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SiteCam 3.0 Documentation

SiteCam is a full-feature commercial webcam application. SiteCam supports captions, logos, background images, multiple image formats (JPEG, GIF, PICT and QuickTime), full AppleScript support, streaming video, CGI access, and image archiving. The image archiving features in SiteCam are ideal for capturing images for scientific purposes and for monitoring a site over time. If you're upgrading from a previous version, look at what is new in this release.

SiteCam has a lot of features and can be a little confusing . We recommend that you use one of the Quick Setup Guides below to walk you through the basics. After you're up and running, you can experiment with adding video captions, graphics, and using some of the advanced features.

These guides are designed to get you going quickly. Read them and save yourself some time!

First Time Setup

If you get an error message stating that there is no valid digitizer found, make sure that you have a video-input source and camera attached to your computer and it is properly installed. If you are still having problems, see our troubleshooting guide.

  1. Check the video configuration. In the File menu, select the first item in the Configure Digitizer menu (Cmd-D). If you do not see a preview window of a video image, go to the "Source" popup menu and try changing the digitizer setup popup menu in the File Menu.
  2. The next step is to create one or more SiteCam documents, by selecting New in the File menu (Cmd-N).
  3. Next, open the preview window in the Document menu (Cmd-P) to see your camera image. This can be closed later to reduce CPU usage.
  4. Next, proceed to the Quick Setup Guide that best matches your intentions.

Quick Setup Guides

Documentation

Please send any comments, feature requests, problem reports, or information to sitecam@rearden.com.

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