How to install
System Requirements
Here's the minimum of what you should have on your machine in order to have
a fully-operating IMBooster:
Microsoft Windows XP / Vista
Service Pack 2
512 RAM
Flash Player 9.0
.NET Framework 2.0 (optional, as it is installed by IMBooster in case you don't already have it)
First of all, you need to download the IMBooster Setup File here:
http://www.iminent.com/Addon.aspx.
The download may take a while, depending on your Internet Connection.
Then close all programs, hit Run! and follow the instructions
given to you by the Installation Wizard.
How to uninstall
IMBooster can be easily removed from your Control Panel. Just go to your Control Panel, access Add/Remove Programs, scroll for the IMBooster Application and then select Uninstall. The Uninstall Wizard will guide you through the steps.
If you encounter errors, exit all programs and reboot. If that doesn't
do the trick, check our FAQ, forum
or contact support@iminent.com.
Features
Double click or drag & drop into your IM window any of the following:
- Emoticons: Access all the IMBooster
exclusive and free emoticons and add them to your favorites for quicker
access. Stay tuned for more emoticon packs every week, all of which are
created especially for our users.
Start creating your own personalized Emoticons with Make your Emoticons.
How to create Emoticons from your webcam?
Once you have accessed any of the Make your Emoticons buttons, a wizard window will appear.
Here are the steps you need to follow in order to create your own Emoticon:
1. Click on Make your Emoticons from your webcam.
2. Choose your webcam source. If your webcam is correctly
installed, then you will be able to localize it in the drop down menu.
You should see yourself in the box above the drop down menu.
3. Click the Record button. The countdown will start so you can take a few seconds to prepare yourself. When the countdown
is over, the recording session has started, so act as funny as you can!
4. Click the Stop button. The wizard will now be processing
the recorded images of your Emoticon.
5. Validate the Emoticon. Once the wizard has stopped
processing, you will se a preview of your Emoticon. If you like it, validate
it. If not, click the red x and go back to the beginning.
6. Find it in the Emoticon tab in My Stuff.
How to create emoticons from
an image or an animated image on your computer?
1. Click on Make an Emoticon from an image.
2. Choose the image on the disk you want to emoticonize.
3. On the right side, adjust the portion of the image you want to emoticonize
using zoom in and zoom out and the mouse to move and
crop the portion.
4. Validate the creation by clicking the emoticonize
button.
5. That’s it! You will now find it in your My Stuff tab
in the Emoticon section of your IMBooster.
- BigEmos: Start sending out LARGE emoticons
of different types and add them to your favorites. Your Messenger only
allows you to use 50x50 pixels emoticons. BigEmos are 250 pixels
wide!
- Video Winks: Access the Top Video Winks section, add
them to your favorites, capture your webcam and upload your own personalized
videos. Use Video Winks just the way you use winks with your Messenger.
- Firenudge: Send multiple Nudges to any of your
chat partners, without delays! Your Messenger only allows you to send
one Nudge every ten seconds, but with FireNudge you can forget about those
limits. You first need to have the conversation window open. FireNudge
can be found in the IMBooster menu (first icon, shaped as a lightning
bolt). Just click it and you will see the message “!!! FireNudge
!!!”: this is how you know your chat partner is now receiving a
storm of Nudges in his/her IM window.
For Video Editing, you may need to install one of these
codecs:
- K-Lite Codec
Pack Basic 3.8.0
*Please remove all other codecs before installing K-lite CodecPack. Otherwise it might result as audio/video codecs conflicts and stop working. Also, if you're trying to upload a .mov, check if you have QuickTime installed on your system.
- How to create a Video Wink - You can easily create a Video Wink by recording your webcam or by uploading a movie you have in your computer. You can find the Create a Video Wink button in the top of the Video Winks section of your IMBooster. Follow the instructions offered by the Creation Wizard and send your creations to your chat partners.
- Organization of content - If you find stuff
that you like and want to have in hand, well find out that you are able
to organize your content! You will need to have an account for this, but
for every type of content (Emoticons, BigEmos, Video Winks) you will
find 3 tabs:
(1) is for browsing, (2)
is for upload and creation and (3) is for
searching through the catalogs.
If you encounter problems, check our FAQ,
forum or contact support@iminent.com.
- Options menu: Go to the Help section for more
information, configure your IMBooster, change the interface language,
invite your buddies to IMBooster or expand/retract it.
- The systray icon: Quietly runs IMBooster in the background without
consuming your system resources.
For more demonstration videos and a presentation of all features, please
click here: http://www.iminent.com/Tour.aspx
Community
Comments and ratings
When people check out your creations, they'll post
comments and
ratings to it. You can also do that, once you have an account,
from the
Preview Page of any Video Wink you watch or by clicking
Comment it / Rate it from its right-click menu inside IMBooster.
Be careful as to hit Send when you're done.
Please refrain from using inappropriate language and
report us such errors by hitting the Notify us link.
You will be asked to fill out a form which will be sent to us and dealt
with immediately.
Create an account
If you want to create an account click the options button in the add-on, then Identification and Create, or go here: http://www.iminent.com/register.aspx.
Here's what you have to do in order to create an IMBooster account:
(1) Choose a Login and a password. Please
take care, as the password needs to be inserted twice and must match in
both cases. A valid e-mail address (preferably the same that you are going
to use with your Messenger) is needed in order to activate your account.
After inserting your desired credentials, click Submit.
(2) If all of the above have been met you
will be informed that your account has been successfully created. However,
we need to check if the e-mail address is valid and we will send an activation
link.. If you don't receive the activation e-mail, check your spam box
or ask for it again by filling the field on that same page with your valid
e-mail address.
If by any means you are unsuccessful for an unknown reason although you
inserted correctly all the data, please refer to us at support@iminent.com.
For further question, suggestions or comments, use the forums http://www.iminent.net/
or write us at support@iminent.com.