How to take a picture on a webcam on a laptop or other personal computer?

They say that the history of the photo started withunforgettable "Well, wait!" Remember, there is a wolf, taking a camera from a harmless little animal, clicks it so and so, posing and twisting, just like modern girls in front of webcam lenses. By the way, how do they take pictures? How to take a picture on a webcam on a laptop or other computer?

As for a typical PC ...

Here, in principle, everything is simple. For, as a rule, an external device is used, called the "webcam" in the people. This device is delivered to users with all the necessary drivers. Therefore, it will not be difficult to use it if the software is properly connected.

Often, external cameras are equipped with a button, like conventional digital cameras. You press and the picture is ready. But even if this button is not there, then it's not hard to make a photo.

To take a picture on the webcam:

• connect the camera and install the driver;
• go to "My Computer";
• find in the "Scanners and Cameras" tab your webcam and launch it with a double click of the mouse;
• in the resulting window, take a snapshot by clicking the "Make a new snapshot" option on the control panel;
• We store the finished photo in the usual way.

It's quite another thing - built-in cameras on a laptop or netbook

By seemingly strange whims of producersto shoot something they shoot, but only video and only online. And to make a photo with their help is not so easy. In fact, there is nothing strange in this. The first cameras were designed strictly for the transmission of digital video on the network, and pictures taken with them were very poor quality.

Now the technology has stepped forward, video frameshas acquired a decent image clarity, but the question of how to be photographed on a webcam on a laptop, has not lost its relevance. For, unlike an external camera, the device of the laptop does not even have a button that you can press to get a photo. And to satisfy this desire you have to tinker.

Snapshots from HP laptops

The friendliest in this regard is the softwareproviding HP's laptops. There everything is simple: we find "HP-camera" through the menu "Start" - "All programs". Further, if desired, we expose the desired settings - coarse (dimension and delay timer) and thinner (contrast, brightness, color saturation, etc.).

When you use the button in the lower right corner of the program window, a picture will be taken, it will be saved in the "Images" folder.

Photo using software

Find your webcam in My Computer or Start - Control Panel and double-click it.

Depending on the model of the laptop and the parametersinstalled on the software, the further picture on the monitor can be different. But with an intuitive interface and having this very intuition from the user, it's not difficult to figure out how to take a picture.

The algorithm for finding answers to the question of how to be photographed on a webcam on a laptop will be as follows:

• Find the control panel.
• On it, find the camera start button. It can be called, for example, "Make a new photo". By the way, this button may look like an active link, you should not be embarrassed by this.
• Use this button (or link).
• Save the image in your usual way. You can do this, for example, with the right mouse button and the drop-down context menu.

If there are no signs of a camera in My Computer

It happens, but it does not matter either. We are looking for and uploading to your ungrateful laptop the program we need for our purposes. It can be paid and free, modest in its capabilities and with enhanced functionality. In any case, the program installed on your laptop will have a friendly and understandable interface for you. You can easily understand how to be photographed on a webcam on a laptop, and therefore explain the sequence of actions with each of them is meaningless.

We mention only casually, that some of themhave the ability not only to produce photographs, but also to their animation - animation. This makes working with them a real pleasure. For example, "Web-online" with effects is very common. Photographed with her help and make a collage or a beautiful composition will be even a novice user.

But that's not all

If you are registered in a well-known social network called "VKontakte", then you can take advantage of the workings of its programmers for their purposes.

It's simple:

• go to your profile in the resource;
• Mouse over your avatar and select "Upload new photo" from the drop-down menu;
• the developers of the program will be asked to do the following: either select a photo from the one available on your PC, or take a picture right away if your computer is equipped with a webcam;
• choose the link "make a snapshot" and then follow all instructions.

If you have Skype, you cantake a picture through the webcam with his help. To do this, go to the "Tools" tab of this resource, select "Settings" and then "Video settings". The photos are obtained when you select the "Take snapshot" option.

Good luck!