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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="take-photo" xml:lang="en_GB">
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<link type="guide" xref="index" group="#first"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="disable-flash"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="disable-countdown"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="view-photo"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="delete-photo"/>
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<revision version="3.0" date="2011-08-25" status="candidate"/>
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<revision version="3.1" date="2011-09-05" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Julita Inca</name>
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<email>yrazes@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<desc>Use your webcam to take photos instead of videos.</desc>
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<title>Take photos with the webcam</title>
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<p>Webcams can be used to take still photos, as well as videos. To take a
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<p>Make sure that you're in <gui>Photo mode</gui>. If you are, the button
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in the main window will say <gui>Take a Photo</gui>.</p>
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<p>To switch to <gui>Photo mode</gui>, click the small photo button in the
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bottom left of the window or click <guiseq><gui>Cheese</gui>
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<gui>Photo</gui></guiseq>.</p>
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<p>Click <gui>Take a Photo</gui> or press the <key>spacebar</key>.</p>
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<p>There will be a short countdown, followed by a flash, and then the
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photo will appear in the photo stream at the bottom of the window.</p>
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<p>The photos in the photo stream are automatically saved in the
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<guiseq><gui>Pictures</gui><gui>Webcam</gui></guiseq> folder in your user
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folder. They are saved in the JPEG (<filename>.jpg</filename>) format.</p>
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<p>To cancel taking a photo after you have clicked <gui>Take a Photo</gui>,
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press <key>Esc</key> before the countdown finishes.</p>
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<p>To take multiple photos in rapid succession, use
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<link xref="burst-mode">Burst mode</link>.</p>
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