Manual So Touch Air Presenter Plus

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So touch Air Presenter and Air Presenter Plus Software manual. So touch Air Presenter Plus Player and content manager Last update: 07.03.11

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1. General .......................................................................................................................................5

1. Installers ..................................................................................................................................5

1. Multiple installers for use with Kinect ..................................................................................5

2. Air Presenter full installer .....................................................................................................5

3. Player only installer ..............................................................................................................5

2. Microsoft Windows’ user profiles.............................................................................................6

3. Activation, inactivation and re-activation .................................................................................6

4. Activation (installation) ........................................................................................................6

5. In-activation (un-installation) ...............................................................................................6

6. Re-activation (re-installation) ...............................................................................................7

4. Trial versus license ...................................................................................................................7

5. Multi-screens installations .......................................................................................................8

6. Playing different content on different screens..........................................................................9

2. Calibration ................................................................................................................................ 10

7. Calibration process for Kinect ................................................................................................ 10

3. The Player ................................................................................................................................. 12

1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 12

2. Homepage ............................................................................................................................. 12

7. Help menu ......................................................................................................................... 12

8. Load a folder ...................................................................................................................... 12

9. Close button....................................................................................................................... 13

3. Gestures ................................................................................................................................ 13

10. Basic gestures .................................................................................................................. 13

11. Advanced gestures ........................................................................................................... 14

12. Video gestures ................................................................................................................. 15

4. General views ........................................................................................................................ 16


13. Icons on slides .................................................................................................................. 16

14. Multi-touch on slides and 3D models ............................................................................... 17

15. Multi-touch on videos ...................................................................................................... 17

4. The Content manager ............................................................................................................... 18

1. Standard version vs Plus version ............................................................................................ 18

16. Standard Content manager .............................................................................................. 18

17. Plus Content manager ...................................................................................................... 19

8. Update................................................................................................................................... 19

18. Check for updates ............................................................................................................ 19

19. Install an update .............................................................................................................. 20

9. Settings .................................................................................................................................. 20

20. Help menu ....................................................................................................................... 20

21. Pointer’s alpha ................................................................................................................. 20

22. Browsing gesture minimum speed ................................................................................... 21

23. Basic gestures minimum length ........................................................................................ 21

24. Basic gestures accuracy .................................................................................................... 21

25. Touch points spacing ........................................................................................................ 21

26. Browsing animation speed ............................................................................................... 22

27. Active area ....................................................................................................................... 22

10. Homepage ........................................................................................................................... 22

28. New project ..................................................................................................................... 22

29. Existing project ................................................................................................................ 22

11. Content management .......................................................................................................... 23

30. Home button ................................................................................................................... 23

31. Reload button .................................................................................................................. 23

32. Add file(s) button ............................................................................................................. 24


33. Add file(s) drag and drop .................................................................................................. 24

34. Organize button ............................................................................................................... 24

35. Save button ..................................................................................................................... 24

36. Trash icon ........................................................................................................................ 25

37. Play project button .......................................................................................................... 25

38. Image settings .................................................................................................................. 25

39. Zoom an image ................................................................................................................ 25

12. How to create a presentation? ............................................................................................. 26

13. How to add a video? ............................................................................................................ 26

14. How to arrange your presentation? ..................................................................................... 26

5. Other ........................................................................................................................................ 27

1. Performances ........................................................................................................................ 27

2. Minimal computer specifications ........................................................................................... 27

3. Limitations ............................................................................................................................. 27

4. Video weight limitation .......................................................................................................... 27

5. RAM Memory ........................................................................................................................ 28

6. Maximum resolution .............................................................................................................. 28


1. General

1. Installers

1. Multiple installers for use with Kinect

If you wish to use So touch Air Presenter with Kinect, you will have to install

PrimeSense packages for Kinect including:

OpenNI-Bin-Win32-v1.0.0.25.exe

NITE-Bin-Win32-v1.3.0.18.exe

o For which one you’ll have to type in the following key at the 2nd step of

the installation to make a successful installation.

0KOIk2JeIBYClPWVnMoRKn5cdY4=

SensorKinect-Win32-5.0.0.exe

Once all these setup are installed you can make a successful installation of Air

Presenter by double clicking on the So touch Air Presenter setup.

2. Air Presenter full installer

So touch Air Presenter latest full installer including the Player and the Content manager can be downloaded at the URL below: http://www.so-touch.com/air-presenter/download

This setup installs both So touch Air Presenter Player and Content manager on your computer. Shortcuts for each program are created on your desktop.

If you need a separate installer for So touch Air Presenter Content manager, please get in touch at [email protected]

3. Player only installer

So touch Air Presenter latest Player only installer can be downloaded at the URL below: http://www.so-touch.com/air-presenter/player/download

This setup installs So touch Air Presenter Player only on your computer. A shortcut is created on your desktop.

So touch setup runs on the following Windows OS: XP, Vista and 7. Just follow the installer’s steps to perform the installation.

http://www.so-touch.com/air-presenter/download

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.so-touch.com/presentation/player/download


Please note that the multi-touch capabilities of So touch Air Presenter Player will work only if installed on Windows 7. You can control So touch Air Presenter Player in mono-touch only if installed on Windows XP and Vista.

2. Microsoft Windows’ user profiles

So touch Air Presenter software will be working for the Microsoft Windows’ user you have performed the installation with and only with this user.

Ex: If you install So touch Air Presenter using you own Windows user profile then So touch Air Presenter will be available for your own Windows user profile only.

So touch Air Presenter software do not work with Microsoft network users yet.

3. Activation, inactivation and re-activation

So touch Air Presenter software is activated by your license key, which has been sent to you by email after we received confirmation of your order.

If you haven’t received your license key or if you need to be reminded of your license key, please get in touch at [email protected].

4. Activation (installation)

To successfully activate your software, the computer you perform the installation on has to be connected to the internet in order to check your license key.

Once activated your license key is flagged as ‘Activated’ in our data-base and actually linked to the machine you have performed the installation on.

To re-use your license key with another machine, you need to free it in order to flag it as ‘Inactivated’ in our data-base.

5. In-activation (un-installation)

To successfully free your license key, you need to uninstall our software from the original machine it has been installed on:



o Logged in as the same Microsoft Windows user as the one you have

used to perform the original installation.

o While being connected to the internet for the software to update our data-base.

To un-install So touch Air Presenter, just go to the Window control panel and uninstall all the components named So touch as:

o So touch – Presentation o So touch – SoBridge o So touch – SoConvert

If you un-install our software with a different Microsoft Windows user as the one you have used to perform the original installation or while you are not connected to the internet, our data-base will not be updated and your license key will not be set free.

6. Re-activation (re-installation)

To successfully re-activate your software, the computer you perform the installation on has to be connected to the internet in order to check your license key.

Once activated your license key is flagged as ‘Activated’ in our data-base and actually linked to the machine you have performed the installation on.

If you experience troubles activating, inactivating or reactivating your license key,

please get in touch at [email protected].

4. Trial versus license

The trial version of So touch Air Presenter is fully featured. The only differences with the full version are:

The ‘Trial’ markers on the Player and Content manager;

The limitation in the number of PDF and Microsoft Office documents conversions.

To buy a license, get in touch at:



So touch customer care | +44 20 3239 3912 | [email protected]

5. Multi-screens installations

So touch Air Presenter can play content on different screens.

So touch Air Presenter full license, including Content manager and Player, allows you to play content on 1 screen.

To play content on additive screens you can order additive Player license of So touch Air Presenter Player only.

So touch Air Presenter Player and Content manager on the same machine

So touch Air Presenter Player and Content manager

on different machines + additive Players



6. Playing different content on different screens

So touch Air Presenter Content manager can create one or several content folder(s) that can be played on one or several Players.

Each Player can play a different content folder.

Content folders can be stored either on a local PC or on a network folder.

So touch Air Presenter Players playing different content folders on local machines

So touch Air Presenter Players playing the same content folder on a local network


So touch Air Presenter Players playing different content folders on a local network

2. Calibration

7. Calibration process for Kinect

In order to use So touch Air Presenter with Kinect, you’ll have to calibrate a user

when starting the software. To calibrate a user, please follow the steps below:

Launch So touch Air Presenter player;

Stand straight in front of the Kinect in a psi position allowing the camera to see

all of you body including your arms, chest and legs, like in the picture below:


Stay in this position until the calibration process is complete and the depth

camera image shows your skeleton as in the picture below.

Your user calibration will be kept in memory until you close So touch Air Presenter. At

each start of So touch Air Presenter, you’ll need to perform the calibration again.

Troubleshooting

If your skeleton do not appear and you can’t complete the calibration phase:

Make sure that you have been holding a clear PSI position (as per the picture above)

having your arms detached from your body and legs detached from each other and

that the camera can see your arms, chest and legs.

If it doesn’t work restart So touch Air Presenter and try again or try with a different

person.


3. The Player

1. Introduction

So touch Air Presenter Player is a very graphic and intuitive interface allowing you or your clients to manipulate your content with natural gestures in the air. So touch Air Presenter is optimized for 4:3 images and comes with integrated video and 3D models players.

2. Homepage

7. Help menu

The help menu reminds you contextually of the gestures to perform.

8. Load a folder


To load the current folder, make a gesture up. To access the right folder, make a gesture right to left or point right.

9. Close button The Close button (see screenshot) allows you to close the application.

3. Gestures

10. Basic gestures


11. Advanced gestures


12. Video gestures

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4. General views

13. Icons on slides

Two kinds of icons can be shown on slides:

Video icon (see screenshot)

o The video icon indicates that a video is linked to this slide.

o To access the video you have to load the slide and then load the video

by doing up gestures.

o A gesture down will unload the video content and take you back to the

linked slide.

3D model icon (see screenshot)

o The 3D model icon indicates that a video is linked to this slide.

o To access the 3D model you have to load the slide and then load the

video by doing up gestures.


o A gesture down will unload the 3D model content and take you back to

the linked slide

14. Multi-touch on slides and 3D models

Both slides and 3D model are multi-touchable and can be zoomed in and out using the pinch gesture. To scale an image, you just have to do a pinch gesture it in multi-touch with two fingers. The pinch-out gesture will zoom in the image and the pinch in gesture will zoom out the image.

15. Multi-touch on videos

Videos aren’t multi-touchable as the multi-touch input (two points detected on the video) is used to put the video on hold.


4. The Content manager

1. Standard version vs Plus version

So touch Air Presenter is delivered with a very easy to use and visual Content manager.

16. Standard Content manager

The Standard version of the Content manager reads the following formats: Image formats

o JPG, PNG and BMP

Video formats o FLV, F4V and MOV H264

3D animations

o DAE and 3DS The Standard version of the Content manager also allows you to:

Arrange images, Play the following files formats within the Player:

o FLV, F4V and MOV H264 video formats;


o DAE and 3DS 3D files formats. Link images to any external application or web address (URL).

17. Plus Content manager

The Plus version of the Content manager includes, all the standard specifications, as well as:

A PDF and Microsoft Office documents converter allowing you to directly add these documents formats to your project folder;

The ability to change the background image of the Player, see Content manager > Settings > Background.

8. Update

So touch Air Presenter Content manager come with an automatic update check button and shortcut button.

The automatic update check button (see screenshot) is located in the upper right corner of the Content manager;

The automatic update check shortcut is located in the your start menu in either:

o The latest application installed menu; o The following folder:

So touch > Air Presenter

18. Check for updates

To successfully check for updates, the computer on which So touch Air Presenter Content manager is installed has to be connected to the internet. By pressing the update button or shortcut, you check on our server if a newer version is available.

If no new version is available, you’ll be informed that you have the latest version installed.

If a new version is available, you’ll be offered to download it.


19. Install an update

Once downloaded, you’ll need to uninstall your current version (while being connected to the internet, see General > Activation, inactivation and re-activation) before to install the latest version.

9. Settings

So touch Air Presenter Content manager come with some settings accessible through the Settings button (see screenshot) in the upper right corner of the Content manager. These settings are global to the software and can’t be specific to a project content folder.

20. Help menu

Tick the box to display the help menu on top of the screen.

21. Pointer’s alpha

This value (in % of full colour) set the alpha / transparency of the touch points on

screen.

Range: 0% is transparent and 100& is full colour.


22. Browsing gesture minimum speed

To perform a ‘Browse’ advanced gesture, you’re movement has to be net and quick.

This value (in pixels/second) set the speed of the movement to be interpreted as

valid.

50px/ is the quickest and 5px/s the slowest

Recommended value: 15px/s

23. Basic gestures minimum length

To perform any of the basic gestures, you’re movement has to be long enough.

This value (in pixels) represents the minimum length of your gesture to be interpreted

as valid.

5 pixels is the minimum and 200 pixels the maximum recommended length

Recommended value: 50 pixels

24. Basic gestures accuracy

To perform any of the basic gestures, you’re movement has to be net / accurate.

This value (a mark from 0 to 20) set the accuracy of the gesture.

20 is the netter / more accurate gesture (do not tolerate any variation in the

movement) and 14 is the minimum recommended accuracy mark in order for

different gestures not to overlap.

Recommended value: 18

25. Touch points spacing

This value (in pixels) set the minimum distance between two touch points to be

considered as two different inputs (ex: two hands).

10 pixels is the smaller value and 800 pixels is the largest value (if relevant)

Recommended value: 200 pixels

Please note that your can also adjusted this with the radarTOUCH software as

described in the radarTOUCH manual as blob reduction.


26. Browsing animation speed

This value sets the speed at which elements move horizontally when you perform a

Browse advanced gesture.

1 is the fastest and 0,1 the slowest speed

27. Active area

This value (in cm) should match the active area length you have set in the

radarTOUCH tracker (blue square).

10. Homepage

28. New project

The New project button (see screenshot) allows you to load any folder. o The selected folder can be empty or containing images or documents.

o If the folder already contains images, they will be automatically added to your

project.

o If the folder already contains PDF and / or Microsoft Office documents and you have a Plus license key, you will be offered to directly add them to the Content manager.

29. Existing project

The Existing project button (see screenshot) allows you to re-open a content folder

that you have previously opened and saved with the Content manager.


11. Content management

30. Home button

The Home button (see screenshot) allows you to come back to the homepage.

o If you have not saved your content folder, a pop-up will ask you if you want to.

If you don’t save your folder, all change will be lost.

31. Reload button

The Reload button (see screenshot) allows you to reload the content of your folder. If

you directly add content into your folder without going through the Content manager,

this option allows you to show any new content in the Content manager.


32. Add file(s) button

The Add file(s) button (see screenshot) allows you to either: o Add file(s)

o Add one or several files to your folder. To select several files to add at the same time, press CTRL when selecting the files.

o If you have a Plus license key you can directly add PDF and Microsoft Office documents as PowerPoint, Word and Excel documents.

o Add a folder o Add all the compatible content of a selected folder. You can’t select

several folders at the same time.

o If you have a Plus license key you can directly add PDF and Microsoft Office documents as PowerPoint, Word and Excel documents.

Adding a file or a folder, physically copy the files into the selected folder.

33. Add file(s) drag and drop

You can also add files to your folder by drag and dropping it into the Content manager. Adding a file or a folder, physically copy the files into the selected folder.

34. Organize button

The Organize button (see screenshot) allows you to arrange your images and group into a chosen order. To arrange your images or groups, just drag it from its original position and drop it to its new position. To confirm the arrangement is successful, your image or group should remain in its new position. Pressing the ‘Organize’ button switches the Content manager into a mode where you can’t move your images and group around freely, it has to be arranged and ordered. To move your images and group around freely, un-press the ‘Organize’ button.

35. Save button

The Save button (see screenshot) saves your presentation with the name you’ll have typed in.


36. Trash icon

To delete images from your folder, drag and drop it to the Trash icon (see screenshot). Drag and dropping an image or a group of images will physically remove it from your folder and move it to the Microsoft Windows trash.

o To restore deleted images, you have to open the Microsoft Windows trash and restore it from there by right clicking on the item and choosing ‘Restore’.

37. Play project button The Play project button (see screenshot) allows you to directly play the currently open folder into the Player.

38. Image settings

To open the image settings, just click on an image within the Content manager to make the Settings button (see screenshot) appear. Once it has appeared, click it to open the setting. Then you can choose in between the different options to:

Name the image;

Link the image to:

o Video: you can browse for any video here and link to an image.

The video format will have to be compatible with So touch Air Presenter (FLV, F4V and MOV H264) in order to be played within the player.

o 3D: you can add .DAE and .3DS files formats to be played directly within the Player.

You have to specify the scale of your 3D model for it to appear clearly in the Player.

39. Zoom an image

If you need to zoom into an image to better see it, you can double click on it. Then, the Content manager displays:

o The name of the image;


o A link to open it with Microsoft Preview.

12. How to create a presentation?

Step 1

Click on ‘New presentation’ and load the folder containing your images.

Step 2

Name your presentation (optional) and save it.

Your presentation will be directly added to the player homepage.

13. How to add a video?

Step 1

Click on the image you want to link the video to in order to display the settings.

Step 2

Browse for the video, select it, name it (optional) and save your presentation.

Your video will be directly linked to the chosen image in the player.

14. How to arrange your presentation?

Step 1

Load your presentation and switch from ‘Settings’ to ‘Order’ mode

Step 2

Arrange the images your way and save your presentation.

Your presentation will then be displayed in the saved order in the player.


5. Other

1. Performances

So touch Air Presenter Player and Content manager performances are directly linked to your computer specifications. Please check the minimal computer specifications below to make sure you have the minimum required configuration.

2. Minimal computer specifications

In order to run So touch Air Presenter smoothly, your computer minimal specifications should be:

Windows 7

2.0GHz Processor (Core2 Duo)

2Gb of RAM

512Mb graphic card

3. Limitations

In order for the software to operate smoothly and to prevent any dysfunction, both the Content manager and the Player come with the following independent limitations:

The maximum number of images loadable is 144 images. These limitations do not mean that you can load 144 images of 2Mo each, they are independent of each other. Please perform your own test to assess the performances with your computer specifications.

4. Video weight limitation

The videos whether they are played within or outside the Player are not limited because they are streamed and not loaded.


5. RAM Memory

So touch Air Presenter Player and Content manager perform a RAM check before to load content in order or prevent either the Player or the Content manager to crash because of insufficient RAM memory. If the RAM memory check highlights an insufficient RAM memory on your computer to load images, you need to either:

Re-size your image either in weight or resolution;

Add RAM memory to your computer.

6. Maximum resolution

So touch Air Presenter Player can reach a maximum screen resolution of 4050 x

4050 pixels.

The maximum size of an image is 8192 pixels in width or height and the maximum

number of pixels is 16 777 216.

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