User manual GENIUS E-MESSENGER 112

[. . . ] English Table of Contents e-Messenger 112 Features Installing the e-Messenger 112 About Genius Application-WebCAM Mate 1. Security Mode Using MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AOL CrazyTalk Avatar Creator CrazyTalk CamSuite Trouble shooting for web camera 1 2-3 3 4-9 10-12 13-14 14-17 17-19 19-41 42-69 70 i English Symbol for Separate Collection in European Countries This symbol indicates that this product is to be collected separately. The following apply only to users in European countries: This product is designated for separate collection at an appropriate collection point. For more information, contact the retailer or the local authorities in charge of waste management. e-Messenger 112 Features Add live video to your instant messaging! Turn your PC into a live broadcast hub with e-Messenger 112. [. . . ] Specify the frames per second in the Frame Rate box. The HTML options are available if you select a RM or WMV file from the media format. · Check the Produce HTML Page to create an HTML page (in the same location as the media file) with the media content embedded. -36- English · Check the Preview HTML Page to preview the HTML page before exporting. Click the Export button to export the selected talking image to multimedia format. Tips and Suggestions Facial Fitting Tips · How can I fine-tune the model image for more realistic facial movement? a. The control point 1, 2, 3 and 4 are the key to control the facial mesh morphing. 1, 2 control the vertical movement strength and 3, 4 controls the horizontal movement strength. -37- English b. Press Motion Settings on model page and check the Head Motion Preview to preview the movement. If not perfect, you can close the dialog and try to change the location of control point 1-4. · How can I make the chin movie more naturally while talking?Drag the chin control point out of the face. Good Bad -38- English b. Continue using Head Motion Preview to preview the result, and drag down the mouse to preview the mouth open while you lower the head. · How can I make the eyes look more real? If you are not using virtual eyes, but retaining the eyes in the original picture, move the control points outside the eyelids to create an even more realistic blinking action. Incorrect Correct If you are using eyes from the CrazyTalk eye library, you need to set the eye control points inside the eyelids This improves the realistic quality of the animated eyes. Incorrect Correct · How can I improve the mouth movements for a photo with an open mouth? Use the Detailed Facial Mode to keep the upper and lower lips separate. Use the Force to Close function to close the mouth while speaking. -39- English The following illustration shows how to fit an open mouth with the anchor points. · How can I avoid background movement without changing the original background? Use the Background Mask Editing button and spread out the background using the brush and clear tools. Don't get the mask too close to the facial area and make sure that it does not overlap the head of the model. Incorrect Correct -40- English · How can I use the Close Mouth Points feature to speed up the facial fitting? When you press the Close Mouth Points button, the mouth will snap shut causing the points for the upper and lower lip to move together in a single line. If your character has a closed mouth, enable this feature so no dark line is visible between the lips while the mouth is closed. If your model has an open mouth, disable this feature so you can fit the points to the upper and lower region of the lips Before closing After closing · How do I know which control point is the upper or lower control points? Control points that are yellow in color indicate that they are the upper control points. Control points of the eyelid Control points of the upper lip -41- English CrazyTalk CamSuite Introduction Overview Welcome to CrazyTalk Cam Suite, an animated messaging tool featuring customizable emotive facial animation that gives you much more fun than the conventional video chatting on instant-messaging applications. With CrazyTalk Cam Suite, you can start videoconferencing with or without a web camera installed in your PC. With the easy interface of CrazyTalk Cam Suite, what your messenger friends see is your chosen avatar conveying lip-synching, instant emotive animations and special effects on your behalf. Alternatively, they can see your face with different expressions and special effects featuring by MagicMirror. You can download a variety of avatar content from the Reallusion website or create your own avatar from a photo using CrazyTalk Avatar Creator. So any photo of yourself, your family or friend, your pet, from cartoons or comics, can be magically brought to life as an animated character on your messenger. On the website, you may also purchase more expressions, and comic effects to fulfill your favorite library. And of course, the fun rolls bigger -42- English and bigger when you share this amazing program with all your friends on instant-messaging applications! Getting Started Operating System · WindowsVista/XP/2000 Refer to the following steps to quickly start using CrazyTalk Cam Suite in your instant-messaging video conference. For more details on how to use each feature of CrazyTalk Cam Suite, refer to the rest of this Online Help. If you have an instant-messaging application installed on your OS, please manually change the audio/video devices. [. . . ] Click Preview button to invoke preview dialog box. You will see the Web Camera and Avatars window panes simultaneously. button to turn on/off the facial Check the Horizontal Mirror box on so the window pane flips horizontally. Thus you see yourself move toward the same direction as you move. Settings -64- English CrazyTalk Cam Suite allows you set the default status: · Click Settings to show the Setting window. [. . . ]