Adding New Data To The My Camera Window - Canon PowerShot A40 Software Starter Manual

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Adding New Data to the My Camera Window

To add new data to the My Camera Window, you need to create the new data, save
it to the computer and add that file to the My Camera window.
Create New Data before Adding to the My Camera Window
Start by creating the start-up image or sound and saving it to the computer.
Creating a Start-Up Image
Create an image using an image editing application program, such as ArcSoft
PhotoImpression or Adobe Photoshop LE. Create the file in the JPEG format at
a size of 320 x 240 pixels.
Creating a Sound
Record a sound using a sound recorder, such as SimpleSound, which is
commonly bundled with Macintosh computers. Record the sound as a 11.025
KHz or 8.0000 KHz, 8 bit, mono sound and save it in the WAV format.
Start-Up Sound
Shutter Sound
Operating Sound
Self-Timer Sound
• Please note that files not meeting the above criteria cannot be saved to
• If you are using SimpleSound, which comes as a standard part of the
• To learn how to create a sound file, see the ImageBrowser Software
Type
the camera.
Mac OS, you cannot save a sound file directly as a WAV file. First, record
and save the sound with SimpleSound, then use a program such as
ArcSoft VideoImpression to convert the sound into a WAV file.
User Guide (p. 4), a PDF file.
Duration in Seconds
11.025 kHz
1.0 sec. or less
0.3 sec. or less
0.3 sec. or less
2.0 sec. or less
8.000 kHz
1.3 sec. or less
0.4 sec. or less
0.4 sec. or less
2.0 sec. or less