(you can click the above link and it will open
your Outlook email for you)
If
you'd let us know your first and last name,
and why you are downloading the software,
we'd be even happier!
Save it to a place you will remember
on your computer.
How
to Install:
Click on the setup.exe file. It
will walk you through the installation. That's
all there is to it.
Common
Problems:
99% of
all problems Users experience with the
program can be fixed by Uninstalling and
Re-installing the program. Sometimes,
everything doesn't settle quite right
into your computer when you first install
a new program. So before panicking or
yelling, go to Start, Control Panel, Add
or Remove Programs, and remove CCC from
your list. Then re-install the Setup.exe
file. If it still doesn't work, THEN yell.
Better yet, send us a help ticket at:
You will find an orange circular
icon and shortcut on your desktop now.
Double-click that icon to start
the Commercial Creation Center.
*VISTA
USERS: Right-click the icon and
choose Run As administrator.
You will now see that same orange
circle in the system tray
(the lower right hand area of your computer screen).
Click
on it and you will see several options:
at
the bottom, Exit,
to close out the program
above that, the list of available recorders
and features presently available (we are always
adding new features, so update often)
Now, you will see
Video, which
leads to
Screen recorder,
WebCam Recorder
and
Video Converter,
Photo Editor,
Voice Recorder,
Copy Recording
from CD and
Upload to YouTube.
Click on either to open them.
This
is the Screen Recorder. Basically,
all you do is
Select whether
or not you want to put a caption (a box
with some text) at the bottom of your video.
This might be your name, phone number and
website address.
If you don't want one, leave that
checkbox blank and ignore it.
If you
DO want a caption,
click where it says "Click
here" and you can
create, edit or load an existing
caption with our Photo
Editor.
If you downloaded our Images
Setup program, we have provided
several larger and smaller sized
caption boxes for you to start with.
You can see a step-by-step tutorial
for creating captions here.
Select what
type of video you want to create
(for YouTube, for the Online Magazine, full-size
as a video to download, for an iPod, etc.).
Check as many options as you want - the
Commercial Creation Center will convert
them for you!
Then simply click on the Start
(F7) button, or press the F7
key.
type in a name for your video,
and choose where you want to save it, and click
Save.
The video immediately starts recording
everything you do on your computer screen, and
everything you say into your microphone.
Leave 1 second of silence
at the beginning and end of your recording.
To stop the recording, hold
down the F7 key on your keyboard.
Now, you can review your video by going to the
folder where you saved it.
This
is the Webcam Recorder
Screen -
Select whether
or not you want to put a caption (a box with
some text) at the bottom of your video.
This might be your name, phone number and website
address.
If you don't want one, leave that checkbox
blank and ignore it.
If you DO
want a caption,
click where it says "Click
here" and you can create,
edit or load an existing caption with
our Photo Editor.
If you downloaded our Images
Setup program, we have provided
several larger and smaller sized caption
boxes for you to start with.
You can see a step-by-step tutorial
for creating captions here.
Select as many
formats as you like for the finished video.
Then simply click on the Start
(F7) button, or press the F7
key.
Leave 1 second of silence
at the beginning and end of your recording.
type in a name for your video,
and choose where you want to save it, and click
Save.
The video immediately starts recording
everything you do on your computer screen, and
everything you say into your microphone.
To stop the recording, hold
down the F7 key on your keyboard.
Now, you can review your video by going to the
folder where you saved it.
Video
Converter. This one is simple.
You decide if you want to put a caption
at the bottom of your video. (See Tutorial.)
Then you decide what output video
formats you want.
Then you press F7. This will let you
pick a video to convert.
It will tell you when the conversions
are completed, and you can find the
converted videos in the same folder with the
original video.
The
Photo Editor lets you
crop photos, resize images (with easy default
selctions for image sizes that go on the magazine),
and add different size and color text on top of
the image. Create logos, ads and slides, or simply
resize an existing picture to place on the magazine,
including your Profile Photo.
The Photo / Background
Tab:
Load an image first. We provide
you with colored backgrounds to create slides
and caption boxes with text, and over 200 royalty
free photos. You can also load your own images.
Optionally you can crop the image
by clicking and dragging with the mouse and
pressing F7.
Or you can resize the image
by pressing the Resize button.
You can always press Undo.
However, you must save the image
before you can put text over it or add another
image or text box.
The Text
Tab:
You can select an area on the image to place
the text by clicking and dragging your mouse.
Press F7 and the Text Editor box pops open.
To move the text around the image, click and
drag to select a new location and press F7 again,
or use your keyboard arrow keys.
You can select a font size from
the Edit Text box.
You can also change the color of the
text with our Color Picker.
You can only print one color and
size of text at a time. But you can click Save
and then add more text with different colors and
sizes. Repeat this process to create multicolored,
different sized text in different areas on your
image.
The Add
Extra Image Tab:
This can be used to add
a Caption Box to an image that you have
already created, or a video you are about to create.
Sometimes, when you want to put
text on top of an image, there are too many competing
colors in the background, and no matter what text
color you choose, some of the text disappears.
For a video, you may want to put your name, phone
number or link to your website at the bottom of
your recording.
So
you can create a Caption Box
in our Photo Editor with any color background
you want and then overlay it over your picture
or video.
Just load one of our blank video Caption Boxes
(in
our Images Setup program) - 320x50 or 176x25
(use 176x25 if you will be creating a video
in any Mobile Phone or Pocket PC format. Otherwise,
320x50 is your best choice),
or create your own caption box by loading
a background and cropping it to any size,
and save it.
Then click on the Text tab, add text on top
of it
and save it.
CAPTIONS FOR
VIDEOS: If you want this to
be the caption that is overlaid at the bottom
of your videos, click
the checkbox at the bottom left hand
side of the form AND PRESS
SAVE.
CAPTIONS FOR
IMAGES: Now load into the Photo/Background
tab whatever image you want to put your Caption
Box over,
save it,
and then go to the Add Extra Image
tab to add your new Caption Box
over it like an image.
Save the completed image.
Add
Extra Image can also be used to overlay
an image over a picture. You can even
create a collage. Sometimes the image will have
some transparency. We are working on that issue.
The
simple Audio Recorder
lets you record your voice simply and quickly.
It can be used by itself, or in combination with
upcoming modules. There really is no need for
a video, because you can't mess this up, it's
so simple.
Choose the device on your
computer that you will record with. Normally
this will be a webcam or microphone you have
plugged in, or your sound card.
Next, select the type of microphone
or input you will use. Normally you
just use whatever pops up, but you can be adventurous
and try some other options if you want.
Press Start Recording. Talk.
The volume adjusts automatically for you, and
you can see the lights move up and down.
Press Stop Recording when
you are finished.
Press Play to listen to your
recording. Press Stop to stop
it. And press Save to save
it.
Told you - there's not much to it!
Troubleshooting
your recording:
1) If you hear a
lot of puffing or blowing or pops or clicks, you
probably want to move your microphone so it's
not right in front of your mouth or under your
nose. The microphone should be to the side of
either corner of your mouth for best placement.
Try also recording in a quiet room.
2) If the sound is
not very loud (or too loud), change the recording
level by clicking and dragging the slider on the
Volume bar. If this doesn't work, you may have
to change your internal settings for your sound
card (ick, I know, sounds scary, but it's not
too horrible).
First, find the Sound/Volume icon on the bottom
right hand side of your computer, probably somewhere
near the clock. Or click Start -> Control
Panel ->
Right-click and select "Open Volume Control."
Click on Options, and then Properties
Select Recording instead of Playback.
Find the microphone column and
move the slider up (or down) by clicking and
dragging it.
Then just click the red "x" at the
top right of the form.
Copy
Recording from CD. Use the top drop down
box to select which CD drive has a CD in it. If
you guess the right one, you will see a list of
tracks (or recordings) on your CD. Check which
ones you want to copy.
Pick a location
to save your track. We have created
a folder called "cd", but you can save
it anywhere.
It will tell you the progress
of how far along it is in the copy process.
It will tell you when it
is finished.
Upload
to YouTube(TM).
Clicking on this will take you to YouTube.com
where you can login (or register if you don't
have an account yet) and upload a video you have
created.
First, login or
sign up for an account.
Once you have logged in, click
on the Upload button.
Next, fill in the
title, description, category and keywords
for your video.
Next, you can browse
through your computer to find
a video to upload, or if you have just finished
creating a new video in the Commercial Creation
Center, you can
paste the path to that video next
to the Browse button. Click
Upload Video.
It will take a little while to upload, but when
it is finished you will see a message that shows
you a link to where you can see
your video, and also some code that you can paste
back onto your own website if
you want to post the video there. (Even after
it uploads, it takes a little while to be ready
to view.)
Or, you can now go to your magazine page, click
in the File box, and press Control + V to paste
in the location of your video. Fill out your Upload
Audio/Video page with a title, description and
key words and press Send.
First, find the Sound/Volume icon on the bottom
right hand side of your computer, probably somewhere
near the clock. Or click Start -> Control
Panel -> 
Right-click and select "Open Volume Control."
Then just click the red "x" at the
top right of the form.
