Working with photos and videos
3.1. Taking a photo
To take a photo with Cheese, be sure to be in the “Photo” mode.
It's easy to take photos with special effects. Just click the button labelled Section 2.1 ― Effects. You should now have the effects that you chose applied to the webcam input. Press the effects button again to get back to the normal view.
, and click on the effects desired as described inTo take a photo, press the button labelled spacebar key. Alternatively, you can also use the webcam capture button, if your webcam has one. You will then see Cheese count down from 3 or instantly take the photo, depending on your settings. When the photo is taken, your entire screen will flash white, and the photo that was just taken will appear in the photo stream at the bottom of the program's window. To abort the countdown you can use the Esc key.
or press the3.2. Recording a video
To record a video in Cheese, make sure that the
button has been pressed.To start recording a video, press the button labelled Spacebar key. Alternatively, you can also use the webcam capture button, if your webcam has one. To stop recording just press the same button, now labelled , and the recording will stop and the video saved.
or press theIf your video appears to be jerky or has a low frame rate (only updating the picture every few seconds), it does not mean that the recording has a similar frame rate. In many cases, the recorded file will have a better frame rate.
3.3. Taking a series of pictures in burst mode
To take more than one picture over some time you can use the burst mode. Burst mode can be set up in the preferences dialog where you can also set the amount of pictures you want to take and the delay in seconds between them. You can find more information about that in Section 4.1 ― The preferences dialog.
To start the burst mode, press the button labelled Spacebar key. Alternatively, you can also use the webcam capture button, if your webcam has one. To stop the burst capture you can use the Esc key.
or press the