delete Delete Moving to a Frame I Properties CtrI P ViewletCam2 User Manual page 121 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Inthe Duration area there are several options for modifying the dur
82. lay a right click shortcut menu Select Properties from the menu The Sound window displays Select the Synchronized Streaming Sound option Click OK Note A warning will display if another Sound layer is already synced with the Graphics layer and you will be prompted to cancel the action or to apply it f Sound from wawe File erPointiwonders demolPPT 1 way Play Browse Record sound From microphone ra s fo o fo W Synchronized Streaming Sound ness As mentioned earlier in this chapter only one Sound layer may be synchronized with the Graphics later at a time So what happens if you have multiple Sound layers in your project and want all of them in sync with the Graphics layer No problem There is a new feature that will allow you to merge Sound layers Start by holding down the Ctrl key while selecting the Sound layers you want to merge together into one Sound layer Right click to display the shortcut menu Select the Mix audio layers option from the right click menu ViewletCam2 User Manual page 60 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual os Window Help Chrl 2 Ctrl ctrl E Ctrl meebo oi ty Worley To merge Sound layers hold down the Ctrl while selecting each layer Then right click and select the Mix audio layers option Group Ungroup Moving to a Frame Properties Ctrl F ean ison I ee feel tet AA WY The result
83. lay a web page with all the information you filled in the fields in the activation window Review this information for accuracy and click Submit The web page will refresh with information you will need to complete the activation Copy the long string of data in the field next to Confirmation Code Go back to the ViewletCam2 Web Activation window and paste the confirmation code you just copied into the field provided Web Activation URL Copy and paste this to your browser m amp newsletkerReguested truetreferralSourcerd 1001 Open Confirmation Code Paste confirmation Fram browser 41 3B 0B 4630 04 35 65556C 29 7F3B 80103 46F DE6660 496B6 6 50 56 5C 61 61 1504 61 O22 SE4F 45 57 29 02 49 3416 08565 7 19 35 4 55 54 150F04 05 7D 04 20 3B1E 300235541 304 16 6F 32 04 75 00 522661 2924 11 0b22035 19 65 2F4501 359021500 696050 711523506 34 4E 6E 47 FE 5E 15 COB 10581C 0B02 F FOO 0 9 1F 60 6 24 6535D 22 35 44 555 056 4857 47 9 6C 51 45 0654 16 E OF5 4 0630 Once you ve paste the confirmation code data in the Web Activation window click Activate If all the information is correct a successful activation window will display Click OK to close this window to complete the activation process ViewletCam2 User Manual page 7 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual ViewletCam A Web Activation successful License Deactivation If you need to move your license to another computer or remove it from your syst
84. lays select a color from the Standard or Custom tab o Click OK to apply the selected color To edit the Colorful Note s text or other properties Double click the Colorful Note The Colorful Note Properties window displays Change the settings or text as desired Click OK to save the changes To delete a Colorful Note Select the Colorful Note Press the Delete key on your keyboard Or select Edit gt Cut from the menu bar If you accidentally delete a Colorful Note and it s the last action you performed simply press Cirl Z to undo your last action to restore the Colorful Note ViewletCam2 User Manual page 91 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Text Box The next message object is the Text Box also Known as a text frame Use this message object to blend the text seamlessly with the background image of any frame As a vector object you can customize its text content size border fill and location on the slide Additionally if you use the Movie Size option Tools gt Movie Size to scale your project s dimensions the Text Box object including the text inside of it will scale proportionally To create a Text Box Select a frame to insert the Text Box on Click the Insert text button on the Edit toolbar Ea Insert text Chrl 6 The Text Box Properties window displays Before typing in your text set the properties for the text to display in this Text Box Text Box
85. lect Hot Key window The new hotkey combination will display in the screen if it is able to be used for a hotkey Click OK to apply This hotkey combination works like a toggle When first pressed during an active recording session the recording will pause When the hotkey combination is pressed again the recording session will resume continue for that same session You can also press the Esc key at anytime to end the PowerPoint presentation recording session ViewletCam2 User Manual page 46 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual o Inthe Audio area Audio W Record sound Setup ViewletCamz2 offers several ways to enhance your Viewlet project with the addition of sound These features are detailed in the chapter on Sound Recording In this section you will learn how to set up default sound recording preferences for all existing and new projects As previously mentioned these sound recording preferences can be modified in other areas of the program prior to creating new projects or recording new sound tracks To capture sound while capturing a presentation Select the Record sound option Click the Setup button The Sound window displays Sample size Sample rate f 6 bit C 8000 Samples per sec f 16 bit f 11025 Samples per sec Sound source Microphone f 22050 Samples per sec Computer C 44100 Samples per sec Default Inthe Sample size area select either 8 bit or 16 bit
86. lect a location to save the new file in Once all the selections are made click OK to split the movie ViewletCam2 User Manual page 168 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To merge projects Open the first project in ViewletCam2 Select Tools gt Merge Movie from the menu bar go Options Play Control Bar Crop Movie Canvas Size Movie Size Split Movie Compress Movie The Merge movie window displays Merge movie Where to insert the movie Aligning style C At the beginning f At the end Choosing 4 movie you wank to insert Ea SAE OK Cancel o Inthe Where to insert the movie area select either At the beginning The second movie will be inserted at the beginning of this project At the end The second movie will be inserted at the end of this project ViewletCam2 User Manual page 169 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual o Inthe Aligning style area select an alignment option for the movie that will be inserted For example if you want the inserted movie s Graphics layer to be inserted from the center point in the canvas area in the merged project select the center box o Click the Browse button to locate and select the project you want to use to merge with this project The path to the second project will display in the Choosing a movie you want to insert field Click OK to merge the selected file with the current project
87. let to continue when the viewer clicks the button you would select Play from the events menu Stop Goto url Goto Frame IF else Set variable Click Finish The cursor will change to a cross hair shape Position the cursor on the canvas where you want the button to be and hold down the left mouse button Drag the mouse button to draw the shape of the button ViewletCam2 User Manual page 137 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Let go of the left mouse button to create the button Resize and reposition the button as you would any other shape object eT E This is an example of a Simple Button To create a Special button Select the frame where you want to insert the button Click the Insert button icon on the Edit toolbar Insert button Cctrl 2 ViewletCam2 User Manual page 138 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The Button window displays Select Special Button and click Next Button 0 Simple Button Special Button C Custom Button f Invisible Button cel The Special Button window displays In the Caption field type in the text to be used on the button Caption Click the Font button In the Font window that displays make your font selection and click OK to save the information and to return to the previous window ViewletCam2 User Manual page 139 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Inthe Style area selec
88. line oooooodddgadaqdg ound layers display at the ere E botom ofthe Timeline e To edit a layer Click on a layer to select it Ifthe layer is an object such as a note or a button double click the object to edit its contents You can also right click on a layer and select an edit option from the shortcut menu To display hide a layer By default all new layers are displayed or enabled for editing and playback purposes This is indicated by the checkmark in the box along the layer above the eye icon at the bottom of the stack of layers ViewletCam2 User Manual page 71 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To hide disable a layer deselect this check box above the eye icon next to the layer s title To display enable a layer select the check box To lock unlock a layer By default all new layers are unlocked so that they can be edited This is indicated by an unchecked box on the layer above the padlock at the bottom of the stack of layers olorrul noke BEE To lock a layer to prevent it from being edited from the stage select the check box on the layer in the padlock column To unlock a layer so it can be edited deselect the check box O Locking a layer prevents you from editing it by clicking on it from the stage canvas area is You can still edi
89. lish your captured presentation as a Flash movie It s that simple Review the chapter on Creating a New Project Basics for some introductory information on creating projects from PowerPoint presentations first and then continue with the steps outlined here There are four basic steps to creating a new project from a PowerPoint presentation 1 Install the ViewletCam2 Add On for PowerPoint 2 Configure the ViewletCam2 Add On for PowerPoint 3 Record the presentation using the ViewletCam2 Add On for PowerPoint 4 Save edit and publish the project to Flash Let s walk through each of these steps 1 Install the ViewletCam Add On for PowerPoint Open your PowerPoint program and look for the ViewletCam2 Add On for PowerPoint toolbar d z viewletCam p VlewletCani Add On for PowerPoint ButtonToolbar l lf the toolbar is NOT installed double check the toolbars available in PowerPoint to make sure it is not hidden To do this right click on any toolbar in PowerPoint and check the list for menu for the ViewletCam toolbar If there is no checkmark next to it the toolbar though installed is hidden Click it to display it with the other toolbars ViewletCam2 User Manual page 42 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Standard Formatting Control Toolbox Drawing Outlining Picture Reviewing Revisions Tables and Borders Task Pane Visual Basic Web Word ark SnagIt Viewleblam Customize
90. lorful Note Properties window displays Deselect the Show arrow option Click OK to save the changes and to close the Colorful Note Properties window ViewletCam2 User Manual page 89 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 aff User Manual To move the Colorful Note s location within a frame Select the Note Point your cursor over the Colorful Note and hold down your left mouse button Drag the Colorful Note to its new position Let go of the left mouse button to drop the Colorful Note into place p To fine tune the placement of a message object select the message object and then use Ox the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the object one pixel at a time To change the fill color of the Colorful Note Select the Colorful Note Click the Select fill color button on the toolbar Welcome to the demonstration Click the Select fill color button to select a new fill color Custom Select a color from the palette Or o Click Custom o Inthe Colors window that displays select a color from the Standard or Custom tab o Click OK to apply the selected color ViewletCam2 User Manual page 90 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To change the Colorful Note s line color Select the Colorful Note Click the Select line color button from the toolbar Welcome to the demonstration Custom Select a color from the palette Or o Click Custom o Inthe Colors window that disp
91. lp you when you publish your projects Never upload your project s source file to the web server nor copy it to a CD This file is for the author s use only and is not part of the published files Copy all of your published files to the web server or to CD Provide a link to the project s HTML file When the link is clicked the Viewlet will launch in the proper size We do NOT recommend launching or link to the swf file directly since depending on the browser it launches in the Viewlet may scale to fit in the browser s window and resize as the user resizes the window For more information on this topic please contact support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 184 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Support and Self Help Qarbon offers a support plan to fit your needs Standard Support is offered to all customers at no charge For more information on support plans and options available visit us online at http www qgarbon com help support_plans php Qarbon also offers users online self help resources in the form of Viewlet tutorials user manuals and FAQs For access to these self help aids please visit our site at http www qgarbon com help You may also contact support qarbon com with any support questions you may have ViewletCam2 User Manual page 185 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Training Take advantage of all the features in ViewletCam2 by signing up for Qarbo
92. me and select a project directory to save the project in Click Next In the Choose capture mode widow that displays select Capture an area of the screen Click Next The Capture from rectangle window displays Move this window out of the way if needed before drawing the rectangle that will define the capture area Click the Select tool The cursor will change to a cross hair shape Click the selection tool ak the right then drag a rectangle over the Select bool area vou Wish bo record When you click Finish viewlebCarn s window will minimize and you will be able to begin recording Move the cursor to where a corner of the screen area will be Click on the screen and while holding down the left mouse button draw a rectangle over the area of the screen that you want to define as your capture area Let go of the left mouse button The screen capture area will be shaded lf you need to resize the screen area at this point use the grab handles along the edge of the shaded rectangle and drag them to resize as needed ViewletCam2 User Manual page 33 rev 02 15 2010 User Manual ustomers Downloads Store Company Support nro Capture from rectangle fz Training Os J Click OK to set the capture area the selection tool at the right then drt you wish to record When you click Finish YiewletCam s marmdow will minimize and you will be able to begin recording Inthe Capture mode area select eit
93. me cases the background image may also change if a key frame is indicated at the same point in the main Graphics layer Mouse click action key frame This is indicated by the red box along the Mouse layer It is at this point frame where a mouse click action occurs and was recorded during the screen capture session ViewletCam2 User Manual page 123 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Keyboard press action key frame This is indicated by the green box along the Mouse layer It is at this point frame where a keyboard press action occurs and was recorded during the screen capture session To move a key frame along the Mouse layer Point your cursor over the key frame on the Mouse layer When the cursor changes to a grab hand shape hold down you left mouse button Drag the key frame along the Timeline All of the key frames AFTER this key frame will move in relation to this key frame Let go of the left mouse button to drop the key frame into its new location on the Timeline Cursor Animation lf cursor movement was recorded during the screen capture session it will display in the staging area as you move along the Timeline The position of the cursor may not change frame to frame but its path will be illustrated by a red line Along the cursor path there are red points that indicate where the cursor momentarily stops while traveling along its path Cursor animation occurs at each key frame white box
94. menu The Moving to a frame window displays se Undo Chrl 2 EL ie ers uk Chrl 5 Copy Chrl e F Faste Ctrl V Delete Delete Moving to a Frame a Properties Ctrl P ViewletCam2 User Manual page 119 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Inthe Moving to a frame area there are several options for moving the object to a specific interval frame on the Timeline Mowing to a frame 1 1000 15 C To the head 0 To the end f Resume Enter a value where you want khe object to appear Goto a label o To move the object to a specific second interval Take the number of seconds and multiple it by 1000 and enter the result in the field provided So for example if you want to move the object to the 5 second interval type 5000 in the field Select Resume o Select To the head to move the object to the beginning of the Timeline Select To the end to move the object to the end of the Timeline o To move the object to a specific frame for which you ve created a frame label Click the down arrow for the Goto a label list Make a selection from the list as desired O Click OK to close Moving to a frame window and to move the object accordingly If you have any questions about moving objects on the Timeline please contact Support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 120 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Persistent Objects ViewletCam2 offers you the abil
95. n s training classes Learn how to get the most out of your Viewlet authoring tool to create stunning Flash demonstrations and interactive movies in no time For information on how to learn from the Viewlet experts to our home page http www qarbon com Look for the Services link and view your training options which include Live Webinars On Demand Webinars and customized workshops ViewletCam2 User Manual page 186 rev 02 15 2010 Qarbon User Forum Want to share ideas on Viewlet Authoring Are you hunting for a specific authoring trick to take your Viewlets to the next level Qarbon offers a Viewlet user forum just for you Its free to join and free to use It s a great place to meet other Viewlet enthusiasts from across the globe and spotlight your own great Viewlet ideas too Go to http forum qarbon com Sign up and join in the fun re on Qarbon User Forum arpon Flash Presentation Software Screen Capture ViewletCam2 User Manual page 187 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Sales and General Customer Service Customer support is our top priority at Qarbon Please feel free to contact our Sales or Support staff at any time if you have ANY ViewletCam2 or other product related questions or concerns or for options to discuss additional training needs For current contact information visit our web site http www qarbon com about_us contact_us ViewletCam2 User Manual page 188 rev 02
96. n Sound layers to select them Right click and select Mix audio layers from the shortcut menu By default this new merged Sound layer is synched with the main Graphics layer ViewletCam2 User Manual page 73 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 File Edit wie To delete a layer Select the layer Delete Mix audio layers Layer Group Moving to a frame E Properties Ctrl Ctrlt Ctrl Delete Ctrl M User Manual ooo m Press the Delete key on your keyboard Or select Edit gt Delete from the menu bar If you accidentally delete a layer and this was your last action press Ctrl Z to undo the deletion ViewletCam2 User Manual page 74 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual To collapse expand a group of layers There are two subgroups of layers that can be collapsed or expanded as needed These are the layers created for Note Image Text Ellipse Rectangle Line Text Field Colorful Note and Button objects AND Sound files Amonmi a ee S S S Click onone of these boxes to collapse this collection of layers To collapse one of these subgroups of layers click the box to the left of the layers To expand these layers click the box to the left again ViewletCam2 User Manual page 75 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To group ungroup layers Select the desired layers Right click and sele
97. ne presentations animations and video directly from you Timeline Flash d movies for use in demos troubleshooting training clas s G m fie Staging Area on a fa faf da daj a a a a e a a e e a e e a wi da daf aj dal aj jas fa aj a m Open files are displayed along the Status Bar For Help Press F1 The Basics Parts of the ViewletCam2 Interface As shown in the diagram above the interface is organized into several sections Tools are easily available along the top and side of the screen while the canvas area and Timeline serve as the primary focus for editing and preview playback Let s explore some of these features Title Bar At the top of the program window you will see the software title ViewletCam2 If a file is open the title bar will also contain the name of the file If the file name is followed by an asterisk this indicates that changes have been made to the file and the file needs to be saved If your ViewletCam2 window is NOT full screen you can move it around your screen by pointing your cursor over the blue title bar and dragging the window ViewletCam2 User Manual page 10 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Menu Bar By default this is the bar that sits right below the title bar and contains menu selections that reveal additional options The menu bar offers access to File Edit View Insert Control Tools Language Window and Help operations Standard Toolbar By default
98. ngs If you have any questions regarding setting up ViewletCam2 default options preferences please contact support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 24 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Creating a New Project Basics ViewletCam2 offers several ways to create a new project based on your capture mode selection or if you are planning to record a PowerPoint presentation Each of the new project types are covered in further detail later in the manual This chapter will focus on oroject types and the basic process for recording a capture session common to all new projects New Project Types Essentially new projects can be divided into two categories New projects based on capture mode selection New projects created from PowerPoint presentations New Projects Based on Capture Mode Selection When creating a new project in ViewletCam2 you will be prompted as to what capture mode you want to use during your onscreen capture session Your selection will determine what options you will need to review set up right before taking screenshots Choose capture mode Choose Capture Mode Capture a single window You Will be asked to select a specific window For recording All your actions in that window will be recorded C Capture an area of the screen You Will be asked bo draw a rectangle around the area you wish to capture All your actions in that area will be recorded C Capture full screen Ever
99. o Click Browse to locate the folder where you want your ViewletCam2 project to be saved This is the project ViewletCam2 creates automatically once your capture session Is finished ViewletCam2 User Manual page 49 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Click OK to save the settings in the ViewletCam2 Add On Options window 3 Record the presentation using the ViewletCam2 Add On for PowerPoint Once you ve configured all of your options for the add on you are now ready to capture your PowerPoint presentation To do this Click the ViewletCam Launch slideshow and start ViewletCam recording button fy viewletCam Fa Launch slideshow and start YiewletCam recording Ifa tip displays click OK to close it We suggest deselecting all tip options for more efficiency during the capture session but the choice is up to you f you set your record mode to automatically launch the PowerPoint presentation the screen capture session will begin immediately If you set your record mode to use a hotkey to start the capture session click the applicable hotkey combination to begin your onscreen capture session Let the presentation run while ViewletCam2 captures it Use the Pause Resume hotkey combination to pause resume the capture session as needed Use the Start Stop hotkey combination to quickly end the capture session You can end the capture session by pressing the Esc key 4 Save edit pr
100. o set the new transparency level To make the fill color more solid drag the cursor to the left To make it more transparent drag the cursor to the right To change the line width of the Note Select the Note Click the Select line width button on the toolbar f Click the Select line width button to change the thickness ofthe Mote s border Select a new line width from the drop down menu that displays ViewletCam2 User Manual page 84 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To change the Note s line color Select the Note Click the Select line color button from the toolbar Custom Select a color from the palette Or o Click Custom o In the Colors window that displays select a color from the Standard or Custom tab o Click OK to apply the selected color To change the transparency level of a Note s line color Select the Note Click the Select line color button At the top of the drop down menu of colors that displays hold down your left mouse button and drag your cursor over the transparency box Watch the line colors transparency change as you move the cursor in this box Drag your cursor over the transparency box to change the Note s line color transparency level Custom Let go of the left mouse button to set the new transparency level ViewletCam2 User Manual page 85 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To make the line color mo
101. onstration will immediately launch in your default player for AVI files for you to preview Repeat this process each time you edit and resave your project If your AVI has sound and you cannot hear it when playing your file go back to your VCP file right click on the Sound layer select Properties and make sure the Sound layer is synchronized with the Graphics layer Then export your project to AVI again to resolve the audio issue To export a project to GIF format Save your project Select File gt Export GIF from the menu bar Save a5 Close Document Propertie Export SWF Export AYI Export GIF ViewletCam2 User Manual page 179 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The Export GIF window displays o For the colors to use select a scheme from the Palette list Palette windows standard Windows standard Windows FP gif Fill Windows P Olive green Windows P Silver dergSyvstern windows System Mac OS Grayscale Custom o If your project contains cursor animation select Export cursor W Export cursor o By default the published files will be saved in the project folder To change the location and or the file name of the published files click Browse and make your selections as desired GIF File name ders PowerPoint wonders_demowonders_demo gif Click OK to publish the project You will see the file play back in your system
102. operation To move the Note s location Select the Note Point your cursor over the Note and hold down your left mouse button Drag the Note to its new position Let go of the left mouse button to drop the Note into place To fine tune the placement of a message object select the message object and then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the object one pixel at a time To change the fill color of the Note Select the Note Click the Select fill color button on the toolbar Click the Select fill color button to select a new color forthe Mote Select a color from the palette Or o Click Custom o Inthe Colors window that displays select a color from the Standard or Custom tab o Click OK to apply the selected color ViewletCam2 User Manual page 82 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual ViewletCam2 User Manual page 83 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To change the transparency level of a Note s fill color Select the Note Click the Select fill color button At the top of the drop down menu of colors that displays hold down your left mouse button and drag your cursor over the transparency box Watch the fill color s transparency change as you move the cursor in this box To change the transparency level ofthe Note s fill color drag your cursor over the transparency box that s located above the colors Let go of the left mouse button t
103. ottom section of tab If you experience computer slowdown or your screen freezes while capturing onscreen actions use the slider bar next to the words Hardware acceleration There are six settings from None to Full that you can set as the default As you drag the bar to change the setting a brief description of how this setting will impact your computer during capture sessions is displayed Hardware acceleration settings o Level 1 Bar is set to None This setting disables all hardware accelerations IF your screen Freezes or has any other issues during the recording session please try adj adware acceleration and start vour Capture session 4 Level 4 Hardware acceleration Disable all accelerations Use this setting only iF your computer Frequently stops responding or has other severe problems ViewletCam2 User Manual page 20 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual o Level 2 Bar is set one level up from None This setting disables all but the most basic hardware accelerations IF your screen Freezes or has any other issues during the recording session please try adjusting your Hardware acceleration and start o Level 3 Bar is set two levels above None This setting disables all DirectDraw Direct 3D and cursor and advanced drawing hardware accelerations IF your screen Freezes or has any other issues during the recording session please try adjusting wou Hardware acceleration and start O
104. own the left mouse button Drag the mouse button to draw the shape of the button ViewletCam2 User Manual page 141 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Let go of the left mouse button to create the button Resize and reposition the button as you would any other shape object a oar This is an example of a special Button i Time line is 25 ais To create a Custom button Select the frame where you want to insert the button Click the Insert button icon on the Edit toolbar Insert button Ctril 2 ViewletCam2 User Manual page 142 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The Button window displays Select Custom Button and click Next Button 0 Simple Button f Special Button f Custom Button f Invisible Button nel The Custom Button window displays o To change the button image click the Browse button for the various button states Up Over and Down Search for a button image and select it Click Open and then click OK to return to the Custom Button window ViewletCam2 User Manual page 143 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual You can find premade button images in ViewletCamz2 in the Program Files Qarbon ViewletCam2 Images folder These buttons do not contain any text but you can use the Text Box option to add text to the button once it is inserted on the frame o Click the Add button to add the custom button to the l
105. ox Drag your cursor over the transparency box to change the line s fill colortransparency level ViewletCam2 User Manual page 103 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Let go of the left mouse button to set the new transparency level Oe To make the line color more solid drag the cursor to the left To make it more TO transparent drag the cursor to the right To change the line type and other line properties Right click on the line and select Properties from the shortcut menu or double click the line object The Line window displays Line width Fill color J Border Color Type Oo a CON ns Select a new Line width Fill color and Border Color as needed o change the line type in the Type area click the radio button next to the new line type as desired These include a straight line single arrowhead and a double arrowhead Click OK to apply the changes To delete a line Select the line Press Delete on your keyboard Or select Edit gt Delete from the menu bar Rectangle Use the rectangle tool to create shapes with right angles such as squares and rectangles You can also start with right angles and then change the type to smooth corners Let s take a look at how to work with rectangle shapes To draw a rectangle Select the frame where you want to insert the rectangle object Click the Insert rectangle button on the Edit toolbar l J
106. pecial and custom buttons have three states with images associated with them These states are Up This is the state when the button has no mouse hovering over it and is not being clicked Over This is the state when the button has a mouse hovering over it but is not being clicked Down This is the state when the button is being clicked pressed in Let s take a look at how to work with each of these button objects To create a Simple button Select the frame where you want to insert the button Click the Insert button icon on the Edit toolbar Insert button Cctrl 27 ViewletCam2 User Manual page 134 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The Button window displays Select Simple Button and click Next Button Simple Button f Special Button f Custom Button f Invisible Button cel The Simple Button window displays In the Caption field type in the text to be used on the button Caption Click the Font button In the Font window that displays make your font selection and click OK to save the information and to return to the previous window ViewletCam2 User Manual page 135 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Inthe Label Color area to change the color of the text on the button click each of the buttons for the various button states Up Over and Down In the Color windows that display select a color from the Standard or Custom tabs
107. ration Mame Company Email How did you hear about viewlebCam Recommendation W Would you like to receive our newsletter You can activate via web browser Web activation at ay om Make sure you are connected to the Internet and launch ViewletCam2 Inthe Activate ViewletCam2 window complete the fields o Code In the email you received after purchasing your license look for the License Code and copy paste the string of data after it into this field o Name Type your full name in this field o Company Type in your company name ViewletCam2 User Manual page 6 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual D o Email Type in the email address you use at your company o How did you hear about ViewletCam2 Make a selection from the list o Would you like to receive our newsletter Select this option if you want to receive Qarbon s newsletter Click Activate Web Activation If you experience any issues while trying to activate your ViewletCamz2 license trying using the Web activation button to complete the activation process in a few simple steps Make sure you are connected to the Internet and complete the information in the fields provided in the Activate ViewletCam2 window Click the Web activation button A Web Activation window displays Follow the instructions at the top of the window copy the URL and click the Open button Your computer s default browser will disp
108. re solid drag the cursor to the left To make it more transparent drag the cursor to the right To edit the Note s text or other properties Double click the Note The Note Properties window displays Change the settings or text as desired Click OK to save the changes To delete a Note Select the Note Press the Delete key on your keyboard Or select Edit gt Cut from the menu bar O If you accidentally delete a Note and it s the last action you performed simply press a TH Cirl Z to undo your last action to restore the Note Colorful Note The next message object is the Colorful Note It comes in a variety of styles and can be added to any frame in the project Though you can edit most of its properties as you would a plain Note since it is a bitmap object unlike a plain Note you will NOT be able to edit a Color Note s line width or the transparency levels of the fill or line color Additionally if you use the Movie Size option Tools gt Movie Size to scale your project s dimensions the Colorful Note object will scale proportionally with the exception of the text within it The text will need to be manually resized after the project is scaled for best results To create a Colorful Note Select a frame to insert the Colorful Note on Click the Insert Color note button on the Edit toolbar Ctrl 1 ViewletCam2 User Manual page 86 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual
109. ream before the Viewlet will start playing i Add Loading screen at the beginning of your movie How much percentage do you want the movie to load before it plays 15 To If you use the loading screen option the preloader matching the style of the control player bar will display at the beginning of the Flash file Click OK to save these settings and to close the Control bar window If you have any questions regarding the control player bar or the loading frame preloader options please contact support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 174 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Publishing Export Options Once you ve finished editing your project the final step is to publish it The most common publishing option is exporting the project the Flash swf format but there are several to choose from You can export your files to SWE This will publish your project to the Shockwave Flash format AVI This will publish your project to the Audio Video Interleave format GIF This will publish your project to an animated Graphics Interchange format EXE The will package your SWF file with the standalone Flash player in an Executable file so it can be played without a browser You can also export a single frame from the project to a BMP bitmap image file using the Screenshot option Edit gt Screenshot from the menu bar The files created during the export operation are the Viewlet files you will pu
110. revol i Project directory Click Browse to select a Sowe _ projectin cee o Type ina file name for the new project in the field provided The vcp extension used for all ViewletCam2 source files will be added to the file name automatically once the project is created o Review the path for the Project directory If you want to change it click the Browse button and select a new folder location o Click Next The Choose capture mode window displays For the final steps and additional information on creating a new project please refer to one of these chapters whichever is applicable o Active Window Capture New Project o Screen Area Capture New Project o Full Screen Capture New Project These chapters are found later in this user manual ViewletCam2 User Manual page 27 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual New Projects Created from PowerPoint Presentations The ViewletCam2 Add On for PowerPoint makes it easy to create new projects from existing PowerPoint presentations Here s how it works When installing ViewletCam2 you will be prompted to install the ViewletCam2 Add On for PowerPoint ie Setup ViewletCam Select Additional Tasks Which additional tasks should be performed Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perform while installing Viewletlam2 then click Next Additional icons Create a desktop icon Add on for Microsoft PowerPoint Enable YiewletCam2 Add on for Mic
111. right click and select Delete flag from the shortcut menu To remove all actions added directly to frames on the Timeline Right click on any tickmark along the guide on the Timeline Select Remove all flag from the shortcut menu If you have any questions about stop flags or actions and events please contact Support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 133 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Interactive Objects ViewletCam2 offers tools for advanced authors to force user input by including interactive objects throughout the project These can come in the form of buttons text fields and more In this chapter we will take a look at a few of these interactive objects that you can use to make your project more engaging for the viewer Buttons You can force viewer interaction by including button objects throughout your ViewletCam2 project Buttons can be used to switch from pause to play to jump to different sections of a Viewlet or even to go to a specific web page and more There are four types of buttons available Simple button This is a clickable 2 D button rendered as a flat image Special button This is a clickable 3 D button rendered as an enhanced image selected from a list of available styles inside ViewletCamz2 Custom button This is a clickable custom button created from an external image file Invisible button This is a clickable hidden area that works like a hotspot The simple s
112. rosoft PowerPoint When installing ViewletCamz select Enable ViewletCam Add on for Microsoft PowerPoint to create Viewlets tram PowerPoint presentations In the Select Additional Tasks window under the Add on for Microsoft PowerPoint area make sure the checkbox next to Enable ViewletCam2 Add on for Microsoft PowerPoint is selected This will place a ViewletCam2 button toolbar inside your PowerPoint program ye H 4 TEW 7 G ViewletCam jas Design New Slide ViewletCam Add On for PowerPoint ButtonToolbar You will use this toolbar in conjunction with PowerPoint to capture your presentation See the chapter PowerPoint Presentation New Project for more information on creating new Viewlets from presentations ViewletCam2 User Manual page 28 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Active Window Capture New Project As discussed previously in the chapter Creating a New Project Basics the Active Window Capture project type is used to capture a single active program or operating system window During the recording session all actions in that window are recorded Capture a single window You Will be asked to select a specific window For recording All your actions in that window will be recorded To create a new project using a single active window Make sure the program or operating system window you want to capture is open Switch to ViewletCam2 and select File gt New from th
113. round the message object Point your cursor over one of the grab handles gnodes A bounding box surrounds the selected Mote message object Along the edges ofthe bounding box are gnodes grab handles that can be used to resize the Note j ria P Welcome to our demonstration When the cursor changes to a double arrow shape hold down the left mouse button and drag to resize the Note To change the position of the Note s pointer Select the Note Point your cursor over the grab handle at the edge of the Note s pointer When the cursor changes to a four headed arrow hold down your left button and drag the pointer to a new location You will see the pointer s outline displayed as you drag it When the cursor changes to a four headed arrow shape hold down the lett mouse button and drag the grab handle to change the pointer s position Let go of the left mouse button to drop the pointer into its new position ViewletCam2 User Manual page 81 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To remove the Note s pointer Select the Note Point your cursor over the grab handle at the edge of the Note s pointer When the cursor changes to a four headed arrow hold down your left mouse button and drag it until you are over one of the corner grab handles As you do this you should see the pointer disappear into the outline of the shape Let go of the left mouse button to finish the
114. s Play Control Bar Crop Movie Canvas Size Split Movie Merge Movie Compress Movie The Movie Size window displays Change the Width and Height by typing a number in the fields provided You can also change the size by typing a number in the Percent fields To maintain proper proportions when you change the width and height select the Constrain Proportions option Movie Size width Percent ae 100 To e Height Percent 304 100 Ho W Constrain Proportions A Smooth Good image quality But may make the demo size larger f None Image quality is not very good Select one of the image quality options as desired Click OK to change the movie size according to these new settings ViewletCam2 User Manual page 164 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Adjusting the Playback Speed You can adjust the playback speed of your project without having to re record it You can slow the playback down to half speed or increase the speed by up to two times To do this Select the Graphics layer Right click on the staging area and select Properties from the shortcut menu Inthe Properties window in the Play speed area o Drag the bar to the left to decrease the playback speed o Drag the bar to the right to increase the playback speed Properties Background Color Play speed 1 0 cael Click OK The playback speed is adjusted at this poin
115. s The Text Field is an advanced interactive feature that can be used to force the viewer to input data into a text field in order to continue with the demonstration This is an example at its simplest form When used in conjunction with an Invisible Button the results can be very effective Let s take a look at one example of how to use a Text Field along with an Invisible Button to make the viewer input specific data in order to play the project Sample Lesson on Using a Text Field as a Password Input Field How to Force the Viewer to Enter a Password in Order to Play the Viewlet For this example we will be creating two text fields and one invisible button The first text field will act as the instructions to the viewer box The second text field will be used as an input field The invisible button will handle the actions and events associated with the user input Select the first frame of your project and insert a stop flag so that the project stops on the first frame when it is played back While still on the first frame select the Insert Text field button on the Edit toolbar Boece Insert Text Field Ctrl 9 ViewletCam2 User Manual page 149 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The cursor changes to a cross hair shape Click on the canvas area and hold down the left mouse button to draw the text field shape Let go of the left mouse button to complete the shape At this point don t worry abou
116. s any cursors in it This layer contains all of the cursor images and movement that occurred during the capture session It contains key frames indicating cursor click and also keyboard press actions This chapter provides information to help you understand the function of the Mouse layer and covers The Mouse layer as viewed along the Timeline Cursor animation Cursor pointers shapes Cursor click and keyboard press sounds Note The words mouse and cursor are used interchangeable throughout this chapter The Mouse Layer as Viewed Along the Timeline The Mouse layer is the top layer of every ViewletCam2 project and cannot be moved This layer contains elements common to other layers as well as two additional key frame indicators It is on this layer where all the cursor action occurs The white box is a key frame indicator where the cursor changes position along the Mouse layer The Mouse layer is where all cursor action occurs The green boxindicates a keyboard press action mous JOO 0 Cy The red box indicates a mouse click action You can hide unhide lock disable and unlock enable this layer as you would any other layer You cannot however disable key frames along thing this layer The key frames include Cursor key frame This is indicated by the white box along the Mouse layer It is at this point along the Mouse layer that the position of the cursor changes on the stage In so
117. sound layer is already set to be synchronized with the Graphics layer and you try to sync up a second one a warning window will display ViewletCam AY Warning Only one sound layer may be synchronized with the main Graphics layer You are about to change the sound layer that is synchronized with the Graphics layer Do vou want to proceed ViewletCam2 User Manual page 58 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Click OK to insert the sound into the project A sound layer will be added a long the Timeline to the project The Dub Tool You can add voice narration easily while previewing the project inside ViewletCam2 This can be done using the traditional steps to insert a new sound file Or skip unnecessary steps by using a new feature called the Dub tool To insert voice narration Select the frame along the Timeline where you want the voice narration to start Click the Dub button on the toolbar Start recording your voice narration as the project plays along the Timeline To stop the voice recording click the Dub button again Anew Sound layer will display along the Timeline To make it synch with the main Graphics layer right click on the Sound layer Inthe Sound window that displays select the Synchronized Streaming Sound option Click OK to close the window Be prepared to start speaking immediately after clicking the Dub button since the sound recording session will start as soon as you
118. t prior to compilation and you are returned to the project If you have audio in your project increasing or decreasing the playback speed will NOT increase or decrease the audio playback which may cause the Viewlet to be out of synch ViewletCam2 User Manual page 165 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Compress the Movie File ViewletCam2 s compression tool allows you to automatically compress your project into a smaller file size even before you publish To do this Select Tools gt Compress Movie from the menu bar gO Options Play Control Bar Crop Movie Canvas Size Movie SIZE Split Movie Merge Movie Compress Movie Depending on the project size you may see a status window briefly display Then you will see a window displaying the compression results Click OK to close it and to return to the project ViewletCam Current movie size 1116 95KB 1 Movie size before compress 1401 63KB If you have any questions about working with the movie and canvas tools please contact support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 166 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Splitting amp Merging Projects What happens if your project is just too big Or perhaps you have smaller projects that you want to combine into one master demonstration without having to record everything all over again Is this possible In ViewletCam2 yes it is Viewle
119. t Options Many of ViewletCam2 s menu and toolbar options can be accessed by right clicking To access a shortcut menu right click on the object or workspace area you wish to edit and a shortcut menu if available will display Ctrl 2 Ctrl Ctrl C This is an example of a shortcut a Ctrl menu that displays when right clicking on a button object Delete Delete Mix audio layers Ctrl M Layer roup Lingroup Moving to a Frame Properties Ctrl F If you have any questions or issues with the ViewletCam2 s interface and related features please email support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 14 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual ViewletCam2 Program Preferences Before starting any screen capture session whether it is capturing onscreen actions of an active program window or recording your PowerPoint presentation as it plays so you can later edit it in ViewletCam2 you should set some screen capture preferences to be used for all new projects These preferences ViewletCam2 options will be used as the defaults for all new projects but can easily be modified as needed To access ViewletCam2 options preferences for screen captures Select Tools gt Options from the menu bar The ViewleCam2 Options window displays ViewletCam2 User Manual page 15 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The ViewletCam2 Options Window The ViewletCam2 Options window contains three distinct t
120. t a button image for the button style from the list Inthe Label Color area o To change the color of the text on the button click each of the buttons for the various button states Up Over and Down In the Color windows that display select a color from the Standard or Custom tabs Label Color ove fon iw Shadow Bi or o To apply a shadow to the text that will be used as the label on the button select the Shadow option o To add change the text shadow color click the Color button Select a color as desired and click OK Inthe Test Button area preview the button states by previewing rolling your mouse over and clicking the button image in the area provided Test Button Click Next ViewletCam2 User Manual page 140 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The Event window displays To have the Viewlet do something when the button is clicked o For the Hotkey select Left button Hotkey left button o For the button state select the radio button next to Up o Click the Event button Select an event from the list to add to the Action list For example if you want the Viewlet to continue when the viewer clicks the button you would select Play from the events menu Goto url Goko frame If else Set variable Click Finish The cursor will change to a cross hair shape Position the cursor on the canvas where you want the button to be and hold d
121. t a locked layer using Timeline editing such as moving it along the Timeline changing its persistence duration along the Timeline and right clicking it on the Timeline to select Properties to edit it ViewletCam2 User Manual page 72 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To move layers in the stack Select the layer to highlight it Right click to display the shortcut menu Select Layer from the shortcut menu Select an option to move the layer as needed gt Oarbon Pepin ture Screen Recorder Asse Ctrl s File Edit Ctrl C Ctrl Delete Ctrl T Time line K Mouse T Ctrl B Fea Mote Colorful noti na Euttor Graphics ne Not all layers can be moved For example the Mouse and Graphics layers cannot be moved And the Sound layer that is synched with the Graphics layer cannot be reordered in the stack either All other layers can be moved within their stacks To mix audio layers Since you can only synch one Sound layer with the main Graphics layer at a time you may need to merge additional Sound layers to create one Sound layer To do this Select the Sound layers that you want to merge To do this hold down the Ctrl key while clicking o
122. t go of the left mouse button to drop it into its new location along the Timeline If you temporarily want to turn a Sound layer off in your project that s easy to do Select the Sound layer Next to the word Sound at the left of the layer deselect the check box This will disable the layer so that it will not play nor will it include the Sound in the published file if this option is left deselected hese Oop SS es a W cece L N D lectthe check box t eselectthe check box to aan aN disable the Sound layer To turn the Sound layer back on select the check box again ViewletCam2 User Manual page 62 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual There may be times you want to remove a Sound layer from the project To do this Select the Sound layer Right click and select Delete from the right click menu Or press Delete on your keyboard Chrl Ctrl C Ctrl V ar oup Ungroup ai Sound fF Moving bo a Frame ai Sound Properties If you have any questions about working with Sound in ViewletCamz2 please contact Support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 63 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Timeline Overview ViewletCam2 uses a Flash styled editing environment One of its main features is the Timeline that by default sits below the staging area And it is along the Timeline where most of your project editing
123. t results let ViewletCam2 examine your system and select the best capture mode automatically by clicking the Select a mode automatically button Capture mode Select a mode automatically f Direct Default The next step is to define a hotkey combination for the Start Stop action of a recording session To change the hotkeys used to begin and end a capture session click the button next to the words Start Stop ViewletCam2 User Manual page 38 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Start Stop Ctrl Alk F 11 Inthe Select Hot Key window press the key combination that you want to use to start and stop the capture session Select Hot Key Fress the key combination that will start and stop video capture Cancel F10 Once the hotkey combination is selected click OK to return to the previous window To change the hotkeys used to Pause Resume a capture session click the button next to the words Pause Resume Inthe Select Hot Key window press the key combination that you want to use to pause and resume the capture session Select Hot Key Fress the key combination that will pause and resume video capture a Cancel Once the hotkey combination is selected click OK to return to the previous window Changing the hotkeys for Start Stop and for Pause Resume when creating a new project will NOT change the default hotkey preferences set in the Tools gt Options
124. t the size or placement of the box that can be fixed later This is a sample of a Text Field wher itis first inserted in a frame Double click the Text Field The Text Field Properties window displays In this window Text Field Properties Password Bl Text Color M Read Only Font Multi line Transparency Name instructions Default Entry z rour password and press Enter coneel_ o Select the Read Only option This will prevent viewers from entering data in this Text Field since we want it to displays instructions to the user only o Click the Text Color button and select a new color from the windows that display as needed o Click the Font button and select font attributes as needed ViewletCam2 User Manual page 150 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual o Inthe Name field give this Text Box aname Remember this name because we will use it as a variable when creating the Invisible Button o Select an alignment option for the text from one of the available buttons to Left Align Center Align or Right Align the text in the box o Inthe Default Entry field type in the text you want to display in this Text Field Click OK to save the information for this first Text Field Make sure the Text Field is selected You can resize it as needed Also at this point as long as the Text Field is selected you can use the various buttons along the Standard toolbar to change the Te
125. t this process each time you edit and resave your project ViewletCam2 User Manual page 177 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual To export a project to AVI format Save your project Select File gt Export AVI from the menu bar View Insert Document Properties a Export SWF Export AYI The Export AVI window displays o Inthe Select video compressor area select a compression option from the list By default Uncompressed RGB is selected and works fine for most projects Select video compressor Uncompressed RaR T If you select a different option the Configure button may become available If it does click it and select additional options as needed for your compression option To learn more about a compression selection click the About button if it is available Select a Frame compression quality percentage in the field provided o If your project has cursor animation select the Export mouse action option iw Export mouse action ViewletCam2 User Manual page 178 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual o If your project has audio select the Export sound option lw Export sound o By default the published files will be saved in the project folder To change the location and or the file name of the published files click Browse and make your selections as desired Ovi File name PowerPointiwonders demolwonders demo avi Click OK to publish the project The dem
126. t using different languages for the interface please contact support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 9 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Interface Overview A basic understanding of the ViewletCamz2 interface is important so that you know what tools you have available to successfully complete your Viewlet projects This chapter provides an overview of the ViewletCamz2 interface with a project open Many of these features are also discussed in more detail later in this manual WEWIEIDON YC CAP IP BUC ap EEE Title Bar with the Project Title File Edit View Insert Control Tools Language Window Help Qarbon O VCs ro Solutions Products v Customers Downloads Store Compan port Ruler Bars Create Professional looki ivity gt Top JReasons to Buy 1 Engage your audience f Present dynam full motion con t with budio NArauon and intePetivity yarn Convert Powerpoint to Flash OR Screen ie Gh ip Pog look gt Ge Or amp 2 Anyone c p do it If ya can Offstage Areas gray ae aN onn compel EL Note The gray area surrounding the main N staging area is referred to as the offstage area 3 Produce Publish Sas th and will not display in the published project Note The main stage area is where all objects actions that will display occur in the published project reside This is the area you ViewletCam o the fastest capes way to record PC aD will be editing while working along the Timeli
127. tCam2 offers tools for Splitting projects Use this feature to break a big project into two smaller ones You can also use this option to delete a section of the project permanently or save it to an entirely new project file for later use Merging projects Use this feature to merge smaller projects into one big one even if the projects have different widths and heights To split a project Select the frame along the Timeline where you want to split the project Select Tools gt Split Movie from the menu bar gay Options Play Control Bar Crop Movie Canvas Size Movie SIZE Split Movie Merge Movie Compress Movie ViewletCam2 User Manual page 167 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The Split movie from current position window displays Split movie from current position Which park to cut How to dispose cut part opm e Throw away f Latter E Project name e Project directory o Inthe Which part to cut area select either Former Cuts everything in front of the selected frame Latter Cuts every thing after the selected frame o Inthe How to dispose cut part area select either Throw away Permanently deletes cut away frames Save as Saves the cut away frames into a new file o If you selected Save as in the How to dispose cut part area In the Project name field type in a file name For the Project directory click the Browse bution to se
128. tem tray prompting you to press the applicable hotkey combination to start your capture session i Start Stop capture Press F10 Press the applicable hotkey combination to start your screenshot session Perform the tasks as needed during your recording session If you need to pause the capture session press the applicable hotkey combination To resume press the same hotkey combination and the session will continue Once you are finished with the capture session press the Start Stop hotkey combination to end your capture session ViewletCam2 will display your new project At this point save the project before you begin working on it If you have any questions about creating new Active Window projects contact Support qarbon com ViewletCam2 User Manual page 32 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual Screen Area Capture New Project The Screen Area Capture project type is used to record onscreen actions in a user defined area of the screen This method is useful when you don t want to capture an entire active window but you don t want to capture everything viewable on your monitor either f Capture an area of the screen You Will be asked to draw a rectangle around the area wou wish to capture All your actions in that area will be recorded To create a new project using an area of the screen Select File gt New from the menu bar In the Create new project window type in a file na
129. the ellipse s border thickness Select a new width from the menu options To change the ellipse s border color Select the ellipse Click the Select line color button on the toolbar Click the Select line color button to change the rectangle s border color ViewletCam2 User Manual page 111 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual B Select a color from the palette of colors Or o Click Custom o Inthe Colors window that displays select a color from the Standard or Custom tab o Click OK to apply the selected color To change the transparency level of an ellipse s border color Select the ellipse Click the Select line color button At the top of the drop down menu of colors that displays hold down your left mouse button and drag your cursor over the transparency box Watch the ellipse s border color transparency change as you move the cursor in this box Transparency Drag your cursor over the transparency box to change the ellipse s border color transparency level Let go of the left mouse button to set the new transparency level To make the line color more solid drag the cursor to the left To make it more transparent drag the cursor to the right ViewletCam2 User Manual page 112 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To change the ellipse s fill color Select the ellipse Click the Select line fill color button Click the Set fill color but
130. the menu bar Ellipse Use the ellipse tool to create round shapes such as ovals and circles Let s take a look at how to work with elliptical shapes To draw an ellipse Select the frame where you want to insert the ellipse Click the Insert ellipse button on the Edit toolbar Insert elipse Cbri 54 Move your cursor over the canvas and when your cursor changes to a cross hair hold down your left mouse button and drag to draw the ellipse ViewletCam2 User Manual page 109 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Let go of the left mouse button to drop the ellipse into place EJ ESD RAA m To resize an ellipse Select the ellipse so that the bounding box displays around tt Point your cursor over one of the grab handles gnodes until the cursor changes to an arrows shape Hold down the left mouse button and drag to resize the ellipse Let go of the left mouse button to complete the resizing action To move an ellipse within a frame Select the ellipse Point your cursor over the ellipse hold down the left mouse button and drag the ellipse to its new position Let go of the left mouse button to drop the ellipse into place ViewletCam2 User Manual page 110 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To change the ellipse s border thickness Select the ellipse Click the Select line width button from the toolbar i Click the Select line width button to change K PS g
131. the staging area you see the main Graphics layer and everything that is embedded on that layer captured during the onscreen recording session This Graphics layer which cannot be hidden in ViewletCam2 actually sits on top of the staging area s canvas This canvas area has a solid color that cannot be seen in most projects because of the Graphics layer on top of it However if you use the Canvas Size tool and resize the canvas area larger then the original project size the Graphics layer will remain the original size but the canvas behind it will become larger and its color will fill in around the images from the Graphics layer Great Pyramid of Giza The Great Pyramid of Giza also called Khufu s Pyramid orthe Pyramid of Kut and Pyramid of Cheops is the oldest and largest of ihe threes mramids inthe Giza Necropolis bordering whatlis now Cairo Eqypt It is the only remaining member of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World This is an example of a projectthat was resized using zE the Canvas Size feature It shows the canvas Ji background color filling in around the Graphics layer ViewletCam2 User Manual page 157 rev 02 15 2010 a ViewletCam 7 User Manual To change the canvas background color Select the Graphics layer It doesn t matter what frame is selected along the Timeline since the canvas background color is applied to the entire project
132. tom Select a color from the palette of colors Or o Click Custom o Inthe Colors window that displays select a color from the Standard or Custom tab o Click OK to apply the selected color ViewletCam2 User Manual page 106 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To change the transparency level of a rectangle s border color Select the rectangle Click the Select line color button At the top of the drop down menu of colors that displays hold down your left mouse button and drag your cursor over the transparency box Watch the rectangle s border color transparency change as you move the cursor in this box Drag your cursor overthe transparency box to change the rectangle s border color transparency level Let go of the left mouse button to set the new transparency level To make the line color more solid drag the cursor to the left To make it more transparent drag the cursor to the right To change the rectangle s fill color Select the rectangle Click the Select line fill color button Click the Select fill color button to change the rectangles fill color Beno E Di i Custom ViewletCam2 User Manual page 107 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual B Select a color from the palette of colors Or o Click Custom o Inthe Colors window that displays select a color from the Standard or Custom tab o Click OK to apply the selected color
133. ton to change the rectangle s fill color Ea te my i Saas Custom Select a color from the palette of colors Or o Click Custom o Inthe Colors window that displays select a color from the Standard or Custom tab o Click OK to apply the selected color To change the transparency level of an ellipse s fill color Select the ellipse Click the Select fill color button At the top of the drop down menu of colors that displays hold down your left mouse button and drag your cursor over the transparency box Watch the ellipse s fill color transparency change as you move the cursor in this box ViewletCam2 User Manual page 113 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual eee eee ee ee E oe oe la oe EE E Ei DEE E E E E E ke my Transparency Drag your cursor over the transparency box to change the rectangle s fill color transparency level Let go of the left mouse button to set the new transparency level O To make the line color more solid drag the cursor to the left To make it more TTY transparent drag the cursor to the right To change the ellipse s properties Right click on the ellipse and select Properties from the shortcut menu or double click the line object The Ellipse window displays Ellipse Line width wil color Border Color me Select a new Line width Fill color and Border Color as needed Click OK to apply the changes
134. tp www qarbon com presentation software vc This page contains ViewletCam2 product information For system requirements click the Technical Specs link ViewletCam2 User Manual page 3 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Installation A trial version of ViewletCam2z2 is available for download from Qarbon for evaluation purposes The trial version is fully functional however it expires after 30 days from date of installation and Viewlets created in the trial version contain advertising logos To remove the logos you must purchase a license and activate your ViewletCam2 program with it To download ViewletCam2 Go to the Qarbon site http Awww qgarbon com Look for and select the Downloads link from the home page ATID ales eee Mote Location of link to download products L H from Garbon home page may vary over time Free Trials M Once you reach the products downloads page select ViewletCam2 When prompted Save the installer file to your computer Version Updates Wai vuil File Download Security Warning Do you want to run or save this file Name viewletcam x155 exe cave the installer file Type Application 3 20MB to your computer From Www garbon com i Cancel While files from the Internet can be useful this file type can potentially harm your computer IF pou do not trust the source do not minor save this software Whats
135. uage Window Help Ctrl 1 Chrl 2 Chrl 3 Ctrl 4 Ctrl 5 Chrl 6 Ctrl 7 The kufi Kufu oldes This is the point iframe along the Timeline where the sound file will be inserted ViewletCam2 User Manual page 57 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The Sound window displays To select an external sound file o Select the Sound from wav file option Sound From wave File Play Browse o Click the Browse button to locate and select your sound file Supported sound files include wav and mp3 o Once the sound file is selected back in the Sound window click Play to preview the sound To record a sound file o Select the Record sound from microphone option Record sound From microphone ay se o Click the Setup button to review the sound preferences and modify the settings in the window that displays as needed o Click Record and start recording your audio file Each time you click Record a new recording file will be started and the previous one will be wiped out o Click Stop to end the recording o Click Play to preview the new recording If this will be the main sound file to play across all frames during the demonstration select the Synchronized Streaming Sound option i Synchronized Streaming Sound Only one sound layer may be synchronized with the main Graphics layer If one
136. ual page 96 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To change the Text Box s line color Select the Text Box Click the Select line color button from the toolbar Pl Web Based Content Creation Services Services Custom Select a color from the palette Or o Click Custom o Inthe Colors window that displays select a color from the Standard or Custom tab o Click OK to apply the selected color To change the transparency level of a Text Box s line color Select the Text Box Click the Select line color button At the top of the drop down menu of colors that displays hold down your left mouse button and drag your cursor over the transparency box Watch the line colors transparency change as you move the cursor in this box Drag your cursor over the transparency box to change the line colors transparency level Web Based Content Creation Services Services Custom ViewletCam2 User Manual page 97 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Let go of the left mouse button to set the new transparency level To make the line color more solid drag the cursor to the left To make it more transparent drag the cursor to the right To edit the Text Box s properties Double click the Text Box The Text Box Properties window displays Make edits as desired Click OK to save the changes To delete a Text Box Select the Text Box Press the Delete key on your k
137. ultiple events for the same action click the Add Event button and select another event The order in which the events are listed from top to bottom is the order in which they will occur during playback Click Finish to add the action with its associated events to the selected frame Now when the Viewlet plays this frame the action the selected events will occur Note An a will display on the frame where the action is inserted on the Timeline 5 To reorder events in the Action list Point your cursor over the a in the frame that indicates an action has been inserted on the frame When the cursor changes to a grab hand shape right click and select Modify action from the shortcut menu In the window that displays select an event from the Action list Click the Up Down button to move the select event Up Down in the list Click Finish to save the changes To move an action to another frame on the Timeline Point your cursor over the a in the frame that indicates an action has been inserted on the frame When the cursor changes to a grab hand shape hold down the left mouse button Drag the a to a different frame Let go of the left mouse button to insert the action on a new frame To delete an action from a frame on the Timeline Point your cursor over the a in the frame that indicates an action has been inserted on the frame When the cursor changes to a grab hand shape
138. ur Capture session aga ee Hardware acceleration one Disable all DirectDraw and Direct3D accelerations as well as all cursor and advanced drawing accelerations Use this setting to correct severe problems with Directs accelerated applications o Level 4 Bar is set two levels below Full This setting disables all cursor and advanced drawing hardware accelerations IF your screen Freezes or has any other issues during the recording session please try adjusting H acceleration and start Your capture session again Level 4 Hardware acceleration Mone Disable all cursor and advanced drawing accelerations Use this setting to correct drawing problems ViewletCam2 User Manual page 21 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual o Level 5 Bar is set one level below Full This setting disables cursor and bitmap hardware accelerations IF your screen Freezes or has any other issues during the recording session please try adjusting yo ation and start our capture session again Level 5 Disable cursor and bitmap accelerations Use this setting to correct problems with the mouse pointer or to correct problems with corrupt Images Hardware acceleration Mone o Level 6 Bar is set to Full This setting enables all hardware accelerations TF your screen Freezes or has any other issues during the recording session please try adjusting your Hardwa ation and start Your capture session again Lev
139. ve the font attributes and to return to the Text Box Properties window Click OK to save the information and to close the Text Box Properties window The cursor will change to a cross hair shape Position your cursor over the area of the stage where you want to start drawing the Text Box Hold down the left mouse button and drag to form the Text Box shape Let go of the left mouse button to drop the Text Box into place Fasy To Use Toc Welcome to this demonstration Don t worry if you don t get the size or position of the Text Box just right the first time you draw it You can fix this after you draw it To resize a Text Box Select the Text Box object A bounding box will display around the message object Point your cursor over one of the grab handles gnodes ViewletCam2 User Manual page 94 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual When the cursor changes to a double arrow shape hold down the left mouse button and drag to resize the Text Box To move the Text Box s location within a frame Select the Text Box Point your cursor over the Text and hold down your left mouse button Drag the Text Box to its new position Let go of the left mouse button to drop the Text Box into place To fine tune the placement of a message object select the message object and then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the object one pixel at a time To change the fill color of the Text Bo
140. will discuss configuring the add on from inside PowerPoint Inside PowerPoint locate the ViewletCam2 Add On for PowerPoint toolbar Click on the ViewletCam plug in configuration options button d z viewletCam m s ViewlebCam plug in configuration options The ViewletCam2 Add On Options window displays with two available tabs for configuration settings ViewletCam2 User Manual page 44 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 2 User Manual a j ViewletCam Add On Options ViewlebCarn PowerPoint The Wewetlemne Add On Options window displays two tabs for configuring the add on prior to capturing a PowerPoint presentation Select the ViewletCam tab o Inthe Capture Mode area Capture mode f Directs Default A Rela Select a mode cn automatically Capture times per sec 5 j a Select a mode for your computer to use while capturing screenshots DirectX Default DirectX is a collection of APIs application programming interfaces for handling tasks related to multimedia including video on Microsoft platforms GDI GDI graphical device interface is a Microsoft Windows interface for representing graphical objects and transmitting them to output devices like monitors b Ifyou are unsure as to which capture mode to use click the Select the mode automatically and let ViewletCam2 test your system to make the best selection c To setthe Capture times per second frame rate def
141. will be the selected Sound layers will be merged into a single Sound layer displayed along the Timeline Right Click on this layer and select Properties Inthe Sound window make sure the Synchronized Stream Sound option is selected and click OK Play back the project starting from the first frame As you listen to the demonstration you will hear where the single Sound layer plays back all the sounds now merged into this single layer AND this layer is most importantly now synced with the Graphics layer for optimal playback performance When merging movies that contain sound layers if the audio was created using ViewletCam2 when merged the sound layers will automatically merge into a single layer into the newly merged project IF all sound attributes are the same for both sound layers Moving Disabling and Deleting a Sound Layer While working with the Sound layer you can also move the interval at which the Sound will start playing along the time Point your cursor over the left edge of the Sound layer s frequency wave When the cursor changes to a double headed arrow hold down the left mouse button ViewletCam2 User Manual page 61 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual When the cursor changes to a double headed arrow hold down the left mouse button to drag the sound along the layer for a new start point along the Timeline Drag the sound wave along the Timeline Le
142. x Select the Text Box Click the Select fill color button on the toolbar Click the Select fill color button to choose a fill color Web Based ontent Creation Services Services Custom Select a color from the palette Or o Click Custom o Inthe Colors window that displays select a color from the Standard or Custom tab o Click OK to apply the selected color ViewletCam2 User Manual page 95 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual To change the transparency level of a Text Box s fill color Select the Text Box Click the Select fill color button At the top of the drop down menu of colors that displays hold down your left mouse button and drag your cursor over the transparency box Watch the fill colors transparency change as you move the cursor in this box Drag your cursor over the transparency box to set the fill color s transparency level Web Based Content Creation Services Services Custom Let go of the left mouse button to set the new transparency level To make the fill color more solid drag the cursor to the left To make it more a We transparent drag the cursor to the right To change the line width of the Text Box Select the Text Box Click the Select line width button on the toolbar Click the Select line width button to set the thickness of the line Select a new line width from the drop down menu that displays ViewletCam2 User Man
143. xt Field s border color fill color and the font attributes for the text Please input your password then press Enter on your keyboard This is a sample of the first Text Field containing instructions for the viewer Now let s create the second Text Field that will be used for the viewer to input a password Click the Insert Text field button on the Edit toolbar When the cursor changes to a cross hair shape hold down the left mouse button and draw the Text Field Double click the second Text Field box ViewletCam2 User Manual page 151 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual The Text Field Properties window displays In this window Text Field Properties iw Password ete Color Read Only Font Multi line Transparency Mame input box Default Entry 5 canel o Select the Password option When the user enters text into this field the data will display as encrypted Select a Text Color and or Font attributes if desired In the Name field input a name for this Text Field Remember this name because it will be used later when selecting a variable for the Invisible Button o Select an alignment option by clicking one of the alignment buttons o Leave the Default Entry field blank Click OK ViewletCam2 User Manual page 152 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Select the Text Field Resize and reposition the field as needed You can also
144. yback IF input box mypassword mypassword ViewletCam2 User Manual page 154 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual O O O Click the Add Event button and select Play from the list In the Action list the event Play should now be listed right below the IF statement So if the password is entered correctly the Viewlet will play IF input box mypassword Select the ELSE statement in the Action list Click the Add Event button and select Set variable from the list Add Event Play Stop Goto url Goto frame TF else Set variable From the Variable name list select the variable name you used for the first Text Field previously created that will be used for instructions to the viewer Variable name input box instructions ViewletCam2 User Manual page 155 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual o Inthe Set field type in the text you want to be displayed to the viewer if they enter an incorrect password Action list IF input box rrypassword ELSE Set instructions The pass IENGO IF Type text in this field to be displayed if viewer enters an incorrect password Variable name Set instructions The password 1s incorrect Plee Click Finish to save these settings The cursor changes to a cross hair shape Point your cursor over the canvas area and hold down your left mouse button to drag and draw the Invisible Button shap
145. ything on the screen will be recorded lt Back Nexk Cancel ViewletCam2 User Manual page 25 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual DB There are basically three new project types based on the capture selection Active Window Capture Capture a single window Use this option to capture a selected active program or operating system window This mode will record all actions within the window chosen Screen Area Capture Capture an area of the screen Use this option to capture a user defined area of the screen This mode will record all onscreen actions within the defined rectangle capture area Full Screen Capture Capture full screen Use this option to capture everything viewable on the entire screen This mode will record all actions you seen on your monitor during the capture session To create a new Active Window Screen Area or Full Screen Capture project Launch ViewletCam2 Select File gt New from the menu ViewletCam Edit wiew Insert Control Tor ViewletCam2 User Manual page 26 rev 02 15 2010 ViewletCam 7 User Manual Inthe Create new project window that displays Create new project WiewlebCam will capture your on screen actions and create a new animation with the recording Type in a file name The vcep extension will automatically be added to it once the projectis created Please provide a name and locam For your project below training session_

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