Sony VAIO PCGFX210 PCGFX215 User Guide

Overview
91 DVgate™
Sony Electronics Inc.
Connect a digital video camera recorder to the i.LINK*® connector and capture your own 
video clips and still images. You can edit clips from your video, add others, and combine 
clips into new movie segments. You can also save your images in a variety of popular file 
formats.
EarthLink Network TotalAccess® 
EarthLink, Inc.
An Internet Service Provider that supplies access, information, and assistance to its 
customers, introducing them to the Internet. Member...

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92 Microsoft® Word 2000
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Word 2000 makes it easy to create shared Web, e-mail, and print documents for 
use around the world. It embraces HTML as a first-class file format and extends Word’s 
ease-of-use to the Web and e-mail. Word 2000 also extends that ease-of-use to 
international users, making it simple to create multilingual documents.
MovieShaker™
Sony Electronics Inc.
Sony’s original MovieShaker software creates personal movies that...

Overview
93 Smart Capture 
Sony Electronics Inc.
Smart Capture is a fun new way to send multimedia messages via e-mail. Smart Capture 
manages the i.LINK
*® connection between your computer and a Sony Digital 
Handycam® Camcorder that supports the i.LINK interface. It allows you to capture 
compressed video or still images that you can save or share via e-mail. A smart solution to 
computer, digital audio/video and network convergence.
VisualFlow®
Sony Electronics Inc.
VisualFlow is a state-of-the-art...

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MovieShaker™
This application can be used to create fun and innovative movies without any 
knowledge of film editing. In a few simple steps, motion pictures can be 
combined with special effects, still images (pictures), and music files and then 
saved in a format most computers can play.
Importing Images and Sound Clips
1Click   (File Import) or   (DV Import).
2Find the file you want to add.
3Select the file.
4Click Open. The file is added to the Clip tray.
Main...

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Create a Movie using Shaker
After adding clip(s) to the Clip tray, you can create a short movie using the 
Shaker feature. Shaker randomly select clips from the Clip tray to create a 30-
second scene. 
1Click the Shake tab.
2Select a mood by clicking a face in the Shaker tray.
3Click  . A thirty second scene is automatically generated and 
saved to the Product tray. 
4To preview, switch the Work Panel to Product tray mode and press play.
Shaker Tray
✍Scenes created with Shaker begin with...

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Editing Clips and Scenes
You can edit your movie by adding effects and text, adjusting the color and 
contrast, and modifying the length of clips.
Adding effects to a scene or a clip:
1Double-click the clip or scene to move it to the Working Panel.
2Select the Effects tab from the Editing tray.
3Drag and drop the Effect you want to add from the Effects tray to the Effects 
palette on the Working Panel.
4See help for instructions on adjusting effect duration and...

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Saving a Movie
1Verify that the clip(s) you want to save is on the Product tray. See Help for 
more details on saving movies.
2Click Export.
3Select the format in which you want the document to be saved.
4Click Next.
5Locate the folder to which you want the file saved.
6Name the file.
7Click Save.
Exporting movies may take a long time to complete—Save movie as DV 
(Digital Video) takes the longest and Quick-Save is the fastest. MovieShaker 
can play video files up to 65 MB in length....

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PictureGear™
PictureGear software is a digital image management application that allows you 
to see all the images stored in any directory on your computer. Thumbnail views 
provide quick reminders of your pictures. Brighten, contrast, enhance, resize, 
crop, and color-correct your pictures. Create panoramic views, animations, 
screen savers, wallpaper, still pictures from MPEG, and even html photo albums.
Managing Your Pictures
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Using Panorama Maker
Panorama Maker stitches a group of still images into a 360 degree panoramic 
picture. The source images should be the same size and overlap 20%.
How to stitch a panoramic picture:
1Gather the source images into the same folder or collection.
2Select the images you want to use.
3From the Utilities menu select Panorama Maker.
4Select the correct lens and click Okay. (If 35mm lens is selected the prompt, 
does not appear; to select a different lens, click the lens...

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OpenMG Jukebox 2.0 
Software Instructions
OpenMG Jukebox 2.0 is a software application that utilizes Sony Corporation’s 
copyright protection technology. OpenMG Jukebox 2.0 maintains the holder’s 
copyrights by preventing unauthorized distribution of digital audio files.
OpenMG Jukebox 2.0 software enables you to play and record audio CDs and 
import digital audio files. When recording an audio CD with OpenMG Jukebox 
2.0, it is encoded in ATRAC3 format onto your...