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7 <link type="guide" xref="index#main" group="#first"/>
8 <link type="seealso" xref="pref-flash"/>
9 <link type="seealso" xref="pref-countdown"/>
10 <link type="seealso" xref="photo-view"/>
11 <link type="seealso" xref="photo-delete"/>
13 <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-08-25" status="candidate"/>
14 <revision pkgversion="3.1" date="2011-09-05" status="review"/>
15 <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-04-15" status="review"/>
16 <revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-02-21" status="review"/>
18 <credit type="author copyright">
19 <name>Julita Inca</name>
20 <email its:translate="no">yrazes@gmail.com</email>
23 <credit type="author editor">
24 <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
25 <email its:translate="no">kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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30 <desc>Use your webcam to take photos instead of videos.</desc>
33 <title>Take photos</title>
35 <p>Webcams can be used to take still photos as well as videos. To take a
40 <p>Make sure that you are in <gui>Photo</gui> mode. If you are, the
41 <gui style="button">Photo</gui> button will be selected on the left side
45 <p>Click the <gui style="button">Take a photo using a webcam</gui>
46 button in the middle of the bottom panel, or press the
47 <key>Space</key> key, to take the photo.</p>
50 <p>There will be a short countdown, followed by a flash, and the photo
51 will appear in the photo stream.</p>
55 <p>The photos in the photo stream are automatically saved in the
56 <file>Pictures/Webcam</file> folder in your home folder. They are saved
57 using the JPEG (<file>.jpg</file>) format.</p>
59 <p>To cancel taking a photo after you have clicked <gui>Take a Photo</gui>,
60 press <key>Esc</key> before the countdown finishes.</p>
63 <p>To take multiple photos in rapid succession, use
64 <link xref="burst-mode"><gui>Burst</gui> mode</link>.</p>