Photobooth Bug(?)

[simmonster]

When comparing the video output of photobooth as seen through my iSight to the video output of Quicktime as seen through the iSight i noticed that Photobooth flips the image like a mirror.

Therefore, in Quicktime it is possible to hold a bit of text to the camera and read it on a monitor receiving that image, but through Photobooth it's a mirror image.

I don't see any preferences to change this. A bug? You tell me. 😱

 

[katie ta achoo]

AFAIK, this was intentionally done. When people line themselves up with the camera to take a pic, if they needed to move to the left, then they would have to physically move to the right.
Apple did this so if you need to go left, you go left.

I think.
This is how I read why it is why it is.
I'm so good at english talkin'

 

[simmonster]

AFAIK, this was intentionally done. When people line themselves up with the camera to take a pic, if they needed to move to the left, then they would have to physically move to the right.
Apple did this so if you need to go left, you go left.

I think.
This is how I read why it is why it is.
I'm so good at english talkin'

OH! simple as that. Makes sense. Thanks!

 

[esXXI]

When comparing the video output of photobooth as seen through my iSight to the video output of Quicktime as seen through the iSight i noticed that Photobooth flips the image like a mirror.

Therefore, in Quicktime it is possible to hold a bit of text to the camera and read it on a monitor receiving that image, but through Photobooth it's a mirror image.

I don't see any preferences to change this. A bug? You tell me. 😱

Probably not ideal, but you can flip saved images by pressing Command+F (you can also set it to automatically flip all future shots too).