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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    About Genius Application-WebCAM Mate 1. Main Menu 2. Picture Mode 9-11 3. Video Mode 12-13 4. Security Mode 13-16 About Face Recognition 17-19 Using MSN Messenger,Yahoo Messenger,AOL 20-21 CrazyTalk Avatar Creator 21-44 CrazyTalk CamSuite 45-70 Trouble shooting for web camera...

  • Page 2: Slim 2020Af Features

    Slim 2020AF Features Slim 2020AF uses an optical auto-focus lens, provides real-time sharp and clear image quality. No matter how far you sit from the screen, you are always in focus. SnapShot Button Press the snapshot button to take images under the application.

  • Page 3: Installing The Slim 2020Af

    Windows XP SP2, Vista or above OS without a device driver installed. Make sure your PC OS system is Windows XP SP2, Vista or above. Position the webcam and connect the USB cable to an available USB port on your computer. Windows automatically detects the device.

  • Page 4: About Genius Application-Webcam Mate

    English NOTE To check if Windows XP system is SP2 (Service Pack 2). − Click the My Computer icon on your desktop or in the Windows Start menu. − When the menu that appears, click Properties. If your Windows XP system isn’t SP2 (Service Pack 2), go to the website: http://microsoft.com...

  • Page 5: Main Menu

    English 1. Main Menu Item Mode Description Picture Mode Still image capture mode. Video Mode Video recording mode. Security Mode Security monitoring mode. Device Select different webcam device. Selection Resolution Resolution selections according to...
  • Page 6 English Item Mode Description Selection device. YUY2: 1280x1024, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, 352x288, 320x240, 176x144, 160x120 pixels Preference setting to view your setting Property page and properties. Exit Exit the Genius UI.
  • Page 7 English Property page Property page allows user to adjust a person like property of the webcam. -Video Proc Amp Item Description Brightness enables you to adjust the brightness of the displayed image or video to suit your own preference. Contrast enables you to control the ratio between dark and light...
  • Page 8 Hue is any color in the rainbow that you choose to pick. Saturation enables you to set the color reproduction from black and white to a full color image or video according to your own preference. Sharpness can soften and sharpen images to achieve different effects.
  • Page 9 English -Camera control Item Description Enable Auto Focus function provides real-time sharp and clear image quality. No matter how far you sit from the screen, you always bring in focus. Use the slider to find manual focus setting.

  • Page 10: Picture Mode

    English 2. Picture Mode Take a picture right away and share with your friends. Item Mode Description Shot Still image capture mode. Capture continuous still images based Multi-Snapshot on multi-snapshot number. Mail Send photo by email.
  • Page 11 Select photo frame to add inside still Adding Frame image. (*) Click this button, and the screen will auto appear in the center of the frame. When you are watching the display, Tracking Face your face should appear in the acquired image.
  • Page 12 Attach the selected image file to an Email file email. Print Picture Print the selected image file. Remark: * This function must use the resolution of 640x480 or 320x240. Please make sure the resolution is correct before executing this function. -11-...

  • Page 13: Video Mode

    English 3. Video Mode You can record real-time video in this section. Item Mode Description To begin recording video from your web Recording camera. Click to stop recording Start/Stop video. Audio Setting Setting the audio device. -12-...

  • Page 14: Security Mode

    Using motion detection function, it records any movements that appear in front of your monitor automatically. It can also record anytime until the HD is full. If there’s no movement, it will shut down automatically after four seconds or otherwise it will be active when detecting new movement.
  • Page 15 English Item Mode Description To begin recording monitor video from Recording your web camera. Click to stop Start/Stop recording video. Audio Setting the audio device. Setting -14-...
  • Page 16 English Item Mode Description Set up time for the security monitoring system. Schedule Recording When this button is enabled, it will send Email Alert out an email if an alert happens during recording. -15-...
  • Page 17 English Item Mode Description Set up the degree of variance for every Sensitive second of recording video. When the adjustable differences are over the setup degree, the system will alert you. Warning Set up the different alerting sound sound effects.

  • Page 18: About Face Recognition

    English Face Recognition 1. You can create your own customized security by face recognition. 2. Click WebCam Selection. The Open dialog box appears. Select the web camera device. -17-...
  • Page 19 English 3. Click Person Add. The Open dialog box appears. Type your name and password, then click ok button. 4. This program needs taking ten pictures for recognition. Please wait for around 1~2 mines to finish face recognition. -18-...
  • Page 20 English 5. If you want to delete person, please click “Person Del”. 6. Screen Saver function is to protect your PC. -19-...

  • Page 21: Using Msn Messenger,Yahoo Messenger,Aol

    Sign onto MSN Messenger service. c. Choose a friend on the contact list and Click “OK” to confirm. d. Double-click on your friends, who are available to chat. Click on the webcam icon. e. Your friend will then receive an invitation message. When your friend confirms to talk, the video chat will start.

  • Page 22: Crazytalk Avatar Creator

    Animate any person, animal, or illustration with CrazyTalk Avatar Creator's easy-to-use professional editing tools. Your photos are brought to life in amazing animation by fitting them with CrazyTalk Avatar Creator's proprietary Facetrix, facial morphing technology.
  • Page 23 Once your project is complete. CrazyTalk Avatar Creator offers all new support for popular video editing and greeting cards. You can send your talking messenger or card image in a variety of formats including .cab, .mht file or an .AVI movie.

  • Page 24: Getting Started

    Operating System • Windows Vista/XP/2000 CrazyTalk Avatar Creator allows you to import any digital photo, image or likeness of a face, with the innovative real time image morphing-NaturalVoice technology and/or TTS (Text-To-Speech) technology, to bring your favorite photos to life! A message combined with your talking image provides a CrazyTalk Avatar character to send to your friends and colleagues using various output options.
  • Page 25 English To create a CrazyTalk Avatar Creator Model: Click Import Image . The Open dialog box appears. Select the desired image and click Open to load it. The Image Processing tools will be automatically launched. -24-...
  • Page 26 : Select the required image area. Rotate CW /Rotate CCW : Rotate the image by 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise. Mirror : Flip the image horizontally as a mirrored reflection. Smart Level : Adjust the color levels of the image automatically. Color Level : Adjust the brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation levels of the image manually.
  • Page 27 English Click Next and the Auto-Fit Anchor Points dialog box pops up. Follow the guide sample image at the right side to place the 4 points for the fitting process. Background Mask Editing : Modify the mask of the image (also known as alpha channel) to specify the none-effect part of the image.
  • Page 28 : To enlarge the background area in the image. Decrease : To erase parts of the background mask. Brush Size: Move the slider to adjust the size of the brush tool. Advanced Facial Settings: Click to open a dialog box with four tabs. -27-...
  • Page 29 English Eyes: Add virtual eyes and adjust the color of each part of the eyes. -28-...
  • Page 30 English Teeth: Add virtual teeth and adjust the teeth. -29-...
  • Page 31 English Mouth: Adjust the color levels of the inner mouth. -30-...
  • Page 32 English Lips: To close an open mouth in the image and set the position of the lips. -31-...
  • Page 33 English Getting Started-Creating a CrazyTalk Avatar Creator Script The Script page is the critical phase in CrazyTalk's process of creating a talking model with expressions, facial movements, and special effects. Select Edit/Script: To create a Talking Message: To specify the speech for the talking model, do one of the following: •...
  • Page 34 English Click the Record button to start recording from the audio source specified. • Import Wave File : Import a speech file in PCM WAV format and use it as the script text. • Edit by Text-To-Speech : Click to open the TTS dialog box.
  • Page 35 English Type in the text. Click the Voice Mode drop-down list box to select the voice type for your model. Adjust the voice quality to achieve a real-life effect using the Volume, Pitch, and Speed sliders. Click button to Preview the result.
  • Page 36 Use the slider to adjust the strength of the model's expression. Click the Timeline tab and you are prompted to upgrade for full features of the Timeline. Click the Save button to save the current script as a customized profile.
  • Page 37 Avatar Creator Greeting Card You can create a greeting card with a talking image, personalized message, and special effects. The card can be saved as .MHT (Multipurpose HTML - Embedded in e-mail or Html pages) or .CAB (compressed) file. To create a card, do the following: Select a CrazyTalk Avatar Creator model with facial features, motions and expressions specified.
  • Page 38 Auto Play: Automatically playback the card as it is opened. 11. Image Quality: Move the slider or enter a number to the edit box to adjust the image quality. 12. Sound Quality: Move the slider to adjust the audio quality.
  • Page 39 English Getting Started-Exporting Movie Files Movie files supported by CrazyTalk Avatar Creator: AVI, Real Media (RM), WAV, Sequence BMPs/TGA, Animation GIF and Windows Media (WMV) files. NOTE Install WMVEncoder9 from the Microsoft website for exporting WMV files format. To export movie, do the following:...
  • Page 40 Create a CrazyTalk Avatar Creator script to specify the animation and speech. Click Output/Movie tab. A crop box shows. Move and resize it (drag the box or edit the Output Size options) to the desired portion of the image for exporting.
  • Page 41 How can I fine-tune the model image for more realistic facial movement? a. The control point 1, 2, 3 and 4 are the key to control the facial mesh morphing. 1, 2 control the vertical movement strength and 3, 4 controls the horizontal movement strength.
  • Page 42 English • How can I make the chin movie more naturally while talking? Drag the chin control point out of the face. Good -41-...
  • Page 43 Incorrect Correct If you are using eyes from the CrazyTalk eye library, you need to set the eye control points inside the eyelids This improves the realistic quality of the animated eyes. Incorrect Correct •...
  • Page 44 Use the Background Mask Editing button and spread out the background using the brush and clear tools. Don't get the mask too close to the facial area and make sure that it does not overlap the head of the model. Incorrect...
  • Page 45 If your character has a closed mouth, enable this feature so no dark line is visible between the lips while the mouth is closed. If your model has an open mouth, disable this feature so you...
  • Page 46 You can download a variety of avatar content from the Reallusion website or create your own avatar from a photo using CrazyTalk Avatar Creator. So any photo of yourself, your family or friend, your pet, from cartoons or comics, can be magically brought to life as an animated character on your messenger.
  • Page 47 Refer to the following steps to quickly start using CrazyTalk Cam Suite in your instant-messaging video conference. For more details on how to use each feature of CrazyTalk Cam Suite, refer to the rest of this Online Help. If you have an instant-messaging application installed on your OS, please manually change the audio/video devices.
  • Page 48 Avatars shows the default avatars provided by CrazyTalk Cam Suite as well as any imported avatars. Click to select an avatar and it will be displayed in the preview window. If you are on a video session, your partner will be able to see the avatar and the animation, even if your partner does not have CrazyTalk Cam Suite installed.

  • Page 49: Crazytalk Camsuite

    Plug in a microphone and your avatar can lip-sync whatever you say instantly. You are now ready to use a wide range of animated expressions along with your video avatar on your instant messaging applications. Refer to the other parts of this Online Help for more information about CrazyTalk Cam Suite.
  • Page 50 English About the Interface The following illustrations show the components of CrazyTalk Cam Suite interface: Avatar Interface: Modes Add Content from web site Play Control Emotions More Emotions Avatars More Avatars Settings Help Audio Control Enable Facial Tracking Preview -49-...
  • Page 51 English MagiceMirror Interface: Modes Add Content from web site Face Morph More Expression Comic Effect More Comic Effect Audio Control Settings Help Preview -50-...
  • Page 52 English Avatar Selecting an Emotion You can add emotive animations to your avatar so that you can convey any expression you want during a messenger video conference. With the advanced facial morphing technique, you can control your avatar's lips and...
  • Page 53 English In the dialog, you can see Default Emotions, My Emotions and Online Content. In Default Emotions, you can see the default emotion content provided by CrazyTalk Cam Suite. Click My Emotions and you can see the content which you have purchased from the Reallusion website or create by CrazyTalk Avatar Creator.
  • Page 54 Double-click any emotion in the More Emotions dialog, your avatar will show the emotion instantly. Click Online Content and it will lead you to the content store on the website. You can view and purchase the new, hot and featured content.
  • Page 55 3. Select a template or customized script and click Preview to see the script file. If the Auto Play checkbox is checked, it will auto play the script file. 4. Click OK to use it as your CrazyTalk Cam Suite emotion. The emotion is now displayed in My Emotions in More Emotions dialog.
  • Page 56 English Selecting an Avatar CrazyTalk Cam Suite enables you to select a customized image created by CrazyTalk Avatar Creator and use it as your avatar during instant-messaging video calls. • Select an avatar from the Avatars area. You will see your selected avatar appearing in the preview window.
  • Page 57 Content Store or as well as any other imported avatars created using CrazyTalk Avatar Creator. In Online Content, you can play back and preview the latest avatars with emotions or link to the content store site for purchasing more contents.
  • Page 58 Importing an Avatar CrazyTalk Cam Suite allows you to import customized images or photos from CrazyTalk Avatar Creator and use them as your avatars. This function expands your avatar library tremendously, as you can choose any photo of yourself or even your favorite movie star as your avatar.
  • Page 59 Custom to browse through the custom-created models. Refer to CrazyTalk Cam Suite Online Help to learn how to create custom models. 3. Select a template or customized model and click OK to use it as your messenger avatar. The avatar is now displayed in My Avatars.
  • Page 60 English • Click on the Preview button to invoke the preview window. • The left pane, Web Camera, shows the original look of your face. • The right pane shows the face with the expression applied. • The MagicMirror pane is able to show Expression and Comic effect simultaneously.
  • Page 61 English Getting More Expressions MagicMirror enables you to adjust the amount of the Expression templates. Besides, you can also add, remove or purchase expressions to modify the contents in the Expression Favorite library. • Please Click to get more expressions.
  • Page 62 To use the Comic Effect features: • Check up the Apply Comic check box to apply the comic effect onto your face. Check off the box to discard the effect. •...
  • Page 63 English • Click on the Preview button to invoke the preview window. • The left pane, Web Camera, shows the original look of your face. • The right pane, MagicMirror, shows the face with the comic effect applied. • The MagicMirror pane is able to show Expression and Comic effect simultaneously.
  • Page 64 English Getting More Comic Effects MagicMirror enables you to adjust the amount of the Comic templates. Besides, you can also add, remove or purchase comic effects to modify the contents in the Comic Favorite library. • Please Click to get more comic effects.
  • Page 65 English back and preview the latest comics or link to the content store site for purchasing more comic effects. Double-click any comic in the More Comic dialog, your face will show the comic instantly. Click Online Content and it will lead you to the content store on the website.
  • Page 66 2. Move your head/mouse to trigger the avatar to track. Tip: As for the target for tracking, please refer to Setting. Click Preview button to invoke preview dialog box. You will see the Web Camera and Avatars window panes simultaneously.
  • Page 67 English Check the Horizontal Mirror box on so the window pane flips horizontally. Thus you see yourself move toward the same direction as you move. Settings CrazyTalk Cam Suite allows you set the default status: • Click Settings to show the Setting window. You can change the general settings in this dialog box.
  • Page 68 English -67-...

  • Page 69: General Settings

    Facial Tracking • Check Face/Mouse tracking to trigger head movement radio button so your avatar's head and eyes will track your head or mouse and move. • Select Camera allows you to select your default camera. If you have multiple cameras installed on your PC, you need to select one of them.
  • Page 70 English Set Devices For connecting your messenger and CrazyTalk Cam Suite, the audio/video devices must be set manually. Take Skype for instance: 1. Launch CrazyTalk Cam Suite before using IM applications. 2. Make sure that you have already logged onto your instant-messaging application.
  • Page 71 English 5. Select the Video and set the Select webcam to Reallusion Virtual Camera. 6. Click Save button. Your messenger then receives its audio and video sources from CrazyTalk Cam Suite. -70-...

  • Page 72: Trouble Shooting For Web Camera

    • Connect the web camera directly to a USB port on your computer. Make sure the web camera is connected to the USB port at the back of your computer. Some USB ports at the front of computers may not supply sufficient power for your web camera.

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