View file File name : pref-resolution.page Content :<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="task" id="pref-resolution"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="index#preferences"/> <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-08-25" status="candidate"/> <revision pkgversion="3.1" date="2011-09-05" status="review"/> <revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-02-21" status="candidate"/> <credit type="author copyright"> <name>Julita Inca</name> <email its:translate="no">yrazes@gmail.com</email> <years>2011</years> </credit> <credit type="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>The resolution of a video or photo determines how much detail you can see in it, changing it will affect the file size.</desc> </info> <title>Change the capture resolution of your webcam</title> <p>Higher resolution generally means better quality images, but photos and videos with higher resolution take up more space on your hard disk. High resolution videos, in particular, take up a lot of space.</p> <p>If you want your images to take up less disk space, reduce the resolution of your webcam. If you want better quality images, increase the resolution. To change the webcam resolution:</p> <steps> <item> <p>Select <guiseq><gui>Cheese</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Webcam</gui></guiseq>.</p> </item> <item> <p>Choose a different resolution from the drop-down list. Some webcams only support one resolution, so you may not have a choice.</p> </item> <item> <p>Press <gui>Close</gui>.</p> </item> </steps> </page>