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    Video Monitor Software: Options (8/93)
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    Article Created: 23 August 1993


    Video Monitor software displays a live video image in a window on the screen
    and can capture one frame of the video image. It is bundled with Macintosh
    Centris 660AV and Quadra 840AV.

    Basic instructions for this program are included in Chapter 6 of Getting
    Started With Your Macintosh, which came with your computer. This article
    describes some additional options in the Video Monitor application.

DISCUSSION


    Additional Video Monitor options:
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    * Preferences: Choose Preferences from the File menu to change the captured
    frame from a PICT file to an image on the Clipboard or to turn off
    compression of the captured frame.

    * Printing a frame: Choose Print from the File menu to print one frame of the
    video image in the Monitor window.

    * Capturing a frame: Choose Copy from the Edit menu to capture one frame of the
    video image in the Monitor window. (A message is displayed if the memory
    available is not sufficient to capture a frame.) The preset choice for frame
    capture saves the frame as a PICT file. The file is named PICT 0 (or the
    lowest number not already used) and stored on the desktop. You can use the
    Preferences dialog box to change frame capture from a PICT file saved on the
    desktop to an image stored on the Clipboard.

    * Turning off sound: Choose Mute from the Monitor menu to turn off the sound
    accompanying the video displayed in the Monitor window.

    * Resizing the Monitor window: Choose a size from the Monitor menu to resize
    the window displaying video. Or drag from the lower right corner of the
    window. Hold down the Shift key while dragging to maintain the horizontal
    and vertical proportions of the image as the window is resized.

    * Changing video settings: Choose Video Settings from the Monitor menu to
    adjust options for the video image.

    * Changing sound settings: Choose Sound Settings from the Monitor menu to
    adjust options for sound accompanying the video displayed.

    Important Notes
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    1) When the Video Monitor program is open, you can't give spoken commands.

    2) When you quit Video Monitor, you may need to change the Sound In device
    setting to Microphone (under the Options button in the Sound control panel)
    before you can begin or resume using speech recognition.



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Product Area: Computers
Category: Macintosh Quadra & Centris
Sub Category: Quadra 840AV; Quadra/Centris 660AV

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