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NTRODUCTION
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ongratulations! You have purchased a
powerful (and fun!) video communications
tool. 3Com is known worldwide for reliable
and easy-to-use networking and data
communications tools. Now you can count on
3Com for the same quality in digital video
applications.
3Com, the leader in networking, now puts
digital video right inside your PC. With the
simple, compact camera and standards-based
video capture card included in your
Bigpicture
package, you can grab still
pictures, use Kai’s Photo Soap Special
Edition
™
to put finishing touches on images,
removing “red eye” or sunlight glare from
digital photos, or edit video footage into a real
mini-movie with Asymetrix Digital Video
Producer
™
.
With the addition of a modem, you can
conduct Internet and “point to point” H.324
video phone calls using VDONet’s
VDOPhone
™
. VDOMail
™
makes sending
video and audio to friends and family as easy
as sending regular text e-mail. BoxTop’s
iVisit
™
gives you further Internet video
capabilities. Microsoft’s NetMeeting
™
lets you
communicate with both audio and H.323
video, collaborate on virtually any Windows-
based application, exchange graphics on an
electronic whiteboard, and much more.
This manual will guide you through installation
of the hardware and software included in your
Bigpicture video package. Have fun!
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