Photo Booth
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 Screenshot of Photo Booth with the iSight camera covered. |
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| Developed by | Apple Inc. |
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| Latest release | 2.0.2 |
| Operating system | Mac OS X v10.5 |
| Type | Photo capture program |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Photo Booth |
Photo Booth is a small software application by Apple Inc. for Mac OS X for taking photos and (since Mac OS X v10.5) video with an iSight camera or other webcams. The program was initially only bundled with Macintosh computers that had a built-in iSight camera, but now it comes bundled with Mac OS X Leopard. It features 17 built-in effects (16 filters, 1 normal) that can be applied to photos. Developers will be able to develop custom effects and share them online.[1]
The software integrates with instant messaging programs such as OS X's built-in iChat Software or Adium, for taking a picture to use as an avatar or Buddy icon.
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[edit] Effects
Photo Booth has two sets of image effects that can be applied when taking a picture. The first set may be described to contain photographic filters similar to those in Adobe Photoshop:
- Sepia
- Black & White
- Glow
- Normal
- Colored Pencil
- Thermal Camera
- X-Ray
- Pop Art
- comic
[edit] Other Effects
The second set has been described by Apple's CEO Steve Jobs as a set of Teenage Effects, being a collection of effects that manipulate the shape of the image, rather than filtering it:
In the latest version of Photo Booth included with Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, the application incorporates the Chroma key technology which is used in professional film making to replace the background of a frame with an image or a video clip. Photo Booth incorporates this technology by recognizing a still background, then replacing it with either a pre-set image or movie clip, or allowing the user to choose their own background. Below is a list of pre-set backgrounds that come with the application (marked either image or video):
- Clouds (image)
- Color Dots (image)
- Earthrise (image)
- Eiffel Tower (video)
- Fish (video)
- Rollercoaster (video)
- Sunset (video)
- Yosemite (video)
Backgrounds are only available on Macs featuring an Intel processor. By default, Photo Booth's live preview and captured images are reversed horizontally, to simulate the user looking into a mirror; however, it can flip the image automatically or upon request to provide a true-to-life representation.
[edit] Gallery of Photo Booth Effects
 Mirror effect. |
 Sepia effect. |
 Thermal Camera effect. |
 X-ray effect. |
 Stretch effect. |
 Squeeze effect. |
[edit] See also
- iMac
- MacBook Air
- MacBook
- MacBook Pro
- iSight
- Cheese (software)
- the Pico image editor from the eighties.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Apple's Description of the iSight and Photo Booth capabilities on the iMac
- Private website with more information, especially how to create your own Photo Booth effects
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