[. . . ] Video, etc. ; Video e-mail / Video capture: create your own video presentations, video mail, product demonstrations, training videos, Internet clips etc. ; Snapshot images: use images in presentations, create postcards, or send them via e-mail. Editing and special effects: after recording the images you want with the Philips SPC640NC webcam, the images
CD-ROM for video and audio enhancement (including user manual)
SPC640NC
Installation CD v. 1. 00 9082 100 03367
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Functional overview
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a Snapshot button Take photos directly without the mouse. Fold the clamp when the webcam is placed on a desk or (large) desktop monitor. e USB connector Connect the webcam to the USB port of the notebook or desktop PC. [. . . ] [Frame rate] A frame is a single picture or still shot, that is shown as part of a larger video or movie. The higher the frame rate, the better the video display but the higher the load on the processor. You can use the scroll open menu to set the frame rate of the video that you wish to capture. For example, 30 fps means that the webcam will capture video at 30 frames per second. [Auto Exposure] The exposure is the amount of light received by the sensor and is determined by how long the sensor is exposed to capture a snapshot or video frame. The result depends on the the optimal setting if you select the automatic exposure option. [Shutter Speed] The shutter speed determines how long the camera shutter remains open as a picture is taken. The shutter speed controls the total amount of light reaching the sensor. Use the slider to set the desired shutter speed.
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preferred setting. [Reset] Press this button if you would like to reset the webcam settings to the default factory settings. [Restore] Press this button if you would like to restore your personal preferred settings. [Save] Press this button if you would like to save your personal preferred settings. [Auto White Balance] Most light sources are not 100% pure white but have a certain `color temperature'. Normally our eyes compensate for lighting conditions with different color temperatures. If the automatic white balance is selected, the webcam will look for a reference point which represents white. It will then calculate all other colors based on this white point and compensate the other colors accordingly, just like the human eye. [Indoor], [Outdoor] and [Fluorescense] conditions or use the `Red' and `Blue' effect if you would like to set the webcam according to your personal color temperature preferences. [Brightness] Brightness enables you to adjust the brightness of the displayed image or video to suit your preferred setting. [Gamma] Gamma enables you to brighten dark areas within the displayed image or video and visualize more details without over-exposing preferred setting. [Saturation] Saturation enables you to set the color reproduction from black and white to a full color image or video according to your preferred setting. The default settings of the Philips SPC640NC webcam usually offer the best possible image quality. In this case, follow the steps below to adjust image quality according to you own personal preferences.
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Open a webcam viewer such as WebCam Companion or an instant messaging service such as Skype, Windows® Live Messenger or Yahoo! [. . . ] If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. equipment could result in the revocation of the authorization to operate the equipment.
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