You may not be aware that a major update of eBeam Projection for PC was released in August. Christened version 2.1, the software comes with many feature enhancements. The three major feature updates include: Flickr search integration, Video recording to Flash and WMV and Scrapbook Image Writer.

Let me briefly explain each of these:

Flicker search integration
Everyone uses and loves the image gallery, it is a great way to quickly and easily dress up your lesson slides. However the image gallery has had one shortcoming – you are limited to the images you have loaded into the image gallery. What if you want a specific image not already in the gallery? You have to search your computer or internet for it and then import it to the image gallery before even using it. Well we have a novel solution to all that hassle – Flicker image search is now integrated into the image gallery in scrapbook. Say you need an ‘airplane’ image – just type it into the search box and the image gallery will draw applicable images in real time off Flicker’s online image database. Scroll through the results and simply drag and drop onto your lesson slide!

Video Recording to Flash and WMV
Many teachers like to record their lessons as they teach. eBeam’s scrapbook has featured video and audio recording for some time. However we had only given one video format option which tended to create large files that do not work well on a website. So we have added to new video format options. The common WMV – windows media video and more importantly Flash. Flash is the standard video format on the internet today – small file size and good quality make it excellent for web use. Also, youtube and common blogging platforms use Flash video. I encourage you to give it a try with your next lesson!

Scrapbook Image Writer
This is a simple feature but can be very useful. Now you can print to scrapbook from any software on your computer. For example – open a file in Microsoft Word and select print. Select another printer – ‘Scrapbook Image Writer’. Print – now your Word document should show in scrapbook. Neat, huh?

If you have not picked up version 2.1 for PC yet you can download it here now: Download Software

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