Chapter 5: Using your SMART Document Camera with SMART Notebook software. SMARTBOARD SDC-450, 450, Document Camera 450

Chapter 5:

Chapter 5

Using your

SMART Document Camera with

SMART Notebook software

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Using your document camera with

SMART Notebook software

You can display objects and capture an image to a SMART Notebook page.

You can present images from your document camera through SMART Notebook software. The interactive whiteboard or projector displays your computer desktop or SMART Notebook file.

I M P O R T A N T

Your document camera should be in Camera mode. SMART Notebook software also works with

the camera in the Computer Pass-Through mode. See The Setting tab on page 39.

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For information on using 3D Tools for SMART Notebook software and Mixed Reality Tools for

SMART Document Camera, see Using 3D Tools for SMART Notebook software and Mixed

Reality Tools on page 59.

To open a SMART Document Camera window

1. Connect your SMART Document Camera to your computer and turn on the document camera.

2. Start SMART Notebook software.

3. Press SMART Document Camera on the SMART Notebook menu bar.

A SMART Document Camera window appears.

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4. Place the object or objects you want to display under the camera.

5. Press any of the following on the menu bar to adjust the image.

Menu option Description

Zoom out.

Zoom in.

Decrease brightness.

Increase brightness.

Focus automatically.

Focus out manually.

Focus in manually.

Change the appearance of the image: rotate it 180º, define the image color, black and white or film negative. You can also start and stop Microscope mode and start Mixed Reality Tools for SMART Document Camera automatically.

Start Mixed Reality.

Insert a screen capture on the current page and then close the window.

Capture an image and insert a screen capture on a new page and keep the current window open.

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To take a series of screen captures

1. Open a SMART Document Camera window.

2. Press Capture with Time-Lapse on the SMART Document Camera window menu bar, and then select a period of time. (For example, if you want to take a screen capture every 15 seconds, select 15 Seconds.)

3. When you’re done, press to stop recording.

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The display appears in the bottom left corner of your SMART Notebook page. It displays the time that has lapsed since the last screen capture and the number of screen captures taken.

To use a microscope

1. Connect your document camera to a microscope. See Connecting your document camera to

external devices on page 16.

2. Open a SMART Document Camera window.

3. Press Additional Settings on the SMART Document Camera window menu bar, and then select Start Microscope Mode.

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The Additional Settings button doesn’t appear if you’re using a

SMART Document Camera 230 with SMART Notebook software.

4. Press Additional Settings , and then select Stop Microscope Mode when you’re done.

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