Vivitar Vivicam 8324 Users Manual

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5.  Please wait while the application is being installed on your computer.  
 
6 .  Once the application has been installed on your computer, click the “Finish”  button to let the 
“Ph oTags Express” installer finish the installation program.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
						

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If you selected the option  for the application to start after  pressing the Finish button, the 
application will automatically launch.  
If not, then in order to open the application you need to double click on the Photags Express icon 
on the desktop.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7 .  The Welcome to Photags Express Product Registration screen will open. This screen will appear 
each time you open the application until you register. To register your product please click  the 
“Register Online” button and fill out the online registration form (This requires an internet 
connection).  
Note : In order to complete the installation process you are required to register. Registering your 
product entitles you to di scounts on upgrades as well as Free Customer Support.  
          If you choose to register at a later time click the  “Continue” button to open the Photags Express 
application.   
						

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Everything you need to get the most from your photos  
The “PhoTags Express” software that is installed on your computer allows you to edit existing photos that 
you have on your computer as well as the photos that you have captured with your camera.  
 
1 .  Plug one end of the USB cable into the USB port of the camera.     
2 .  Plug the other end of the USB cable into a USB port on your computer.  
3 .  Turn on the camera.  
4 .  Wait for your computer to recognize that new hardware has been installed and the ready to 
use message pops up on the task bar.  
 
 
 
If  you have not already opened your application  then c lick the “PhoTags Expres s” icon that appears on your 
desktop to open the “PhoTags Express” Software.  
 
 
  
 
From the Main Menu screen that appears, select the “ Select Photos”, “Enhance Photos ” or “Add 
Captions ” buttons. You can use these features to edit your photos:   
  
						

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Manage y our photos  by creating countless unique photo collections without duplicating any photos. Burn 
CD’s of any folders for backup and storage.  
Enhance your photos ; Auto Enhance, Crop, Correct Red Eye, Manually Adjust and add Special Effects.  
Add Active Caption s- add Text Captions, Frames, Shapes, Keywords… and more that can be viewed or 
hidden any time.   
Locate and Organize  your photos and collections -  Search by Captions, Category, Keyword or Date -  
directly from the operating system of your computer.  
Share you r photos via E -mail, Local Printing and Create HTML web pages for uploading online.   
 
Workshops  feature allows you to  Create Calendars, two -sided  Greeting Cards and Postcards  on 
standard photo paper...   
Create  Photo Albums and Slide Shows  on CDs that can be viewed on your PC and VCD’s for viewing 
on your TV using your DVD player. Add background music to your slideshow.   
						

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Download photos  and videos to your PC  
Transfer Photo and  Video images from your camera to your PC using PhoTags Express.  
Select the “Get Photos” button from the top of the PhoTags Express Main Menu screen.  
 
  
						

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The Get Photos Wizard opens. 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Select the device (removable disk)  option in the Active Devices window on the left and then select 
either the “Custom” or “Expres s” copy radial button in the Copy methods box.   
Note:  If you do not see your camera in the list press the Refresh  button.   
						

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CUSTOM COPY METHOD 
Select the “Custom” copy radial button. Click the “Next” button.  
 
Add Active Captions to your pictures. You can add a date, keywords, categories and more. Click 
“Next”  to continue.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Choose where to place your photos and videos. The default is to place all photos and videos into a 
folder under the C: \My Documents \ My Pictures folder with the date when the  photos were taken 
as the folder name.   
 
  
						

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Click the “Finish” button to start the download process. 
 
 
 
 
A photos download progress bar appears showing the number of media (videos included) 
downloading to your computer.  
 
 
 
 
  
						

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All the media – Photos and Videos on your camera are now downloaded to your computer  to the 
selected folder . 
Open the  “Select Photos”  mode of Photags Express to view the thumbnails for all the media.  
 
You may now use PhoTags Express to edit your photos,  create collections and Burn CD`s.   
						

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To learn more of how to get the most out of your PhoTags application select the “Show Me How” 
or the “ ?” Help Guide  button found on the top right of the screen.  
      
EXPRESS COPY METHOD   
Select the  “Express ” copy radial  button if you want to have all the images transferred to the PC without the 
option to select which photos you want to transfer.   
In this mode you will not see a preview of the images transferred. For more information please refer to the  Help G uide in PhoT ags Express.  
Viewing Videos  
Once the videos have downloaded from the camera to the PC , open  any application that will enable you 
to view the  video files (for example Windows Media Player).   
 
Videos created and downloaded should be sitting in the C: \My Docu ments\My Pictures \{date} folder.  
Videos are saved in AVI format. Double click on a video with the avi extension.  
The video will begin to play automatically. To replay the video, use the media controls.     
   
Once all the Photos and Videos have been downloaded to the computer it is recommended that you 
delete them from the camera thereby preparing your camera to take more photos and videos.