C R E A T I N G & S Av I N G V I D E O G R A M; Videograms And Avi Video Files Compared; Easy Steps For Video Creation - Philips PCA635VC User Manual

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Creating & Saving Videograms
This Chapter walks you through capturing, saving and playing back both Videograms and standard Microsoft video (.AVI)
files.

Videograms and AVI Video Files Compared

The difference between Videograms and AVI Video files is size. Microsoft .AVI Video files serve as the base file format for
Videograms. Videograms dramatically compress the AVI files into substantially smaller, self-executing, video files.
Videograms can be created with or without a built-in player. Creating a Videogram with a built-in player produces an exe-
cutable (.EXE) Videogram file that can be viewed by simply clicking on the file. Creating a Videogram without a built-in
player produces a non-executable Videogram (.VGM) that can be viewed with the Videogram Player Application (de-
scribed in following Chapter).
Before you start capturing make sure the Philips PCA635VC is positioned correctly and there's plenty of lighting (see
Chapter 2, Step 5).

3 Easy Steps for Video Creation

Capturing and creating a Videogram is as easy as one-two-three.
Launch the Videogram Creator application. Click on the "Start" button followed immediately by "Programs" and open the
"Philips PCA635VC" folder. Next, click on the Videogram Creator application. If this application does not start, go back
to Chapter 4 and verify that the software and driver settings are correct.
Please notice that there are three large buttons conveniently located on the left side of the application screen. They are
labeled PREVIEW, RECORD, and SEND.
Each of these buttons represent a step in the process of creating and saving video files. Follow along as we walk through
these steps to create a video file of your own.
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