CrazyTalk Cam Suite Readme file

Copyright (c) 2008 Reallusion, Inc. All rights reserved.

CONTENTS
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* Welcome!
* System Requirements
* Notice
* Additional Technical Support Information
Welcome!
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Welcome to CrazyTalk Cam Suite, an animated messaging tool featuring customizabl
e emotive facial animation that gives you much more fun than the conventional vi
deo chatting on instant-messaging applications. With CrazyTalk Cam Suite, you ca
n start videoconferencing without a web camera installed in your PC. With the ea
sy interface of CrazyTalk Cam Suite, what your messenger friends see is your cho
sen avatar conveying lip-synching, instant emotive animations and special effect
s on your behalf.
You can download a variety of avatar content from the Reallusion website or crea
te 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 magic
ally brought to life as an animated character on your messenger. And of course,
the fun rolls bigger and bigger when you share this amazing program with all you
r friends on instant-messaging applications!
System Requirements
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Hardware
- Pentium 4, 1.6 GHz (Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz or higher recommended)
- 128 MB RAM (256 MB or higher recommended)
- 300 MB disk space (500MB or higher recommended)
- Duplex Sound Card/VGA Card/Keyboard/Mouse/Microphone/Speaker
Software
- Windows XP and Vista
- Video Conferencing Tool (Such as: Skype for Windows v3.0 or above)
Notice
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For connecting your messenger and CrazyTalk Cam Suite, the audio/video devices m
ust be set manually. Take Skype for instance:
1. Make sure that you have already logged onto your instant-messaging applicatio
n.
2. Click Tools/Options... to open the option dialog box.
3. Select the Sound Devices and set the Audio In to Reallusion Virtual Audio.
4. Select the Video and set the Select webcam to Reallusion Virtual Camera.
5. Click Save button. Your messenger then receives its audio and video sources f
rom CrazyTalk Cam Suite.
Additional Technical Support Information
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If you have any questions regarding to the installation or use of CrazyTalk Cam
Suite, please visit the support section of our website:
http://www.reallusion.com/support.asp
-or-
Contact Reallusion Technical Support: http://www.reallusion.com/support.asp
Please provide your system configuration when contacting us for technical suppor
t.