MacroSystem Columbus 2 - Manual (Page 5)

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1. General information
1.1 General information
Thank you for buying Columbus 2! We would
like to thank you for placing your trust in us and
hope this product meets your expectations.
Columbus 2 helps you get even more out of
SMART EDIT.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have
any further questions or wish to suggest ways
of improving the product. To contact us, please
refer to the addresses and telephone numbers
printed in the SMART EDIT manual. We kindly
ask you to provide your system‘s serial number
or your customer number whenever you
contact us.
1.2 What is Columbus 2?
Columbus 2 is a program that has been desi-
gned primarily to help you display your travel
routes clearly on maps or street plans. The wide
variety of options allows you to change the look
of your projects in many ways.
You can import maps or use the many maps
already provided in the image pool. You can
place objects on them (e.g. locations in a town)
and label the maps with town names using any
of the fonts installed on your system. You can
use waypoints to trace out straight and cur-
ved stretches of your route, and you can make
objects such as cars, airplanes, ships, arrows,
etc. move along these route stretches. You can
insert pauses in the journey at key points and
use video footage that you recorded along your
route to show the viewer the various sights at
the different locations.
You also have the option of highlighting parti-
cular parts of the picture, e.g. people or objects.
You can let your imagination run wild!
Columbus 2 also allows you to check your set-
tings at any time in full-screen mode thanks to
its real-time preview function (see Chapter 3.8).
New features compared to Columbus 1:
• Many new head objects and key objects cate-
gorized in groups (around 100 objects in all)
• Numerous animated objects make the final
results look even more professional
• High-resolution maps can be used. Zoom func-
tion and camera panning
• Head objects can be changed along the route
• The route can also be displayed as a pre-drawn
path
1.3 Installing and starting the program
To install the Columbus 2 program, your system
must have at least 256 MB of memory and a
DVD drive.
Leave your system switched on and, in the
System Settings menu, press the Install Product
button to open the corresponding window. Next,
open the drive tray and insert the setup CD/DVD
into the DVD drive.
You might hear clearly audible sounds coming
from the drive indicating that the system is rea-
ding the CD/DVD. This process may take a while
(up to a few minutes) and when it has completed
you will see the Columbus 2 software listed in
the Install Product window. Select it from the list
and click on License.
After a short time a numerical keypad appears.
You can use it to enter the license code that you
purchased from your dealer. A message will
then inform you that the installation process has
completed. You can now remove the CD/DVD.
If you want to install Columbus 2 as a demo ver-
sion, select it from the list, click on License and
then, in the numerical code window, press the
Demo button.
You will notice that the word Demo has ap-
peared after the program name. Confirm with
Ok and then take out the CD/DVD.
Special feature: it is possible to install Columbus
2 parallel to Columbus 1 – the demo installation
of Columbus 2 will not delete the Columbus 1
program if it is already installed on your system.
After you have installed the program, you will