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Sony DCR-TRV950 Instruction Manual

1. EE arranging and Editing Text Text object settings Style settings 0 Defines the font such as Times New Roman Font Arial etc Style Defines the text style such as italic bold etc L Size Defines the font size Text color Displays the currently selected text color Color Select In order to define a color for your text click this button button to display the color palette Mi text alignment settings Arranges text horizontally along the left side of D Aion eu Fe text box Arranges text horizontally in the center of the 2 Align center text box Arranges text horizontally along the right side of PDA Fe text box Top vertical Arranges text vertically along the top of the text alignment box Center vertical Arranges text vertically in the center of the text alignment box Bottom vertical Arranges text vertically along the bottom of the alignment text box Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved FSB arranging and Editing Text Text object settings Mi Text box settings e Wrapped text i Create shadow The text in the text box is not wrapped The text cannot be displayed any larger than the font size set ma Corporation o If the text box is too small some text will not be displayed at all No wrapping The entire text will be wrapped according to the shape
2. Control panel Connection status Capturing movie scenes Capturing still pictures w DV Camcorder Capture Mode Win Control panel Changing the display size Connection status DV cassette indication Capturing movie scenes Capturing still picture files p Capturing Recording Preferences p Chapter 3 Album Environment p Chapter 4 Movie Editing Environment gt Chapter 5 Layout Environment gt Chapter 6 Image Editor 2 1 Capture Environment ImageMixer allows you to select which existing media you want to work with and import files from a memory card such as one which is inserted in a digital camera connected to your computer You can also record sound from audio CDs or by using a microphone Capturing still shots or entire scenes from a digital movie camera is also easy with ImageMixer You can then use the main screen to confirm these operations by double clicking the appropriate thumbnail and easily add media files to existing albums KES Opening Capture Environment 1 Open ImageMixer 2 Click the Capture Environment Selector R button on the Main 3 Click the Capture Mode Selector button which corresponds to the task you wish to perform The selected mode is displayed Capture window 900 Capture mode selector Click either o or a depending on the method by which you wish to bring in media
3. Right click on a control point hold down the mouse button move the frame until the object is the desired size then release the mouse button Click inside the control points inside the Blocks If you click inside the object itself you will move the object If the control points seem too small to drag magnify the size of the layout It is impossible to change the size of objects which are Locked or Grouped making it necessary to unlock the desired object or release it from its group Mi changing object size while maintaining aspect ratio Hold down the Shift key while dragging the control point i changing object size with the keyboard You can change an object s size by using the arrow keys on your computer keyboard In Windows hold down the Ctrl key while using the arrow keys In Macintosh hold down the Control key while using the arrow keys The size of the object will change according to the direction of the arrow keys You can use the preferences settings to define the increments relative to the changes in size each time the arrow keys are pressed M Aitering text objects Double click text objects to edit actual content change font color etc Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved EZEN Object Operations ooo Changing the overlap order of objects When new objects are added to the layout they will appear on top of previously placed objects Select the object for which y
4. Transparency Indicates the currently defined transparency Transparency slider Drag to define transparency Brush type indicator Shows currently selected brush type and size Brush Type Selector button Click to display available brush types and sizes See below There are slight differences in the brush types available in Windows and Macintosh Pen Pen color Indicates the currently selected pen color D Color Select button 3 Click to display the Color palette and choose a pen color Transparency Indicates the currently defined transparency Transparency slider Drag to define transparency Pen style indicator Indicates the currently selected pen style and size Pen Style Selector button Click to display available pen styles and sizes See below There are slight differences in the pen styles available in Windows and Macintosh Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 6 3 2 Draw Mode Eraser Transparency Indicates the currently defined transparency Transparency slider Drag to define transparency In Macintosh you can also define the eraser size and color relative to the background picture Paint Paint color Indicates the currently selected paint color D Color Select button Click to display the Color palette and choose a color Transparency Indicates the currently defined transparency Transparency slider Drag
5. Stops the slide show Stops the slide show and returns to main screen of the Album Environment Sets the source file of the selected still picture thumbnail as the desktop wallpaper When Active Desktop is on files set as wallpaper will not be displayed Make sure that Active Desktop is off Use as screen saver Windows only Sets the source file of the selected movie thumbnail as the screen saver MPEG and AVI format files may be used as the screen saver Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 3 5 Context Menus Context menus provide a variety of commands related to working with thumbnails and their respective source files They can be displayed in Windows by right clicking the thumbnail you wish to work with In Macintosh hold down the control key while clicking the appropriate thumbnail Copy thumbnail Copies the selected thumbnail The cut thumbnail can then be pasted into another album of your choice by clicking the Paste command Paste thumbnail Pastes a cut or copied thumbnail into an album of your choice A cut or copied thumbnail cannot be pasted into an album in which a copy of that thumbnail already exists Delete thumbnail Deletes the selected thumbnail from the album Clicking this command displays a confirmation dialog box Clicking the OK button deletes the selected thumbnail Only the thumbnail itself and not the source file associated with it is deleted Vi
6. Control panel Album list window o This section changes depending on the mode selected Albums are displayed in a list NAR i Depending on the capture mode selected album file Thumbnail list window proie are displayed in a list cer MIRE Click to start import file mode button Digital Camera Import diata Mode bation Click to start digital Ca Recording Mod Click to start CD record button nee Sound Recording ER cecum wee Click to start sound recording mode USB Device Capture Click to start USB device capture mode Windows Mode button only DV Camcorder Click to start DV camcorder c ure mode Windows Capture Mode button only 2001 PIXELA Corp All righ 2 2 1 Capture Tasks ImageMixer allows you to drag and drop media still pictures movies and sound files straight from disks on your computer into albums of your choice Import file mode display 2 0 i Ten i i Ap _ w Ue Miu ber Chat hn uu yai ad ay p D a9 and D are displayed only when the displayed thumbnails are not those related to still pictures Folders in the HDD and removable disks are displayed here in a format which is similar to that of Explorer in Windows In Macintosh this window resembles the Finder Still Picture File Click to display only thumbnails of still picture files in Display button the selected folder Movie File Display Click to display only th
7. OK button Click to execute auto enhancement of the image Brightness Contrast As you adjust these qualities by operating the sliders the resulting picture will be displayed in the preview window Preview window Displays a preview of the altered image Brightness Drag the slider to adjust the brightness of the image Contrast Drag the slider to adjust the contrast of the image OK button Click to apply the adjusted brightness contrast Hue Saturation After selecting the color you want to adjust drag the slider while checking the results in the preview window oS Preview window Previews the results of changes made to hue 2 saturation and lightness settings 3 o All Click to adjust the hue saturation and lightness of all gp colors in the image Red Select to adjust the hue saturation and lightness of this color D Yellow Select to adjust the hue saturation and lightness of this color 6O00 O Green Select to adjust the hue saturation and lightness of this color Cyan Select to adjust the hue saturation and lightness of this color D Blue Select to adjust the hue saturation and lightness of this color Magenta Select to adjust the hue saturation and lightness of this color Hue Drag the slider to adjust the hue of the selected color s a0 Saturation Drag the slider to adjust the saturation of the selected color s D
8. Mew Hue Angle o saturation o j 5 Walue bs 3 Click the color palette type you wish to work with 4 Click an area in the color spectrum to specify a color 5 Input digits to specify a color Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved ETS Basic Terms Basic terms used in ImageMixer M1EEE1394 Also called I Triple E 1394 this interface is best known for facilitating very fast data transfer speeds up to 400Mbps It is used primarily as an output interface DV connector for digital video cameras or hard disk drives Other names for this interface include i LINK in Windows and FireWire in Macintosh i MPEG MPEG stands for Moving Picture Experts Group MPEG is an international data compression format for digital movies and Hi Fi audio MPEG 1 is the approved format for Video CDs and its brilliant audio video quality is comparable to that of VHS videotape MPEG movies are stored as smaller files than DV digital video movies of the same length making it the standard movie format for Internet related activities The MPEG 2 format also creates high quality images but is used primarily for DVDs and Digital Satellite Broadcasting Exif Based originally on JPEG and TIFF file types this format is used for still pictures taken with digital cameras Exif files contain detailed information such as the date time the photo was taken image size shutter speed etc on individual pictur
9. 4 Drag the volume level slider to adjust the volume level 5 Click the OK button to apply the changes you have made Confirm that you have made the desired changes by playing the movie in the Preview Mode as changes will not be reflected in the editing mode Sound Editor window Displays the currently accumulated playing time of the movie or sound file being previewed Switches if necessary to the B Time display sound edit mode Displays the movie to be edited Sound editor window Drag the slider to control playback volume 2 Monitor Volume control Used to define the play position relative to the movie currently being edited Drag the slider to set the starting time of the soundtrack fade out Stops playback and returns the Volne 2 Indicates the Stop button slider to the dieni soundtrack volume beginning of the pray level setting movie Drag the slider to Indicates time Ed set the ending time Fade in ending of the soundtrack time display fade in Play position slider Fade out slider from beginning of Fade out clip of fade in ending position starting time display Indicates time from end of clip of fade out starting position Volume level control Drag the slider to edit volume Plays from the current position of the play position slide
10. Environment p Chapter 3 Album Environment gt Chapter 4 Movie Editing Environment p Chapter 5 Layout Environment gt Chapter 6 Image Editor 1 1 System Requirements Ua In order for ImageMixer to work correctly your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements Please confirm that your computer system meets these requirements before installing ImageMixer Windows Microsoft Windows 98 Windows 98 Second Edition Windows Millennium Edition Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional IBM PC AT compatible OS In Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition DV IEEE1394 capturing is not supported In Windows 98 USB capturing is not supported Intel MMX Pentium 200MHz or faster Pentium 111 500MHz or faster for capturing a movie via USB or EEE1394 Pentium III 800MHz or faster is recommended CPU DirectX 8 0a or later Sound 16 bit stereo sound card with stereo speakers Memory 64MB or more f Approx 200MB for program 1GB or more of free Hard Disk space recommended for work space 4MB or more of VRAM minimum of 800x600 at 16 bit hi color 65 000 colors Direct Draw driver compatible ImageMixer will not run correctly in a screen area of less than 800 x 600 or in less than 256 colors Software Graphics DirectX must be installed If the standard Windows fonts are not installe
11. Macintosh displays a tool bar in the upper portion of the Image Editor window This tool bar is only displayed when working within one of the editing modes D D D Click to switch the mouse pointer to the selection tool The shape of the selection area can be set by clicking Click to switch the mouse pointer to the freehand selection tool 1 Select tool Lasso too 3 Magic Wand Click to switch the mouse pointer to the Magic Wand This tool enables you to select entire areas connected by a common color the range of which can be set by clicking Select All button 6 Reverse Selection button Click to select the entire picture Click to select the area outside that portion of the image currently selected 6 Tool options Click to display the Tool options 7 Copy button Click to copy the selected area Cut button Click to cut the selected area B Paste button Click to paste a cut or copied selection W Tool options dialog box Click the Tool Options button on the Tool bar to bring up the dialog box Click to enable the Select tool to use rectangular marquees 1 Rectangular selection 2 Elliptical selection Click to enable the Select tool to use elliptical marquees Drag the slider to define the range of colors that 3 Selection range may be selected with the Magic Wand SS 4 Feather Border Blurs t
12. the currently selected thumbnail from the album The cut thumbnail can then be pasted into another album of your choice by selecting the Paste thumbnail command Copy thumbnail Copies the selected thumbnail The cut thumbnail can then be pasted into another album of your choice by selecting the Paste thumbnail command Paste thumbnail Pastes a cut or copied thumbnail into the album of your choice A cut or copied thumbnail cannot be pasted into an album in which a copy of that thumbnail already exists Delete thumbnail Deletes the selected thumbnail from the album Clicking this command displays a confirmation dialog box Clicking the OK button deletes the selected thumbnail Only the thumbnail itself and not the source file associated with it is deleted Change size of thumbnails Allows you to display either large or small thumbnails Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 3 4 File Menu Clicking this button displays the file menu Move Moves the source file of the selected thumbnail Clicking this command displays the Browse for Folder dialog box Select the destination location and click OK to move the source file Copy Copies the source file of the selected thumbnail Clicking this command displays the Browse for Folder dialog box Select the destination location and click OK to copy the thumbnail source file Delete Deletes the source file of the selected
13. Edit Mode or Preview Mode Media selection panel 4 Thumbnail list window Provides tools related to opening and saving projects creating MPEG1 media streams and thumbnail display options Displays thumbnails of movies and sound files existing in the selected album Also displays transition effects and titles Timeline Shows the arrangement of files used in the media stream Details the linear progression of media within the stream Double clicking sound media here also provides you with trimming options Copyrigt Monitor Panel Edit mode Click the Edit Mode a button D Displays the media stream currently arranged on the Monitor EE Storyboard Ee position at which to begin playback can be pide Peel enenaes defined by dragging the slider top button Stops playback and returns the movie to the s beginning 4 Play button Plays from the current position of the play position Slider 2 Pause button Pauses playback Time dienla Displays the currently accumulated playing time of Play the movie or sound file being previewed Volume control Volume control control Drag the slider to control volume Drag the slider to control volume slider to control volume Preview mode Click the Preview Mode 3 button Moni Click the Play button to preview the media stream onitor currently being edited Preview range select
14. In Macintosh when a movie file is arranged on the Storyboard system memory is consumed When many movie files are arranged and there is a low amount of free memory an insufficient memory error message may be displayed In this case increase the amount of free memory by increasing the virtual memory size Virtual memory size can be adjusted from the memory control panels under the Apple menu 2 The Movie Editor window will appear 3 Use the play position slider to define the point frame at which you want the movie to begin playing Click the I n point button 4 Use the play position slider to define the point frame at which you want the movie to stop playing Click the Out point button 5 Preview the edited scene by clicking the Trimmed range preview button 6 Click the OK button to accept the defined range Movie editor window trimming options Displays the first frame of the selected trimming range Double clicking this window returns the play position slider to the trimming range in point Switches if necessary to the movie edit mode Movie Editor button Trimming range bar Single Increment Rewind button Rewinds the movie one increment Displays the movie Montar to be edited a Trimming range Indicates trimmed Used to define the play position and the in out points relative to the movie currently being edited Drag the sli
15. Increase Increment number of measured increments on the clip ruler button thereby facilitating rough editing of the media stream cli Indicates the exact starting and stopping points of PE visual media clips arranged on the Storyboard Dragging amp dropping sound file thumbnails from the thumbnail list window adds them to the movie soundtrack Once added sound clips can be dragged to the desired position within the media stream Placing your mouse pointer at either end of a sound clip makes it possible to trim the play duration of the sound and double clicking the sound clip opens the sound editor whereby you can also Trim the sound and control other aspects related to this particular sound 5 Soundtrack Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved Trimming Movie files and picture files treated as movie files can be arranged on the Storyboard by dragging amp dropping their thumbnails from the thumbnail list window If necessary ImageMixer will automatically export an MPEG1 version of the media to facilitate the editing process 1 Double click a movie clip already placed on the Storyboard When a movie or still picture file arranged on the Storyboard is not in the MPEG1 format used in the Movie edit mode ImgeMixer will automatically export the file as an MPEG1 formatted file In this case the original file remains and the exported file that is created is saved and added to the album
16. Lightness Drag the slider to adjust the lightness of the selected color s d OK button Click to apply the changes you have made to hue saturation and lightness of colors in the picture Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 6 2 3 Filter Mode Sharpness Adjust by dragging the slider while checking results in the preview window o Preview window Displays the result of the sharpness setting Sharpness Drag the slider to adjust sharpness 2 OK button Click to apply the sharpness setting Blur In Windows ImageMixer will automatically blur an image In Macintosh a slider will be displayed Drag the slider to control the blur Preview window Displays the result of applying the blur filter OK button Click it to apply the blur filter ight 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 6 3 1 Draw Mode After setting the tool options use the mouse to draw directly on the image in the edit window i Brush button Click to draw with the brush 2 Pen button Click to draw with the pen Eraser button Click to erase portions of the picture 4 Paint button Click to paint areas of the image according to a specified range Airbrush button Click to draw with the airbrush Brush Brush color Indicates the currently selected brush color D Color Select button Click to display the Color palette and choose a brush color
17. Shape Creator Editor Shape object settings w Arranging and Editing Images Arranging image objects Editing an image object w Layout Preferences Display preferences Layout Preferences window p Chapter 6 Image Editor 5 1 1 Layout Environment ImageMixer helps you use still pictures and design tools to create your own 3 9 X 5 8 inch 100 X 148 mm postcards as well as labels for video tapes disks etc You can also create titles to be inserted into your own movie media streams HKD Opening Layout Environment 1 Open ImageMixer 2 Double click the Layout Environment LE ex button on the Main Selector or Mode Select Bar The display will be switched to the layout window Layout window GO 20008 5 Layout button Click to select layout mode el eel Preview button Print button Click to display current layout in the preview window This button is not displayed when working with titles Click to print the current layout This button is not displayed when working with titles e e Create Layout menu display A type of layout currently shown in the Layout Menu button a change the layout type from the layout Template button to display ImageMixer s pre designed mplates in the template list window Custom Template Click to display custom templates in the template list button window Template list window Displays templ
18. Windows only Click to confirm or make changes to settings related to the currently selected mode Exit button Click to exit ImageMixer Status Bar 6 Minimize button 7 Preferences button The bottom part of ImageMixer s application window is called the Status Bar When the mouse pointer is placed over an object an explanation of its function is displayed in the Status Bar Dialog box buttons Many of the dialog boxes in ImageMixer contain the following buttons a S OK or Yes Cancel Exiting I mageMixer p Clicking the Exit A button on either the Main Selector or the Mode Select Bar will close the ImageMixer application Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 1 3 3 Basic Operations Basic operations in I mageMixer M Selecting an album Once you select the album you want to work with its icon turns bright yellow so you are able to easily distinguish which album is currently active a Selecting thumbnails Thumbnails may be selected in a variety of ways e Selecting one thumbnail Click to select e Selecting a series of thumbnails Click the first thumbnail in the series hold down the Shift key and then click the last thumbnail of the series e Selecting only individual thumbnails In Windows click the thumbnails of your choice while holding down the Ctrl key In Macintosh use the Command key e Selecting all thumbnails currently displayed In Windows hold
19. a low image quality is selected the compression speed rate at which the file is exported is relatively fast while the data size of the newly created exported picture is relatively small Conversely when a higher image quality is selected the compression speed rate at which the file is exported is relatively slow while the data size of the newly created exported picture is relatively large Drag the slider to control volume Exports movie according to the format selected in or Defines quality options relative to the ImageMixer MPEG1 movie format Note that when a low image quality is selected the compression speed rate at which the file is exported is relatively fast while the data size of the newly created exported picture is relatively small Conversely when a higher image MPEG exporting options for ImageMixer quality is selected the compression speed rate at which the file is exported is relatively slow while the data size of the newly created exported picture is relatively large Close button Closes the dialog box and returns to the main screen of the Album Environment Exporting pictures Exported files will appear in the current album and their source files will be saved according to the destination folder defined under Destination of exported files in the Album Preferences 1 Select the thumbnail of the movie or still picture to be exported Click Export within album a
20. also allows you to add your own information such as titles and comments that will help you remember certain details associated with individual files A small preview pane described below is also available Selecting individual thumbnails provides you with a wide variety of Boo Displays a preview of the selected thumbnail though 1 Monitor this monitor does not appear at all when the thumbnail corresponds to a sound file The position at which you wish to begin playback can be set by dragging the slider though this slider does not appear at all when the thumbnail corresponds to a still picture Play position slider Begins playback though this button does not appear Play button at all when the thumbnail corresponds to a still picture Preview ON OFF button Turns the preview display on or off Pauses movie sound playback though this button 5 Pause button does not appear at all when the thumbnail corresponds to a still picture ejeje e Drag the slider to adjust the volume of movie or Volume control sound files though this slider does not appear at all when the thumbnail corresponds to a still picture Displays file information relative to the selected file File Information including file name file type and file location You Display button can also use fields here to enter your own title or comments Displays detailed information Exif files only including image dimensions in
21. are rewritten to your hard drive at a rate of one every 1 30 second However the individual frames from which you would capture a still picture are not completely rewritten at this rate Rather rewriting is performed at the rate of one half frame half the number of horizontal lines or pixels every 1 60 second When a computer is used to capture still pictures from movie scenes some blurring may occur between the two halves of the one frame being captured especially when the subject in the movie scene is moving relatively quickly Interlacing eliminates this blur and produces a better quality still picture In this process however one half of a frame is essentially preserved to fix or support the other half thereby lowering the resolution Therefore we recommend you leave this box unchecked unless you plan to capture still pictures from fast action movie scenes such as those taken of sporting events etc e Lock Aspect Ratio If your digital video camera uses the NTSC format standard in the United States Canada Japan and elsewhere the resolution of still picture files will be 720 x 480 pixels which is most likely slightly longer horizontally than the display of your computer When you display these still pictures on your PC monitor the width will be elongated when compared to its appearance on a standard sized TV Locking the aspect ratio however will compensate by reducing the image to 720 x 640 pixels thereby preservi
22. be shown After the capture is complete the movie file will be automatically added to the album designated in step 1 Convert to MPEG format 040 To view the newly captured file double click its thumbnail to open the view window This function cannot be used while capturing is in progress Capturing still pictures Follow these steps to capture a still picture from a USB connected device 1 Select an album Designate an album from the album list window into which to save the captured picture file 2 Click the Still Picture Capture button Capturing a still picture is now possible my 3 Click the Capture button After the capture is completed the file will be automatically added to the aloum designated in step 1 To view the captured file double click its thumbnail to open the view window This function cannot be used while capturing is in progress Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved DV Camcorder Capture Mode Windows Only 2 7 1 mageMixer enables you to capture both still pictures and movie scenes a digital video cameras connected to the EEE1394 port of your computer Control panel From the control panel you can play or record media from a digital video camera connected to your PC D Monitor window Displays the movie directly from the digital video camera Smali Monit r button Click to display the movie in the small monitor window 3 Larg
23. created exported picture is relatively large Export button Exports movie according to the defined format Closes the view play window and returns to the D COSE ATEN main screen of the Album Environment Output to memory card Outputs a copy of the source file of the selected thumbnail to a memory card 1 Select the thumbnail to be output 2 Click Output to memory card in the pull down File Menu or the Context Menu 3 The Memory Card Output dialog box is displayed Select a memory card present either in a camera or in a memory card reader connected to your computer Click the Output button 4 A progress bar is shown and the file is saved to the selected memory card Memory Card Output dialog box Defines the output destination Card Search button camera or in a memory card reader connected to your computer Still Picture Display button 4 Movie Display button Selection menu Searches for any memory cards present either in a Displays only thumbnails of still picture files in the thumbnail list window Displays only thumbnails of movie files in the thumbnail list window C Sound Display button Displays only thumbnails of sound files in the thumbnail list window Display All Files Displays thumbnails of all files in the thumbnail list button window Available memory cards are displayed in a list Clicking a memory card icon here disp
24. down the Ctrl key and press A In Macintosh hold down the Command key and press A M Selecting objects Objects in a certain layout may be selected in a variety of ways e Selecting one object Click to select e Selecting only individual objects In Windows click the objects of your choice while holding down the Ctrl key In Macintosh use the Command key e Selecting all objects in the layout In Windows hold down the Ctrl key and press A In Macintosh hold down the Command key and press A e Canceling object selection Click anywhere in the layout there is no object E Selecting a color in Windows See below for Macintosh When selecting a color the following dialog boxes are displayed User defined colors are displayed in Click the color you wish to work with Click to display and A user defined color can be created by clicking an area in the color spectrum or by inputting digits The color currently specified in or is displayed here Click this button to add the color currently specified in to op 6 Once any color on the basic color palette or the custom color palette has been selected the selected color will be displayed in W Selecting a color in Macintosh The following color select dialog boxes are displayed by DNE D T 2 double clicking color can be selected in the currently displayed color palette by clicking Select Color Original
25. f the connection between the PC and the device is working properly A blue monitor window is displayed Depending on your selected task the message in the information display panel will read There is of free space in the destination directory for capturing movie scenes or Ready to capture still picture W i f there is a problem with the connection between the PC and the device A black monitor window will displayed When the device is not ready to play or is not connected to the PC correctly the message on the information display panel will read Connection with the peripheral is invalid Please confirm the connection between your PC and the peripheral Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved USB Device Capture Mode Windows Only Capturing movie scenes Follow these steps to capture record a movie file from a USB connected device 1 Select an album Designate an album from the album list window into which to save the captured movie file button 2 Click the Movie Scene Capture Capturing a movie scene is now possible 3 Adjust sound volume if necessary This setting does not effect the original sound level of the captured movie scene 4 Click the Capture button at the desired point to begin capturing 5 Click the Stop button at the point you wish to end the capture If the Capture as MPEG1 box is checked in the Capturing Recording Preferences the status box below will
26. files which cannot be opened by QuickTime Player Also since Macintosh recognizes files by their contents rather than file extensions some files may be added as certain file type which is not in accordance with their file extension Gs Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 2 3 1 Digital Camera I mport Mode This mode allows you to import files from digital cameras and memory card reader devices This is possible when a removable disk is mounted Digital camera import display 0800 Wo SISO Click to refresh the reading of data from the source Refresh button Select memory card Digital cameras and memory cards connected menu directly to the PC are displayed in a list currently selected in Memory card list Available memory cards and similarly formatted window sources are displayed here This pane allows you to add personalized comments Comment input pane which relate directly to individual files which later may be added to albums amp Click to copy the source files of the selected thumbnails to the save location and add them to the selected album Import button Click to display only thumbnails of still picture files stored on the selected memory card Still Picture Display button 7 Movie Display button Sound File display Click to display only thumbnails of sound files stored button on the selected memory card Click to display thumbnails of al
27. of movies or still picture files that have been placed Clip thumbnail on the storyboard Double clicking a clip thumbnail will open the Movie Editor whereby you can perform operations such as movie trimming Indicates an area in the media stream into which transition effects may be added by dragging transition effect thumbnails from the thumbnail list window Transition box This icon indicates the location of a transition effect which has already been added to the media stream Double clicking it will open the Transition Settings Transition effect thumbnail e eo e e e Indicates an area in the media stream into which Clip box editable media may be added by dragging thumbnails from the thumbnail list window Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved The timeline provides you with a graphic representation of exactly where each media clip appears in the media stream Thumbnails corresponding to sound media can be dragged to the timeline and then moved to play automatically at specified points in the linear sequence of streaming media Expands the scale of the timeline decreases the Decrease Increment number of measured increments on the clip ruler button thereby facilitating detailed editing of the media stream inerementdicola Indicates the length of time that elapses between p ay each line on the clip ruler Shrinks the scale of the timeline increases the
28. pixels file data size playing time date added to the current album date modified and file creation date Detailed Information Display button Displays Exif file information relative to the selected file including a description of the image date time Exif File Information the picture was taken Exif version image size and Display button whether or not the picture is meant to appear vertically or horizontally orientation Displays information relative to the camera with which the Exif picture was originally taken including the name of the camera manufacturer camera model and the camera s maximum aperture value Camera Information Display button Exif files only Displays information relative to the settings under Photo Information which the Exif photograph itself was taken including D Display button Exif lens focal length shutter speed aperture value exposure value exposure program metering mode ISO white balance and whether or not a flash was used files only Thumbnail Detailed file information view Macintosh information including that which relates to Exif formatted files In particular these files contain all sorts of information relative to specific dates times camera information and camera settings This view also allows you to add your own information such as titles and comments that will help you remember certain details associated with individual files A small preview pane des
29. slider Stop button Play button Pause Pause button 6 a display Defines the range of the media stream to be previewed Stops playback and returns the movie to the beginning Plays from the current position of the play position Slider Pauses playback Displays the currently accumulated playing time of the movie or sound file being previewed Volume control Drag the slider to control volume ne The position at which to begin playback can be Play position sider defined by dragging the slider Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 4 3 Media Selection Panel Create new project While the media stream is being edited and before it is saved as an MPEGI file it exists as a project Saved projects which have not yet been formatted as MPEG1 files are called project files Open a project file Clicking this button displays the Open dialog box allowing you to browse the folders on your computer Save project Clicking this button displays the Save As dialog box Enter the file name and click Save once you have defined a location on your computer where you would like the project to be stored Movie display button ug Displays only thumbnails of movie files existing in the current album Since they can also be added to the media stream still picture files are treated as movies the playing time of which you can set yourself Sound file display button Dis
30. the media stream MPEG1 Quality Settings This section allows you to select the image quality of MPEG1 movies you create yourself The higher the quality setting the more disk space required Work Disk Setting Macintosh only Defines the disk to be used as virtual memory for temporary files Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved p Introduction p Chapter 1 Before Use p Chapter 2 Capture Environment p Chapter 3 Album Environment gt Chapter 4 Movie Editing Environment w Chapter 5 Layout Environment w Layout Environment Opening Layout Environment Layout window Task panel w Layout menu Selecting layout type Layout Menu w Layout Operations Creating a new layout Changing the orientation of a layout Changing background color Magnifying or reducing layout display Save layout Delete layout Preview layout Print layout w Object Operations Arranging objects Moving objects Changing an object s size Changing the overlap order of objects Aligning objects Locking objects Grouping objects Copying and pasting objects Deleting objects Transforming 3 D appearance of text objects Win w Arranging and Editing Text Creating new text and arranging it as a text object Editing existing text objects Text Creator Editor window Text object settings w Arranging and Editing Shapes Arranging shape objects Editing shapes
31. thumbnail Clicking this command displays a confirmation dialog box Clicking the button deletes the selected source file View Play Clicking this command will allow pictures and movie files to be viewed and sound files to be played Display file location Windows only Displays the contents of the directory containing the source file of the selected thumbnail This function utilizes the standard Windows Explorer interface Rename file Allows you to change the name of the source file associated with the selected thumbnail Clicking this command displays a dialog box Enter the new name and click the button Thumbnail names cannot be changed through this operation Change thumbnail names in the title field of the Thumbnail Detailed file information view Edit Picture Allows the source file of the selected still picture thumbnail to be edited The edited still picture is created as a new file and its thumbnail is automatically added to the album when exiting the Image Editor The original still picture file remains unchanged after editing A duplicate of the still picture file which is to be edited is created when Image Editor is started Export within album as new movie Exporting is a term used to refer to the action of creating a new file according to a pre designated format Clicking this command will not change the source file of the selected movie thumbnail Rather mageMixer will regardless of the format
32. to movies you create yourself with the ImageMixer software 1 Connect the microphone or other sound output device to the appropriate input jack on your computer 2 Select the thumbnail of the file to which the sound will later be added If necessary change the currently selected album in the album list window 3 Confirm that the Preview On Off button is active colored bright yellow A preview of the file selected in step 2 will be displayed 4 Confirm the off position of the volume control To prevent the original sound of the movie from interfering with the sound you are about to record make sure that the volume control slider indicates the lowest volume possible effectively turning it off 5 Select an album Select the album from the album list window into which you wish to save the recorded sound files 6 Cue up the movie playback by clicking the Play gt button or by dragging the play position slider to the point at which you later plan to add sound 7 Click the Record Le button The movie will play and recording will start 8 Click the Stop button at the point you wish to stop recording The audio format of digitally recorded files is PCM the sampling rate is 44 1KHz and the bit rate is 16bit stereo In Windows the file type of recorded files is WAVE In Mac AIFF files are created Files are saved in the Save location designated in the Capturing Recording Preferences but are of course adde
33. to perform such an act Termination of contract When a customer reproduces this program or its add ons without permission or breaks the above mentioned consent conditions this contract is automatically terminated and other legal action may be taken by PIXELA Inc Upon termination of this contract this program its add ons and all duplicates thereof shall be returned to PIXELA Inc or abandoned Guarantee and exemption from responsibility This program its add ons and the productions thereof may not conform to your specific purpose notwithstanding any representations express or tacit Moreover PIXELA Inc does not guarantee that the functions of this program will agree with your needs or that there are neither discontinuities nor errors in the functions of this program PIXELA Inc does not take any responsibility for direct or indirect loss or damage accompanying or related to the use of this program nor for any disputes arising between the customer and any third party related to use of this program or caused by this program Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved p Introduction w Chapter 1 Before Use w System Requirements Windows Macintosh w Setup Installation Uninstalling w Basic Operations Starting ImageMixer ImageMixer startup screen Outline of tasks Selector Bar Status Bar Dialog box buttons Exiting mageMixer Basic operations p Basic Terms p Chapter 2 Capture
34. Alphanumerically sorts thumbnails in the currently Descending displayed album in descending order according to Order button file name file type data size or date modified Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved ESE Album Preferences Click the Preferences Ni button to make changes relative to the Album Environment Format Settings of Edited Files Defines the file format in which to save edited still pictures When the source file is in Exif or JPEG format the following settings will not apply The edited file will be saved in its original format M Save as BMP Windows This is the still picture file format generally used in Windows M Save as PICT Macintosh This is the still picture file format generally used in Macintosh Mi save as JPEG This is the still picture file format generally used for Internet related activities attaching images to e mail building web sites etc The default image quality can be set to highest high standard and low The highest image quality setting uses the lowest rate of compression and the low image quality setting uses the highest compression rate Print Setting H only selected files When printing from the pull down File Menu or the Context Menu checking this box limits printing to the selected files If this box is not checked all the files currently displayed in the thumbnail list window will be printed View Settings Settings for t
35. Brush Pen Eraser Paint Airbrush w Crop Rotate Flip Mode Cropping Rotating Flipping p Image Resizing Mode w Mask Mode Win Gradation masks Stencil masks Drawn masks p Chroma Key Mode Mac p Create Shadow Mode Win p Blend Mode Win 6 1 1 Image Editor OG ImageMixer provides you with a variety of tools for editing still pictures You can start from either the Album Environment or the Layout Environment Opening I mage Editor Wi From Album Environment 1 Open ImageMixer 2 Click the button on the Main Selector or Mode Select Bar to open the Album Environment 3 Select the thumbnail of the still picture you want to work with Change album if necessary 4 Click the Image Edit button Wi From Layout Environment 1 Open ImageMixer 2 Click the Layout Environment button on the Main Selector or Mode Select Bar to start the Layout Environment 3 Start layout create a new layout or open a saved layout 4 Arrange a still picture object in the layout area if necessary 5 Select the picture object you want to work with 6 Click the Image Edit button The same process can be repeated by clicking other picture objects Image Editor display 26086660 ELELELE and D will not be displayed when starting the Image Editor from the Album Environment T Filter Mode button Click to change to Filte
36. LA Corp offers no guarantees for this product Moreover PIXELA Corp assumes no responsibility for damage caused as the result of defects in this product directly indirectly as a special case or in inevitable cases even once an announcement has been made that such damage may occur By the same token PIXELA Corp assumes no responsibility for costs incurred in the reproduction or recovery of any lost computer programs or data when such loss is associated with the use of this computer program when included in another application All the rights to the picture data including text characters included in the product CD ROM are protected by accompanying copyrights based on the Copyright Act No persons other than the copyright holder may engage in the sale rental transfer or reproduction of this material without the consent of the copyright holder Violations to the Copyright Act are subject to criminal punishment Use of the picture data on this CD ROM is permitted for individual use only The image data on this CD ROM may not be duplicated for business purposes Moreover neither corrected nor altered parts of the data may be used for business purposes About pictures and images e Keep in mind that pictures and images which may used with ImageMixer may be protected or otherwise forbidden irrespective of their purpose or use e As for general literary property the approval of the rightful claimant of the work is required except in
37. Mixer is installed after performing all of the steps above The same type of process is used to install other applications such as DirectX 8 ImageMixer requires DirectX 8 to be installed Mi Macintosh 1 Insert the I mageMixer CD The Menu screen appears automatically If the Menu screen does not appear automatically search for the Setup Menu icon by double clicking the CD icon on the desktop 2 In the Menu screen click a desired language icon to begin the installation process Click the USB Driver button when you want to install it www Ina gemiae Menu PIXELA ImageMixer A A te Franepis dtolann Portugues PIXELA 3 Continue by following the instructions Uninstalling i Windows 1 From the Start menu point to settings Settings and open the Control Panel 2 Double click the Add Remove Programs icon The Add Remove Programs property dialog box is displayed 3 Select I mageMixer from the list of programs and click the Add Remove button 4 Select the language of the currently installed version of I mageMixer and click OK The uninstall process begins 5 When the dialog box says uninstall successfully completed click the OK button In some cases captured files may remain after the uninstall process is completed To delete all ImageMixer information delete the Program Files gt Pixela gt ImageMixer folder Mi Macintosh 1 Drag th
38. XELA Corp All rights reserved 5 3 1 Layout Operations Creating a new layout Create a new layout by clicking the Create new button in the task panel If a layout is currently displayed a dialog box will appear asking if you want to save the current layout Click the OK button to save the current layout Environment a name for the layout in the next dialog box and click the OK button After saving a new layout will be displayed Click the No oj button to create a new layout without saving the current layout A new layout will then be displayed Click the Cancel button to cancel creating a new layout and return to the currently displayed layout Changing the orientation of a layout Click the or Orientation button to change the vertical horizontal positioning of the current layout If a layout is currently displayed a dialog box will appear asking if you want to save the current layout See Creating a new layout Changing background color Click the Background Color button to change the current layout s background color The color palette will be displayed allowing you to select a new background color To undo any actions here set the color to white or create a new layout Magnifying or reducing layout display Click the Magnify button to enlarge the layout display by increments Click the Reduce button to shrink the layout display by increments You can also select a layout display s
39. ageMixer As the mouse pointer is moved over the Explanation display or button a short explanation is displayed Outline of tasks Tasks related to capturing media files Capture Environment ImageMixer allows you to select which existing media you want to work with and import files from a memory card such as one which is inserted in a digital camera connected to your computer You can also record sound from audio CDs or by using a microphone Capturing still shots or entire scenes from a digital movie camera is also easy with ImageMixer You can then use the main screen to confirm these operations by double clicking the appropriate thumbnail and easily add media files to existing albums Tasks related to albums Album Environment Albums help you organize media files to be used with ImageMixer Available tasks include viewing still images and movies running slide shows displaying information related to individual files performing file searches and sorting files according to specific criteria Using albums also means that you only need manage those files that serve the purposes you define Tasks related to editing movie files Movie Editing Environment ImageMixer is a powerful application when it comes to editing movie files To create professional quality movies you can cut scenes superimpose sound add transition effects and make custom tiles appear in specific places in the media stream Also since mag
40. and HDD are not being used to run programs other than ImageMixer system resources should not become depleted M Due to the possibility of noise etc we do not recommend recording sounds with internal microphones Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved USB Device Capture Mode Windows Only I mageMixer enables you to capture still pictures or movie scenes directly from devices connected to your computer s USB port such as a digital camera Control panel Displays images from the USB connected device i Monitor window Volume control Adjust volume by dragging the slider E DEEE Click to enable the capturing of still pictures button Motion Picture l 4 Capture button Click to enable the capturing of movie scenes Click to capture either a still picture or a movie scene 5 Capture button The function of this button depends on whether or is currently active Note that this button functions as the STOP button during movie scene capturing Information display Indicates current operation and connection status of panel the device Connection status Connect the USB interface of the device such as a digital video camera to the USB port on the computer Set the device to display images through the USB connection Consult the instruction manual that came with your equipment for details on transferring images from your particular device W
41. ates and custom templates Custom Template Click to delete the custom template selected in the Delete button template list window Sav button Click to save the current design as a custom template Album select menu Click to select an album from the dropdown list Thumbnails from the currently selected album are Thumbnail list window displayed in a list Only still picture thumbnails are displayed Buttons for layout object related operations are arranged on this panel The buttons displayed depend on the type of layout and object selected Click to create new text Click to create a new shape Click to edit the currently selected image object Lavout ares Area used to arrange objects such as images y shapes and text Magnification display Displays the magnification of the layout area as a percent Zoom im buen Click to increase the magnification of the layout area Zoom Out button to decrease the magnification of the layout Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All 5 1 2 Layout Environment Task panel Pi F El M Create New button Click to create a new layout Click to change the orientation horizontal vertical Orientation button positioning of the current layout Background Color button Overlap Order button Click to change the background color Click to change the order of the selected overlapping objects Click to line up se
42. back by dragging the slider The corresponding frame is shown Ste Frame Newlin Rewinds the movie one frame at a time button Aie Frame AGVaNcE Advances the movie one frame at a time Play position slider Closes the view play window and returns to the 7 Close button main screen of the Aloum Environment Viewing still pictures View window for still pictures Display Displays the selected file s Zoom In button Clicking this button enlarges the display size 3 Zoom Out button Clicking this button reduces the display size When two or more files have been selected for viewing clicking this button moves you to the previous file in the series Display Previous button When two or more files have been selected for 5 Display Next button viewing clicking this button moves you to the next file in the series Closes the view display and returns to the main Close button screen of the Album Environment Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 3 8 Exporting Album Files Exporting is a term used to refer to the action of creating a new file according to a pre designated format This action will not change the source file of the selected movie thumbnail Rather ImageMixer will regardless of the format of the original file save the movie according to the settings you define in the accompanying dialog box After the process is complete a thumbnail asso
43. button on the Main Selector 3 Click the Preferences wW button on the Selector Bar The layout preferences window will be displayed Layout Preferences window Defines the number of pixels between gridlines Gridline interval Display grid Defines the number of gridlines between partition lines Display grid Le Defines the distance an object moves each time the y arrow keys are pressed Partition line interval ShittArrow Le Defines the distance an object moves each time the y Shift arrow keys are pressed In Windows defines the incremental change to an object s size each time the Ctrl arrow keys are pressed In Macintosh the Control key is used in conjunction with the arrow keys Grid dicola Check this box to display grid lines and partition p ay lines in the layout window Ctrl Arrow key Check this box to display only the outline of image D OUMINE wiepiay objects in the display window Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved p Introduction p Chapter 1 Before Use p Chapter 2 Capture Environment p Chapter 3 Album Environment gt Chapter 4 Movie Editing Environment p Chapter 5 Layout Environment w Chapter 6 I mage Editor w Opening Image Editor Opening Image Editor Image Editor display Undo Tool bar Mac w Filter Mode Red eye compensation Auto enhance Brightness Contrast Hue Saturation Sharpness Blur w Draw Mode
44. camera from the menu Memory cards and sources with digital camera memory card formatting are displayed in the memory card list window 2 Select a source from the memory card list window Thumbnails of the files in the selected source are displayed in the thumbnail list window 3 Select a thumbnail from the thumbnail list window 4 Comments for individual files may be added in the comment input pane 5 Select a destination album from the album list window 6 Click the I mport ah T button The source file of the thumbnail selected in step 3 is added to the album selected in step 5 At this point a copy of the source file is created and saved into the directory designated in the Capturing Recording Preferences Files can also be imported by dragging and dropping thumbnails from the thumbnail list window into the desired album See below Vertically oriented pictures are usually saved horizontally though Exif files will contain information to the effect that the picture was taken vertically ImageMixer creates vertical thumbnails for those files in accordance with the Exif information even though they may have originally been saved as horizontal images Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved ES audio CD Recording Mode ImageMixer allows you to record CDs straight from your CD ROM drive Recorded files can be played or added to a movie media stream Control panel Audio CDs can be played or record
45. ch click Horizontal flip Flips the image horizontally along the vertical axis with each click Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 6 5 Image Resizing Mode Carca made occ Displays the height and width in pixels of the g picture currently displayed in the image edit window Width Enter a value in pixels for the new width of the image 3 Height 4 Lock aspect ratio 5 rok button Enter a value in pixels for the new height of the image Select this option to maintain the original proportions of the image When this option is selected changing the value of the width will automatically change the height and vice versa Applies the new image size Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 6 6 Mask Mode Windows Only Masks allow you to apply certain limitations to the appearance of pictures by using stencils changing the opacity transparency of the image etc This mode is not available when opening the Image Editor from the Album Environment Gradation mask Stenci mask 3 Drawn mask Click to display a list of available gradation masks Click to display a list of available stencil masks Click to create a custom mask Gradation masks Gradation masks Available gradation masks are listed here OK button Click to apply the selected gradation mask Stencil masks D Stenci
46. ciated with the new file will appear in the current album Exporting movies Exported files will appear in the current aloum and their source files will be saved according to the destination folder defined under Destination of exported files in the Album Preferences 1 Select the thumbnail of the movie file to be exported from the thumbnail list window Click Export within album as new movie in the pull down File Menu or the Context Menu The Movie Format Settings dialog box will appear 2 Define the file format options described below and click the Export button W pi XELA I mageMixer MPEG1 format Select either low Normal high or highest image quality Mi MPEG movie for Sony Select either 160 x 112 160 x 112 CV 320 x 240 or 320 x 240 HQ image size and quality Movie Format Settings dialog box Previn display eje el ev Play position slider Play button A DRE TEE Allows you to preview the movie before proceeding with file export Used to define the position at which to begin resume preview by dragging the slider The corresponding frame is shown Click to begin preview from the current position on the play position slider Pause button Pauses movie playback MPEG exporting options for SONY Volume control Export button Defines size and quality options relative to the Sony MPEG movie format Note that when
47. cribed below is also available Selecting individual thumbnails provides you with a wide variety of Displays a preview of the selected thumbnail though Monitor panel this monitor does not appear at all when the thumbnail corresponds to a sound file Drag the slider to adjust the volume of movie or 2 Volume control sound files though this slider does not appear at all when the thumbnail corresponds to a still picture Preview ON OFF Turns the preview display on or off Begins playback though this button does not appear 4 Play button at all when the thumbnail corresponds to a still picture Pauses movie sound playback though this button does not appear at all when the thumbnail corresponds to a still picture apra Frame Rewind Rewinds the movie one frame at a time 5 Play position slider ee epee o Advances the movie one frame at a time P Single Frame Advance button File Information Display button Displays file information relative to the selected file including file name file type and file location You can also use fields here to enter your own title or comments Displays detailed information Exif files only including image dimensions in pixels file data size playing time date added to the current album date modified and file creation date Detailed Information Display button Displays Exif file information relative to the selected file inclu
48. ctions as a stop button Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 2 5 2 Sound Recording Mode Recording sound files Follow these steps to record music from a microphone or other sound output device such as a TV cassette tape player etc The size of recorded sound files is approximately 10MB per minute of CD audio 1 Connect the microphone or other sound output device to the appropriate input jack on your computer 2 Select an album Select the album from the album list window into which you wish to save the recorded sound files 3 Click the Record Le button 4 Click the Stop button at the point at which you wish to stop recording The audio format of digitally recorded files is PCM the sampling rate is 44 1KHz and the bit rate is 16bit stereo In Windows the file type of recorded files is WAVE In Mac AIFF files are created Files are saved in the save location designated in the Capturing Recording Preferences but are of course added directly to the album selected in step 2 To confirm successful recording of sound files double click their thumbnail icon in the thumbnail list window Recording sound files while previewing movie images Recording sound with a microphone or other sound output device can be performed while previewing a movie to which the sound will later be added This is useful in synchronizing narration or background music to specific scenes of a movie The files can then be added
49. d directly to the album selected in step 2 To confirm successful recording of sound files double click their thumbnail icon in the thumbnail list window Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights rese 2 5 3 Sound Recording Mode Troubleshooting W Sound files were created but cannot be played Check the speaker power and volume Note that the ImageMixer volume control works independently of the volume control on the speakers In Windows right click the speaker icon on the task bar and select Open Volume Controls If Line In is muted or if the volume is too low adjust accordingly and record again In Macintosh open Apple menu gt Control Panels gt Sound to set the recording sound level The method for adjusting the volume may be different depending on your computer s configurations in which case we recommend that you consult the manufacturer s technical support center M Recorded analog sound files contain noise and jump Confirm that the CD recording volume is suitable Refer to Sound files were created but cannot be played above Also note that we do not recommend that you perform other tasks on your computer while recording is taking place MH Recorded analog sound files jump Your computer hardware may be close to the minimum specifications required to run ImageMixer Close all other applications before starting ImageMixer and try again When the CPU
50. d on the system characters will not be displayed correctly ohe To install and use this software in Windows 2000 you must be authorized as a Power User or Administrator for Windows XP you must be authorized as an Administrator Macintosh Mac OS 8 5 1 or later Mac OS X is not compatible 64MB or more Approx 100MB for program 1GB or more of free space recommended for work space Pre installed QuickTime 4 or later USB or EEE1394 capturing is not available with Macintosh Minimum of 800x600 32 000 colors Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved Installation i Windows 1 Insert the I mageMixer CD in the CD drive After inserting the CD the screen below is displayed If this screen is not displayed right click the CD icon in My Computer to explore the contents of the CD drive and then double click the install exe file WW im Beal a oe eh Menu USB Driver PIXELA imageMixer Direct PIXELA 2 Click PI XELA I mageMixer 3 Select a language from the list If ImageMixer has already been installed a dialog box will appear prompting you to uninstall the application If you wish to reinstall ImageMixer complete the unstinallation process and then reinstall 4 Continue clicking NEXT according to each of the displayed messages Installation process begins 5 When the dialog box reads mageMixer setup is complete click the Finish button Image
51. der to adjust position Play position Slider beginning of the 5 Stop button movie Plays from the current position of Rie puton the play position Slider Pause button Stops playback and returns the slider to the Pauses playback 8 Displays the currently accumulated playing time of the Time display being previewed Drag the slider to Volume control control volume movie or sound file e Advances the movie one increment Single Increment Advance button Displays the last frame of the selected trimming range Double clicking this window returns the play position slider to the trimming range out point Out point frame window Defines the duration in seconds of each increment Incrementation selector Indicates the total playing time of the trimmed movie clip Click this button to define the starting point of the trimmed movie clip Clip duration In point button Plays the trimmed movie clip from in point to out point Trimmed Range Preview button Click this button to define the ending point of the trimmed movie clip Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved Sound Editing Various operations such as trimming fade in fade out settings and volume level can be performed relative to both primary and superimposed so
52. ding a description of the image date time the picture was taken Exif version image size and whether or not the picture is meant to appear vertically or horizontally orientation Exif File Information Display button Displays information relative to the camera with Rate Disol which the Exif picture was originally taken including us lon LISPIAY Ithe name of the camera manufacturer camera model and the camera s maximum aperture value Displays information relative to the settings under which the Exif photograph itself was taken including Exif Photo Information lens focal length shutter speed aperture value Display button exposure value exposure program metering mode ISO white balance and whether or not a flash was used Search mode type of file within those thumbnails according to the criteria you select in Displays a list of thumbnails and allows you to Search for a specific file or the accompanying pane Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved CU View Play Window This window allows pictures and movie files to be viewed and sound files to be played To bring up this window follow the steps below 1 Select the thumbnail which corresponds to the file you want to view or play 2 Clicked View Play on the pull down file menu or click View Play from the context menu Files can also be viewed or played by double clicking their corresponding thumbnail Playing movies and sound fil
53. dio CD Recording Mode Caution Please take note of the following points before recording an audio CD analog recording Windows only e CDs mounted on an external drive can not be recorded e The output from the CD drive must be streamed through a sound card meaning that the CD audio output jacks are connected to the CD input jacks on the sound card Sound quality may be of a slightly lower quality than the original CD e When another sound recording application wave form audio device etc is running it is impossible to record with ImageMixer e Having more than one CD player open may cause problems such as the track list not being displayed mageMixer itself may also experience problems Close other CD players before recording with mageMixer e To avoid any possibility that I mageMixer is unable to record in Windows go to Control Panel gt System gt Device Manager Tab gt CD ROM and select the brand name of the CD ROM device installed on your computer From there click the Properties button and finally the Properties tab On this screen make sure that there is no check next to Enable digital CD audio for this CD ROM device Digital recording e If digital recording from the CD drive is not possible try analog recording M Macintosh supports only digital recording Recording in Macintosh When another player is running recording may not be possible If Auto Play is selected in the QuickTime settings playback will begin
54. e Monitor button Click to display the movie in a large monitor window a This icon becomes active glows when a DV cassette is present in the digital video camera Refresh connection Click to refresh the connection between the PC and button the digital video camera Time display Displays the current play time according to the counter on the video camera Clicking this button will rewind the DV cassette Rewind button inside the video camera as if you pushed the rewind button on the device itself Volume control Adjust the volume by dragging the slider Stop button Click to stop playback ad Play button Click to start playback Pause button Click to pause playback Clicking this button will fast forward the DV cassette Fast Forward button inside the video camera as if you pushed the rewind button on the device itself Single Frame Rewind When the movie is paused this button moves the button movie backward one frame at a time D Single Frame Play button Plays the movie frame by frame slow motion Single Frame Advance When the movie is paused this button moves the D button movie forward one frame at a time D A sapie Click to enable the capturing of still pictures Click to capture either a still picture or a movie scene Capture button The function of this button depends on whether or is currently active Note that this button functions as the STOP button during mov
55. e following folder to the Trash System Folder Preferences IM Default Settings ImageMixerPreferencesFile 2 Drag the mageMixer folder from the HDD to the Trash Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved EESE Basic Operations Starting I mageMixer E Windows ImageMixer can be started by clicking on the Start Menu and pointing to Programs gt Pixela gt I mageMixer gt PIXELA I mageMixer Ver 1 0 for Sony If a shortcut icon for ImageMixer was created at installation an icon will be displayed on the desktop see the example at right Double clicking this icon will also start ImageMixer Additionally you can refer to this manual by selecting Start gt Programs gt Pixela gt I mageMixer gt Help Mi Macintosh ImageMixer is started by double clicking the ImageMixer icon created during installation in the ImageMixer folder on the HDD I mageMixer startup screen The Main Selector 2 PRELA Image Mixer Ver 10 for OS LI FISELA ImageMixer The first window displayed when ImageMixer is started is called the Main Selector PIXELA Anp itea Hilt cel Capture Environment Click to begin tasks related to capturing media files Album Environment button 3 Movie Paditing Click to begin tasks related to editing movie files Environment button Layout Environment button Click to begin tasks related to albums Click to begin tasks related to graphic layouts Exit button Click to exit Im
56. e impossible to create thumbnails for files which cannot be opened by QuickTime Player Also since Macintosh recognizes files by their contents rather than file extensions some files may be added as certain file type which is not in accordance with their file extension Add folder contents Adds all the importable files from a particular folder into the selected album Clicking this command displays the Browse for Folder dialog box After selecting the folder from which you would like to add files click OK in Windows or click Select in Macintosh Thumbnails of the newly added files are then displayed in the thumbnail list window Files from sub folders can also be added by checking Include Sub folders Test thumbnail integrity Since thumbnails are merely graphic representations of the actual files that exist on your computer there may be cases where the source file is changed renamed moved etc thereby changing the information which links it to its corresponding thumbnail in ImageMixer To see if this is the case with any of the thumbnails within a particular album first select those you wish to check and then click the Test thumbnail integrity command In Windows when a file added in an album cannot be found because it has been deleted or moved from the directory in which it was saved a question mark will be displayed on the file s thumbnail This is not displayed in Macintosh Cut thumbnail Cuts or removes
57. e of the text box is too small it might not be displayed correctly when reverted to its original appearance Change Font Size to avoid this Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved EM arranging and Editing Text Creating new text and arranging it as a text object Click the Create Text button to display the Text Creator Editor Type the desired text in the text input window After making the appropriate settings relative to font color etc click the OK button to arrange the text as a text object in the layout window IXELA Editing existing text objects You can change settings relative to font color etc and make changes to the actual content of existing text boxes by double clicking the text object in the layout window Text Creator Editor window eles e AaBbCcDd Tag _ i Input text to be arranged as a text object in the layout Text Input Window Sample Window According to the settings in and the sample window gives you an idea of how your text will appear in the layout These define the font style size and color of the text Style settings Text alignment Defines the alignment of text in the text box Appearance in text box Defines how individual lines will appear in the text box Allows and defines settings relative to creating shadow effects Shadow settings Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights rese
58. eMixer saves movie files in MPEG1 format there is no degradation of image quality since unedited portions do not need to be rewritten to disk Tasks related to graphic layouts Layout Environment Creating customized labels for video cassettes floppy disks and other items is a Snap with ImageMixer as is designing other two dimensional images You can also choose from a wide variety of designing tools such as those related to colors text manipulation shapes and textures Tasks related to editing still pictures Image Editor Unlike conventional photographs digital images can be altered in a variety of ways with ImageMixer including applying masks to certain sections of an image adding filters changing background composition etc Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved EEEN Basic Operations Selector Bar The buttons located on this bar control the desired working environment and general actions associated with the current environment D Capture Environment Click to begin tasks related to capturing media files button Album Environment button F a EN Click to begin tasks related to editing movie files nea Povironment Click to begin tasks related to graphic layouts Click to begin tasks related to albums Click to minimize the ImageMixer application window and display it in the task bar Windows only Click to bring up this manual and get help using Pe Pouta ImageMixer
59. ed using the control panel shown below D 4 In Macintosh this is displayed when an audio CD is inserted into the CD drive In Windows this appears regardless of whether or not an audio CD is present Audio CD mount indicator A list of available CD drives is displayed Select the CD drive you wish to record from Windows only 2 Select CD drive menu Enable digital recording is checked in the Capturing Recording Preferences the CD drive is displayed according to its drive name If the setting above has not been made the CD drive will appear according to its path 3 Track number display The number of the current track is displayed Time display Displays the accumulated time of the track being played Volume contro Adjust the volume by dragging the slider Stop button Click to stop playback Play button Click to start playback Pause button Click to pause playback Recor button EN Fo cor Wht recording this button Eject the audio CD from the CD drive Macintosh f Eject button cau The play position for beginning playback may be selected by dragging the slider ii Play position slider The track list pertaining to the currently present audio CD is displayed here In Windows the total time of each track is also displayed Track list pane Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved ER au
60. efine the starting point of the 5 Start point slider transition effect The point not being dragged will be set automatically Drag this slider to define the ending point of the 6 End point slider transition effect The point not being dragged will be set automatically Increase Duration Increases one frame at a time the length of time button the transition effect appears Decrease Duration Decreases one frame at a time the length of time button the transition effect appears Transition Effect 9 Settings button Macintosh only Allows changes to certain aspects of the currently selected transition effect ad OK button Applies changes and closes window D Close button Cancels changes and closes window Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved EST Saving Saving unfinished projects While the media stream is being edited and before it is saved as an MPEGI file it exists as a project Saved projects which have not yet been formatted as MPEGI files are called project files Saving projects allows you to work on them at a later time 1 Click the Save Project button 2 The Save As dialog box will appear Enter the file name and click Save once you have defined a location on your computer where you would like the project to be stored To open a Saved project click the Open Project File button Clicking this button displays the Open dialog box allowing you to browse the folder
61. ents List Printing Prints thumbnails and information pertaining to their corresponding source files The number of boxes that may be checked depends upon the number of images per page as well as the paper size When the file to be printed is an Exif file checking the Indicate Date box allows the photo date time to appear in the lower right hand corner of the picture Print Image Only Prints the selected picture according to its actual size The date can also be printed in the lower 2 right hand corner PIXELA of the picture by cs checking the Indicate Date box When the file to be printed is an Exif file checking the Indicate Date box allows the photo date time to appear in the lower right hand corner of the picture Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved EST Finding Specific Files These controls make it easy to find a certain album file even among a large number of thumbnails There are two methods by which you may find a desired file Moreover the thumbnails currently displayed can be searched according to specific criteria Search by file type LJ Memory Card Output File Display button 4 Displays only files that can be output to a memory card W still Picture Display button Displays only still picture files in the thumbnail list window W Movie File Display button g LM Displays only movie files in the
62. er connected to your machine select a printer driver that is pre installed in your computer Layout menu D D Labels tab Click to display the layout types for VHS tape 8mm tape floppy disk MD DV cassette and CD labels Others tab Click to display title and postcard layouts In Windows click to display the list of printer paper types In Macintosh the custom button is displayed Click to select the desired layout type Click the OK kayO de buen button to start working on the layout Select to start the layout in A4 size This is only 3 Custom tab 5 A4 button displayed after selecting Select to start the layout in letter size This is only 6 Letter button displayed after selecting Available layouts M Labels Create a VHS tape label 8mm Create an 8mm tape label FD Create a floppy disk label MD Create a Mini Disc label DV cassette Create a digital video camera cassette label cD Create a CD jewel case insert M Others HAGAKI Create a 3 9 X 5 8 inch 100 X 148 mm postcard layout Title Create a title to be inserted into a movie media stream i Custom In Windows suitable paper sizes are displayed in a list In Macintosh the Custom button is displayed Click it to display the paper settings dialog box for the currently selected printer Layout will start using the selected paper size Copyright 2001 PI
63. es i capture This refers to activities related to bringing in still pictures and movie files from sources such as disks cameras connected directly to your computer and existing media as would be the case in selecting and saving a single frame from a movie file Capturing is also a term used in ImageMixer to refer to the recording of sound from audio CDs or through a microphone as well as moving images via a video camera connected directly to your computer i Thumbnails Thumbnails are small graphic representations of files which have been added to a particular album They are linked not only to the file on your computer but also to information pertaining to that file such as name size save directory etc Windows users might think of a thumbnail as a shortcut and Mac users may make a relationship to the term alias M Source files Once movies still pictures and sounds are added to the yellow albums they become album files All the information pertaining to album files is linked to their thumbnails H Album files Source files refer to the media stored on your computer As opposed to album files or thumbnails they can be considered the original data files Ei trimming This task refers to getting rid of unnecessary portions of an object i Transition The point at which one movie scene ends and another one begins is called a transition Mi Templates Upon installing ImageMixer you will have a number of pre desi
64. es Windows View Play window for movies and sound files d EE o Enr Ms E D Di Movies are shown here When playing sound files an isplay animated speaker icon appears 2 Stop button Stops movie playback Click to begin playback from the current position on PAY PUEDO the play position slider 4 Pause button Pauses movie playback Used to define the position at which to begin resume playback by dragging the slider The corresponding frame is shown 5 Play position slider When two or more files have been selected for viewing clicking this button moves you to the previous file in the series Display Previous button When two or more files have been selected for viewing clicking this button moves you to the next file in the series Display Next button Displays the accumulated play time of the movie or Time display sound file currently being played O O Volume control Drag the slider to control volume Close button Closes the view play window and returns to the main screen of the Album Environment Playing movies and sound files Macintosh View DORI Display Volume control Play window for movies and sound files Movies are shown here Drag the slider to control volume Click to begin playback from the current position on Play puton the play position slider Used to define the position at which to begin resume play
65. ew Play Clicking this command will allow pictures and movie files to be viewed and sound files to be played Export within album as new picture Exporting is a term used to refer to the action of creating a new file according to a pre designated format Clicking this command will not change the source file of the selected picture thumbnail Rather mageMixer will regardless of the format of the original file save the picture according to the settings you define in the accompanying dialog box After the process is complete a thumbnail associated with the new file will appear in the current album Export within album as new movie Exporting is a term used to refer to the action of creating a new file according to a pre designated format Clicking this command will not change the source file of the selected movie thumbnail Rather ImageMixer will regardless of the format of the original file save the movie according to the settings you define in the accompanying dialog box After the process is complete a thumbnail associated with the new file will appear in the current album Print Prints out the source file of the selected thumbnail Clicking this command displays the Print Layout Settings dialog box providing you with a variety of options related to paper size etc Output to memory card Outputs a copy of the source file associated with the selected thumbnail to a memory card Insert image as cover of album This comma
66. gned pictures which you may like to use as backgrounds for your own layouts These are called templates and they may be accessed by clicking the Templates button Templates can neither be changed in size nor edited i custom templates I mageMixer lets you save your own designs for use as backgrounds in future layouts They may be accessed by clicking the Custom Templates button M Object Figures images and text arranged in layouts are called objects W Control point Once an object in a particular layout is selected the four corners surrounding the object are displayed as control points They can be dragged to change the size the object IXE Control points are displayed slightly differently in Windows and Macintosh W Blocks Blocks are the square areas which surround the control points Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved p Introduction p Chapter 1 Before Use w Chapter 2 Capture Environment w Capture Environment Opening Capture Environment Capture window w Capture Tasks Import file mode display Importing files w Digital Camera Import Mode Digital camera import display Importing files from a digital camera w Audio CD Recording Mode Control panel Caution Recording music files Troubleshooting w Sound Recording Mode Control panel Recording sound files Recording sound files while previewing movie images Troubleshooting w USB Device Capture Mode Win
67. he Title Va button 2 Thumbnails of available titles will be displayed in the thumbnail list window Drag the title thumbnail you wish to use directly into the desired movie clip already placed on the Storyboard 3 A T will appear in the lower left hand corner of the movie clip thumbnail into which the title has been inserted 4 Double click the movie clip containing the title This will open the Movie Editor From there click the Title Editor button 5 Changes can be made relative to the range of the movie clip in which the title appears in point and out point as well as whether you would like the title to appear at all 6 Click the OK button to apply changes and exit the window Title Editor window Click this button to define the point at which you wish the title to appear Defines the in out points by dragging Ei In point button the slider Play position slider Stops playback and returns the slider to the beginning of the movie Click this button to define the point at which you wish the title to disappear Stop button Plays from the current position of the play position Slider Displays the total time the title appears Play button Le Display ime Defines whether or On off button Inot the title appears at all Pause button Pauses playback Displays the currently accumulated playing time of the movie being previewed v
68. he View Play command in the File Menu and Context Menu can be defined H only selected files When clicking View Play on the pull down File Menu or the Context Menu checking this box limits view play to the selected files If this box is not checked all the files currently displayed in the thumbnail list window will be viewed or played LJ Display size Windows only Defines the size movies will be shown when clicking View Play on the pull down File Menu or the Context Menu Slide Show Settings Defines slide show options W only selected files Checking this box limits the slide show to selected files only If this box is not checked all files displayed in the thumbnail list window will be displayed in the Slide show E Repeat If this box is checked the slide show display will be repeated or looped until the slide show window is closed W interval Defines the time each image is shown during the slide show E Display size Defines the display size of movie files shown in the slide show Prefix for Newly Saved Files Defines the characters letters numbers etc added to the names of all files created in ImageMixer such as those created through exporting movies still pictures or those you have altered or edited yourself The prefix characters will be followed by consecutive numbers and the file will be saved in the destination folder defined in destination of exported files Newly created files always appear in
69. he edges of selected areas Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 6 2 1 Filter Mode Red eye_ Click to compensate for photos in which the Compensation button subject s eyes appear red Allows ImageMixer to automatically enhance image quality Auto Enhance button Brightness Contrast button Hue Saturation button Sharpness s button Click to sharpen the image 2 Blur button Click to blur the image Click to control brightness and contrast Click to control color hue tone saturation and lightness Red eye compensation After setting the options draw directly on the image displayed in the editing window o Range slider 2 Drag the slider to specify the color range for red eye compensation Replacement color indicator Displays the color you have chosen to replace red eye areas Color Select button Click to display the Color palette and select the replacement color Brush type indicator Shows currently selected brush type and size Brush Type Selector button Click to display available brush types and sizes See below There are slight differences in the brush types available in Windows and Macintosh Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 6 2 2 Filter Mode Auto enhance ImageMixer can automatically enhance the image quality of your pictures Preview window Displays a preview of the enhanced image
70. ie scene capturing Movie Scene Capture button Click to enable the capturing of movie scenes Information display Indicates current operation and connection status of panel the device Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 2 272 DV Camcorder Capture Mode Windows Only Changing the display size When capturing files from a digital video camera DV camcorder there are two monitor sizes from which to choose small monitor and large monitor Click the small monitor ni button or the large monitor Cm button to change the monitor size Connection status Connect your digital video camera to the EEE1394 port on your PC and set it to play mode That is your device should be set in the mode you would normally use to view scenes already recorded on the tape inside the machine ll i f the connection between the PC and the device is working properly A blue monitor window is displayed Depending on your selected task the message in the information display panel will read There is of free space in the destination directory for capturing movie scenes or Ready to capture still picture Wif there isa problem with the connection between the PC and the device A black monitor window will be displayed If the digital video camera is not properly connected to the PC or is not set to play mode or if a DV cassette isn t present in the machine the message on the information disp
71. ight 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved ETS Object Operations Deleting objects Select an object and click the Delete button Multiple objects may be selected and deleted at once Transforming 3 D appearance of text objects Windows only Text objects can be altered to appear 3 dimensional both on the screen and when printed out a Select a text object and click the Transform Text oy button Next simply drag the desired control point s When the Transform Text button is displayed in this form clicking it will change it back to this form thereby allowing you to change the size of the object while maintaining its original proportions e If the text object s Style is set to italic or bold italic the text object cannot be transformed e If you make changes to the content of the actual text be aware that you may not see those changes on the screen unless you have chosen the proper setting under Appearance in text box in the Text Creator Editor e Note that 3 dimensional transformations can only be done when the text box has been set to fit all text horizontally according to the longest line e Once you have made 3 dimensional transformations to a text object clicking the thy button will revert the text object back to its original appearance and size Once you move the text box or change its size the text box will be automatically adjusted to the new text size Please also note that if the siz
72. ize by clicking the magnification display window Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved EEEN Layout Operations Save layout Click the Save button to save the currently displayed layout A dialog box will be displayed See Creating a new layout Saved layouts are referred to as custom templates Click the Custom Templates button to see the saved custom template in the custom template list window Newly saved layouts custom templates will be added to the end of the list Mi Custom template save location In Windows custom templates are saved in the Program Files gt Pixela gt I mageMixer gt User Data gt Layout Menu Display gt Custom Templates In Macintosh custom templates are saved in the following location lmageMixer User Data Layout Menu Display Custom Templates Delete layout Click the Delete button to delete the layout selected in the template list window Preview layout Click the Preview 1 button to preview the current layout before printing When the preview is being displayed the buttons on the Mode Select Bar do not work The Preview button is not displayed when Title is selected from the layout menu Print layout Click the Print e button to print the current layout In Windows the print settings dialog box will be displayed In Macintosh select the paper size to be used in the paper settings dialog box chosen under Selector In both cases contin
73. l masks Available stencil masks are listed here OK button Click to apply the selected stencil mask Drawn masks After selecting a tool use the mouse to draw 2 your custom mask directly on the image in the editor window Changes will be applied upon returning to the layout environment D Brush button Click to draw a custom mask with the brush Pen button Click to draw a custom mask with the pen Eraser button Click to erase portions of the custom mask currently being drawn Paint button Click to apply a mask to the entire picture Airbrush button Click to draw a custom mask with the airbrush Refer to Draw mode to see a description of each drawing tool Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved Chroma Key Mode Macintosh Only 6 7 Applying a fixed blue tone to areas of an image will render it transparent upon returning to the Layout Environment This mode is not available when opening the Image Editor from the Album Environment Complete transparency cannot be achieved when drawing with the gradated brush or airbrush tool Draw with the pen tool to achieve complete transparency D Brush button D Click to draw a custom chroma key area with the brush D Pen button Click to draw a custom chroma key area with 4 the pen Eraser button Click to erase portions of the chroma key area currently being drawn Paint button Click to apply chroma key to
74. l media stored on the Display pun selected memory card i Small Thumbnail Click to display small thumbnails in the thumbnail button list window Large Thumbnail Click to display large size thumbnails in the Click to display only thumbnails of movie files stored on the selected memory card button thumbnail list window Here you can see thumbnails of those files stored on the memory card selected in and which can be Thumbnail list window added to albums They appear according to the file types sorted by selecting one of the following buttons or Ei Album list window Albums are displayed in a list dd Preview window Refer to file capture mode 45 A Display Displays information pertaining to the selected file D Exif File Information Displays file information pertaining to the selected Display button Exif file Exif Device Displays Exif camera information pertaining to the Information Display purton selected file Exif Photo Information Displays photo information pertaining to the selected Display button Exif file Displays file information depending on which of the ig information display following buttons is currently active D Wy D or panel DA Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 2 3 2 Digital Camera I mport Mode Importing files from a digital camera Files from a digital camera memory card or removable disk may be imported as follows 1 Select a digital
75. lag before play begins It is therefore recommended that you set the point at which to begin recording slightly before the point from which you wish to record Unnecessary portions can be cut in the Movie Editing Environment Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved EEEH sound Recording Mode ImageMixer enables you to record sounds using a microphone or other sound output devices such as a TV cassette tape player etc connected to an audio input jack on your computer Sound effects and narration can be recorded and then added to movies you create yourself with the ImageMixer software Control panel From the control panel you can record sounds using a microphone or other sound output device connected to an audio input on your computer You can also use the control panel Shown below to playback recorded sounds eo Preview window Displays a preview of the selected thumbnail Playback position The position at which you wish to begin playback slider can be selected by dragging the slider Preview ON OFF 3 Button Switches the preview display on or off Time display Displays the accumulated time of the currently playing movie or sound file 5 Volume control Adjust volume by dragging the slider Stop button Click to stop playback 7 Play button Click to start playback Pause button Click to pause playback Record button Click to record During recording this button fun
76. lay control buttons to effectively filter out those file types you do not wish to be displayed BE Thumbnails Thumbnails are small graphic representations of files which have been added to a particular album Thumbnails for a selected album are displayed in the thumbnail list window Movie file thumbnails The graphic representation or thumbnail image consists of the first frame of the movie The title of the movie is shown here This is the icon used for movie files Sound file thumbnails This is the ImageMixer thumbnail image used for sound media The title of the sound media is shown here eeel This is the icon used for sound media Still picture file thumbnails The thumbnail image consists of a miniature image of the picture itself 2 The title of the still picture is shown here 3 This is the icon used for still pictures Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved REX Album Menu Clicking this button displays the album menu Create new album Creates a new album Clicking this command displays the Save As dialog box Enter the file name define the destination directory then click Save The newly created album will appear in the album list window Add album Adds or retrieves a saved album which was previously removed Clicking this command displays the Open dialog box Selecting and opening an album file here adds it to the other alb
77. lay panel will say Camcorder Not Found If there seems to a problem with the connection between the PC amp the digital video camera try i clicking the refresh connection button DV cassette indication When a DV cassette is present in the digital video camera this icon becomes active glows When a cassette is not present the icon is inactive appears gray Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved DV Camcorder Capture Mode Windows Only 2 7 3 Capturing movie scenes Follow the steps below to capture movie scenes 1 Select an album Designate an album from the album list window into which to save the captured movie file button 2 Click the Movie Scene Capture Capturing a movie scene is now possible 3 Click the Play button to start the movie in the monitor window You can also fast forward rewind pause etc to find the point at which you plan to begin recording 4 Adjust sound volume if necessary This setting does not effect the original sound level of the captured movie scene To prevent frame jumping on low spec machines it may be impossible to hear sound In such cases the volume should be adjusted during playback 5 Click the Capture button at the desired point to begin capturing 6 Click the Stop button at the point you wish to end the capture If the Capture as MPEG1 box is checked in the Capturing Recording Preferences the status box below wi
78. layed Check the speaker power and volume Note that the ImageMixer volume control works independently of the volume control on the speakers In Windows right click the speaker icon on the task bar and select Open Volume Controls If CD Audio is muted or if the volume is too low adjust accordingly and record again In Macintosh open Apple menu gt Control Panels gt Sound to set the recording sound level The method for adjusting the volume may be different depending on your computer s configurations in which case we recommend that you consult the manufacturer s technical support center M Recorded analog sound files contain noise and jump Check to see whether the volume level is too high Refer to Sound files were created but cannot be played above Also note that we do not recommend that you perform other tasks on your computer while recording is taking place H Recorded analog sound files jump analog recording Your computer hardware may be close to the minimum specifications required to run ImageMixer Close all other applications before starting mageMixer and try again When the CPU and HDD are not being used to run programs other than ImageMixer system resources should not become depleted W Sound is not recorded from the starting point sound begins late Although recording commences when the Record button is clicked sound is not always recorded from this point This is because there may be a time
79. lays all the relevant files as thumbnails in the thumbnail list window Note that files stored on floppy disks and other similarly formatted media will appear here as well Memory card list window B Thumbnal list window Raresh buton Refreshes rereads the data existing on the currently selected memory card Outputs a copy of the file selected in the thumbnail d OUEPUE DUO list window to the selected memory card Closes the memory card output dialog box and D Close button returns to the main screen of the Album Displays thumbnails of the files existing on the selected memory card Environment KES Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved Printing Within the Album Environment Whether you would like to print out snap shots of your favorite pictures or create a physical record of your album files ImageMixer provides you with a variety of printing options conveniently located within the aloum environment Furthermore the printing process itself is made quite efficient by the fact that you choose only those pictures you would like to print by simply selecting their corresponding thumbnails When sound files are selected the speaker icon standard sound file thumbnail image is printed When movie files are selected only the first frame of the movie is printed 1 Select the thumbnail s of the file s to be printed 2 Click Print in the pull down File Menu or the Context Men
80. lbum Only the album itself and not the source files associated with it is deleted Create album with selected thumbnails Creates a new album with the selected source files according to the currently selected thumbnails as its initial contents In Windows clicking this menu item displays the Save As dialog box Enter the album file name define the destination directory and then click Save The newly created album is added to the album list window In Macintosh clicking this menu item creates an album with the selected thumbnail files and adds it to the album list window Add thumbnail Adds thumbnails into the selected album Clicking this command displays the Open dialog box Select the directory in which the file you want to add is saved Selecting and opening files adds them to the album selected in the album list window Thumbnails of the newly added files are then displayed in the thumbnail list window Unlike adding thumbnails via the import file mode this command does not create a copy of the thumbnail s source file When a thumbnail is added its name is the same as that of its source file Because I mageMixer manages thumbnail names and source file names separately they do not always have to be the same Thumbnail names can be changed in the title field of the Thumbnail Detailed file information view File names can be changed by the rename file command in the file menu In Macintosh it may b
81. lected objects in relation to one 5 Alignment button i a Click to work with the selected objects while maintaining their position with one another When a group is already set clicking this button will release them from the group 6 Group button Lock button RAS lock or unlock the position of the selected Copy button Click to copy the selected object s Paste button Click to paste copied object s Transtom Text button HE alow changes ie a cimanalonal properties Delete button Click to delete the selected object s Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 5 2 Layout Menu Selecting layout type 1 Open the Layout Environment Fr 2 Click the Layout Menu A button The layout menu dialog box is displayed 3 Select the layout type from the layout menu In the menu window click the desired layout type and click the OK button The layout type can also be selected by double clicking its icon In Macintosh click the layout menu to select the layout type In the Layout Environment the size of the layout is acquired from the paper size of the printer When the printer driver is not specified a new layout cannot be created and an error message will be displayed when the Layout menu is selected In Windows right click the printer driver and select Set As Default In Macintosh select the printer driver from the Chooser under the Apple menu If you don t have a print
82. ll be shown After the capture is complete the movie file will be automatically added to the album designated in step 1 To view the newly captured file double click its thumbnail to open the view window This function cannot be used while capturing is in progress Capturing still picture files You can capture a still picture by following the steps below 1 Select an album Designate an album from the album list window into which to save the captured picture file 2 Click the Still Picture Capture button Capturing a still picture is now possible 3 Click the Play button to start the movie in the monitor window You can also fast forward rewind pause etc to find the point at which you plan to begin recording in 4 Click the Capture b button After the capture is completed the file will be automatically added to the album designated in step 1 To look at the captured file double click its thumbnail to open the view window This function cannot be used while capturing is in progress 2 8 Capturing Recording Preferences Open the capturing recording environment Displaying preferences window 1 Open ImageMixer 2 Click the Capture Environment Selector or Selector Bar button on the Main 3 Click the Preferences WY button Preferences window Sarre Peades Prebwerces_ ae ee rare ee ee Don ae ee i pr MAC apare BA pat gp _ a
83. ly selected color of the shape or its outline Color Select Click to display the Color palette Select the button desired color of the shape or its outline Indicates the currently selected pattern Click to display the pattern palette below Click to select the pattern of the shape or in the case of circles Squares and rounded squares the pattern of the surrounding line Pattern Select button It is not possible to define a line pattern for shapes other than circles squares and rounded squares Also selecting no pattern in the upper left hand corner of the pattern palette will effectively get rid of any color settings The line pattern can t be defined when a polygon or a straight line is selected in the shape list Line Click to define an outline to the shape The line thickness can be changed by defining a numerical line point size 7 Line thickness A value of 0 is invalid To prevent the outline from appearing at all set the value to 1 and set white as the color W Shadow Settings Shadow Settines eS shat efl ie direction E Create Shadow Click to add a shadow to the figure button Click to move the shadow up FE Down Click to move the shadow down Left Click to move the shadow left Right Click to move the shadow right oy Shadow color Displays the color of the shadow Click to select the color of the shadow from the 7 Select color Incre
84. ments Color Palette This figure defines the distance the shadow moves each time you click the or button Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved LYS Arranging and Editing Images Arranging image objects E Using album files 1 Use the album menu and select an album which contains a file that you would like to include in your layout The selected album s thumbnails will be displayed in the thumbnail list window Only still picture thumbnails are displayed 2 Drag or double click a thumbnail from the Thumbnail list window The still picture associated with the thumbnail will appear in the layout as an image object E Using templates es 1 Click the Templates button or the Custom Templates button 2 Double click the template you wish to use The selected Template will appear in the layout window In Windows you can drag a template from the templates list window as shown below La gt Ka a D S99 999 Ciadeg Lu O 975099 30e 2 s i Editing an image object Double click the image object you wish to work with or select it and click the Image Edit button to open the Image Editor Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 5 8 Layout Preferences Open the layout environment Display preferences 1 Open I mageMixer 2 Click the Layout Environment to open the layout window
85. nd makes the currently selected thumbnail image appear as part of the icon of the currently selected album Q Pin PhotoSample Edit picture Allows the source file of the selected still picture thumbnail to be edited The edited still picture is created as a new file and its thumbnail is automatically added to the aloum when exiting the Image Editor The original still picture file remains unchanged after editing A duplicate of the still picture file which is to be edited is created when Image Editor is started Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved EE Thumbnail Views Thumbnails of files existing in the currently selected album are displayed in the thumbnail list window There are a variety of views available each with their own Special properties Thumbnail view a Displays thumbnails existing in the selected album This is the default view acos i CSS Fein dete het EN F oh a 7 LEA 4 j Fr Thumbnail File information view Thumbnails are displayed in a list with accompanying file information relative to title file type present location on your HDD date created date modified and any comments you may have entered Thumbnail Detailed file information view Windows information including that which relates to Exif formatted files In particular these files contain all sorts of information relative to specific dates times camera information and camera settings This view
86. nd thereby record only a portion of the track see below 8 Click the Stop button at the point you wish to stop recording This step is necessary only if you wish to record a portion of the track The audio format of digitally recorded files is PCM the sampling rate is 44 1KHz and the bit rate is 16bit stereo In Windows the file type of recorded files is WAVE In Mac AIFF files are created Files are saved in the save location designated in the Capturing Recording Preferences but are of course added directly to the album selected in step 2 To confirm successful recording of sound files double click their thumbnail icon in the thumbnail list window Macintosh Files are recorded is by dragging amp dropping the track number from the track list window to the thumbnail list window Tracks are recorded individually Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved EZTI audio CD Recording Mode Troubleshooting M Unable to record sound files analog recording in Windows See section 2 4 2 There may be a problem with a driver There may also be a problem with the connection between the CD drive and the sound card If you expect this to be the case contact the relevant manufacturer W Track list not displayed Confirm that the correct CD drive is selected Windows only that the CD currently in the drive is an audio CD and that the CD drive is functioning properly W Sound files were created but cannot be p
87. ndows This mode is not available when opening the Image Editor from the Album Environment 2 i Normal Click to display or revert to the unaltered picture Muttipl Click to darken the pixels of the foreground image ed depending on the color of the background image cerae Click to lighten the pixels of the foreground image depending on the color of the background image Multiplies or screens the colors of the foreground Overlay image depending on the color of the background image The pixels of the foreground image will be lightened if they are 50 brighter than the pixels of the 5 Soft Light background image or darkened if they are 50 darker than the pixels of the background image o Hard Light Darken Lighten Difference ad Transparency slider The pixels of the foreground image will be lightened if they are 50 brighter than the pixels of the background image Black and white pixels remain unchanged Displays only the parts of the foreground image that are darker than the background image Displays only the parts of the foreground image that are lighter than the background image Subtracts the foreground color from the background color or vice versa depending on which has the greater brightness value Drag the slider to specify the transparency of the picture Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved
88. ng the originally intended size of the image If your digital video camera uses the PAL format standard to Australia New Zealand many European nations and elsewhere the resolution of still picture files will be 720 x 576 pixels which is most likely slightly longer vertically than the display of your computer If you preserve the originally intended size of the image by locking the aspect ratio the 576 pixels will be reduced to 540 however the resolution of image will also slightly decrease e Crop surrounding pixels according to settings below Excess or unwanted portions around the edges of the image can be cut off This is referred to as cropping Here you can enter the number of pixels you wish to have cut off from the edge of the image E Audio CD Setting This setting relates to the recording of audio CDs e Digital recording Digital recording is enabled by checking this box Unchecking the box will allow ImageMixer to record the analog representation of audio CDs Prefix for Newly Captured Files ImageMixer adds a prefix to all newly captured or recorded files For example if you enter the prefix ABC the names of all files that I mageMixer captures or records will from that point on be saved as ABCOO01 ABCO002 ABCO003 etc 6 Destination of Captured Recorded Files This field allows you to define the directory folder etc into which all newly created files will be saved The Browse button provide
89. nt gt Chapter 6 Image Editor RES Aibum Environment Albums help you organize media files to be used with ImageMixer Available tasks include viewing still images and movies running slide shows displaying information related to individual files performing file searches and sorting files according to specific criteria Using albums also means that you only need manage those files that serve the purposes you define EE KE Opening Album Environment 1 Open ImageMixer 2 Click the Album Nomenclature Environment button on the Main Selector ELA iL a i Selector Bar Li Souocs mre 4 The buttons located on this bar control the desired working environment and general actions associated with the current environment Thumbnail Display buttons Album list window These buttons change the way album file thumbnails are displayed Existing albums those you have created etc are shown here Se Menu buttons The Album Menu button and the File Menu button are located here o Display Control buttons Thumbnail list window Thumbnails are the small graphic representations of files which have been added to a particular album thumbnails are also located here Allows the source file of a selected still picture thumbnail to be edited Thumbnails related to movies still pictures and sound files are shown here You can use the disp
90. of the Original file save the movie according to the settings you define in the accompanying dialog box After the process is complete a thumbnail associated with the new file will appear in the current album Export within album as new picture Exporting is a term used to refer to the action of creating a new file according to a pre designated format Clicking this command will not change the source file of the selected picture thumbnail Rather mageMixer will regardless of the format of the original file save the picture according to the settings you define in the accompanying dialog box After the process is complete a thumbnail associated with the new file will appear in the current album Output to memory card Outputs a copy of the source file associated with the selected thumbnail to a memory card Print Prints out the source file of the selected thumbnail Clicking this command displays the Print Layout Settings dialog box providing you with a variety of options related to paper size etc Run slide show Runs a slide show of still pictures as well as the first frame of movies according to the selected thumbnails Slide shows run according to settings you define in Album Preferences In Macintosh these buttons are not displayed The slide show can be ended by pressing the Command Apple key period key or Esc key ox oo aji o Apply as wallpaper Windows only Runs the slide show
91. of the text box IXELA Corp ration i The text size is automatically adjusted to fit the text box PIXELA Corporation Create shadaw det ie direction shadow ol lor Increments hs 2 i V 1 lt ul Incre met Displays the currently selected color of the shadow Click to select a different color of the shadow from the color palette This figure defines the distance the shadow moves each time you click the or button Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved EREN arranging and Editing Shapes Arranging shape objects Click the Create New Shape button to display the Shape Creator Editor Select a shape to work with and make the appropriate changes relative to color shadow properties etc Click the OK button to arrange the shape in the layout Editing shapes Double clicking the shape object will display the Shape Creator Editor Shape Creator Editor the current shape according to and Shape Preview Window Available Shapes a Defines the shape to be arranged in the layout Paint Line Settings Defines paint and line effects 4 Shadow Settings Defines shadow effects Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved REP arranging and Editing Shapes Shape object settings M Paint Line Settings Indicates the current
92. ou would like to change the overlap order and click the Change Overlap Order button A dropdown menu will be displayed Select the object s new position Ering backward E Brine to back Cio So ei hoe Bri Moves the selected object to the front of all the ring to front i overlapping objects 2 Bring forward Moves the selected object forward one level 3 Bring backward Moves the selected object backward one level dia to back Moves the selected object to the back of all the g overlapping objects Aligning objects Click the Alignment button to align the selected objects in relation to one another A dropdown menu is displayed Select the objects new alignment In Windows the object defined by the blue control points will be the reference object of all selected objects In Macintosh the object placed farthest away in the desired direction of alignment will be the reference Align the left side of all selected objects according to Align left the control points on the left side of the reference object Align the right side of all selected objects according 2 Align right to the control points on the right side of the reference object Alian to Align the top of all selected objects according to the g p control points on the top of the reference object Align the bottom of all selected objects according to Align bottom the control points on the bot
93. oume canol Drag the slider to Gose buktar Cancels changes control volume and closes window Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved Applies changes OK button gt and closes window Time display 4 9 Transition Effects When you create a movie by combining two or more movie clips mageMixer allows you to insert ready made transition effects between the scenes 1 Click the Transition Effects button 2 Drag amp drop the desired transition effect thumbnail into the transition box which appears between any two movie clip thumbnails on the Storyboard 3 Double click the transition effect thumbnail on the storyboard to open the Transition Settings window 4 Use the slider to drag either the starting point or the end point of the transition effect The point not being dragged will be set automatically 5 Click the OK button to apply changes and exit the window Transition Settings window Transiti Displays the first frame of the selected transition Start point preview range Displays the last frame of the selected transition End point preview range Transition effect Indicates the total time in seconds currently duration display applied to the transition effect Indicates the maximum time the transition effect Maximum duration may be shown The maximum time here will always display be exactly the length of the shorter of the two movie clips Drag this slider to d
94. plays only thumbnails of sound files existing in the current album Transition effect display button Displays thumbnails corresponding to the transition effects that can be used by ImageMixer Title display button EJ Displays thumbnails of titles created in the Layout Environment Generate movie Clicking this button saves the edited media stream as an MPEG1 movie file Enter the file name and click Save once you have defined a location on your computer where you would like the movie to be stored Select album VideoSample LA Select which thumbnails you wish to appear in the thumbnail list window When you click the arrow a dropdown list of available album files will be displayed Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 4 4 Storyboard Movie files and picture files which are treated as movie files can be arranged on the Storyboard by dragging amp dropping their thumbnails from the thumbnail list window Click to delete a selected movie clip sound clip or transition effect from the storyboard or timeline The source file is not deleted Trash can button This icon indicates clips in which titles have been inserted Double clicking a clip thumbnail with this Title icon icon will open the Movie Editor From there switch to the title editing mode to make changes relative to the appearance of the title within the clip This is the term given to the graphic representation
95. r ee changes Pause button Pauses playback d Close button Aa Re do Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved Applies changes OK button and closes window Play button EX superimposed Sound Editing Defining fade in fade out settings 1 Double click the sound file on the Timeline to display the Movie Editor From there click the Sound Editor button 2 Drag the fade in slider to define the ending time of the soundtrack fade in The play position slider moves simultaneously with the fade in slider so the fade in time can be set in relation to the desired movie frame 3 Drag the fade out slider to set the starting time of the soundtrack fade out The play position slider moves simultaneously with the fade out slider so the fade out time can be set in relation to the desired movie frame 4 Drag the volume level slider to adjust the volume level 5 Click the OK button to apply the changes you have made Confirm that you have made the desired changes by playing the movie in the Preview Mode as changes will not be reflected in the editing mode Sound Editor window amp 666 Monitor Displays the portion of the media stream RE Hs id Fade out slider edited has already been Superimposed Drag the slider to set the starting time of the soundtrack fade out Play position Slider Stop button Play button Pause button Time displa
96. r mode Draw Mode button Click to change to Draw mode Crop Rotate Flip Mode Click to change to Crop Rotate Flip Mode button Image Resizing Mode i 4 patton Click to change to Image resizing mode In Windows click to change to Mask mode In 5 Mask button OF Macintosh this button will take you to Chroma Key Chroma Key button mode Create Shadow button Click to change to Create shadow mode Windows only D Blend button Click to change to Blend mode Windows only Undo button Click to undo the previous operation Close button Clicking this button will return ImageMixer to the Image Editor ip Editing window Displays the image being edited Indicates the present magnification as a of the Magnification picture currently displayed in the editing window In g Macintosh clicking here will display picture information D Zoomin button Click to increase the magnification of the picture currently displayed in the editing window Clicking here decreases the magnification of the 43 ZAO OUE BULON picture currently displayed in the editing window Editing tools are grouped into various modes in ImageMixer Click the mode that includes those tools 4 Mode buttons you want to use to edit the picture currently displayed in the editing window Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved SER mage Editor Undo Click to undo the previous operation Tool bar Macintosh Only
97. re Aimar eres SE See cit mee fy iris captors cede Destin bn a Css res a Pen ie ae Tr SUN ae de EL iir FL i a 2 Pe Fedute ite Lacy ri ram 7 a 1 f lh ptt ral wish Cen sues pasi scores bo gati megy bee Le La time re SS ESS EE i This function is only Windows except Movie capture settings D Here you can set preferences related to the de or the ncorder cal both of which are used to capture movie scenes and save them on your er e Capture as MPEG1 The default format for movie files created with PIXELA ImageMixer is MPEG1 However if you wish to save movie files in AVI format uncheck this box e Minimum amount of free disk space If you capture and save long movies or a large number of smaller movies to your hard drive HDD the combined size of the files will require a considerable amount of storage space To prevent your disk from becoming too full you can effectively set aside a minimum amount of free disk space by selecting a value from the dropdown menu or by entering a number yourself e Monitor capture mode Checking this box will allow movie files to be shown while scenes from those movies are being captured 2 Still Picture Capture Settings Captured still images can be altered to increase their suitability for use on your PC e Reduce Interlace Noise Movie scenes captured from digital cameras
98. s a visual representation of where possible directories exist on your machine Once you have selected a destination folder click OK to close the browser USB Capture Device Setting This setting allows you to select the driver needed for properly transferring the audio portion of movie media captured from devices connected to the USB port of your computer If you experience a loss of the audio portion associated with movie media change this setting Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved p Introduction p Chapter 1 Before Use p Chapter 2 Capture Environment w Chapter 3 Album Environment p Opening Album Environment gt Nomenclature w Thumbnails Movie file thumbnails Sound file thumbnails Still picture file thumbnails p Album Menu w File Menu Exporting Album Files p Context Menus w Thumbnail Views Thumbnail view Thumbnail File information View Thumbnail Detailed file information view p mage Editor w View Play Window Playing movies and sound files Win Playing movies and sound files Mac Viewing still pictures w Exporting Album Files Exporting movies Exporting pictures Output to memory card p Printing Within the Album Environment w Finding Specific Files Search by file type Search according to specific criteria Sort p Album Preferences gt Chapter 4 Movie Editing Environment p Chapter 5 Layout Environme
99. s new picture in the pull down File Menu or the Context Menu The Still Picture Format Settings dialog box will appear 2 When exporting a still picture from a movie file select the desired frame by dragging the play position slider 3 Define the file format options BMP for Windows PICT for Macintosh Exif or JPEG and click the Export button 4 Once the file is exported the dialog box will close and the new file will appear in the thumbnail list window of the current album Still Picture Format Settings dialog box Allows you to preview the still picture before proceeding with file exportation Used to select the frame of the movie from which you wish to create export a new picture This is not displayed when exporting from a still picture Converts the selected movie or still picture file into the Exif file format used by digital cameras Original size or 640 x 480 pixels may be selected Exports the selected movie frame or still picture in BMP Windows or PICT Macintosh format Exports the selected movie frame or still picture in JPEG format Note that when a low image quality is selected the compression speed rate at which the file is exported is relatively fast while the data size of the newly created exported picture is relatively small Conversely when a higher image quality is selected the compression speed rate at which the file is exported is relatively slow while the data size of the newly
100. s on your computer Generate movie ImageMixer saves completed projects as MPEG1 movies 1 Click the Generate Movie Ga button 2 The Save As dialog box will appear Enter the MPEG1 file name and click Save once you have defined a location on your computer where you would like the movie to be stored The saved MPEG1 movie will be added to the currently selected album Additional information about generating movies ImageMixer is a powerful application when it comes to generating movies in that it allows you to create movies in MPEG1 format a hallmark of which is that the only visual media which actually needs to be rewritten to disk are those portions in which transition effects or titles appear Since the remaining portions do not need to be rewritten in this way they experience no deterioration of image quality As for sound media they are completely re encoded Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved EKETE Movie Editing Preferences Click the Preferences W button Still Picture Capture Setting When still pictures are arranged on the storyboard they are automatically enlarged or reduced according to the size of the movie clips used Checking Lock aspect ratio prevents changes to the proportions of still pictures added to movies you create yourself Soundtrack Grid Setting Checking Snap to stream grid will allow sound media to be easily placed in the soundtrack according to other items placed in
101. shortly after an audio CD is inserted ImageMixer functions such as Play and Record are not available at this time Change the settings of the relevant software to disable the automatic play option In Windows the recording mode can be changed via the Capturing Recording Preferences Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved ET audio CD Recording Mode Recording music files Follow these steps to record music from an audio CD The size of recorded sound files is approximately 10MB per minute of CD audio 1 Insert the music CD in the CD drive If the CD plays automatically stop playback and close the audio software 2 Select an album Designate an album from the album list window into which to save the recorded sound files 3 In Windows select the CD drive from the select CD drive menu 4 Select a track from the track list window 5 If you wish to record only one portion of a track cue up the track according to the instructions below To record an entire track go directly to the next step 6 Click the Play button Click the Pause button at the point you wish to begin recording Tracks may also be played by double clicking the track number in the track list window You may also choose to drag the slider to the desired record position 7 Click the Record Le button mageMixer will begin recording and stop at the end of the track To record another track repeat the process To stop recording a
102. tch exactly exclude come before or come after the specified date E When Date Added is selected Define either a range of dates or enter a single date and select whether the date of the file you are looking for should match exactly exclude come before or come after the specified date 4 Select the search range Select whether all files or only those just searched should be included in the present search 5 Click the Search button Files are searched according to the specified criteria Files that match the specified criteria are highlighted appear bright yellow in the thumbnail display window Search results can be canceled by clicking the Reset button The Create album with selected thumbnails item in the pull down album menu can be used to create a new album with the files found in a particular search Until the Reset button is clicked some commands such as Add thumbnail Export within album as new movie picture Edit picture Sort cannot be used Sort Thumbnails can be arranged within the thumbnail list window according to file name file type data size or date modified The currently displayed thumbnails can also be arranged arbitrarily by dragging them to the desired location within the thumbnail list window Sort in Alphanumerically sorts thumbnails in the currently Ascending displayed album in ascending order according to file Order button name file type data size or date modified Sort in
103. the album from which the source files were taken Destination of Exported Files Defines the location in which the source files of exporting movies still pictures are saved as well as those you have altered or edited yourself The Browse button makes it easy to specify the save directory Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved p Introduction p Chapter 1 Before Use p Chapter 2 Capture Environment p Chapter 3 Album Environment w Chapter 4 Movie Editing Environment p Opening Movie Editing Environment w Nomenclature Monitor Panel Media Selection Panel Storyboard Timeline gt Trimming w Sound Editing Primary Soundtrack Editing Superimposed Sound Editing p Inserting Titles gt Transition Effects p Saving p Movie Editing Preferences p Chapter 5 Layout Environment gt Chapter 6 Image Editor 1 Open ImageMixer 2 Click the Movie Editing Environment Primary Selector Nomenclature M Monitor panel 4 1 Movie Editing Environment OGY Movies and sound files existing in albums can be edited and arranged into longer works called media streams Transition effects and titles can also be inserted Opening Movie Editing Environment button on the Displays the media stream currently arranged on the storyboard and allows you to preview the results of changes you have made Mode Selector Changes Monitor Panel to
104. the case of personal use e Duplicating any type of currency negotiable instruments securities etc is illegal and punishable by law e Duplicating licenses passports various kinds of certificates official documents private documents etc is illegal and punishable by law Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved Software Product Use Consent Contract Introduction You are permitted by PIXELA Inc according to the following use consent conditions of this use consent contract henceforth this contract to the nonexclusive nontransferable right to use the software program henceforth this program and its add ons such as the user guide Consented matter You are granted the nonexclusive nontransferable right to install and use one copy of this program on a single computer The primary user of this program may copy parts thereof for backup purposes with all usage rights as set forth in this contract remaining exclusive to the primary user Prohibited matter This program cannot be used on a network When it is used by two or more computers on a network a royalty is required to be paid to PIXELA Inc for each additional computer Third person use or the use of this program by the method of re use consent transfer distribution loan or others is not allowed You may not correct alter reverse engineer decompile or disassemble all or part of this program You may not allow a third person
105. the entire picture Airbrush button Click to draw a custom chroma key area with the airbrush Refer to Draw mode to see a description of each drawing tool Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved Create Shadow Mode Windows Only This mode is not available when opening the Image Editor from the Album Environment Set and ad before clicking OF Click to create a shadow Clicking this button applies qualities defined in and Lib button Moves the shadow up one increment which is based p on the predefined number of pixels Ler button Moves the shadow left one increment which is based on the predefined number of pixels Moves the shadow right one increment which is RIONE pu tton based on the predefined number of pixels Don beton Moves the shadow down one increment which is based on the predefined number of pixels T Create Shadow button ee E The numerical value entered here specifies the Increment distance in pixels the shadow moves each time or Dis clicked 7 Gradation slider Transparency Slider Drag to specify the transparency of the shadow Shadow color Indicates the currently selected shadow color indicator Click to display the Color palette and choose a color i Color selector for your shadow Drag to adjust the gradation of the shadow Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 6 9 Blend Mode Wi
106. thumbnail list window W Sound File Display button S Display All Files button 2 Displays only sound files in the thumbnail list window Displays all files in the thumbnail list window Search according to specific criteria 1 Click the Search Mode button 2 Select the search criteria Search criteria include file type title comments file creation date date modified and the date the file was added to the current album 3 Specify the contents of the search criteria Contents vary according to the selected search criteria W when Type is selected Select the file type from the pull down list and specify whether to include or not include the specified file type in the search W When Title is selected Enter the text of a title and specify whether the file you are looking for should match exactly include or not include the specified text W When Comments is selected Enter the text of a comment and specify whether the file you are looking for should match exactly include or not include the specified text E When Date Created is selected Define either a range of dates or enter a single date and select whether the date of the file you are looking for should match exactly exclude come before or come after the specified date W When Date Modified is selected Define either a range of dates or enter a single date and select whether the date of the file you are looking for should ma
107. to define transparency Paint range Drag the slider to specify the range Airbrush Airbrush color Indicates the currently selected airbrush color Color Select button Click to display the Color palette and choose an airbrush color Transparency Indicates the currently defined transparency Transparency slider Drag to define transparency Airbrush type indicator Shows currently selected airbrush type and size Airbrush Type Selector button Click to display available airbrush types and sizes See below There are slight differences in the airbrush types available in Windows and Macintosh it Kc D gt Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 6 4 Crop Rotate Flip Mode Click to crop the picture Specify the crop area by Crop button dragging the Control points displayed in the image edit window 2 Rotate Flip button Click to rotate or flip the image Cropping Crop button Click to crop image to the area defined by the rectangular box that appears on top of the picture in the image edit window Drag the control points to enlarge or reduce the crop area D a f M e 2g Rotating Flipping Rotate Counterclockwise button Rotates the image counterclockwise 90 degrees Rotate Clockwise button Rotates the image clockwise 90 degrees Vertical flip Flips the image vertically along the horizontal axis with ea
108. tom of the reference object Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved ES Object Operations Locking objects When you do not wish to make further changes to a design you can lock the objects so that they cannot be Moved or Change size Select objects to be locked into place and click the Lock button The control points of the locked object s will turn Yellow Windows or Gray Macintosh The Lock button will change to the Unlock button When no object is selected the Lock Unlock button is shaded gray and cannot be clicked Grouping objects Certain operations can be performed with entire groups of objects Select the objects to be grouped then click the Group button In Windows the control points of the grouped objects will turn red and the Group A button will change to the Release group M button In Macintosh the color of the control points does not change To release objects from a group select the group and click the Release Group button When no object is selected the Group Release group button is shaded gray and cannot be clicked Copying and pasting objects You can copy and paste objects when designing a layout Select an object and click the Copy button Click the Paste Cul button to paste a copy of the object in the same or a different layout You can copy and paste multiple objects though doing so may take more time for your computer to execute Copyr
109. u 3 The Print Layout Settings dialog box is displayed After the options are set click the Print button to print out the selected file Brings up the Print Layout Settings dialog box Closes the Print Layout Settings dialog box and returns to the main screen of the Album Environment Print Layout Settings Defines the number of thumbnails printed per page Example 4 pictures per Index Printing Prints thumbnails and their source file names pirea pinera Defines the number of thumbnails printed per page Example 2 pictures per Information page Printing Prints thumbnails and information pertaining to their corresponding source files Defines the number of thumbnails per page by columns and rows Pt Example 2 columns 3 rows per page r PIXELA Only the file information that is checked will be printed File Name Title Type Location Image Size Date Created Date Modified Data Size Length Comments The number of boxes that may be checked depends upon the number of images per page as well as the paper size When the file to be printed is an Exif file checking the Indicate Date box allows the photo date time to appear in the lower right hand corner of the picture Only the file information which is checked will be printed File Name Title Type Location Image Size Date Created Date Modified Data Size Length Comm
110. ue by clicking the OK or Print button The Print button is not displayed when Title is selected from the layout menu Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved EZEN Object Operations Arranging Objects See Arranging and editing text objects to learn about character objects Arranging and editing figure objects to learn about figure objects and Arranging and editing image objects to learn about image objects Moving objects Click and drag to move objects Right click on an object hold down the mouse button drag the object to the desired location and finally release the mouse button Click inside the object to be moved inside the Blocks If you click and drag a Control point you will change the size of the object E Moving more than one object In Windows select the objects to be moved and drag the one defined by the blue Control points In Macintosh drag any of the selected objects Moving objects with the keyboard Use the arrow keys to move objects without using the mouse Select one object and move it by pressing an arrow key or hold down Shift an arrow key to move multiple objects In the preferences window you can set the distance objects move each time the arrow keys are pressed Different values can be set for both the arrow key and the Shift arrow key operations Changing an object s size Drag a control point to change the size of an object
111. umbnails of movie files in the button selected folder Sound File Display Click to display only thumbnails of sound files in the button selected folder Folder list window Click to display thumbnails of all media files in the Display All Files selected folder button Here you can see thumbnails of those files in the selected folder that can be added to albums They appear according to the file type s sorted by selecting one of the following buttons or OF Thumbnail list window Click to add the selected thumbnail s to the album Ce pete DUtEON currently selected in the album list window Album list window Albums are displayed in a list Displays a preview of the source file and provides detailed file information In the case of movie files Preview window the entire movie can be previewed in this window The preview window is not displayed when a sound file thumbnail is selected A single fame and its position in the movie can be previewed by dragging the slider This is not displayed when a still picture is selected aii Play button Begins playback of the currently selected movie Pause button Pauses playback Play position slider In Windows adjust the volume by dragging the Slider In Macintosh click to display a vertical volume slider Adjust the volume by dragging the slider up or down Ei Volume control D Preview ON OFF button Single Frame Re
112. ums currently displayed in the album list window Remove album Removes the selected album from the album list window Note that the album file itself is not deleted When an album has been deleted or moved from the directory in which it was saved a question mark will be displayed on the album s icon In this case remove the album and add it again Rename album Allows you to change an album s name After selecting an album from the album list window and clicking this command a dialog box appears Enter the new album name and click the OK button Album name input field OK button Cancel button Backup album Creates a duplicate file of the currently selected album Clicking this command displays the Save As dialog box Enter the file name define the destination directory then click Save The newly created backup album is displayed in the album list window A folder with the same name as the backup album is created in the destination directory The backup album file and backup files of the files added to the original album are saved in this folder In Windows the album file and its thumbnails source files are copied into the backup folder In Macintosh the copies of the original source files are renamed with the prefix BackUP followed by consecutive numbers Delete album Deletes the selected album Clicking this command displays a confirmation dialog box Clicking the button deletes the selected a
113. undtracks Primary soundtrack editing Double click the thumbnail of a movie file on the Storyboard to display the Movie Editor From there click the Sound Editor button Here operations can be performed relative to trimming fade in fade out settings and volume level Trimming superimposed sound Upon placing your mouse pointer at either end of a superimposed sound clip the standard mouse pointer turns into a two way arrow type pointer Drag this pointer to trim the play duration of the sound Editing superimposed sound Double click the sound icon on the Timeline that is associated with the sound you want to edit The Sound Editor will appear allowing you to make changes relative to trimming volume level and fade in fade out points Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved Primary Soundtrack Editing Defining fade in fade out settings 1 Double click the thumbnail of a movie file on the Storyboard to display the Movie Editor From there click the Sound Editor button 2 Drag the fade in slider to define the ending time of the soundtrack fade in The play position slider moves simultaneously with the fade in slider so the fade in time can be set in relation to the desired movie frame 3 Drag the fade out slider to set the starting time of the soundtrack fade out The play position slider moves simultaneously with the fade out slider so the fade out time can be set in relation to the desired movie frame
114. w Introduction w About This Manual General notes Using this manual w Read Carefully About trademarks Warning About pictures and images gt Software Usage Contract p Chapter 1 Before Use p Chapter 2 Capture Environment p Chapter 3 Album Environment p Chapter 4 Movie Editing Environment p Chapter 5 Layout Environment p Chapter 6 I mage Editor Eiig liee About This Manual General notes e This manual is an HTML document which explains the functions of PIXELA ImageMixer Ver 1 0 for Sony henceforth ImageMixer This manual does not explain the basics of Windows or Macintosh operating systems Basic operations such as working with individual windows are based on general usage of Windows and Macintosh Screenshots may differ slightly depending on each company s bundling of this product e Most screenshots currently used in this manual relate to the Windows version The screenshots for Windows and Macintosh differ slightly Moreover images may vary according to monitor specifications e Due to the fact that the most recent information related to this software has not been added to the manual please consult the Read Me file included on the CD ROM Using this manual This manual explains all ImageMixer s many functions Any item can be referenced by clicking the menu table of contents displayed on left hand side of the screen Blue text indicates a link Clicking it will displa
115. wind button D Single Frame Advance Advances the movie frame by frame Macintosh button W Information Display Displays detailed information pertaining to the button Switches the preview display on or off Rewinds the movie frame by frame Macintosh only selected file Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved EZEN Capture Tasks I mporting files 1 Select a disk volume or folder from the folder list window Media files existing in a particular disk volume or folder displayed in the folder list window can be added to albums They appear as thumbnails in the thumbnail list window In Windows click to open disks or folders and click El to close them In Macintosh click jp to open volumes or folders and click to close them 2 Select an album of your choice from the album list window This will be the album into which you will import files 3 Select a thumbnail from the thumbnail list window More than one thumbnail may be selected at a time 4 Click the Import h button The source file of the thumbnail selected in step 3 is added to the album selected in step 2 At this point a copy of the source file is created and saved into the directory designated in the Capturing Recording Preferences Files can also be imported by dragging and dropping thumbnails from the thumbnail list window into the desired album See below In Macintosh it may be impossible to create thumbnails for
116. y Volume level display Fade in slider Volume level control Used to define the play position relative the media stream to which the sound to be edited has already been superimposed Stops playback and returns the Slider to the beginning of the movie Plays from the current position of the play position slider Displays the currently accumulated playing time of sound file being previewed Indicates the soundtrack volume level setting Drag the slider to set the ending time of a the soundtrack fade in Superimposed sound play position slider Superimposed Volume level display Fade in ending time display Fade out starting time display OK button Close button Drag to define play position of the Superimposed sound The monitor play position slider will move simultaneously Plays superimposed sound from the current position on the sound play position slider Indicates the soundtrack volume level setting Indicates time from beginning of clip of fade in ending position Indicates time from end of clip of fade out starting position Applies changes and closes window Cancels changes and closes window Drag the slider to edit volume Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved 4 8 Inserting Titles ImageMixer allows you to insert titles you created in the Layout Environment into a movie 1 Click t
117. y the relevant item Once that item has been displayed the link will appear in purple text e The end of the page can be referenced by clicking 1 e The beginning of the page can be referenced by clicking a The preceding page or preceding item can be referenced by clicking g The following page or following item can be referenced by clicking D Issues of particular importance are indicated in red text Please read them carefully Homepage The latest information on ImageMixer can be found on our home page http www mageMixer com Copyright 2001 PIXELA Corp All rights reserved Read Carefully About trademarks Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the U S and other countries The official name of Windows is Microsoft Windows Operating System Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc In addition the company names and brand names referenced in this manual are themselves the trademarks registered trademarks and products of the respective companies Warning l U All rights related to the user manual and software produced by our company henceforth product both of which are stored on the installation CD ROM belong solely to PIXELA Corporation Unauthorized reproduction or reprinting of the contents of the product or any portion thereof is strictly prohibited The contents of this product are subject to change without notice PIXE

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