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

They say that the history of the auto photo began with the unforgettable "Well, wait!" Remember, there is a wolf, taking a camera from a harmless little creature, 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" among the people. This device is supplied to users with all necessary drivers. Therefore, it will not be difficult to use it if the software is adequately 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 easy 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 appeared window we 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 producers to 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 digital video transmission on the network, and the images taken with their help were of very low quality.

Nowadays the technologies have stepped forward, the video frame has 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 most friendly in this regard is the software of HP's laptops. There everything is simple: we find "HP-camera" through the menu "Start" - "All programs". Further, if desired, we set the necessary settings - coarse (the size and delay of the self-timer) and thinner (contrast, brightness, color saturation, etc.).

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

Photo using software

Find your webcam in "My Computer" or in the "Start" - "Control Panel" and start it with a double click of the mouse.

Depending on the model of the laptop and the parameters of the software installed on it, the following picture on the monitor may be different. But with an intuitive interface and having this very intuition from the user, it's not difficult to understand 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 the indicated 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 them have 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. Photograph 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" in the pop-up 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", then you can take a picture through the webcam with it. 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!