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Photo Booth User Guide

• Welcome
• Take a photo or record a video
• Apply effects
• View photos and videos
• Edit photos and videos
• Export photos and videos
• Share photos and videos
• Delete photos and videos
• Copyright and trademarks

You can take a single photo or a group of four photos, or record a video using your computer’s built-in camera or an external video camera connected to your Mac.

Note: You can also use the rear-facing camera on your iPhone as a webcam in Photo Booth. See Use your iPhone as a webcam.

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Take a photo

If you’re using an external video camera, make sure it’s connected to your computer and turned on.

1. In the Photo Booth app on your Mac, check that the Take Photo button or Record Video button is available.

   If not, click the View Photo button or the View Video button to return to the standard view.

2. In the bottom left of the window, click the Picture button to take a single photo, or click the Four Pictures button to take a sequence of four photos (called a 4-up photo).

   

3. Click the Take Photo button .

Record a video

If you’re using an external video camera, make sure it’s connected to your computer and turned on.

1. In the Photo Booth app on your Mac, check that the Take Photo button or Record Video button is available.

   If not, click the View Photo button or the View Video button to return to the standard view.

2. At the bottom left, click the Video button .

   

3. Click the Record Video button . Click the Stop button when you finish recording.

Turn off the countdown or flash for photos

When you take a photo, there’s a three-second countdown before the photo is taken. Your screen flashes when the photo is taken.

In the Photo Booth app on your Mac, do any of the following:

• Turn off the countdown: Hold down the Option key while clicking the Take Photo button or Record Video button .

• Turn off the flash: Hold down the Shift key while clicking the Take Photo button .

• Change the flash setting: Choose Camera > Enable Screen Flash.

• Turn off both the countdown and the flash: Press and hold the Option and Shift keys while you click the Take Photo button .

You can use Photo Booth  in full screen (to fill your entire screen) or in Split View (to work in another app at the same time).

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