Using your isight camera with imovie hd – Apple MACBOOK User Manual

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Chapter 2

Getting to Know Your MacBook

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To take a picture with Photo Booth:

1

Click the Photo Booth icon in the Dock to open Photo Booth and turn on the built-in

iSight camera.

The glowing indicator light next to the camera tells you it’s on.

2

Select an effect to apply to your picture, if you like.

3

Click the Camera icon below the image to take a picture.

Save the picture as your iChat buddy picture, email it to your friends, or save it in your

iPhoto library.

To use a picture as your buddy picture or account picture:

1

Open Photo Booth and take a picture.

2

Select the picture you’d like to use as your buddy picture or account picture.

3

Click the Buddy Picture or Account Picture icon to automatically update your picture.

More information about Photo Booth is available by choosing Help > Mac Help from

the menu bar, and then choosing Library > Photo Booth Help.

Using Your iSight Camera with iMovie HD

You can capture live video from your built-in iSight camera directly into iMovie HD.

To capture live video:

1

Open iMovie HD by clicking its icon in the Dock.

2

Click the mode switch to set iMovie HD to built-in camera mode.

Mode switch

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