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Starting, PC-CAM, Center

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Using PC-CAM Center Starting PC-CAM Center • If PC-CAM Center does not recognize the camera correctly, see Appendix A, "Troubleshooting." • PC-CAM Center automatically detects your installed model of Creative WebCam, and disables any unsupported features in the user interface. This chapter tells you how to quickly set up Creative WebCam NX as a Web Camera using PC-CAM Center software. For detailed information about the application's features and settings, refer to its Help file. (See "Starting PC-CAM Center Help" on page 2-5.) PC-CAM Center is an easy to use application that enables you to take pictures and record videos with the Creative WebCam NX. You can also view pictures and videos, and create and manage albums. You can start PC-CAM Center in any of the following ways: ❑ Click Start -> Programs -> Creative -> Creative WebCam -> Creative PCCAM Center. ❑ Double-click the Creative Cam Detector icon in your taskbar. This icon appears if, during installation, you clicked the option for Creative Cam Detector to launch automatically at Windows startup. ❑ Plug your camera into the USB port and let Windows Figure 2-1: PC-CAM Center screen. auto-detect it. You can choose to start PC-CAM Center in Live Video mode from a popup window that appears. Using PC-CAM Center 2-2

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Using PC-CAM Center 2-2
Using PC-CAM Center
This chapter tells you how to quickly set up Creative WebCam NX as a Web Camera
using PC-CAM Center software.
For detailed information about the application’s features and settings, refer to its
Help file. (See “Starting PC-CAM Center Help” on page 2-5.)
Starting
PC-CAM
Center
PC-CAM Center is an easy to use application that enables you to take pictures and
record videos with the Creative WebCam NX. You can also view pictures and videos,
and create and manage albums.
You can start PC-CAM Center in
any of the following ways:
Click
Start
->
Programs
->
Creative
->
Creative
WebCam -
>
Creative
PC-
CAM Center
.
Double-click the Creative Cam
Detector icon
in your
taskbar.
This icon appears if, during
installation, you clicked the
option for Creative Cam
Detector to launch
automatically at Windows
startup.
Plug your camera into the USB
port and let Windows
auto-detect it. You can choose to start PC-CAM Center in
Live Video
mode from
a popup window that appears.
If PC-CAM Center
does not recognize
the camera
correctly, see
Appendix A,
“Troubleshooting.”
PC-CAM Center
automatically
detects your
installed model of
Creative WebCam,
and disables any
unsupported
features in the user
interface.
Figure 2-1:
PC-CAM Center
screen.