═══ 1. Introduction to Video Kit ═══ Video Kit allows you to view live video from a video input source. It also allows you to perform editing on the captured image. Video Kit promotes most of the features for Video Blaster like color keying and image capturing. ═══ 2. Using Video Kit ═══ This section provides you with steps on how to use the Video Kit application efficiently. It is organised as follows : 1. Capture a video image 2. Load a captured image 3. Print a video image 4. Copy video image to Clipboard 5. Export video to another window 6. Change the color settings ═══ 2.1. Capture a video image ═══ Allows you to save the video image to a graphics file. Currently the supported file format is only OS/2 Bitmap. To save a video image : 1. Click in the tool bar. 2. The Save file dialog box appears. 3. Enter a filename at the filename entry field for the image to be saved. 4. Click the OK button. 5. The image is now save in the specified filename. ═══ 2.2. Load a captured image ═══ Allows you to open a graphics file and load the image on the video screen. To load a captured image : 1. Click in the tool bar. 2. The Open file dialog box appears. 3. Enter the filename of the graphics file to be opened. 4. Click the OK button and wait. 5. The image is now loaded onto the video screen. 6. To display the live video again, you can unfreeze the video. ═══ 2.3. Print a video image ═══ Allows you to print the video image in the video screen by using the Print command in the File Menu. To print a video image : 1. Ensure that the printer is setup properly before printing. 2. You can use Print Setup command in File Menu to configure the printer settings like correct paper size, orientation of the printing, etc. 3. Select the Print command from the File Menu. 4. The Print dialog box appears. 5. Enter number of copies to be printed. 6. Click the OK button to start printing. ═══ 2.4. Copy video image to Clipboard ═══ To copy image to Clipboard : 1. Click in the tool bar. 2. The video image is copied to the clipboard. 3. To view the image on clipboard, you can use the OS/2 Clipboard Viewer. ═══ 2.5. Export video to another window ═══ Allows you to export video to another application window. It demostrates the color keying capability in the Video Blaster SE. To export video : 1. Click in the tool bar. 2. The mouse pointer is changed to 3. Move the mouse pointer to another window where the live video is to be displayed. 4. Click the left mouse button. 5. The video image is exported to the selected window. 6. The mouse pointer returns to the default one. 7. To display the live video back to the video screen, click in the tool bar again. ═══ 2.6. Change the color setings ═══ Allows you to modify the color attributes of the video image to your preference. To adjust the color settings : 1. Click in the tool bar. 2. A dialog box appears. 3. Click the YES button to open the Video Blaster Setup program. 4. The Video Blaster Setup program is opened. 5. Change the color settings for the video image. 6. Close the Video Blaster Setup Window after use. 7. The Video Kit program will be re-opened. ═══ 3. Menu Selections ═══ The Menu Bar consists of the following menu items : 1. File 2. Edit 3. View 4. Options 5. Help See also : Menu Hot Keys ═══ 3.1. File ═══ The File menu provides services such as loading, saving and printing of video image in the video screen. The following are the commands available : 1. Open 2. Save 3. Print 4. Print Setup 5. Exit OPEN Open an existing bitmap file and load the captured image onto the video screen. The video image will be freezed. SAVE Save a video screen image to a bitmap file PRINT Print the content of the video image using the current selected printer. PRINT SETUP Configure the printer before printing. ═══ 3.2. Edit ═══ The Edit Menu offers OS/2 clipboard functions such as Cut, Copy and Paste. The following are the commands available : 1. Clear 2. Cut 3. Copy 4. Paste CLEAR Erase video image from the video screen and leave the entire screen black. User can display the live video again by clicking CUT Move the video image from the video screen to the Clipboard. COPY Copy the video image in the video screen to the Clipboard. PASTE Paste the content of the Clipboard onto the video screen. ═══ 3.3. View ═══ The View Menu allows you to change the appearance of the video image on the video screen. It includes command to perform video exporting on the video screen and turn on/off the Tool Bar and the Status Bar window. The following are the commands available : 1. Freeze 2. Full Screen 3. Export Video 4. Toolbar 5. Statusbar FREEZE Freeze or Unfreeze the video image in the video screen. FULL SCREEN Maximize the video screen. EXPORT VIDEO Export the video image from the video screen to another application window. TOOL BAR Show or Hide the Tool Bar. STATUS BAR Show or Hide the Status Bar. ═══ 3.4. Options ═══ The Options Menu provides options for you to customize the Video Kit application according to your preference. The following are the commands available : 1. Video Sources 0, 1, .., S-Video 2. Video Setup VIDEO SOURCE Allows you to choose the input video source from the video connector 0, 1, .. and S-Video. VIDEO SETUP Opens the Video Blaster Setup program and allows you to change the video image color attributes. ═══ 3.5. Help ═══ The Help Menu provides online help information in using the Video Kit application. The following are the commands available : 1. Help Index 2. Using Help 3. Product Information HELP INDEX Display the contents of Video Kit online information. USING HELP Provides information on how to use Help. PRODUCT INFORMATION Display copyright information. ═══ 4. Tool Bar ═══ The Tool Bar consists of graphic buttons for frequently used menu commands. It can be a toggle button or normal pushbutton. A brief description on each button is as follows : Open a bitmap file with a .BMP extension. Save the video image to a file. Cut the video image from the video screen and transfer to the clipboard and clear the video screen. Copy the image from the video screen to the clipboard. Paste the clipboard contents to the video screen. Freeze or Unfreeze the video image in the video screen. Export the video image to another application window. Opens the Video Blaster Setup program to set the color settings for the video image. Access online help information for Video Kit. You can obtain detail explaination from "Using Video Kit". ═══ 5. Status Bar ═══ The Status Bar can be toggled between the status information and the online help messages. By default, the Status Bar has three regions which display the status information about the Video Kit window. It will be displaying the online help messages when a menu item is highlighted. The three regions can be defined as follows : 1. Video State or Image Filename 2. Mouse Pointer Position 3. Size of Video Screen Video State or Image Filename Indicates the filename of a graphics file that is loaded. It shows the current status of the video image. The video image can be live or still. Mouse Pointer Position Indicates the mouse pointer position in the video screen. Size of Video Screen Displays the size of the current video screen. ═══ 6. Menu Hot Keys ═══ A faster way to access the menu commands is by the means of the menu hot keys. The following are the Hot Keys that can be used in Video Kit. FILE MENU Save Ctrl+S Exit Alt+F4 EDIT MENU Clear Ctrl+L Cut Ctrl+X Copy Ctrl+C Paste Ctrl+V VIEW MENU Freeze Ctrl+F Full Screen Ctrl+B