Vivitar Vivicam V15 Users Manual

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You may also delete single photos in the Playback 
mode.
  
Select the present photo you wish to delete. 
Press the Power/Menu button. 
A  Delete single photo icon will appear on the LCD 
screen with 2 options. 
Press the Up button to move between the options, 
“Yes” to Delete the present photo, or “No” to Cancel. 
Press the Shutter button to confirm your choice. 
The photo is deleted from your camera’s memory. 
 
Note:
 If you delete photos from your camera before 
downloading them to your...

 21 press the Power/Menu button
. 
(Manual Power-Saving) 
Press and hold the Power/Menu button for 3 seconds. 
After hearing two beeps the camera will go into a sleep 
mode manually.  
In sleep mode, energy consumption is very low and the 
battery life is prolonged. Your camera can remain in 
sleep mode to save power. To use your camera again 
just simply press the Power/Menu button.  
For information on how to work with your photos, please 
see the Software Installation section in this manual....

 22 camera modes by pressing the Shutter button until the 
video icon appears in the top left corner. Press the 
Power /Menu button to save your choice. When the 
video icon appears in the top left corner you can now 
prepare your shot. 
 
Once in the Video mode, press the shutter button for 
the camera to start capturing an AVI video. 
A clock counter on the bottom right corner of the LCD 
screen will begin to count. The video is now being 
captured. 
To end the video capture, press the Shutter button...

 23 To use the WebCam Express software see the “Using 
your Camera as a Webcam” section further on in this 
guide. 
 
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 and downloaded with your camera. 
 
Plug one end of the USB cable into the USB port of the 
camera.   
Plug the other end of the USB cable into a USB port...

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If the Camera is off it will automatically be turned on 
when the USB cable is properly connected.  
Click the “PhoTags Express” 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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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 Captions- 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...

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How to purchase additional “Workshop” projects 
In addition to the free Calendars, two-sided 
Greeting Cards and Postcards Workshop projects, 
you have the ability to purchase two additional 
Workshop projects: Albums and Video CD 
online, at anytime.  
 
1.  To purchase the “Workshop Project” 
simply click the one you want and you will 
be referred to an online website where you 
can purchase them. 
2.  Once you purchase the “Workshop 
projects” you will receive an email verifying 
your...

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Select the “Get Photos” button from the top of the 
PhoTags Express Main Menu screen. 
The Get Photos Wizard opens. 
 
 
Step 1 - Select the “Dual Mode Camera” option in the 
Active Devices window on the left and then select either 
the “Custom” or “Express” copy radial button in the 
Copy methods box.  
 
CUSTOM COPY METHOD
 
Step 2 - Select the “Custom” copy radial button. Click 
the “Next” button. 
  

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Add Active Captions to your pictures. You can add a 
date, keywords, categories and more. Click “Next” to 
continue. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Step 3 - 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  

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name.  
Click the “Finish” button to start the download process. 
 
 
 
A photos download progress bar appears showing the 
number of media (videos included) downloading from 
you camera to your computer. 
 
All the media – Photos and Videos on your camera are 
now downloaded to your computer. 
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....