Использование

The main screen of Cheese supports two different layouts at the moment. The default looks like the screenshot below, it has the preview image centered and the thumbnail slideshow below.

Рисунок 1Снимок экрана Cheese

Especially for Cheese-users with small displays, like the ones in netbooks, we have designed another view. It is more horizontally aligned, in order to fit better on small widescreen displays. The wide-view is shown in the screenshot below.

Рисунок 2Cheese wide screenshot

Cheese uses the photo mode by defaults, but you can change this to use the video or burst mode if desired.

2.1 Эффекты

To apply effects to the input of your webcam, click the button labelled Effects. When you then go to the effects window, you will see a window similar to the image below.

Рисунок 3Снимок экрана эффектов Cheese

You can apply some really cool effects to your photos too! Just choose from the several different effects available and click its corresponding button to apply it to your photo. Selecting multiple effects will apply all the effects to your image. For example, if you select Hulk and Vertical Flip, the input from the webcam will be altered to have a green shade and be upside down. To disable all effects, just click on the No Effect button.

To return to the preview of your webcam, just push the button labelled Effects again. This will toggle the Effects menu and bring you back to the normal view.

2.2 Режим фото

Photo mode is the default mode for Cheese. When not in photo mode, click the button that shows the icon of a single photo or select it from the menu: Cheese ▸ Photo to change to photo mode. Photo mode will take a single photo every time the button labelled Take a photo or the Spacebar key is pressed, and will save to disk.

2.3 Режим видео

Video mode is a mode that allows you to take short videos using the webcam. When not in video mode, click the button that shows the icon of a film roll or select it from the menu: Cheese ▸ Video to change to video mode. Video mode will start recording a video every time the button labelled Start Recording or the Spacebar is pressed. The video will stop recording and save to disk when the button labelled Stop Recording or the Spacebar is pressed.

The video mode does not look much different from the photo mode, except that the button labelled Take a photo will say Start Recording or Stop Recording, and the button with the film roll icon is pushed in, whereas the other mode buttons (photo and burst) are not.

2.4 Burst Mode

In burst mode you can take more pictures in a row. It works exactly like the photo mode, except that it takes a series of pictures. When you are not in burst mode, click the button that shows the icon of several pictures in a row or select it from the menu: Cheese ▸ Burst to change to burst mode. Burst mode will start to take a series of pictures with an interval of some seconds in between photos when the button labelled Take Multiple Photos or the Spacebar key is pressed. The delay and amount of pictures to take can be set in the preferences dialog. For more information please see Раздел 4.1 ― The preferences dialog.

All modes can be used in fullscreen. To do this, click the Cheese ▸ Fullscreen menu to enter fullscreen mode, or press the F11 key. To exit fullscreen mode, press the Esc or the F11 keys.

Рисунок 4Cheese fullscreen screenshot