User Guide
AcuSTUDIO
With AcuSTUDIO, you are favored and spoiled with a versatile range of recording options
to meet your various needs. You can:
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Record offline or live broadcast your audio/video-only recording without any slides.
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Live broadcast your recording with slides presentation.
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Offline record your slides presentation accompanied with audio and video effects.
And because its offline, it simulates a studio environment — which means you can
record, re-record, and edit on the fly, till you perfect your presentation.
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Record and narrate on your training for a particular software application/program
using the Screen Director option.
Version 6.0
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AcuCONFERENCE
AcuCONFERENCE
AcuSTUDIO
AcuLe@rn
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AcuMANAGER
AcuMANAGER
AcuSTREAM
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Copyright
The content is copyrighted material of Aculearn Pte Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this
publication may be produced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by
any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise — without prior
written permission of Aculearn Pte Ltd.
Help and Support
If you need further support, email us at support@aculearn.com.
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Welcome
Rich Media Communications. That’s what AcuLearn Version 6.0 embodies, and that’s
exactly what it offers.
AcuCONFERENCE
Simulates a conference setting where there is a Host, one or more co-hosts (as appointed
by Host), and participants. Provides features that enable all participants of the web-based
conference to engage in live, dynamic discussions and decision-making.
AcuSTUDIO
Simulates a studio recording environment where you can record, re-record — and edit on
the fly — your slides presentation to your utmost satisfaction. Accepts a wide range of
document types (PPT, DOC, XLS, PDF, GIF, JPG, BMP, SWF), and able to combine
these different file types into one presentation document.
If you need a live broadcast to a large audience, AcuSTUDIO is able to simulate that
too. Moreover, you can save you live presentation and retrieve it at a later time for
content amendment or improvement.
If you need something for software training, the Screen Director option in AcuSTUDIO
is able to simulate a software training session on the desktop screen. It captures all mouse
and cursor movements, menu pull-down actions and voice narration, and even the
software’s response to your inputs.
A c u MA N A GE R 
As the heart of AcuLearn’s Content Delivery Network (CDN) architecture,
AcuMANAGER not only speeds up delivery of multimedia content over a network
infrastructure, it also provides automatic live web-cast and access security. The CDN is
able to achieve high-performance multimedia delivery because it pushes content closer to
the users. Users then access content from devices strategically placed at the network edge
(AcuSTREAM), which is faster and less expensive.
Ac u ST REAM 
As the device which is placed strategically at the edge of AcuLearn’s CDN,
AcuSTREAM works seamlessly with AcuMANAGER to ensure speedy delivery and
to provide scalable architecture for online media delivery, conference and live web-cast.
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Minimum Requirements
This section lists the minimum hardware and software requirements of each Version 6.0
product.
AcuCONFERENCE and AcuSTUDIO (Minimum)
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Windows 2000, XP and VISTA
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Office XP, 2003, 2007
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CPU: Pentium 4, 1GHz
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RAM: 512MB
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Network: Ethernet
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CD-RW/DVD Drive
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Ear piece with microphone
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Web-Cam that supports at least 320X240 format or fire wire Digital Camera that supports
D1 format
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If video source is analog, hardware capture card is required
Note: We recommend Viewcast capture card. For more details, visit
http://www.viewcast.com.
AcuMANAGER and AcuSTREAM (Recommended)
Any Intel-based sever with:
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Windows Server 2000, 2003 (32-bit) (Enterprise Edition needed if multicast is required)
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CPU: Pentium 4 Duo Core X 2 CPUs
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RAM: 2 GB
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CD-ROM/DVD writer
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Fast or Gigabit Ethernet
Note: Storage space depends on the amount of contents in AcuMANAGER/AcuSTREAM.
As a guide, an hour presentation at 256kbps requires about 150MB of storage space.
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Table of Contents
AcuSTUDIO User Guide
Quickstart AcuLIVE (Broadcast without slides)
Live Broadcast With Slides
Preparing for live broadcast
Running live broadcast
Update Broadcast Channel
Quickstart AcuSTUDIO (Recording without Slides)
Studio Recording with Slides Presentation
Recording a presentation
One touch recording
Scheduled Recording
Previewing presentation
Editing presentation
Publishing presentation
Training with Screen Director
Screen Director with Slides Presentation
Screen Director without Slides Presentation
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APPENDIX:
Annotation Tools
Scanner
Screen Snapshot
Laser Pointer
Insert Text
Drawing Pen
Highlight
Eraser
Color Palette
Whiteboard
Clear all annotations
Full Screen
Web collaboration
Go/Stop
SETTINGS:
Network Settings:
Recording Mode:
Normal Recording Settings:
One Touch Recording Settings:
Scheduled Recording Settings:
Audio/ Video Settings:
Single Video Input Settings:
Screen + Pop-up Settings:
Audio Only Settings:
Publish Settings:
Background Images:
Conference Settings:
Audio/ Video Settings:
Conference Connection Settings:
Proxy server settings:
General Settings:
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Quickstart AcuLIVE (Broadcast without slides)
If you want to run a live broadcast your audio/video-only recording without any slides, you can do so
using the Quickstart AcuLIVE Broadcast menu option.
1. Click Windows Start button.
2. Select Programs, AcuSTUDIO and AcuCONFERENCE 6.0, AcuSTUDIOCONFERENCE.
3. From AcuLIVE menu, select Quickstart AcuLIVE Broadcast.
(Click on
toolbar icon or select
from taskbar)
4. At Logon to AcuManager dialog box, enter your Userid and Password. Then, click
OK
.
(If you’re using your personal computer, you may want to check on Auto Login so that you can
avoid this step in the future)
5. At Course Information dialog box, enter details pertaining to your live broadcast without
slides: Course Title, Author, Email address (to which hyperlink will be sent), Domain
Groups (to which permission will be granted to view live broadcast).
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6. Click Upload or Update (
icon for upload or
icon for update).
Once broadcast session is created/updated, it will start automatically if you’ve check on
‘Automatically start’ checkbox. An email with hyperlink to your live broadcast session will
be copied to the clipboard as well as sent to your specified Email address.
7. If you’ve schedule the broadcast for another date and time, you can close the above dialog
box (
icon) once the session has been created. To start the broadcast that you’ve
created earlier, you can access the broadcast channels from AcuLIVE, Select Broadcast
Channel (Click on
toolbar icon).
8. At Schedule window, highlight the desired session and click
to start.
9. Configure your video and audio resources at AV Settings dialog box below.
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(Note: You can select webcam, screen capture and media files. If you want to record with audio
and video from a media file, please do remember to select the media file as audio source as well)
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10. Click OK to start your broadcast without any slides.
The window below appears.
11. Click
to start the broadcast channel.
12. Once status is started for all AcuSTREAMs, click
start broadcast.
at dialog box (as shown below) to
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13. To end broadcast, click
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on the video window or
at top right corner of window.
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Live Broadcast With Slides
In the previous section, you learned about Quickstart menu option which allows you to live web-cast
without any slides. In this section, you will learn how to deliver your presentation — complete with
slides, sight and sound — live on the network!
Preparing for live broadcast
1.
Click Windows Start button.
2. Select Programs, AcuSTUDIO and AcuCONFERENCE 6.0, AcuSTUDIOCONFERENCE.
3. From Main menu, select File->Open to open and merge all the files (PPT, XLS, DOC,
SWF, JPG, BMP, GIF, PDF and ACM) required for your live presentation in the Slides
Sorter view.
(Click on
toolbar icon)
4. From AcuLIVE menu, select Create Broadcast Channel.
(Click on
toolbar icon)
5. At Logon to AcuManager dialog box, enter your Userid and Password. Then, click OK.
(If you’re using your personal computer, you may want to check on Auto Login so that you can
avoid this step in the future)
6. Enter live presentation details: Course Title, Author, Time, Email address (to which
hyperlink will be sent), Course Description, Domain Groups (to which permission will be
granted to view live broadcast).
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7. Click Upload (
icon for upload).
Once broadcast session is created, it will start automatically if you’ve check on
‘Automatically start’ checkbox. An email with hyperlink to your live broadcast session will
be copied to the clipboard as well as sent to your specified Email address.
8. If you’ve schedule the broadcast for another date and time, you can close the above dialog
box (
icon) once the session has been created. You can access the broadcast channels
from AcuLIVE, Select Broadcast Channel (Click on
toolbar icon).
9. You can copy the broadcast channel access hyperlink by selecting the broadcast channel in
the schedule window and clicking on
icon.
10. Inform your audience of live presentation’s date, time, and hyperlink.
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Running live broadcast
1. To start the broadcast that you’ve created earlier, you can access the broadcast channels
from AcuLIVE, Select Broadcast Channel.
(Click on
toolbar icon or select
from taskbar)
2. At Schedule window, highlight the desired session and click
to start.
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3. Configure your audio and video resources at AV Settings dialog box, and click OK.
The window below appears.
Note: If the AcuManager Service Provider is setup on Win2000 Server, AcuLIVE IP address must be
accessible by AcuManager in order to run live web cast.
If the AcuManager Service Provider is setup on Win2003 Server, AcuLIVE live webcast can work
with dynamic IP. However, only Win2003 Enterprise Edition will provide multicast.
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4. Click Start button to start broadcast and recording.
5. Once status is started for all,
click
at dialog box.
6. To end broadcast, click
window.
on the video windows or
at top right corner of
7. From Main menu, select File->Save to save your live broadcast.
(Click on
toolbar icon)
You can load/retrieve the saved recording (in ACM format) for editing at a later
time. (For more details, see the next section — Studio Recording of Slides
Presentation.)
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Update Broadcast Channel
After you have created a broadcast channel, the system will send you an email of the
broadcast session. You may have sent email invitation to your participants to join the session.
However, you may want to make some last minute changes to your slides. You can change
the presentation slides by updating your broadcast channel. This will not change the access
hyperlink to this broadcast session.
1. From the Main Menu, select File->Open and open your updated presentation slides
(Click on
toolbar icon)
2. Select AcuLIVE->Update Broadcast Channel
3. Select the channel and click on
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4. Make any changes to the channel information
5. Click on
to update your broadcast channel. If you have checked on “Start
broadcast after creating channel”, the session will start immediately.
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Quickstart AcuSTUDIO (Recording without Slides)
If you want to record your audio/video-only recording without any slides, you can do so using
the Quickstart AcuSTUDIO Recording menu option.
1. Click Windows Start button.
2. Select Programs->AcuSTUDIO and AcuCONFERENCE 6.0-> AcuSTUDIOCONFERENCE.
3. From AcuSTUDIO menu, select Quickstart AcuSTUDIO Recording.
(Click on
toolbar icon or select
from taskbar)
4. Configure your video and audio resources at AV Settings dialog box below.
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(Note: You can select webcam, screen capture, media files, jpg as video source. If you
want to record with audio and video from a media file, please do remember to select the
media file as audio source as well)
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5. Click OK to start your recording without any slides.
The window below appears.
6. Click
to start recording.
7. To end recording, click
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Studio Recording with Slides Presentation
With AcuSTUDIO, you can communicate proprietary knowledge with maximum impact but with
minimum effort. You can combine different file types into one presentation document which is
accompanied with your voice narration and video recording — hence maximum impact. On the other
hand, all this can be done without any special training or tools or the support of any background
audio/visual crew — hence minimum effort.
Most important of all, AcuSTUDIO mimics a studio recording environment. To perfect your
presentation to meet your impeccable standard, you can re-record on selective slides while
audio/video editing is done automatically.
Recording a presentation
1. Click Windows Start button.
2. Select Programs, AcuSTUDIO and AcuCONFERENCE 6.0, AcuSTUDIOCONFERENCE.
3. From Main menu, select File->Open to open and merge all the files required for your
presentation in the Slides Sorter view.
Note: AcuSTUDIO accepts these file formats: PPT, DOC, XLS, PDF, SWF, GIF, JPG,
and BMP. Please note the PDF is converted to JPG using its original size which may be
smaller or larger than viewing with PDF reader.
4. Arrange slides in the correct order by
clicking-and-dragging to the desired locations.
5. To edit slide’s content, double-click on a slide (PPT, DOC, XLS ONLY).
6. Once content is ready, select Start Recording from AcuSTUDIO menu.
(Click on
toolbar icon)
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7. At AV Settings dialog box, click
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AcuSTUDIO window appears as follows.
8. Click record
to start recording.
9. Look at the camera.
10. Use any annotation tool on the current slide, if necessary.
11. Click anywhere on the slide, or the desired slide in the TOC, to advance your presentation.
Tip:
At TOC, you can click on the same slide to re-record immediately.
12. If you need to use Screen Director (see Screen Director), click on A/V setting
and
select your screen resolution. You will be reminded to Press “Esc” when you want to stop
Screen Director recording.
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13. When you click on record, the button will change to pause
will pause the recording. To resume, click on record again.
. Clicking on this button
(Note: You cannot pause the recording session when you are recording with media file as audio
and video source)
14. To end recording, click
.
15. After recording, you can select one of the following options from Main menu:
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Preview to preview your recording.
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Save to save your recording so that you can subsequently retrieve to edit or continue
with your presentation. Saved file will be in ACM format.
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Publish in one of the following modes: Network, Hard Disk, CD, or DVD.
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One touch recording
One touch recording is the easiest way to record for video/audio or your screen/audio.
1. Click Windows Start button.
2. Select Programs, AcuSTUDIO and AcuCONFERENCE 6.0, AcuSTUDIOCONFERENCE.
You can start one touch recording from:
Main Window
a. Set AcuSTUDIO into one touch recording mode by clicking on Option-> One Touch
Recording and then Option->Settings to set your devices:
In the Audio / Video Settings Page,
I) Recording Mode: Choose one recording mode.
a) Single Video Input: AcuSTUDIO will record from either Video device 1 input or Screen
(Computer display monitor)
b) Screen + Pop-up Video: AcuSTUDIO will record computer display monitor. A video
window will pop-up on the display monitor from Video device 1 input
c) Audio: AcuSTUDIO will record using audio only
II) Video Source: Choose the video device from your computer
III) Screen: Select either 1024X768 or 800X600
IV) Audio Source: Choose the audio device from your computer
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V) Profile: The profile will allow you to choose recording video quality. When you choose
one recording mode, a corresponding default profile will be selected. If necessary, you can
choose the “Customized Screen Profile” from the drop box and click on
customize your own profile.
to
b. When you select One Touch Recording, the record button
will be enabled. Click on the
record button to start recording. Alternatively, you use press F6 to start, F7 to stop recording.
F6 and F7 are default settings which can be changed in settings.
Taskbar icon
a. Using the
on the bottom right screen,
, right click on the
select One Touch Recording.
b. Go to settings and select your devices (see above). Press F6 (default settings) directly or
select “Start recording” to start recording.
When recording, the software will be minimized automatically. The icon
a blinking
,
will change into
to indicate that recording is in progress.
3. To pause for a while, click on F6 (default settings) or right click on
the screen, choose “Pause recording”
4. To end recording, click on F7 (default settings) or right click on
at the right bottom of
at the right bottom of the
screen, choose “Stop recording”, then Click on
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Scheduled Recording
You can select scheduled recording to set recording based on time schedule.
To make recording schedule, you need to set Studio ID on both AcuSTUDIO and AcuMANAGER
Schedule Recording page. AcuSTUDIO will read the schedule from AcuMANAGER, record and
publish (default settings) automatically.
(Note: In the scheduled recording mode, you CANNOT run AcuConference or AcuSTUDIO.)
Create Recording Schedule (Web Page)
Here’s how to create a conference session from the web page.
1. Enter the login address of your AcuMANAGER provider into Internet Explorer i.e.
(http://acumanager/login)
2. Enter your Company, Userid and Password (You need to have Scheduler rights. Please
contact your system administrator to set your account with Scheduler rights.)
3.
Select “Scheduled Recording” and AcuSTUDIO ID.
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To create a new Studio ID, click on “New”.
（You can click on the existing Studio ID to modify.）
5.
Fill in the information, then click on “Save” to create a new Studio ID.
6. Step 6 to 8 (Creating a new Course) is optional - Go to the “Course Page” to create a
new course.
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7. Click on “New” to create a new course. （To modify the existing course, click on the
course name.）
8.
Fill in the blanks and click on “Save” to create a new course. (Do not click on BB
course unless you are operating under BlackBoard Learning Management System
integrated environment.)
9.
When you have finished, go to “Schedule” Tab.
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10. To create a new schedule, click on “Create Schedule”
11. Fill in the blanks and then click on “Save”. (If you enter the email address field, the
system will send notification email to this email address when his recording is
uploaded to AcuMANAGER). (Do not click on BB course unless you are operating
under BlackBoard Learning Management System integrated environment.)
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Setting AcuSTUDIO for Scheduled Recording:
1. Click Windows Start button.
2. Select Programs, AcuSTUDIO and AcuCONFERENCE 6.0, AcuSTUDIOCONFERENCE. From Main menu, select Option->Scheduled Recording. The
window will be shown as below:
3. Click on
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4. Make sure that the AcuSTUDIO is set with to AcuMANAGER’s address. The Studio
ID should match that one you create on the server (see Create Recording Schedule).
Click on
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Previewing presentation
1. From AcuSTUDIO menu, select Preview.
(Click on
toolbar icon)
2. In the Preview window, you can do the following:
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Click Edit TOC by right clicking on the title
to change slide titles in TOC listing.
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Click Trim
to trim off a certain segment of audio/video recording in a slide.
The selected target audio/video segment to be trimmed will playback for your confirmation.
You can key in trim Start time and End time directly into the playback window. Click on
Apply
to see the changes made. When you click on OK
, the selected segment
will be permanently removed from the recording. Therefore, it is wise to save the recording
before you start to trim.
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You can change the layout template by clicking on
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You can also insert a pause during playback by clicking on
. Use this to insert a
pause during playback when you want your viewers to ponder. Viewers can resume
playback by clicking on Play on Windows Media Player.

You can remove insert pause by clicking on
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Click End
.
to end preview.
Note: After preview, you may edit your presentation (see section — Editing presentation) or
publish it to distribute to your target audience (see section — Publishing presentation).
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Editing presentation
3. From Main menu, select File->Open to retrieve saved recording (in ACM format)
which you want to edit.
The retrieved file appears in Slides Sorter view below.
4. To change slides sequence, do so by
clicking-and-dragging the slide to the desired location.
Note: Audio and video recording associated with this re-located slide will be
automatically re-synchronized too.
5. Double click on the slide to edit the slide. If you need to make multiple
modifications, it is recommended that you double click on the slide and operate in
PowerPoint environment. The changes that you have made (Edit, Sort, Delete,
Insert etc) in PowerPoint will be synchronized to AcuSTUDIO.
6. If you delete a slide, its associated audio/video recording will be removed too.
7. To add a slide, do the following:

From AcuSTUDIO menu, select Open/Merge to select file to merge (PPT,
DOC, XLS, PDF, SWF, GIF, JPG, or BMP);
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Start recording on the new slides.
8. To re-record over an existing slide or start recording on new slide, enter
AcuSTUDIO recording mode as follows:
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From AcuSTUDIO menu, select Start
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From TOC listing, click an existing slide over which you wish to re-record or
a new slide on which you wish to start recording.
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Note: When you re-record the latest recording will appear as a new slide insert next
to the old recording.
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Click Start button to start recording.
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Click Stop button to end recording.
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Publishing presentation
Once you are ready to distribute your recording, AcuSTUDIO offers the following content
delivery options:
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Select Hard Disk to save content file in local hard disk.
(Click on
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Select CD DVD to store content file in CD.
(Click on

toolbar icon)
toolbar icon)
Select Network to upload recorded presentation to network — which
requires logon to AcuMANAGER.
(Click on
toolbar icon)
To upload presentation to your network for easy content sharing and distribution, here’s what
you do.
1. From Main menu, select File->Publish->Network.
(Click on
toolbar icon)
2. At Logon to AcuManager dialog box, enter your User Id and Password. Then,
click OK
.
(If you’re using your personal computer, you may want to check on Auto Login so that
you can avoid this step in the future)
3. Enter the required information to publish your content: Course Title, Author, Email
id (to which hyperlink will be sent), Course Description, Domain Groups (to which
permission will be granted to view presentation).
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4. Click Upload
.
Once upload is done, an email with hyperlink to your presentation will be sent to
your specified Email address.
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Training with Screen Director
Need something for rapid software training? With Screen Director in AcuSTUDIO, you
can both record and narrate on an active application/program window. Besides your
keyboard and mouse inputs, Screen Director also captures the application’s response to your
inputs.
Screen Director with Slides Presentation
5. Click Windows Start button.
6. Select Programs,->AcuSTUDIO and AcuCONFERENCE 6.0 -> AcuSTUDIOCONFERENCE.
7. From Main menu, select File->Open and browse for the slides that you want to use
Screen Director with slides.
(Click on
toolbar icon)
8. From AcuSTUDIO menu, select AcuSTUDIO-> Start Recording.
9. At AV Settings dialog box, do the following:
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Check Video (i.e.,
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Select Screen Director.

Select Screen Resolution — the screen size with which you wish to use for
your software training.
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Click OK.
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10. Click Start
button to start recording.
You will be prompted to press ‘Esc’ button upon completion of recording (as
shown below).
11. Click OK at message window.
Your screen will be resized to the screen resolution you have chosen.
12. Speak into the microphone when you narrate the steps on how to use the application
that you are currently demonstrating.
13. You can advance slide by clicking on the slide control (as shown below at bottom
right corner).
14. The slide number display can be hidden by press the F2 key.
15. To end recording, press ESC key.
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16. After recording, you can select one of the following options from AcuSTUDIO
menu:

Preview to preview your recording.

Save to save your recording so that you can subsequently retrieve to edit or
continue with your presentation. Saved file will be in ACM format.

Publish in one of the following modes: Network, Hard Disk, CD, or DVD.
Screen Director without Slides Presentation
1. Refer to One Touch Recording above.
2. In settings, select Single Video, select Screen
3. Press F6 (default setting) to start recording
4. Press F7 (default setting) to stop recording
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APPENDIX:
Annotation Tools
AcuCONFERENCE and AcuSTUDIO provide you with handy annotation tools to enhance
your presentation.
Sc a n n e r
Click this button to transfer an image from the scanner to content slide viewer
Screen Snapshot
You can capture an area or the entire screen display. Click on this button. To start capture, press
PrtSc button on your keyboard. Click and Hold your left mouse button to select the size of capture.
Laser Pointer
Hitting this button will bring up a small red dot on the slide viewer screen. Use to draw the
participant’s attention to an important point on the screen.
Insert Text
You can enter text into the slide viewer by selecting this function. Once you’ve entered your text,
you press “Cntrl Enter” or click anywhere outside to text box to send your text to the participants.
Drawing Pen
Select this function to draw on the slide viewer display screen.
Highlight
This function will bring up a highlighter.
Eraser
Click on this button and then click on the annotation that you want to erase.
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Color Palette
Select the annotation tool first (Text, Pencil, Highlighter and Laser Pointer),
Then click on the color palette to select the color for that tool.
Whiteboard
Clear the slide viewer screen and display a white board.
Clear all annotations
Clear all annotations on the screen.
Full Screen
Click on this button to display the slide viewer in full screen mode.
While you’re in the full screen mode, you can Right Click to display the annotation tool box.
Press “Esc” to return to console view.
Web collaboration
Click on this button and enter the web address into the web address box.
All your participants will be able to co-browse your selected web page.
To forward and backward web pages, you can use
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You will also be able to scroll, annotate and hyperlink to other web page with the participants.
Go/Stop
Stop webpage from loading.
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SETTINGS:
1. Choose the server address from the drop-down list or key in a new server address. Add
some comments in the comment textbox if needed.
2. Key in Company name, User name, and Password
3. Ensure all the information you input is correct, click on “Test” to ensure all of them, and
then click on “OK” to save your setting.
“Auto Login” checkbox:
When checked, the system will login automatically
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“SSL (secure socket layer)” checkbox:
If your service provider offers this service, this checkbox will be enabled. When checked, all
transmissions will be encrypted.
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Network Settings:
1. Key in Company name, User name, Old password, New password and Repeat password
2. Click on “change” and the system will prompt as below, and then click on
the prompt.
to close
3. Click on “OK” to save the changes and close the setting page.
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Recording Mode:
There are 3 kinds of recording modes.
Normal Recording: This recording mode is used for users operating with or without
presentation slides. User control the process by entering into recording, selects input
devices or Screen Director, Quickstart recording and live webcast etc.
One Touch Recording mode: In this mode, the devices are pre-set in setting. User only
interaction is Start, Pause or Stop. (Default keyboard settings are F6, F6 and F7 respectively).
Scheduled Recording mode: No user’s intervention needed in this mode. Recording start and
stop are controlled by AcuMANAGER. This mode is normally used for dedicated computer.
Please NOTE:
1. Do not log off the computer.
2. Do not switch to other recording modes.
Otherwise Schedule Recording will be turned off.
Please NOTE:
AcuSTUDIO and AcuCONFERENCE cannot be used while it is set to Schedule recording
mode.
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Normal Recording Settings:
“Show audio/ video settings during startup for AcuSTUDIO/AcuLIVE” checkbox:
When checked, each time a user start a recording session, the A/V setting window will be
displayed. You can select and test A/V devices before starting the recording session.
“Show snapshot help” checkbox:
If checked, when you click on
follows:
during recording when you, the system will prompt as
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The prompt will show tips on how to use screen snapshot function.
“Start broadcast after creating channel” checkbox:
If checked, system will start broadcast automatically after creating a broadcast channel.
“Start Quickstart broadcast after creating channel” checkbox:
If checked, system will start Quickstart broadcast automatically after creating a channel.
One Touch Recording Settings:
“Prompt to pause recording” checkbox:
If checked, the system will prompt the user before pausing.
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“Prompt to stop recording” checkbox:
If checked, the system prompt user before stopping the recording.
“Auto save recording to this folder” checkbox:
If checked, the recording will automatically be saved to the folder after recording. Otherwise,
user will be asked for the location to save the recording.
Define Hot Key:
Define the hot key for stopping recording such as F7+Ctrl+Shift
Notes: You can select any key between F1 to F10.
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Scheduled Recording Settings:
Scheduled recording: Please set STUDIO ID on AcuMANAGER first so that you can test the
connection. (Please refer to the above section on Scheduled recording)
“Studio ID” MUST match the Studio ID of AcuMANAGER.
After you have entered Studio ID, click on “Test” to verify with AcuMANAGER. The system
will prompt “Successful Login” or “Invalid Studio ID”.
“Auto publish scheduled recording” checkbox:
If checked, the system will publish its recording automatically.
You can check on “Scheduled publishing” checkbox to select batch publishing of its
recording by setting time to “Start” and “Stop”. If this option is not checked, the recording
will publish immediately when completed.
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Audio/ Video Settings:
“Audio/ Video Settings”: These settings are used for One Touch and Scheduled Recording.
The 3 selections are:
Single Video Input:
AcuSTUDIO will record according to the selected input device. The input source can either
be video, screen or media file.
Screen + Pop-up Video:
When this option is selected, AcuSTUDIO will pop-up a video display on the screen during
recording. The video input must be selected.
Audio Only:
Select this option for recording audio only.
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Single Video Input Settings:
In this recording mode, AcuSTUDIO accepts only one video input. You can select: video
device, screen or media file.
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Video device set your video capture device such as web-camera or DV Cam.
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Screen recording is to record your display screen.
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Media file set a media file as the video input.
For audio source, you can select from audio device or media file.
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Audio device set your audio capture device.
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Media file set a media file as audio input.
When you choose one recording mode, the system will select a corresponding default
profile. You can also choose “Customized Profile” from the drop-down list and click of
“Edit” button to customize your own profile.
Click on “Test” to show the preview window.
For Osprey video card with multiple inputs:
Osprey video capture card with multiple inputs users can select multiple video inputs.
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Select Osprey Device, click on “Test” to test your video device.
By setting the time to each input, AcuSTUDIO will automatically switch between these
inputs during recording.
If you would like to use a single video input, check “Disable multiple video inputs” check
box and select ONE input from Osprey menu. Alternatively, you can also set 0 sec to
each input except the input you would like to use.
You can also check on “Switch video source manually” to switch between different
video inputs manually.
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Screen + Pop-up Settings:
When you select this mode, upon start of recording, a video will pop up on the screen.
You can define the size and position of this video pop up. During recording, you can also
use your mouse to drag the video pop up to any location.
On this settings page, you can change information for the video source, the audio source,
the size and position of the pop-up window, and the profile.
Pop-up window is to show the local video (the video source), as a user, can select the
different size and different position of the pop-up window.
The profile will show you the choices of the video quality for recording. When you
choose one recording mode, there will be given you some responding relevant choices to
be chosen. If necessary, you can choose the “Customized Screen Profile” from the dropdown list and click on “OK” to customize your own profile.
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Audio Only Settings:
This selection is only for audio recording.
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Publish Settings:
1. Key in the Author, Title, Copyright and Email address. When you publish content to
AcuMANAGER, the system will send notification to the email address.
2. Click on “OK” to save your change.
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Background Images:
1. You can select image for your top banner, left side (background for TOC) and right side
(background for Slideviewer).
2. Select the template from the drop down menu and click on ‘….’ to select the image for
each template.
3. The selected image document will display at the Preview area
4. Click on “OK” to save your change.
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Conference Settings:
You can select your general preference for your AcuConference; can change the default
folders for receiving files, saving conference recordings, recording mode as well as how to
send email invites. Click on “OK” to save your change.
“Remember last layout” checkbox:
When checked, AcuCONFERENCE will remember the last layout used.
“Synchronize Layout” checkbox:
When “Synchronize layout” is unchecked, user will NOT follow presenter’s layout during the
meeting. This is commonly used when you are projecting to big screen where one shows
video and the other show slide viewer.
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Audio/ Video Settings:
I) Video device: set your video capture device such as web-camera or DV Cam
II) Microphone (Audio device): Set your audio capture device
III) Playback Device: Set your playback device.
Choose the Video/Audio device from your computer
IV) Video Parameters:
Video codec: Set the video format to High Definition or H264. High Definition provides
higher video definition; however, it will utilize more CPU. H264 will provide higher
number of frames per second.
Video rate: This refers to video bitrate. This rate affects the number of frames per second.
Frame rate: Set number of video frame per second.
“Video bitrate control” checkbox:
If checked, the system will automatically
1. Reduce the video bit rate when the bandwidth is insufficient
2. Reduce the video definition when the CPU utilization is too high
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Conference Connection Settings:
There are 3 connection methods. Normally the system will try to connect using the most
efficient connection i.e.: UDP. If it fails to connect, the system will attempt to connect using
different protocol. If you are on a network that allows only HTTP Tunneling, you can
uncheck both UDP and TCP so that the system will not attempt to connect using UDP and
TCP. This will reduce the connection time.
If you check on “Remember last connection”, the system will remember the successful
connection method and deploy that connection method the next time you join a conference
session.
LAN Proxy is enabled by default. It works when multiple users join the same conference
session from the same LAN. When “Disable LAN proxy” is unchecked, one of the conference
participants will be selected as LAN proxy multicasting data received from the server to other
users in the same LAN thus reducing the bandwidth requirements. LAN proxy will work for
cable connection as multicast over wireless (Wifi) connection is not stable.
Even for cable connection, the system will automatically check the quality of the multicast
traffic. If the loss is unacceptable (>20%), the system will redirect from LAN proxy
connection to direct server connection.
When you mark on “Disable LAN proxy”, you will always connect with the server directly.
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Proxy server settings:
The system will set proxy server (HTTP or SOCK) by getting the proxy information from Internet
Explorer.
If your network requires authentication to access Internet, you will need to enter your User name and
Password to access the Internet.
Click on “OK” to save your change.
IP address and port is shown here but you can not change this information. Only User name and
Password fields are required.
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General Settings:
“Load AcuSTUDIO on Startup” checkbox:
If checked, when start window then start AcuSTUDIO. This information is stored in the
registry. Certain anti-virus software will prevent software applications from writing onto the
registry. If AcuSTUDIO continue to load on startup, even when you have unchecked, you
may need to stop your anti-virus software before clicking on “OK” to effect the change.
“Check for updates after login” checkbox:
If checked, the system will check the updates automatically when you are connected to
AcuMANAGER. This will keep you updated to the latest software version.
“Compress PPT embedded images” checkbox:
Compress the PPT images file before upload. This function is very useful when the PPT
contains a lot of resize pictures.
“Outlook Invite” checkbox:
If checked, the system will send the invitation by Microsoft Outlook Calendar. You will be
prompted to launch Outlook application prior to Email Invite. If this is unchecked, the system
will use its built in email invite.
“Index Interval”:
The system will create an index during recording. The time for each index is set here. This
applies to Full Screen AcuCONFERENCE recording and non slide based AcuSTUDIO
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recording such as Quickstart, One Touch or Schedule recording. For slide presentation
recording in AcuCONFERENCE and AcuSTUDIO, the index is created based on the slides.
You can change the default colors for the tools such as Laser Pointer, Pen, Highlighter and
Text.
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