View file File name : introduction.page Content :<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="task" id="introduction"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="index" group="#first"/> <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-08-24" status="candidate"/> <revision pkgversion="3.1" date="2011-09-05" status="review"/> <revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-05-09" status="review"/> <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-04-15" status="review"/> <revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-02-21" status="final"/> <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>Introduction to the <app>Cheese</app> webcam application.</desc> </info> <title>Introduction</title> <p><app>Cheese</app> is a webcam application that lets you take photos and record videos using your webcam. You can take multiple photos in quick succession using the <link xref="burst-mode"><gui>Burst</gui> mode</link> and apply <link xref="effects-apply">special <gui>Effects</gui></link> to add a personal touch to them.</p> <p>By default, <app>Cheese</app> starts in <gui>Photo</gui> mode, ready to <link xref="photo-take">take a photo</link>. You need to switch to <gui>Video</gui> mode to <link xref="video-record">record a video</link>.</p> <p><app>Cheese</app> works with most webcams, but some older webcams may not be supported.</p> </page>