Edit file File name : photo-take.page Content :<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="task" id="photo-take"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="index#main" group="#first"/> <link type="seealso" xref="pref-flash"/> <link type="seealso" xref="pref-countdown"/> <link type="seealso" xref="photo-view"/> <link type="seealso" xref="photo-delete"/> <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-08-25" status="candidate"/> <revision pkgversion="3.1" date="2011-09-05" status="review"/> <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-04-15" status="review"/> <revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-02-21" status="review"/> <credit type="author copyright"> <name>Julita Inca</name> <email its:translate="no">yrazes@gmail.com</email> <years>2011</years> </credit> <credit type="author editor"> <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name> <email its:translate="no">kittykat3756@gmail.com</email> </credit> <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> <desc>Use your webcam to take photos instead of videos.</desc> </info> <title>Take photos</title> <p>Webcams can be used to take still photos as well as videos. To take a photo:</p> <steps> <item> <p>Make sure that you are in <gui>Photo</gui> mode. If you are, the <gui style="button">Photo</gui> button will be selected on the left side of the screen.</p> </item> <item> <p>Click the <gui style="button">Take a photo using a webcam</gui> button in the middle of the bottom panel, or press the <key>Space</key> key, to take the photo.</p> </item> <item> <p>There will be a short countdown, followed by a flash, and the photo will appear in the photo stream.</p> </item> </steps> <p>The photos in the photo stream are automatically saved in the <file>Pictures/Webcam</file> folder in your home folder. They are saved using the JPEG (<file>.jpg</file>) format.</p> <p>To cancel taking a photo after you have clicked <gui>Take a Photo</gui>, press <key>Esc</key> before the countdown finishes.</p> <note> <p>To take multiple photos in rapid succession, use <link xref="burst-mode"><gui>Burst</gui> mode</link>.</p> </note> </page> Save