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Let’s Go!
• Some of the tools on the tool menu are not
available for use in some activities. If a tool
is not available for use,you will hear a tone.
• Please keep this manual for future reference as it contains
important information.
IMPORTANT! If the tip of the stylus and the image on screen do not align,
it’s time to calibrate them! Please refer to page 35, Calibrating the Stylus.
Before inserting the camera cartridge, turn power off! Insert the
camera cartridge into the cartridge port. Turn power back on.
Cartridge Port
Camera Cartridge
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Picture Time!
Take pictures,save them in your scrapbook
(where you can customize them) or watch a picture show!
Choose an activity: Take a Picture, Scrapbook or Picture Show.
Scrapbook
Take a Picture
Picture Show
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Take a Picture
• First, adjust the camera to the lighting conditions.
-Slide the switch to for an indoor picture.
-Slide the switch to for an outdoor picture.
Indoor/Outdoor Switch
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• Now, position your Pixter® unit so that
you can see your subject on the screen.
Hint: Make sure the subject isn’t closer than
one foot.
• To adjust the contrast of the picture,
touch Save It (and Adjust the
Contrast) on the tool menu
with the stylus.
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• Tap the contrast line with the stylus
near the moon to darken the image.
• Tap the contrast line with the stylus
near the sun to brighten the image.
• Now, touch the screen with the
stylus to take your picture.
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• Look at how many pictures you
have saved!
Hint: you can save up to 10 pictures
in the scrapbook.
• If you would like to save the picture in
your scrapbook , touch the scrapbook
on the screen with the stylus.
Scrapbook
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• If you’d like to retake the picture or remove
a picture from your scrapbook, touch
the garbage can on the screen with
the stylus.
Garbage Can
• When the scrapbook contains 10 pictures,
you’ll see this image on the screen.
• If you take another picture and save it,
the new picture will replace the first
picture in your scrapbook.
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• Touch the arrows on the bottom of the
screen with the stylus to scroll through
your pictures.
Scrapbook
• When you find one that you like,
touch your choice on the screen
with the stylus.
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• To customize your picture,use any of
the tools on the tool menu: "Pencil"
Tool ;Straight Line ; Shape
Maker ; Stamp It! ; Erase It
or Special Effects Selector .
Hint: In the Special Effects Selector tool,
you’ll find: Frame It,Typist,Filters,Rotator,
Color Surprise and Backgrounds! Refer to
pages 13-33 for information on how to use
these tools.