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 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

Figure 2-1: PC-CAM Center screen.

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.

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