Photo Booth comes with all Mac computers running OS X.
Photo Booth is one of the default applications in Apple's OS X operating system for Mac. Photo Booth uses your built-in web cam combined with a retro-style photo booth interface to let you take fun photos and record videos on your Mac. Photo Booth has many built-in features such as effects, backgrounds and slide shows with the ability to import to iPhoto or share via email.
Instructions
1. Open Photo Booth by going to your Finder window and clicking on the "Applications" folder, which is located on the left side menu. The application should open with a dialogue box that uses your web cam to show a live image. Use the live preview to frame and compose your image.
2. Click the red camera button to take a plain photo with no effects. Photo Booth will give you a three-second countdown before taking the photo. You can change output settings by clicking on the single photo icon, four photo icon or film strip icon.
3. Click the "Effects" button on the right hand side below the live preview. This will open a window that displays all of Photo Booth effects and backgrounds. You can browse through the various effects by clicking on the arrows that appear on either side of the "Effects" button. Click on any effect preview window to choose the effect you want. Click the red camera button to take a photo.
4. Click on a background and remove yourself from the web cam frame so that the background can calibrate. When you re-enter the frame, your live preview will be superimposed onto the background. Click the red camera button to take a photo when you are pleased with your position on the background.
5. Select your still image from the horizontal gallery along the bottom of the Photo Booth application window. Click the "Email" icon to share your image with friends or family; click the "iPhoto" icon to import your image into iPhoto. You can also set your account picture and iChat buddy icon by clicking the icons on the right-hand side. To delete a photo, click on the small gray "X" located in the lower left hand corner of each still image.
6. Click on "View" and then "Start Slideshow" to see a slide show of your Photo Booth images. You can add Photo Booth photos to iPhoto from within the slide show by clicking on the "Add to iPhoto" icon in the slide show control bar, located on the bottom of the screen. You can also access an index sheet of all of your Photo Booth images for easier viewing by clicking on the "Index Sheet" icon in the slide show control bar.
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